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48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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78 sections with “purchase method”: the first 40

  • FAR 7.402 Acquisition methods.
    (a) Purchase method. (1) Generally, the purchase method is appropriate if the equipment will be used beyond the point in time when cumulative rental or leasing costs exceed the purchase costs. (2) Agencies should not rule out the purchase …
  • FAR 8.405-3 Blanket purchase agreements (BPAs).
    …g the contractor to which the BPA was awarded; (ii) Description of the supply or service purchased; (iii) Price; (iv) Required justification for a limited-source BPA (see 8.405-6), if applicable; (v) Determination for a single-award BPA…
  • FAR 13.303-5 Purchases under BPAs.
    (a) Use a BPA only for purchases that are otherwise authorized by law or regulation. (b) Individual purchases shall not exceed the simplified acquisition threshold. However, agency regulations may establish a higher threshold consistent wi…
  • FAR 32.1108 Payment by Governmentwide commercial purchase card.
    A Governmentwide commercial purchase card charge authorizes the third party (e.g., financial institution) that issued the purchase card to make immediate payment to the contractor. The Government reimburses the third party at a later date f…
  • FAR 49.402-6 Repurchase against contractor's account.
    …upplies or services are still required after termination, the contracting officer shall repurchase the same or similar supplies or services against the contractor's account as soon as practicable. The contracting officer shall repurchase at…
  • DFARS 213.270 Use of the Governmentwide commercial purchase card.
    Use the Governmentwide commercial purchase card as the method of purchase and/or method of payment for purchases valued at or below the micro-purchase threshold. This policy applies to all types of contract actions authorized by the FAR unl…
  • DFARS 213.301 Governmentwide commercial purchase card.
    …s at PGI 213.301 for authorizing, establishing, and operating a Governmentwide commercial purchase card program. (1) “United States,” as used in this section, means the 50 States and the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Ric…
  • FAR 13.303-3 Preparation of BPAs.
    …obligation. A statement that the Government is obligated only to the extent of authorized purchases actually made under the BPA. (3) Purchase limitation. A statement that specifies the dollar limitation for each individual purchase under t…
  • DFARS 232.1108-70 Prohibition of Governmentwide commercial purchase card as a method of payment when the tax on certain foreign procurements applies.
    The contracting officer shall not authorize the Governmentwide commercial purchase card as a method of payment during any contract period of performance if the contract includes the clause at FAR 52.229-12, Tax on Certain Foreign Procuremen…
  • DFARS 252.232-7009 Mandatory payment by Governmentwide commercial purchase card.
    …ed in 232.1110, use the following clause: Mandatory Payment by Governmentwide Commercial Purchase Card (MAY 2018) The Contractor agrees to accept the Governmentwide commercial purchase card as the method of payment for orders or calls val…
  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …or services (including construction) by and for the use of the Federal Government through purchase or lease, whether the supplies or services are already in existence or must be created, developed, demonstrated, and evaluated. Acquisition b…
  • FAR 4.1102 Policy.
    …o comply with the annual representations and certifications requirements except for— (1) Purchases under the micro-purchase threshold that use a Governmentwide commercial purchase card as both the purchasing and payment mechanism, as oppos…
  • FAR 8.402 General.
    …e contractors (except see 8.405-6) and pay for orders using the Governmentwide commercial purchase card. (d)(1) eBuy, GSA's electronic request for quotation (RFQ) system, is a part of a suite of online tools which complement GSA Advantage!…
  • FAR 8.405-2 Ordering procedures for services requiring a statement of work.
    … to GSA's electronic RFQ system, eBuy (see 8.402(d)). (1) Orders at, or below, the micro-purchase threshold. Ordering activities may place orders at, or below, the micro-purchase threshold with any Federal Supply Schedule contractor that c…
  • FAR 13.201 General.
    (a) Agency heads are encouraged to delegate micro-purchase authority (see 1.603-3). (b) The Governmentwide commercial purchase card shall be the preferred method to purchase and to pay for micro-purchases (see 2.101). (c) Purchases at or …
  • FAR 13.302-1 General.
    (a) Except as provided under the unpriced purchase order method (see 13.302-2), purchase orders generally are issued on a fixed-price basis. See 12.207 for acquisition of commercial products and commercial services. (b) Purchase orders sha…
  • FAR 13.305-4 Procedures.
    (a) Each purchase using imprest funds or third party drafts shall be based upon an authorized purchase requisition, contracting officer verification statement, or other agency approved method of ensuring that adequate funds are available fo…
  • FAR 16.505 Ordering.
    …ders shall follow the procedures in 5.705. (12) When using the Governmentwide commercial purchase card as a method of payment, orders at or below the micro-purchase threshold are exempt from verification in the System for Award Management …
  • FAR 31.205-6 Compensation for personal services.
    … reported as taxable income to the employees (see 31.205-46(d)). (n) Employee rebate and purchase discount plans. Rebates and purchase discounts, in whatever form, granted to employees on products or services produced by the contractor or …
  • FAR 32.206 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    …yment (in addition to the requirements of the clause at 52.232-29, Terms for Financing of Purchases of Commercial Products and Commercial Services; and (2) Unless agency regulations authorize alterations, the unaltered text of the clause a…
  • FAR 52.217-11 Reverse Auction—Orders.
    …ng Officer may conduct a reverse auction to award an order under this contract or blanket purchase agreement. (c) Contractor agreement. When a reverse auction is conducted under this contract or blanket purchase agreement, the following ap…
  • FAR 52.232-36 Payment by Third Party.
    …this clause. The third party and, if applicable, the particular Governmentwide commercial purchase card to be used are identified elsewhere in this contract. (2) The Governmentwide commercial purchase card is not authorized as a method of …
  • FAR 52.245-1 Government Property.
    …ts or Cost-Reimbursable line items under Fixed-Price contracts. (i) Title to all property purchased by the Contractor for which the Contractor is entitled to be reimbursed as a direct item of cost under this contract shall pass to and vest …
  • DFARS 252.245-7005 Management and Reporting of Government Property.
    …28-M, edition in effect as of the date of this contract. If the property is available for purchase, the plant clearance officer may authorize the purchaser to demilitarize, mutilate, or destroy as a condition of sale provided the property i…
  • FAR 7.401 Acquisition considerations.
    …e methods of acquisition to be compared in the analysis shall include, at a minimum— (i) Purchase; (ii) Short-term rental or lease; (iii) Long-term rental or lease; (iv) Interagency acquisition (see 2.101); and (v) Agency acquisition a…
  • FAR 13.106-3 Award and documentation.
    …research; (ii) Comparison of the proposed price with prices found reasonable on previous purchases; (iii) Current price lists, catalogs, or advertisements. However, inclusion of a price in a price list, catalog, or advertisement does not,…
  • FAR 15.408 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    …hing the source and reasonableness of price for those acquisitions (such as subcontracts, purchase orders, material order, etc.) exceeding, or expected to exceed, the appropriate threshold set forth at FAR 15.403-4 priced on the basis of ad…
  • FAR 31.205-52 Asset valuations resulting from business combinations.
    (a) For tangible capital assets, when the purchase method of accounting for a business combination is used, whether or not the contract or subcontract is subject to CAS, the allowable depreciation and cost of money shall be based on the cap…
  • FAR 32.202-1 Policy.
    …the contractor to provide all resources needed for performance of the contract. Thus, for purchases of commercial products or commercial services, financing of the contract is normally the contractor's responsibility. However, in some marke…
  • FAR 49.103 Methods of settlement.
    …etermination by the TCO, (c) costing-out under vouchers using SF 1034, Public Voucher for Purchases and Services Other Than Personal, for cost-reimbursement contracts (as prescribed in subpart 49.3), or (d) a combination of these methods. W…
  • FAR 52.219-9 Small Business Subcontracting Plan.
    …ing warranty periods (negotiated up front with the product); utilities and other services purchased from a municipality or an entity solely authorized by the municipality to provide those services in a particular geographical region; and ph…
  • DFARS 215.404-1 Proposal analysis techniques.
    …ce, the contracting officer shall consider information submitted by the offeror of recent purchase prices paid by the Government and commercial customers for the same or similar commercial products or commercial services under comparable te…
  • DFARS 237.7001 Method of acquisition.
    …en the estimated annual requirements for the activities in the area are ten or more. (b) Purchase order. Where no contract exists, use DD Form 1155, Order for Supplies or Services, to obtain mortuary services.
  • DFARS 252.246-7007 Contractor Counterfeit Electronic Part Detection and Avoidance System.
    …uipment manufacturer means a company that manufactures products that it has designed from purchased components and sells those products under the company's brand name. Original manufacturer means the original component manufacturer, the or…
  • FAR 7.105 Contents of written acquisition plans.
    …dding or negotiation will be used and why; whether equipment will be acquired by lease or purchase (see subpart 7.4) and why; and any other contracting considerations. Provide rationale if a performance-based acquisition will not be used or…
  • FAR 12.102 Applicability.
    …the acquisition of commercial products or commercial services— (1) At or below the micro-purchase threshold; (2) Using the Standard Form 44 (see 13.306); (3) Using the imprest fund (see 13.305); (4) Using the Governmentwide commercial p…
  • FAR 18.105 Federal Supply Schedules (FSSs), multi-agency blanket purchase agreements (BPAs), and multi-agency indefinite delivery contracts.
    Streamlined procedures and a broad range of goods and services may be available under Federal Supply Schedule contracts (see Subpart 8.4), multi-agency BPAs (see 8.405-3(a)(6)), or multi-agency, indefinite-delivery contracts (see 16.505(a)(…
  • FAR 28.308 Self-insurance.
    …lf-insurance covering a contractor's insurable risks, including the deductible portion of purchased insurance, may be approved when examination of a program indicates that its application is in the Government's interest. Agencies shall not …
  • FAR 31.205-26 Material costs.
    …s as raw materials, parts, subassemblies, components, and manufacturing supplies, whether purchased or manufactured by the contractor, and may include such collateral items as inbound transportation and in-transit insurance. In computing ma…
  • FAR 31.205-49 Goodwill.
    Goodwill, an unidentifiable intangible asset, originates under the purchase method of accounting for a business combination when the price paid by the acquiring company exceeds the sum of the identifiable individual assets acquired less lia…

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