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85 sections with “threshold in 5.101(a)(1)”: the first 40

  • FAR 2.101 Definitions.
    …n exceeds $835 million based on Fiscal Year 2014 constant dollars (or any update of these thresholds based on a more recent fiscal year, as specified in the DoD Instruction 5000.02, “Operation of the Defense Acquisition System”); (2) A civ…
  • FAR 13.106-1 Soliciting competition.
    …r award when a solicitation— (1) Has an estimated value above the simplified acquisition threshold; (2) Will result in multiple-award contracts (see subpart 16.5) that are for the same or similar services; and (3) States that the Governm…
  • FAR 15.403-1 Prohibition on obtaining certified cost or pricing data (10 U.S.C. chapter 271 and 41 U.S.C. chapter 35).
    …ricing data shall not be obtained for acquisitions at or below the simplified acquisition threshold. (b) Exceptions to certified cost or pricing data requirements. The contracting officer shall not require certified cost or pricing data to…
  • FAR 15.403-4 Requiring certified cost or pricing data (10 U.S.C. chapter 271 and 41 U.S.C. chapter 35).
    …ng officer should consider requesting a waiver under the exception at 15.403-1(b)(4). The threshold for obtaining certified cost or pricing data is $950,000 for prime contracts awarded before July 1, 2018, and $2.5 million for prime contrac…
  • FAR 16.505 Ordering.
    …d in excess of $25 million (10 U.S.C. 3406(f)). (ii) Protests of orders in excess of the thresholds stated in 16.505(a)(10)(i)(B) may only be filed with the Government Accountability Office, in accordance with the procedures at 33.104. (i…
  • FAR 18.201 Contingency operation.
    (a) Contingency operation is defined in 2.101. (b) Micro-purchase threshold. The threshold increases when the head of the agency determines the supplies or services are to be used to support a contingency operation. (See 2.101 and 13.201(g…
  • FAR 18.202 Defense or recovery from certain events.
    (a) Micro-purchase threshold. The threshold increases when the head of the agency determines the supplies or services are to be used to facilitate defense against or recovery from cyber, nuclear, biological, chemical, or radiological attack…
  • FAR 19.203 Relationship among small business programs.
    …mall Business (WOSB) Program (subpart 19.15). (b) At or below the simplified acquisition threshold. For acquisitions of supplies or services that have an anticipated dollar value above the micro-purchase threshold, but at or below the simp…
  • FAR 52.219-9 Small Business Subcontracting Plan.
    ….g., ANCs, see 13 CFR 125.3(b)(2))) that receive subcontracts in excess of the applicable threshold specified in FAR 19.702(a) on the date of subcontract award, with further subcontracting possibilities to adopt a subcontracting plan that c…
  • DFARS 252.215-7010 Requirements for Certified Cost or Pricing Data and Data Other Than Certified Cost or Pricing Data.
    …ision, including this paragraph (e), in subcontracts exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold defined in FAR part 2. The Offeror shall require prospective subcontractors to adhere to the requirements of— (1) Paragraphs (c) and (d) of…
  • FAR 52.202-1 Definitions.
    …e cost principles and procedures; or (e) The word or term defines an acquisition-related threshold, and if the threshold is adjusted for inflation as set forth in FAR 1.109(a), then the changed threshold applies throughout the remaining te…
  • FAR 52.209-6 Protecting the Government's Interest When Subcontracting With Contractors Debarred, Suspended, Proposed for Debarment, or Voluntarily Excluded.
    …off-the-shelf item, the Contractor shall not enter into any subcontract, in excess of the threshold specified in FAR 9.405-2(b) on the date of subcontract award, with a Contractor that is debarred, suspended, or proposed for debarment by an…
  • FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …on— (1) Is set aside for small business and has a value above the simplified acquisition threshold; (2) Uses the HUBZone price evaluation preference regardless of dollar value, unless the offeror waives the price evaluation preference; or…
  • FAR 52.219-1 Small Business Program Representations.
    …nd (ii) Each individual claiming economic disadvantage has a net worth not exceeding the threshold at 13 CFR 124.104(c)(2) after taking into account the applicable exclusions set forth at 13 CFR 124.104(c)(2); and (2) The management and d…
  • DFARS 252.219-7003 Small Business Subcontracting Plan (DoD Contracts).
    …am described in DFARS 219.702-70, if the subcontract is expected to exceed the applicable threshold specified in Federal Acquisition Regulation 19.702(a), and to have further subcontracting opportunities. (End of clause) Alternate I. Alt…
  • FAR 13.201 General.
    …and to pay for micro-purchases (see 2.101). (c) Purchases at or below the micro-purchase threshold may be conducted using any of the methods described in subpart 13.3, provided the purchaser is authorized and trained, pursuant to agency pr…
  • FAR 15.408 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    …ations and contracts except for— (i) Acquisitions at or below the simplified acquisition threshold; (ii) Construction or architect-engineer services under part 36; (iii) Utility services under part 41; (iv) Service contracts where suppl…
  • FAR 18.204 Humanitarian or peacekeeping operation.
    …A humanitarian or peacekeeping operation is defined in 2.101. (b) Simplified acquisition threshold. The threshold increases when the head of the agency determines the supplies or services are to be used to support a humanitarian or peaceke…
  • FAR 25.1101 Acquisition of supplies.
    …erican—Supplies, in solicitations and contracts with a value exceeding the micro-purchase threshold but not exceeding $50,000; and in solicitations and contracts with a value exceeding $50,000, if none of the clauses prescribed in paragraph…
  • FAR 29.402-3 Tax on certain foreign procurements.
    …ons using simplified acquisition procedures that do not exceed the simplified acquisition threshold (as defined in 2.101). (2) Emergency acquisitions using the emergency acquisition flexibilities defined in part 18. (3) Acquisitions using…
  • FAR 52.203-12 Limitation on Payments to Influence Certain Federal Transactions.
    …om each person requesting or receiving a subcontract under this contract that exceeds the threshold specified in FAR 3.808 on the date of subcontract award. The Contractor or subcontractor that awards the subcontract shall retain the declar…
  • FAR 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
    …nd (ii) Each individual claiming economic disadvantage has a net worth not exceeding the threshold at 13 CFR 124.104(c)(2) after taking into account the applicable exclusions set forth at 13 CFR 124.104(c)(2); and (2) The management and d…
  • FAR 52.213-4 Terms and Conditions—Simplified Acquisitions (Other Than Commercial Products and Commercial Services).
    …020) (Pub. L. 109-282) (31 U.S.C. 6101 note) (Applies to contracts valued at or above the threshold specified in FAR 4.1403(a) on the date of award of this contract). (iii) 52.222-19, Child Labor—Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies (…
  • DFARS 212.272 Preference for certain commercial products and commercial services.
    …28), a contracting officer may not enter into a contract above the simplified acquisition threshold for facilities-related services, knowledge-based services (except engineering services), medical services, or transportation services that a…
  • DFARS 216.505 Ordering.
    …en placing orders under non-DoD contracts in amounts exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold. (S-71) See 204.7603 for procedures on the required use of the Supplier Performance Risk System (SPRS) risk assessments. (i) The contracti…
  • DFARS 225.1101 Acquisition of supplies.
    …25.401-70 in support of operations in Afghanistan; and (B) An alternate domestic content threshold will apply to the entire period of performance as approved by the senior procurement executive (see 225.101(d)). (v) Use alternate III of t…
  • DFARS 225.7503 Contract clauses.
    …or commercial components, with an estimated value greater than the simplified acquisition threshold but less than $6,708,000. (1) Use the basic clause unless the acquisition is in support of operations in Afghanistan. (2) Use the alternat…
  • DFARS 252.225-7036 Buy American—Free Trade Agreements—Balance of Payments Program.
    …(1)(ii)(A) and “qualifying country end product” at paragraph (2)(i), the domestic content threshold that will apply to the entire contract period of performance: Buy American—Free Trade Agreements—Balance of Payments Program—Alternate VI (…
  • DFARS 252.225-7044 Balance of Payments Program—Construction Material.
    …act, except for— (1) Construction material valued at or below the simplified acquisition threshold in part 2 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation; (2) Information technology that is a commercial product; or (3) The construction material…
  • DFARS 252.225-7045 Balance of Payments Program—Construction Material Under Trade Agreements.
    …act, except for— (1) Construction material valued at or below the simplified acquisition threshold in part 2 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation; (2) Information technology that is a commercial product; or (3) The construction material…
  • FAR 5.201 General.
    …er must transmit a notice to the GPE, for each proposed— (i) Contract action meeting the threshold in 5.101(a)(1); (ii) Modification to an existing contract for additional supplies or services that meets the threshold in 5.101(a)(1); or …
  • FAR 22.1006 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
    … contract or is a contract with options to renew which exceeds the simplified acquisition threshold. The clause may be used in contracts that do not exceed the simplified acquisition threshold. The clause at 52.222-43, Fair Labor Standards …
  • FAR 25.101 General.
    …d)(1) A contract with a period of performance that spans the schedule of domestic content threshold increases specified in paragraph (a)(2)(i) of this section shall be required to comply with each increased threshold for the items in the ye…
  • FAR 26.202 Local area preference.
    …) When using the authority under the Stafford Act, see the definitions of “micro-purchase threshold” and “simplified acquisition threshold” in 2.101 for the authority to use an increased micro-purchase threshold and simplified acquisition t…
  • FAR 52.203-13 Contractor Code of Business Ethics and Conduct.
    …e substance of this clause, including this paragraph (d), in subcontracts that exceed the threshold specified in FAR 3.1004(a) on the date of subcontract award and a performance period of more than 120 days. (2) In altering this clause to …
  • FAR 52.203-16 Preventing Personal Conflicts of Interest.
    …ncluding this paragraph (d), in subcontracts— (1) That exceed the simplified acquisition threshold, as defined in Federal Acquisition Regulation 2.101 on the date of subcontract award; and (2) In which subcontractor employees will perform…
  • FAR 52.215-14 Integrity of Unit Prices.
    …, in all subcontracts for other than: acquisitions at or below the simplified acquisition threshold, as defined in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 2.101 on the date of subcontract award; construction or architect-engineer services unde…
  • FAR 52.219-8 Utilization of Small Business Concerns.
    …nd (ii) Each individual claiming economic disadvantage has a net worth not exceeding the threshold at 13 CFR 124.104(c)(2) after taking into account the applicable exclusions set forth at 13 CFR 124.104(c)(2); and (2) The management and d…
  • FAR 52.226-8 Encouraging Contractor Policies To Ban Text Messaging While Driving.
    … clause, including this paragraph (d), in all subcontracts that exceed the micro-purchase threshold, as defined in Federal Acquisition Regulation 2.101 on the date of subcontract award. (End of clause)
  • FAR 52.227-2 Notice and Assistance Regarding Patent and Copyright Infringement.
    …paragraph (c), in all subcontracts that are expected to exceed the simplified acquisition threshold, as defined in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 2.101 on the date of subcontract award. (End of clause)

FAR (chapter 1)

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Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Rule changes in progress: FAR, DFARS. Terms: glossary.