Contracting Cone
FAR Based Strategies
Federal Supply Schedules – FAR 8.4
Commercial Items – FAR 12
Simplified Acquisitions – FAR 13
Contracting by Negotiation – FAR 15
IDIQ – FAR 16.5
Letter Contract – FAR 16.603
Agreements – FAR 16.7
Small Business – FAR 19
BAA – FAR 35.016
SBIR/STTR
Commercial Solutions Opening (CSO)
Non-FAR Based Strategies
Other Transactions (OT)
Procurement for Experiments (2373)
R&D Agreements
Cooperative R&D Agreement (CRADA)
Partnership Intermediary Agreement (PIA)
Technology Investment Agreement (TIA)
Simplified Acquisitions (FAR Part 13): Micro-Purchase
Method for procurement of supplies and services below the micro-purchase threshold. Government Purchase Card (GPC) is the preferred method to acquire requirements below the micro-purchase threshold.
Common Applications
- GPC purchases for low-dollar supplies and services
Pros |
Cons |
| Streamlined procedures reduce procurement lead time and administrative cost | Can only purchase low dollar services and products |
| Government Purchase Card program increases flexibility and rapid delivery of low-dollar mission-related supplies and services |
Restrictions
- Purchases must be below micro-purchase threshold
References
- FAR Part 13.301, Governmentwide Commercial Purchase Card
- DFARS Part 213.301, Governmentwide Commercial Purchase Card
- Class Deviation – Micro-Purchase Threshold, Simplified Acquisition Threshold, and Special Emergency Procurement Authority, Defense Pricing and Contracting, Aug 2018
- DoD Purchase Card, Defense Pricing and Contracting
- Government Purchase Card, Defense Finance Accounting Service
- Simplified Contracting Procedures and Methods Checklist, Defense Pricing and Contracting
- Simplified Acquisition Checklist, Defense Contingency Contracting Handbook
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