PART 3413—SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION PROCEDURES

Chapter 34—Department of Education Acquisition Regulation › Subchapter C—Contracting Methods and Contract Types

3413.000 Scope of part.

3413.003 Policy.

(c)(1)(iii) FSA may use simplified acquisition procedures for commercial items without regard to any dollar or time frame limitations described in FAR subpart 13.5.

(iv) FSA may use simplified acquisition procedures for non-commercial items up to $1,000,000 when the acquisition is set aside for small businesses, pursuant to 3419.502.

Subpart 3413.3—Simplified Acquisition Methods

3413.303 Blanket purchase agreements (BPAs).

3413.303-5 Purchases under BPAs.

(b) Individual purchases under blanket purchase agreements for commercial items may exceed the simplified acquisition threshold but shall not exceed the threshold for the test program for certain commercial items in FAR 13.500(a).