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| simplified acquisition threshold |
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| FedBizOpps preaward and postaward notice |
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commercial items test program
(Allows use of simplified acquisition procedures for purchases of supplies and services in amounts above the simplified acquisition threshold, but at or below the test program ceiling where the contracting officer reasonably expects that offers for the supplies or services sought will include only commercial items.) |
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| $6.5 million (FAR 13.500) |
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| TINA threshold requiring obtaining cost or pricing data |
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| prime contractor subcontracting plan floor (and construction) |
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$650,000 (FAR 19.702)
($1.5 million) (FAR 19.702) |
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| a written demand or written assertion by the contractor seeking the payment of money, is not a claim under the Contract Disputes Act of 1978 until certified as required by the Act |
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J&A Threshold: The justification for other than full and open competition shall be approved in writing --
in which the contracting officer’s certification is required by 6.303-2(b)(12) and will serve as approval unless a higher approving level is established in agency procedures. |
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| <=$650,000 (FAR 6.304(a)(1)) |
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J&A Thresholds: The justification for other than full and open competition shall be approved in writing --
by the competition advocate for the procuring activity designated pursuant to 6.501 or an official described in paragraph (a)(3) or (a)(4) of this section. This authority is not delegable. |
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| >$650,000 <= 12.5 million (FAR 6.304(a)(2)) |
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| J&A Thresholds: The justification for other than full and open competition shall be approved in writing by the head of the procuring activity. |
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| >$12.5 million <= $62.5 million (FAR 6.304(a)(3)) |
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J&A thresholds: The justification for other than full and open competition shall be approved in writing for DoD, NASA, and the Coast Guard by the head of the procuring activity, or a designee who
(i) If a member of the armed forces, is a general or flag officer; or
(ii) If a civilian, is serving in a position in grade above GS-15 under the General Schedule (or in a comparable or higher position under another schedule). |
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| >$12.5 million <= 85.5 million ((FAR 6.304(a)(3)) |
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| acquisition strategy threshold |
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| $8 million (FAR 7.10499d)(2)(i)(A)) |
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| limited sources J&A threshold: For proposed orders where the ordering activity contracting officer's certification that the justification is accurate and complete to the best of the ordering activity contracting officer's knowledge and belief will serve as approval, unless a higher approval level is established in accordance with agency procedures. |
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| <=$650,000 (FAR 8.405-6(h)(1)) |
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| limited sources J&A threshold: For proposed orders where the justification must be approved by the competition advocate of the activity placing the order, or by an official named in paragraph (h)(3) or (h)(4) of this subsection. This authority is not delegable. |
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| >$650,000 <= 12.5 million (FAR 8.405-6(h)(2)) |
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limited sources J&A threshold: For proposed orders where the justification must be approved by—
(i) The head of the procuring activity placing the order;
(ii) A designee who—
(A) If a member of the armed forces, is a general or flag officer;
(B) If a civilian, is serving in a position in a grade above GS-15 under the General Schedule (or in a comparable or higher position under another schedule); or
(iii) An official named in paragraph (h)(4) of this subsection. |
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| >$12.5 million <= $62.5 million (FAR 8.405-6(h)(3)) |
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limited sources J&A threshold: For proposed orders for DoD, NASA, and the Coast Guard where the justification must be approved by—
(i) The head of the procuring activity placing the order;
(ii) A designee who—
(A) If a member of the armed forces, is a general or flag officer;
(B) If a civilian, is serving in a position in a grade above GS-15 under the General Schedule (or in a comparable or higher position under another schedule); or
(iii) An official named in paragraph (h)(4) of this subsection (except in the case of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics, acting as the senior procurement executive for the Department of Defense.) |
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| >$12.5 million <= 85.5 million (FAR 8.405-6(h)(3)) |
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| micro-purchase threshold - For acquisitions of construction subject to the Davis-Bacon Act. |
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| micro-purchase threshold - For acquisitions of services subject to the Service Contract Act |
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| micro-purchase threshold - For acquisitions of supplies or services that, as determined by the head of the agency, are to be used to support a contingency operation or to facilitate defense against or recovery from nuclear, biological, chemical or radiological attack as described in 13.201(g) (1), except for construction subject to the Davis-Bacon Act (41 U.S.C. 428a)-- INSIDE THE UNITED STATES |
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| micro-purchase threshold - For acquisitions of supplies or services that, as determined by the head of the agency, are to be used to support a contingency operation or to facilitate defense against or recovery from nuclear, biological, chemical or radiological attack as described in 13.201(g) (1), except for construction subject to the Davis-Bacon Act (41 U.S.C. 428a)-- OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES |
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| Performance based payments can only be used in contracts with large business if the value of the contract price is |
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| 2.5 million (FAR 32.105(d)(2) |
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| The progress payment rate / ordinary lquidation rate for both large and small business. |
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| 80% / 80% ; 90% / 90% (FAR 32.501-10 |
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| Progress payments can be authorized on undefinitized contracts up to |
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| A written demand or written assertion by the contractor seeking the payment of money exceeding $__________________ is not a claim under the Contracts Dispute Act of 1978 until certified as required by the Act. |
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| simplified acqusition threshold - contingency operations awarded or performed in the US |
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| simplified acqusition threshold - contingency operations awarded or performed in the US |
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| For proposed contract actions expected to exceed $_____________, the action must be synopzied in the GPE. |
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| For proposed contract actions expected to exceed $_____________, but not expected to exceed $____________ the action needs to be displayed in a public place or by any appropriate electronic means. |
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| >$15,000, <$25,000 (FAR 5.101) |
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| For contract actions estimated to be greater than $______________, but less than the simplified acquisition threshold ($150,000) or contract actions for the acquisition of commercial items in an amount estimated to be greater than $_________________ |
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| >$25,000, >$25,000 (FAR 5.2) |
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| contracting officers must synopsize, through the GPE, awards execeeding $_______________. |
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