Difference between revisions of "Simplified Acquisition Threshold"

From Knowledge base
Jump to: navigation, search
(Simplified Acquisition Threshold (SAT)FAR Part 13)
(Simplified Acquisition Procedures)
 
(4 intermediate revisions by one user not shown)
Line 2: Line 2:
  
  
== Simplified Acquisition Threshold (SAT)<ref>FAR Part 13</ref> ==
+
== Simplified Acquisition Threshold (SAT)<ref>FAR Part 2.101 - Definitions, FAR 13</ref> ==
  
 +
Simplified acquisition threshold means $250,000, except for—
  
The Simplified Acquisition Threshold (SAT) is $150,000. However, a contingency operation or facilitating defense against or recovery from nuclear, biological, chemical, or radiological attack, the SAT is
 
*(i) $300,000 for contracts awarded and performed, or purchases made, inside the United States; and
 
*(ii) $1 million for contracts awarded and performed, or purchases made, outside the United States.
 
  
==Definition - DFARS<ref>DFARS 201.101</ref>==
+
'''(1)''' Acquisitions of supplies or services that, as determined by the head of the agency, are to be used to support a contingency operation; to facilitate defense against or recovery from cyber, nuclear, biological, chemical, or radiological attack; to support a request from the Secretary of State or the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development to facilitate provision of international disaster assistance pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 2292 et seq.; or to support response to an emergency or major disaster ( 42 U.S.C. 5122), ( 41 U.S.C. 1903), the term means–
“Simplified acquisition threshold,” in addition to the meaning at FAR 2.101, means $300,000 when soliciting or awarding contracts to be awarded and performed outside the United States, or making purchases outside the United States, for acquisitions of supplies and services that, as determined by the head of the contracting activity, are to be used to support a humanitarian or peacekeeping operation, as defined at FAR 2.101.
+
 
 +
*(i) $800,000 for any contract to be awarded and performed, or purchase to be made, inside the United States; and
 +
 
 +
*(ii) $1.5 million for any contract to be awarded and performed, or purchase to be made, outside the United States; and
 +
 
 +
 
 +
'''(2)''' Acquisitions of supplies or services that, as determined by the head of the agency, are to be used to support a humanitarian or peacekeeping operation ( 10 U.S.C. 3015), the term means $500,000 for any contract to be awarded and performed, or purchase to be made, outside the United States.
 +
 
 +
==Simplified Acquisition Procedures==
 +
 
 +
Means the methods prescribed in FAR Part 13 for making purchases of supplies or services<ref>FAR 2.101 Definitions</ref>.
  
 
== Related Subjects ==
 
== Related Subjects ==

Latest revision as of 12:14, 28 March 2023

41 U.S.C. 1905 governs the applicability of laws to contracts or subcontracts in amounts not greater than the SAT.


Contents

Simplified Acquisition Threshold (SAT)[1]

Simplified acquisition threshold means $250,000, except for—


(1) Acquisitions of supplies or services that, as determined by the head of the agency, are to be used to support a contingency operation; to facilitate defense against or recovery from cyber, nuclear, biological, chemical, or radiological attack; to support a request from the Secretary of State or the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development to facilitate provision of international disaster assistance pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 2292 et seq.; or to support response to an emergency or major disaster ( 42 U.S.C. 5122), ( 41 U.S.C. 1903), the term means–

  • (i) $800,000 for any contract to be awarded and performed, or purchase to be made, inside the United States; and
  • (ii) $1.5 million for any contract to be awarded and performed, or purchase to be made, outside the United States; and


(2) Acquisitions of supplies or services that, as determined by the head of the agency, are to be used to support a humanitarian or peacekeeping operation ( 10 U.S.C. 3015), the term means $500,000 for any contract to be awarded and performed, or purchase to be made, outside the United States.

Simplified Acquisition Procedures

Means the methods prescribed in FAR Part 13 for making purchases of supplies or services[2].

Related Subjects

Simplified Acquisition Procedures

References

  1. FAR Part 2.101 - Definitions, FAR 13
  2. FAR 2.101 Definitions