Previous PageTable Of ContentsSOFARSNext Page

SOFARS Part 5613



SOFARS PART 5613
SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION PROCEDURES

SUBPART 5613.000 SCOPE OF PART

5613.003 Policy.

(b)(1)

The Contracting Officer shall determine if a procurement can be accomplished as a small business set-aside when the estimated value exceeds $2,500 but not $10,000. For actions of $10,000 and over, refer SOFARS 5619.201(9)(B).

SUBPART 5613.1 PROCEDURES

5613.106 Soliciting Competition, Evaluation of Quotations or Offers, Award and Documentation.

5613.106-1 Soliciting Competition.

(b)(1)

The purchase order file for simplified acquisitions shall contain documentation of the approval for restricting competition to single small or large business source prior to synopsis when it is required in accordance with FAR 5.101, or an exception under FAR 5.202 is applicable. When competition on a requirement over $10,000 will be restricted to one large business, then the requirements of 5613.003(b)(1) shall also apply.

(c)(1)(iii)

Document the simplified acquisition file with a statement justifying why the synopsis requirements of FAR 5.202 do not apply on actions over $10,000. The Contracting Officer shall approve the justification prior to soliciting bids.

SUBPART 5613.2 ACTIONS AT OR BELOW THE MICROPURCHASE THRESHOLD

5613.201 General.

(a)

Contracting offices shall delegate the authority for all micro-purchase requirements to the requiring activities. Micro-purchase requirements shall be purchased using the government-wide commercial purchase card or by appointed ordering officials. Requests for waiver to this policy shall be requested in accordance with 5601.402.

SUBPART 5613.3 SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION METHODS

5613.301 Government-wide Commercial Purchase Card.

(b)

Refer to the publication, USSOCOM Procedures for Use of the Government-wide Purchase Card, for procedures on the use and control of the card.

5613.302 Purchase Orders.

5613.302-1 General.

(a)

Contracting officers will insure that files are documented with justification for awarding an other than firm-fixed price purchase order.

(b)(4)

Briefly annotate the simplified acquisition file with the reason for using delivery terms other than F.O.B. destination for deliveries made within the continental United States.

5613.302-2 Unpriced Purchase Orders.

(c)

A certified funding document for the monetary limit of the order shall be provided prior to issuance of an unpriced purchase order.

5613.303 Blanket Purchase Agreements.

5613.303-5 Purchases under BPAs.

5613.303-5-90 Ordering Officer Limitations.

Ordering Officers may not place individual purchase call orders against decentralized BPAs for $25,000 or more.

5613.303-6 Review Procedures.

(c)

Chief, Contracting Office is responsible for ensuring all BPAs, including decentralized are reviewed on an annual basis in accordance with FAR 13.303-6. All discrepancies noted shall be annotated with the corrective action taken.

5613.306 SF 44, Purchase Order-Invoice-Voucher.

(a)(1)

In accordance with Deviation 2000-E0001, dated December 14, 2000, contracting activities using USSOCOM procurement authority shall use FAR 13.306 in lieu of DFARS 213.306. The Director of Procurement shall approve requests for higher dollar limitation for specific activities or items on a case-by-case basis. Units requesting a higher limit for use of the SF 44 should forward a request to the USSOCOM Director of Procurement with the circumstances for use, including purpose, dollar limitation and justification showing mission impact of the higher limit. No purchases may exceed the simplified acquisition threshold.

SUBPART 5613.5 TEST PROGRAM FOR CERTAIN COMMERICAL ITEMS

5613.500 General.

(a)

(i) Solicitations and awards shall be reviewed and approved in accordance with Attachment 5601-1.

(ii) Contracting officers with a Simplified Acquisition Threshold warrant cannot sign awards made in accordance with the authority of this paragraph.

HQ, United States Special Operations Command January 2001
Special Operations Acquisition and Logistics Center (SOAL-K)

SOFARS 5613

Previous PageTop Of PageTable Of ContentsSOFARSNext Page