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PART 1513 - SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION PROCEDURES
<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en" dir="ltr"><head> <title>PART 1513 - SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION PROCEDURES</title> <style> .node_view ul li{ display:none; } </style> <link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="/themes/custom/acquisition_gov/css/print.min.css"> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://www.acquisition.gov/modules/contrib/printable/js/script.js"></script> </head> <body> <article data-history-node-id="49250" about="/epaar/part-1513-simplified-acquisition-procedures"> <div> <div class="field-html-file-content padding-y-1"><body><main role="main"><article role="article" aria-labelledby="ariaid-title1"><article class="nested0" aria-labelledby="ariaid-title1" id="Part_1513_T48_601312"> <h1 class="title topictitle1" id="ariaid-title1"> <span class="ph autonumber">PART 1513</span> - SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION PROCEDURES</h1> <div class="body"> <p class="p"> <span class="ph">Authority: </span> Sec. 205(c), 63 Stat. 390, as amended, 40 U.S.C. 486(c). </p> <p class="p"> <span class="ph">Source: </span> 61 FR 57338, Nov. 6, 1996, unless otherwise noted. </p> <p class="p"><span> </span> <a class="xref fm:TOC" href="/epaar/part-1513-simplified-acquisition-procedures#Section_1513_000_T48_601312011">1513.000 Scope of part.</a> </p> <p class="p"><span> </span> <a class="xref fm:TOC" href="/epaar/part-1513-simplified-acquisition-procedures#Subpart_1513_1_T48_6013121">Subpart 1513.1 - General</a> </p> <p class="p"><span> </span> <a class="xref fm:TOC" href="/epaar/part-1513-simplified-acquisition-procedures#Section_1513_170_T48_601312111">1513.170 Competition exceptions and justification for sole source simplified acquisition procedures.</a> </p> <p class="p"><span> </span> <a class="xref fm:TOC" href="/epaar/part-1513-simplified-acquisition-procedures#Section_1513_170_1_T48_601312112">1513.170-1 Contents of sole source justifications.</a> </p> <p class="p"><span> </span> <a class="xref fm:TOC" href="/epaar/part-1513-simplified-acquisition-procedures#Subpart_1513_4_T48_6013122">Subpart 1513.4 - Imprest Fund [Reserved]</a> </p> <p class="p"><span> </span> <a class="xref fm:TOC" href="/epaar/part-1513-simplified-acquisition-procedures#Subpart_1513_5_T48_6013123">Subpart 1513.5 - Purchase Orders</a> </p> <p class="p"><span> </span> <a class="xref fm:TOC" href="/epaar/part-1513-simplified-acquisition-procedures#Section_1513_505_T48_601312311">1513.505 Purchase order and related forms.</a> </p> <p class="p"><span> </span> <a class="xref fm:TOC" href="/epaar/part-1513-simplified-acquisition-procedures#Section_1513_507_T48_601312312">1513.507 Contract clauses.</a> </p> <p class="p"><span> </span> <a class="xref fm:TOC" href="/epaar/part-1513-simplified-acquisition-procedures#Subpart_1513_6_T48_6013124">Subpart 1513.6 - Actions at or Below the Micro-Purchase Threshold</a> </p> </div> <nav role="navigation" class="related-links"><div class="familylinks"><div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent topic:</strong> <a class="link String2Xref" href="/epaar/subchapter-c-contracting-methods-and-contract-types">SUBCHAPTER C - CONTRACTING METHODS AND CONTRACT TYPES</a></div></div></nav><article class="topic concept nested1 Section" aria-labelledby="ariaid-title2" id="Section_1513_000_T48_601312011"> <h2 class="title topictitle2" id="ariaid-title2"> <span class="ph autonumber">1513.000</span> Scope of part.</h2> <div class="body conbody"> <p class="p P">This part prescribes EPA policies and procedures for the acquisition of supplies, nonpersonal services, and construction from commercial sources, the aggregate amount of which does not exceed the simplified acquisition threshold. </p> </div> </article> <article class="topic nested1 SubPart" aria-labelledby="ariaid-title3" id="Subpart_1513_1_T48_6013121"> <h2 class="title topictitle2 Subpart" id="ariaid-title3"> <span class="ph autonumber">Subpart 1513.1</span> - General</h2> <article class="topic concept nested2 Section" aria-labelledby="ariaid-title4" id="Section_1513_170_T48_601312111"> <h3 class="title topictitle3" id="ariaid-title4"> <span class="ph autonumber">1513.170</span> Competition exceptions and justification for sole source simplified acquisition procedures.</h3> </article> <article class="topic concept nested2 Section" aria-labelledby="ariaid-title5" id="Section_1513_170_1_T48_601312112"> <h3 class="title topictitle3" id="ariaid-title5"> <span class="ph autonumber">1513.170-1</span> Contents of sole source justifications.</h3> <div class="body conbody"> <p class="p P">The program office submitting the procurement request must submit, as a separate attachment, a brief written statement in support of sole source acquisitions exceeding the micro-purchase threshold. The statement must cite one or more of the circumstances in FAR 6.302 and the necessary facts to support each circumstance. Although program offices may not cite the authority in FAR 6.302-7, the public interest may be used as a basis to support a sole source acquisition. If the acquisition has been synopsized as a notice of proposed sole source acquisition, the statement must include the results of the evaluation of responses to the synopsis. </p> </div> </article> </article> <article class="topic nested1 SubPart" aria-labelledby="ariaid-title6" id="Subpart_1513_4_T48_6013122"> <h2 class="title topictitle2 Subpart" id="ariaid-title6"> <span class="ph autonumber">Subpart 1513.4</span> - Imprest Fund [Reserved]</h2> </article> <article class="topic nested1 SubPart" aria-labelledby="ariaid-title7" id="Subpart_1513_5_T48_6013123"> <h2 class="title topictitle2 Subpart" id="ariaid-title7"> <span class="ph autonumber">Subpart 1513.5</span> - Purchase Orders</h2> <article class="topic concept nested2 Section" aria-labelledby="ariaid-title8" id="Section_1513_505_T48_601312311"> <h3 class="title topictitle3" id="ariaid-title8"> <span class="ph autonumber">1513.505</span> Purchase order and related forms.</h3> <div class="body conbody"> <p class="p P">Contracting Officers may use the EPA Form 1900-8, Procurement Request/Order, in lieu of Optional Forms 347 and 348 for individual purchases prepared in accordance with the instructions printed on the reverse thereof (see 1553.213-70). </p> </div> </article> <article class="topic concept nested2 Section" aria-labelledby="ariaid-title9" id="Section_1513_507_T48_601312312"> <h3 class="title topictitle3" id="ariaid-title9"> <span class="ph autonumber">1513.507</span> Contract clauses.</h3> <div class="body conbody"> <p class="p Runin List1">(a)(i) It is the general policy of the Environmental Protection Agency that contractor or vendor prescribed leases or maintenance agreements for equipment shall not be executed. </p> <p class="p List2">(ii) The contracting officer shall, where appropriate, insert the clause at 1552.213-70, <em class="ph i">Notice to Suppliers of Equipment,</em> in orders for purchases or leases of automatic data processing equipment, word processing, and similar types of commercially available equipment for which vendors, as a matter of routine commercial practice, have developed their own leases and/or customer service maintenance agreements. </p> <p class="p List1">(b) Where the supplies or services are offered under a Commercial Supplier Agreement (as defined in 1502.100), the purchase order or modification shall incorporate clause 1552.332-39, <em class="ph i">Unenforceability of Unauthorized Obligations</em> (FAR DEVIATION), in lieu of nondeviated clause 52.232-39, and clause 1552.232-75, <em class="ph i">Commercial Supplier Agreements-Unenforceable Clauses</em>. </p> </div> </article> </article> <article class="topic nested1 SubPart" aria-labelledby="ariaid-title10" id="Subpart_1513_6_T48_6013124"> <h2 class="title topictitle2 Subpart" id="ariaid-title10"> <span class="ph autonumber">Subpart 1513.6</span> - Actions at or Below the Micro-Purchase Threshold</h2> </article> </article> </article></main></body></div> <div class="node_view"></div> </div> </article> </body> </html>