# AFFARS PART 5313Simplified Acquisition Procedures

- PART 5313
  Simplified Acquisition Procedures

- 5313.000 Scope of Part
- 5313.003 Policy

- SUBPART 5313.1 — PROCEDURES

- 5313.106-1 Soliciting Competition
- 5313.106-2 Evaluation of Quotations or Offerors

- SUBPART 5313.2 -- MICRO PURCHASE

- 5313.201 General

PART 5313
Simplified Acquisition Procedures

[Revised February 14, 2011]

5313.000 Scope of Part

Informational Guidance on Inspection of Decentralized Purchasing Operations, Soliciting from a Single Source, Blanket Purchase Agreements, and Imprest Fund and Third Party Drafts is available at IG5313, Simplified Acquisition Procedures.

5313.003 Policy

(i) The determination that micro-purchases and simplified acquisitions of supplies or services are used in support of a contingency operation or to facilitate defense against or recovery from nuclear, biological, chemical, or radiological attack is delegated to the HCA (see 5301.601(a)(i)). The HCA has delegated this responsibility to no lower than the chief of the contracting office, as defined in 5302.101.

SUBPART 5313.1 — PROCEDURES

5313.106-1 Soliciting Competition

(b) A separate sole source justification is not required if screening has been accomplished and documented under the DOD Spare Parts Breakout Program (DFARS Appendix E).

5313.106-2 Evaluation of Quotations or Offerors

(b) Evaluation procedures.

(3) When evaluating past performance in competitive, negotiated acquisitions of less than $5M for commodities, contracting officers shall utilize the government-wide Past Performance Information Retrieval System - Statistical Reporting (PPIRS-SR). See paragraph 5.5.2.1.3 in MP5315.3 for solicitation language.

SUBPART 5313.2 -- MICRO PURCHASE

5313.201 General

(g)(1) The head of the agency determination is delegated to the HCA (see 5301.601(a)(i)). The HCA has delegated this responsibility to no lower than the chief of the contracting office.