I have a question on this FAR clause. Our purchasing department is looking at allowing purchases up to $5,000 without a purchase order or competitive bids. It appears that this FAR clause would only allow us to do this up to $2,500, with the only exception at 13.201(g(1)- in the event of a nuclear, biological attack, etc.

Any experts out there who might know if there is some loophole I did not find?

 

Claudine Riccillo

Associate Director

Office of Research & Sponsored Projects

University of Texas at El Paso

(915) 747-7935

 

 

 

(b)(1) Each acquisition of supplies or services that has an anticipated dollar value exceeding $2,500 ($15,000 for acquisitions as described in 13.201(g)(1)) and not exceeding $100,000 ($250,000 for acquisitions described in paragraph (1) of the Simplified Acquisition Threshold definition at 2.101) is reserved exclusively for small business concerns and shall be set aside (see 19.000 and Subpart 19.5). See 19.502-2 for exceptions.

 

 

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Thanks to everyone that has responded so far.  I have checked and we are

within our 90-day window, so I guess we will contact NIH again.

 

 

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