B-206149 L/M, MAR 18, 1982, OFFICE OF GENERAL COUNSEL
Highlights
GAO NOTES THAT THE SMALL PURCHASE THRESHOLD UNDER DAR SEC. 3-600 WAS RECENTLY INCREASED FROM $10. WE NOTE THAT THE SMALL PURCHASE THRESHOLD UNDER DEFENSE ACQUISITION REGULATION SEC. 3-600 WAS RECENTLY INCREASED FROM $10. WE HAVE NO FURTHER COMMENTS TO OFFER.
B-206149 L/M, MAR 18, 1982, OFFICE OF GENERAL COUNSEL
DIGEST: GAO HAS COMMENTS ON DRAFT SEGMENT OF FAR COVERING PART 13-SMALL PURCHASE AND OTHER SIMPLIFIED PROCEDURES AND SUBPART 17.16-MANAGEMENT AND OPERATING CONTRACTS. GAO NOTES THAT THE SMALL PURCHASE THRESHOLD UNDER DAR SEC. 3-600 WAS RECENTLY INCREASED FROM $10,000 TO $25,000 PURSUANT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT OF 1982, PUB.L. NO. 97-86, 95 STAT. 1099, AND THEREFORE PART 13 SHOULD BE REVISED TO REFLECT THIS CHANGE.
MR. WILLIAM J. MARAIST, EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT:
BY LETTER DATED JANUARY 13, 1982, YOU REQUESTED OUR COMMENTS ON A DRAFT SEGMENT OF FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION COVERING PART 13-SMALL PURCHASE AND OTHER SIMPLIFIED PURCHASE PROCEDURES AND SUBPART 17.6 MANAGEMENT AND OPERATING CONTRACTS.
WE NOTE THAT THE SMALL PURCHASE THRESHOLD UNDER DEFENSE ACQUISITION REGULATION SEC. 3-600 WAS RECENTLY INCREASED FROM $10,000 TO $25,000 PURSUANT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT OF 1982, PUB.L. NO. 97-86, 95 STAT. 1099. CONSEQUENTLY, PART 13 SHOULD BE REVISED TO REFLECT THIS CHANGE.
WE HAVE NO FURTHER COMMENTS TO OFFER.