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10 U.S.C. § 3572 — Implementation of simplified acquisition procedures
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The simplified acquisition procedures contained in the Federal Acquisition Regulation pursuant to [section 1901 of title 41](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title41-section1901&num=0&edition=prelim) shall apply as provided in such section to the agencies named in [section 3063 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section3063&num=0&edition=prelim).
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The simplified acquisition procedures contained in the Federal Acquisition Regulation pursuant to [section 1901 of title 41](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title41-section1901&num=0&edition=prelim) shall apply as provided in such section to the agencies named in [section 3063 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section3063&num=0&edition=prelim).
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For purposes of any provision of law referring to this section, the agencies named in this section are the following:
(1) The Department of Defense.
(2) The Department of the Army.
(3) The Department of the Navy.
(4) The Department of the Air Force.
(5) The Coast Guard.
(6) The National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
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**(a)** The Secretary of the Navy and, by direction of the Secretary, the Chief of Naval Research and the chiefs of bureaus may, without advertising, make contracts or amendments or modifications of contracts for services and materials necessary to conduct research and to make or secure reports, tests, models, or apparatus. A contractor supplying such services or materials need not be required to furnish a bond.
**(b)** This section does not authorize the use of the cost-plus-a-percentage-of-cost system of contracting.
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**(a) When Procedures Are To Be Used.—** To promote efficiency and economy in contracting and to avoid unnecessary burdens for agencies and contractors, the Federal Acquisition Regulation shall provide for special simplified procedures for purchases of property and services for amounts—
(1) not greater than the simplified acquisition threshold; and
(2) greater than the simplified acquisition threshold but not greater than $5,000,000 for which the contracting officer reasonably expects, based on the nature of the property or services sought and on market research, that offers will include only commercial products or commercial services.
**(b) Prohibition on Dividing Purchases.—** A proposed purchase or contract for an amount above the simplified acquisition threshold may not be divided into several purchases or contracts for lesser amounts to use the simplified acquisition procedures required by subsection (a).
**(c) Promotion of Competition Required.—** When using simplified acquisition procedures, the head of an executive agency shall promote competition to the maximum extent practicable.
**(d) Consideration of Offers Timely Received.—** The simplified acquisition procedures contained in the Federal Acquisition Regulation shall include a requirement that a contracting officer consider each responsive offer timely received from an eligible offeror.
**(e) Special Rules for Commercial Products and Commercial Services.—** The Federal Acquisition Regulation shall provide that an executive agency using special simplified procedures to purchase commercial products or commercial services—
(1) shall publish a notice in accordance with [section 1708 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title41-section1708&num=0&edition=prelim) and, a
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The President may, in accordance with the needs of the Army, adjust dates of rank of commissioned officers of the Army serving in temporary grades.
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**(a) Defense Acquisition System.—** In this part, the term “defense acquisition system” means—
(1) the workforce engaged in carrying out the acquisition of property and services for the Department of Defense;
(2) the management structure responsible for directing and overseeing the acquisition of property and services for the Department of Defense; and
(3) the statutory, regulatory, and policy framework that guides the acquisition of property and services for the Department of Defense.
**(b) Element of the Defense Acquisition System.—** In this part, the term “element of the defense acquisition system” means an organization that—
(1) employs members of the acquisition workforce;
(2) carries out acquisition functions; and
(3) focuses primarily on acquisition.
**(c) Acquisition.—** In this part, the term “acquisition” has the meaning provided in [section 131 of title 41](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title41-section131&num=0&edition=prelim).
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TITLE 10—ARMED FORCES
§ 3573
Amendment by Pub. L. 116–283 effective Jan. 1, 2022,
with additional provisions for delayed implementation
and applicability of existing law, see section 1801(d) of
Pub. L. 116–283, set out as a note preceding section 3001
of this title.
CHAPTER 251—SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION
PROCEDURES
Sec.
3571.
Simplified acquisition threshold.
3572.
Implementation of simplified acquisition pro-
cedures.
3573.
Micro-purchase threshold.
Editorial Notes
PRIOR PROVISIONS
A prior chapter 251 ‘‘SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION
PROCEDURES’’, consisting of reserved section 3551,
was repealed by Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title XVIII,
§ 1823(a), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4205.
§ 3571. Simplified acquisition threshold
(a) SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION THRESHOLD.—For
purposes of acquisitions by agencies named in
section 3063 of this title, the simplified acquisi-
tion threshold is as specified in section 134 of
title 41.
(b) INAPPLICABLE LAWS.—No law properly list-
ed in the Federal Acquisition Regulation pursu-
ant to section 1905 of title 41 shall apply to or
with respect to a contract or subcontract that is
not greater than the simplified acquisition
threshold.
(Added and amended Pub. L. 103–355, title IV,
§§ 4002(a), 4102(a), Oct. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 3338, 3340,
§ 2302a; Pub. L. 111–350, § 5(b)(9), Jan. 4, 2011, 124
Stat. 3843; renumbered § 3571 and amended Pub.
L. 116–283, div. A, title XVIII, § 1823(b), (c)(1),
Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4205.)
Editorial Notes
PRIOR PROVISIONS
A prior section 3571, act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A
Stat. 204; Pub. L. 85–861, § 1(85), Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat.
1481; Pub. L. 86–559, § 1(21), June 30, 1960, 74 Stat. 271,
provided that commissioned officers of the Army on ac-
tive duty in the same grade rank among
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