---
kind: "section"
citation: "2 C.F.R. § 3485.220"
title: "2"
number: "3485.220"
heading: "Are any procurement contracts included as covered transactions?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/2/3485.220"
---

# §3485.220. Are any procurement contracts included as covered transactions?

- (a) **Covered transactions under this part—**
  - (1) Do not include any procurement contracts awarded directly by a Federal agency; but
  - (2) Do include some procurement contracts awarded by non-Federal participants in nonprocurement covered transactions.
- (b) Specifically, a contract for goods or services is a covered transaction if any of the following applies:
  - (1) The contract is awarded by a participant in a nonprocurement transaction that is covered under [§ 180.210](/cfr/2/180.210.md) of this title, and the amount of the contract is expected to equal or exceed $25,000.
  - (2) **The contract requires the consent of an official of a Federal agency.** In that case, the contract, regardless of the amount, always is a covered transaction, and it does not matter who awarded it. For example, it could be a subcontract awarded by a contractor at a tier below a nonprocurement transaction, as shown in the Appendix to [Part 3485](/cfr/2/part3485.md)—Covered Transactions.
  - (3) **The contract is for Federally-required audit services.**
  - (4) The contract is to perform services as a third party servicer in connection with a title IV, HEA program.
- (c) In addition to the contracts covered under [2 CFR 180.220(b)](/cfr/2/180.220.md?p=b) of the OMB guidance, this part applies to any contract, regardless of tier, that is awarded by a contractor, subcontractor, supplier, consultant, or its agent or representative in any transaction, if the contract is to be funded or provided by ED under a covered nonprocurement transaction and the amount of the contract is expected to equal or exceed $25,000. This extends the coverage of the ED nonprocurement suspension and debarment requirements to all lower tiers of subcontracts under covered nonprocurement transactions, as permitted under the OMB guidance at [2 CFR 180.220(c)](/cfr/2/180.220.md?p=c) (see optional lower tier coverage in the figure in Appendix A to [Part 3485](/cfr/2/part3485.md)—Covered Transactions).

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: E.O. 12549 (3 CFR 1986 Comp., p. 189); E.O. 12689 (3 CFR 1989 Comp., p. 235); sec. 2455, Pub. L. 103-355, 108 Stat. 3327 (31 U.S.C. 6101 note); 20 U.S.C. 1082, 1094, 1221e-3, and 3474, unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 77 FR 18673, Mar. 28, 2012, unless otherwise noted.