---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 C.F.R. § 18.201"
title: "48"
number: "18.201"
heading: "Contingency operation."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/48/18.201"
---

# §18.201. Contingency operation.

- (a) **Contingency operation—** is defined in 2.101.
- (b) **Micro-purchase threshold.** The threshold increases when the head of the agency determines the supplies or services are to be used to support a contingency operation. (See 2.101 and 13.201(g).)
- (c) **Simplified acquisition threshold.** The threshold increases when the head of the agency determines the supplies or services are to be used to support a contingency operation. (See 2.101.)
- (d) **SF 44, Purchase Order-Invoice-Voucher.** The normal threshold for the use of the SF 44 is at or below the micro-purchase threshold. Agencies may, however, establish higher dollar limitations for purchases made to support a contingency operation. (See 13.306.)
- (e) **Simplified procedures for certain commercial products and commercial services.** The threshold limits authorized for use of this authority may be increased for acquisitions to support a contingency operation. (See 13.500(c)).

## Notes

### Amendments

[71 FR 38248, July 5, 2006, as amended at 38312, July 2, 2015; 86 FR 61027, Nov. 4, 2021]

### Authority

Authority: 40 U.S.C. 121(c); 10 U.S.C. chapter 4 and 10 U.S.C. chapter 137 legacy provisions (see 10 U.S.C. 3016); and 51 U.S.C. 20113.

### Source

Source: 71 FR 38248, July 5, 2006, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[71 FR 38248, July 5, 2006, as amended at 38312, July 2, 2015; 86 FR 61027, Nov. 4, 2021]