---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 C.F.R. § 5.201"
title: "48"
number: "5.201"
heading: "General."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/48/5.201"
---

# §5.201. General.

- (a) As required by the Small Business Act ([15 U.S.C. 637(e)](/usc/15/637.md?p=e)) and [41 U.S.C. 1708](/usc/41/1708.md), agencies must make notices of proposed contract actions available as specified in [paragraph (b)](#b) of this section.
- (b)
  - (1) For acquisitions of supplies and services, other than those covered by the exceptions in 5.202 and the special situations in 5.205, the contracting officer must transmit a notice to the GPE, for each proposed—
    - (i) Contract action meeting the threshold in 5.101(a)(1);
    - (ii) Modification to an existing contract for additional supplies or services that meets the threshold in 5.101(a)(1); or
    - (iii) **Contract action in any amount when advantageous to the Government.**
  - (2) When transmitting notices using electronic commerce, contracting officers must ensure the notice is forwarded to the GPE.
- (c) The primary purposes of the notice are to improve small business access to acquisition information and enhance competition by identifying contracting and subcontracting opportunities.
- (d) The GPE may be accessed via the Internet at https://www.sam.gov.

## Notes

### Amendments

[66 FR 27410, May 16, 2001, as amended at 68 FR 56678, Oct. 1, 2003; 72 FR 63076, Nov. 7, 2007; 79 FR 24197, Apr. 29, 2014; 83 FR 42572, Aug. 22, 2018; 86 FR 71324, Dec. 15, 2021]

### Authority

Authority: 41 U.S.C. 1121(b); 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: 48 FR 42119, Sept. 19, 1983, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[66 FR 27410, May 16, 2001, as amended at 68 FR 56678, Oct. 1, 2003; 72 FR 63076, Nov. 7, 2007; 79 FR 24197, Apr. 29, 2014; 83 FR 42572, Aug. 22, 2018; 86 FR 71324, Dec. 15, 2021]