---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 C.F.R. § 613.303-5"
title: "48"
number: "613.303-5"
heading: "Purchases under BPAs."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/48/613.303-5"
---

# §613.303-5. Purchases under BPAs.

- (b) Individual purchases under BPAs for commercial items may exceed the simplified acquisition threshold; however, the higher threshold must be consistent with the requirements of FAR 13.303-5(b)(1) and (2).
- (c) In accordance with FAR 13.303-5(c), BPAs shall be awarded to small businesses to the maximum extent practicable.

## Notes

### Amendments

[64 FR 43623, Aug. 11, 1999, as amended at 69 FR 19332, Apr. 13, 2004]

### Authority

Authority: 22 U.S.C. 2651a, 40 U.S.C. 121(c) and 48 CFR chapter 1.

### Source

Source: 64 FR 43623, Aug. 11, 1999, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[64 FR 43623, Aug. 11, 1999, as amended at 69 FR 19332, Apr. 13, 2004]