2 CFR § 1600.220 - What contracts and subcontracts are covered transactions?

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title: "2 CFR § 1600.220 - What contracts and subcontracts are covered transactions?"
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title_name: "Federal Financial Assistance"
section_number: "1600.220"
section_name: "What contracts and subcontracts are covered transactions?"
chapter_name: "US International Development Finance Corporation"
part_number: "1600"
part_name: "NONPROCUREMENT DEBARMENT AND SUSPENSION"
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authority: "Sec. 2455, Pub. L. 103-355, 108 Stat. 3327 (31 U.S.C. 6101 note); E.O. 12549, 51 FR 6370, 3 CFR, 1986 Comp., p. 189; E.O. 12689, 54 FR 34131, 3 CFR, 1989 Comp., p. 235."
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# 1600.220 What contracts and subcontracts are covered transactions?

First-tier procurements (*i.e.,* primary contracts) under a covered nonprocurement transaction are covered transactions. Although the OMB guidance at 2 CFR 180.220(c) allows a Federal agency to do so (see also optional lower tier coverage in the figure in the appendix to 2 CFR part 180), DFC does not extend coverage of nonprocurement suspension and debarment requirements beyond first-tier procurement under a covered nonprocurement transaction. Moreover, for purposes of determining whether a procurement contract is included as a covered transaction, the threshold in 2 CFR 180.220(b) is increased from $25,000 to the “simplified acquisition threshold” as defined in 48 CFR 2.101.