41 CFR § 101-25.101-5 - Supply through local purchase.

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title: "41 CFR § 101-25.101-5 - Supply through local purchase."
title_number: 41
title_name: "Public Contracts and Property Management"
section_number: "101-25.101-5"
section_name: "Supply through local purchase."
chapter_number: 101
chapter_name: "FEDERAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT REGULATIONS"
subchapter_number: "E"
subchapter_name: "SUPPLY AND PROCUREMENT"
part_number: "101-25"
part_name: "25—GENERAL"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "Sec. 205(c), 63 Stat. 390; 40 U.S.C. 486(c)."
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# 101-25.101-5 Supply through local purchase.

The following criteria shall govern in determining whether an item should be supplied through local purchase:

(a) Urgency of need requires local purchase to assure prompt delivery;

(b) The items are perishable or subject to rapid deterioration which will not permit delay incident to shipment from distant points;

(c) The local purchase is within applicable limitation established by the agency head; or

(d) Local purchase will produce the greatest economy to the Government.