48 CFR § 1413.202-70 - 1413.202-70 Policy.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t48/s1413.202-70"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "48 CFR § 1413.202-70 - 1413.202-70   Policy."
title_number: 48
title_name: "Federal Acquisition Regulations System"
section_number: "1413.202-70"
section_name: "1413.202-70   Policy."
chapter_number: 14
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "CONTRACTING METHODS AND CONTRACT TYPES"
part_number: "1413"
part_name: "SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION PROCEDURES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Sec. 205(c), 63 Stat. 390, 40 U.S.C. 486(c); and 5 U.S.C. 301."
regulatory_source: "75 FR 19829, Apr. 15, 2010, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "1413"
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# 1413.202-70 1413.202-70   Policy.

(a) The purchase card shall be used in preference to other methods of procurement for purchases up to $3,000. Other small purchase methods (BPAs, imprest funds, third-party drafts, SF-44 forms, and purchase orders) may be used in lieu of the Government purchase card when it is more cost-effective or practicable.

(b) The purchase card shall be issued primarily to personnel outside of procurement offices to purchase products and services up to the micro-purchase threshold ($2,000 for construction).

(c) The purchase card may be used in procurement offices for purchases up to the simplified acquisition threshold ($50,000 if not interim FACNET certified) not to exceed individual warrant limitations.

(d) Each contracting activity shall develop more specific procedures for use of purchase cards.