48 CFR § 2834.002 - 2834.002 Policy.

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title: "48 CFR § 2834.002 - 2834.002   Policy."
title_number: 48
title_name: "Federal Acquisition Regulations System"
section_number: "2834.002"
section_name: "2834.002   Policy."
chapter_number: 28
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE"
subchapter_number: "F"
subchapter_name: "SPECIAL CATEGORIES OF CONTRACTING"
part_number: "2834"
part_name: "MAJOR SYSTEM ACQUISITION"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "28 U.S.C. 510; 40 U.S.C. 486(c); 28 CFR 0.75(j) and 0.76(j)."
regulatory_source: "87 FR 47118, Aug. 2, 2022, unless otherwise noted."
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# 2834.002 2834.002   Policy.

The Small Business and Federal Procurement Competition Enhancement Act of 1984 allows an executive agency to establish a dollar threshold for the designation of a major system, in accordance with Public Law 98-577. Dollar thresholds for a major system under OMB Circular A-109 are designated in this section.

(a) *Major automated information system.* Within DOJ, a major automated information system is one whose life-cycle cost is in excess of $100 million.

(b) *Major real property system.* (1) By purchase, when the assessed value of the property exceeds $60 million.

(2) By lease, when the annual rental charges, including basic services (*e.g.,* cleaning, guards, maintenance), exceed $1.8 million.

(3) By transfer from another agency at no cost when the assessed value of the property exceeds $12 million.

(c) *Research and development (R&D) system.* Any R&D activity expected to exceed $500,000 for the R&D phase is subject to OMB Circular A-109, unless exempted by the HCA or designee under paragraph (e) of this section.

(d) *Any other system or activity.* The HCA or designee responsible for the system may designate any system or activity as a Major System under OMB Circular A-109, *e.g.,* selected systems designed to support more than one principal organizational unit.

(e) *Exemption.* The CAO, upon recommendation by the HCA or designee responsible for the system, may determine that, because of the routine nature of the acquisition, the system (*e.g.,* an information system utilizing only off-the-shelf hardware or software) will be exempt from the OMB Circular A-109 process, even where by virtue of the life cycle costs it would otherwise be identified as “major” in response to OMB Circular A-109.