48 CFR § 434.001 - 434.001 Definition.

---
identifier: "/us/cfr/t48/s434.001"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "48 CFR § 434.001 - 434.001   Definition."
title_number: 48
title_name: "Federal Acquisition Regulations System"
section_number: "434.001"
section_name: "434.001   Definition."
chapter_number: 4
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
subchapter_number: "F"
subchapter_name: "SPECIAL CATEGORIES OF CONTRACTING"
part_number: "434"
part_name: "MAJOR SYSTEM ACQUISITION"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 301 and 40 U.S.C. 486(c)."
regulatory_source: "89 FR 81015, Oct. 7, 2024, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "434"
---


# 434.001 434.001   Definition.

Pursuant to OMB Circular No. A-11 (Circular A-11) and the definition at FAR 2.101, within USDA, a system shall be considered a *major system* if:

(a) The system has been identified as a Major IT Investment pursuant to USDA Departmental Regulation 3030- 008, Definition of Major Information Technology Investments,

(b) The total non-IT acquisition costs are estimated to be $50 million or more, or

(c) The system, regardless of estimated acquisition or life cycle costs, has been specifically designated to be a major system by the USDA Acquisition Executive or by the Major Information Technology Systems Executive. The Assistant Secretary for Administration (ASA) is the USDA Acquisition Executive for major system acquisition other than acquisitions of information technology.