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TITLE III OF THE FEDERAL PROPERTY AND ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES ACT OF 1949

TABLE OF SECTIONS OF TITLE III OF THE FEDERAL PROPERTY AND ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES ACT OF

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TITLE III OF THE FEDERAL PROPERTY AND
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES ACT OF 19491

TITLE III-PROCUREMENT PROCEDURE 2

SEC. 301. [41 U.S.C. 251] DECLARATION OF PURPOSE.

The purpose of this title is to facilitate the procurement of property and services.

SEC. 302. [41 U.S.C. 252] APPLICATION AND PROCUREMENT METHODS. (a) Executive agencies shall make purchases and contracts for property and services in accordance with the provisions of this title and implementing regulations of the Administrator; but this title does not apply

(1) to the Department of Defense, the Coast Guard, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration; or

(2) when this chapter is made inapplicable pursuant to section 602(d) of this Act or any other law, but when this title is made inapplicable by any such provision of law sections 3709 and 3710 of the Revised Statutes, as amended, shall be applicable in the absence of authority conferred by statute to procure without advertising or without regard to said section 3709.

(b) It is the declared policy of the Congress that a fair proportion of the total purchases and contracts for property and services for the Government shall be placed with small-business concerns.

(c)(1) This title does not (A) authorize the erection, repair, or furnishing of any public building or public improvement, but such authorization shall be required in the same manner as heretofore, or (B) permit any contract for the construction or repair of buildings, roads, sidewalks, sewers, mains, or similar items using procedures other than sealed-bid procedures under section 303(a)(2)(A), if the conditions set forth in section 303(a)(2)(A) apply or the contract is to be performed outside the United States.

(2) Section 303(a)(2)(A) does not require the use of sealed-bid procedures in cases in which section 204(e) of title 23, United States Code, applies.

SEC. 302A. [41 U.S.C. 252a] SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION THRESHOLD.

(a) SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION THRESHOLD.-For purposes of acquisitions by executive agencies, the simplified acquisition threshold is as specified in section 4(11) of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act.

1 Provisions of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 other than title III were revised, codified, and enacted without substantive change as part of title 40, United States Code, by Public Law 107-217. See selected provisions of title 40, U.S.C., set forth beginning on page 849.

2 Similar provisions of law applicable to defense procurement are found in chapter 137 of title 10, United States Code, set forth beginning on page 84.

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