1800.1 The small purchase procedures set forth in this chapter may only be used for the procurement of goods, services, and other items when the total of the procurement does not exceed five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) for procurements for the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) and the Office of the Chief Technology Officer (OCTO) and one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for all other agencies, in accordance with § 321 of the District of Columbia Procurement Practices Act of 1985, effective February 21, 1986, D. C. Law 6-85 (Act) as amended effective July 23, 2002 (D.C. Official Code § 2-303.21).

1800.2 A contracting officer shall not use small purchase procedures when the requirement can be met by using a requirements contract, an indefinite quantity contract, a federal supply schedule, or other required source of supply as set forth in Chapter 21 of Title 27 DCMR.

1800.3 A contracting officer shall not use small purchase procedures when the procurement requirement is initially estimated to exceed five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) for procurements for MPD and OCTO or one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for all other agencies, even though the resulting award does not exceed the applicable small purchase limit.

1800.4 A contracting officer shall not split a procurement totaling more than the applicable small purchase limitation into several purchases that are less than the limit in order to permit the use of the small purchase procedures.

1800.5 A contracting officer shall not parcel, split or divide a procurement requirement, or purchase a procurement requirement over a period of time, in order to avoid the dollar limitations for use of small purchase procedures.

1800.6 A contracting officer shall use the small purchase procedure that is most suitable, efficient, and economical based on the circumstances of each procurement.

AUTHORITY: Unless otherwise noted, the authority for this chapter is Sections 204 and 321 of the District of Columbia Procurement Practices Act of 1985, as amended, effective February 21, 1986 (D.C. Law 6-85, D.C. Official Code §§ 2-302.04, -303.21 (2001 and 2005 Supp.)) (PPA), Mayor's Order 2002-177, dated June 28, 2002, and Mayor's Order 2002-207, dated December 18, 2002; Section 2 of the Small Purchase Authority Amendment Act of 1997, effective February 27, 1998, D.C. Law 12-50, D.C. Code § 2-303.21 (2001).

SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 35 DCR 1476 (February 26, 1988); as amended by Emergency Rulemaking published at 44 DCR 4450 (August 1, 1997) [EXPIRED]; as amended by Emergency Rulemaking published at 44 DCR 7181 (November 21, 1997) [EXPIRED]; as amended by Emergency Rulemaking published at 47 DCR 1261 (February 25, 2000) [EXPIRED]; as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 47 DCR 9882 (December 15, 2000); as amended by Emergency Rulemaking published at 50 DCR 3186 (April 25, 2003) [EXPIRED]; Final Rulemaking published at 50 DCR 8179 (October 3, 2003); as amended by Emergency Rulemaking published at 53 DCR 445 (January 20, 2006) [EXPIRED]; as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 53 DCR 5876 (July 21, 2006).