Fun with the FAR Part 13

1.       Contracting officers are required to perform price a reasonableness analysis on all simplified acquisitions. FAR 13.106-3.

2.       Use of a SF 44 is the most common way the Government issues “purchase orders” under FAR Part 13. FAR 13.306.

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