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Chapter 4: Methods of Selection <br />http:/lwtivw. fta.dot. gov/fta/library/adminB PPman/sect_40. h lm <br />apiece for a total of $4,500) into smaller purchases (three sequential purchases of $1,500) in order to use <br />this method of procurement. See Section 3.3.1 [f'uture sectionJ, "Specifying Amounts" for a general <br />discussion of the danger of bid splitting. <br />9- Although it is written for the more detailed "price analysis" required in competitive procurements, <br />FAR § 15.805 discusses price analysis techniques that may be used or adapted to support your <br />determinations for these micro-purchases. <br />10 - FAR § 13.106(a)(3). <br />11- These changes were published as part of Federal Acquisition Circular 90-40 in Volume 61 of the <br />Federal Register on pages 39189 through 39199 (61 Fed. Reg. 39189-39199 (July 26, 1996)). <br />iZ " FAR § 13.103(e). <br />13 - FAR §§ 13.106(a)(3)(i) and 1.603-3(b). See also Section 2.1.2, "Autonomv" regarding <br />decentralization, generally. <br />14 - FAR § 13.106(b). <br />ls - GAO/NSIAD-96-138 (8/6/96). GAO Reports are available on the Internet at the Government <br />Printing Office web site: "http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_doc/". <br />16 - See FTA Circular 422Q.1D § 9.e -R- "Grantees 1 use [the Brooks Act] for contracting for A&E <br />services. ...(emphasis supplied)" See Seetion 6.5 ~future sectionJ, "Architectural and Engineering <br />Services" for a complete discussion. <br />17 - See Section 6.5 ~future sectionJ, "Architectural and Engineering Services." <br />18 - See discussion of these requirements in Section 8.1.3, "Davis Bacon Act." <br />19 - A"delivery order" as opposed to a purchase order, is issued typically under the terms of a <br />requirements type contract that has been competitively procured under formal procedures. The delivery <br />order is simply an ordering mechanism under that contract and is not an independent contract like a <br />purchase order. <br />20 " FTA Circular 4220.1D § 9. <br />21- FTA Circular 4220.1D § 9.c.(1). <br />22 - FTA Circular 4220.1D § 9.c.(3). <br />23 " See Section 4.4. "Sealed Bids." and FTA Circular 4220.1D § 9.c.(2). <br />24 - See Section 4.5, "Competitive Proposals," and FTA Circular 4220.1D § 9.d. <br />39 of 45 01/10/97 13:09:54 <br />