5 Purposes of Program Purchase correct answers 1. Simplifies Small purchase Methods
2. Streamlines Payment Processing
3. Fast, convenient method to pay for all requirements within the MPT
4. Provides DON civilian employees and military personnel a practical and commercially
available payment method to make small purchases
5. Eliminates petty cash
Who defines the Micro-Purchase Threshold correct answers Federal Acquisition Regulation
(FAR)
What is the current MPT (minus exceptions) correct answers $10,000 MPT
MPT for Services is? correct answers $2,500 - Subject to Service Contract Labor Standards
Statute (In the U.S.)
MPT for Construction is? correct answers $2,000 - Subject to Construction Wage Rate
Requirements Statute (In the U.S.)
What is the Contingency Operations in the U.S. (CONUS)? correct answers $20,000 USD
What is the Contingency Operations outside the U.S. (OCONUS)? correct answers $35,000 USD
what is the $ limit for DFARS 213.301 Open Market Purchases outside the U.S.? correct answers
$25,000 USD
When can the MPT be increased, and what are the limits in OCONUS/CONUS correct answers
Authorized by Secretary of Defense:
, 1. For acquisition in support of contingency operations
2. Facilitate Defense against/recovery from Nuclear, biological, chemical or radiological attack.
CONUS: $20,000
OCONUS: $35,000
What is DFARS, and under what conditions does it allow the GPC for open purchases up to
25,000 OCONUS correct answers DoD Supplement to FAR.
1. Authorized by the Head of Contracting Authority
2. Delegated in their letter of Delegation
3. Appointed with an SF-1402
4. Note the distinction of "United States" Vs. "OCONUS"
What document should Cardholders refer for DFARS? correct answers DFARS 213.301
What areas does DFARS define as jurisdiction of the United States? (11) correct answers 1. 50
states + District of Columbia
2. The commonwealth of Puerto Rico
3. The Virgin Islands
4. The commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands
5. Guam
6. American Samoa
7. Wake Island
8. Johnson Island
9. Canton Island
10. Outer Continental Shelf Islands
11. Any other place subject to the Jurisdiction of the United States.