12-3. Emergency Thresholds

See Tables 12-1, 12-2, and 12-3 for applicable emergency micro-purchase thresholds.

Table 12-1: Contingency Contracting Micro-purchase Threshold for Supplies

Supplies
Government Purchaser’s Physical Location	Authorized MPT
Inside United States	$20,000
Outside United States	$35,000

Table 12-2: Contingency Contracting Micro-purchase Threshold for Services

Services (Including Services Acquisitions Subject to Service Contract Labor Standards, 41 USC Chapter 67)
Government Purchaser’s Physical Location	Place of Performance	Authorized MPT
Inside United States	Inside or Outside United States	$20,000
Outside United States	Inside United States	$20,000
Outside United States	Outside United States	$35,000

Table 12-3: GPC MPT Values for Convenience Checks

GPC Micro-purchase Threshold – Convenience Checks (CC)
Government Purchaser’s Physical Location	Authorized MPT
General – Unrelated to Contingency/Other Emergency Uses	$5,000
Contingency and Other Emergency Uses (inside U.S.)	$10,000
Contingency and Other Emergency Uses (outside U.S.)	$17,500

a. Cardholders may use the GPC to buy supplies and services for authorized contingency efforts. In order to purchase up to the contingency MPT, CHs must have the “Micro-Purchase Emergency-Type Operations Cardholder and/or Check Writer” designation in their JAM appointment. Cardholders may only use this purchasing authority for declared, authorized contingency or emergency efforts. Purchases using this authority must have a clear and direct relationship to the support of the declared operation. Contracting officers may also have a “Warranted Overseas Emergency-Type Operations” designation, which allows them to purchase up to the applicable simplified acquisition threshold for declared operations.

b. National Interest Action (NIA) Codes. Cardholders must input the NIA code or other assigned codes in the Contingency Operations field in the servicing bank’s EAS Access Online Order Management for transactions when NIA Codes are issued for contingency operations, declared emergency or major disasters, defense or recovery from certain events, humanitarian or peacekeeping operations, or international disaster assistance (referred to as “applicable operations”), and for retaining transaction determinations in support of applicable operations. Level 4 A/OPCs must track purchases using the NIA code and conduct audits on the contingency purchases upon completion of the event. For example:

1) If your HCA has authorized emergency acquisition authorities to support and expired event such as Hurricane Ian, then CHs will need to manually enter just the description of “Hurricane Ian” in the ““ADD’L Code or Event Info” field (Transaction Management) or in the “Contingency Operations” field (Order Management).

2) If your HCA has authorized emergency acquisition authorities to support COVID or Ukraine for purchases made after 9/30/2022, then CHs will need to manually enter just the description of “Ukraine” or “COVID” in the “Contingency Operations” field.