5313.003 Policy

(i)  The determination that micro-purchases and simplified acquisitions of supplies or services are used in support of a contingency operation or to facilitate defense against or recovery from nuclear, biological, chemical, or radiological attack is delegated to the HCA (see 5301.601(a)(i)). The HCA has delegated this responsibility to no lower than the chief of the contracting office, as defined in 5302.101.