The $15,000 Purchase Card Lane Most Contractors Are Still Sizing At $10,000
The micro-purchase ceiling is $15,000, and the contractors who treat card buys as the first stage of a pipeline will be the ones getting called for the bigger RFQs.
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Bottom Line Up Front
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Bottom Line Up Front
The micro-purchase threshold is $15,000, up from $10,000. Most contractor materials, pricing sheets, and pitches are still built around the old number. Resellers who set up for card buys now get repeat orders, a payment history, and a way into the larger quotes that follow.
Week in Numbers
$15,000. The micro-purchase threshold increased from $10,000 to $15,000 under FAR 2.101. A $14,200 order that used to need a quote process may now be a card swipe. Reprice your catalog bundles.
