Department of State Electronic Commerce Program -- Authorities and Introduction
Updated April 13, 2007
About the program: Electronic commerce is the electronic conversation that occurs between the federal government and vendors, grantees, etc. in the normal proces of doing business. Per 41 U.S.C. Section 252c(b) (2000), the Department of State Electronic Commerce Program Manager implements the Department's electronic commerce capability for all of the Department of State worldwide. This is done with a lot of help from many people throughout the department. This law applies to electronic commerce of all kinds, from the smallest purchase card purchase to the largest contract as well as all dollar values of grant and cooperative agreements, online property disposal and other activities. The Department's electronic commerce capability includes internal Department of State systems as well as many other tools, some of which are listed below.
Where the program fits in: The Department of State's Electronic Commerce program is part of the larger federal government effort in electronic commerce. Electronic commerce, "e-commerce" is a subset of e-government, one of the items on the President's Management Agenda (external link).
What we use: We use the various governmentwide acquisition systems listed on the U.S. federal Acquisition Central website to help automate the acquisition process, leveraging the Internet as we move toward e-government and paperless contracting. Except for the Grants and Cooperative Agreements page, the pages below list only Department of State-specific information, or additional information not included elsewhere, that the general public, vendors and grantees would find useful about Departmental use of systems listed on the Acquisition Central website (external link). For more information on these systems, please see the Acquisition Central website (external link).
Micropurchase threshold, micropurchases and micro-purchases: Please note that in using these systems, the Department of State's micropurchase threshold is currently $3,000.00, except for services performed within the
United States
. For services performed within the
United States
, the Department of State’s micropurchase threshold is $2,500.00. Micropurchases and micro-purchases both mean purchases, or contracts, with a grand total dollar value of at or under the micropurchase threshold.
Click on the links below to go to:
Contracts, purchases, etc.:
Additional potential contractor registration information
Lists of systems that:
Advertise Contracting Opportunities
Record and Provide Contract Award and Performance Data
If you are using a Department of State computer (or other federal government computer) that can access the Department of State Intranet, click here to go to the Department of State Electronic Commerce Intranet website. The Intranet website is for internal federal government use only.
Send your questions or comments to the Department of State Electronic Commerce Program Manager.
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