(a) The steps needed to be taken to procure goods and/or services depends on the amount of the proposed procurement: ------------------------------------------------------------------------
(1) purchase is $1,000 or less......... may make the purchase as long
as you make sure the price is
reasonable; no oral or written
bids are necessary.------------------------------------------------------------------------(2) proposed contract is over $1,000 must obtain and document oral
but less than $25,000. or written bids from two or
more qualified sources.------------------------------------------------------------------------(3) proposed contract is $25,000 to must:
$100,000.------------------------------------------------------------------------
(i) Solicit written bids from
three or more sources who are
willing and able to do the
work;
(ii) Provide potential sources
in the scope of work to be
performed and the criteria
your group will use to
evaluate the bids;
(iii) Objectively evaluate all
bids; and
(iv) Notify all unsuccessful
bidders.------------------------------------------------------------------------(4) proposed contract is greater than must follow the procurement
$100,000. regulations in 2 CFR Parts 200
and 1500 (these regulations
outline the standards for your
group to use when contracting
for services with Federal
funds; they also contain
provisions on: codes of
conduct for the award and
administration of contracts;
competition; procurement
procedures; cost and price
analysis; procurement records;
contract administration; and
contracts generally).------------------------------------------------------------------------
(b) Your group must not divide any procurements into smaller parts to get under any of the dollar limits in paragraph (a) of this section. [65 FR 58858, Oct. 2, 2000, as amended at 79 FR 76058, Dec. 19, 2014