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AWW GEE WHIZ!
So in my next article, I will review ALL the procurement
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State Board of Education School District Procurement Rules in
detail and give some great best practice recommendations to
with the cumulative requirements for written quotes if over make all your procurement dreams come true.
Have a great school year and don’t hesitate to reach out to
$10,000 and do a formal procurement if the amount exceeds
me with any procurement questions you may have. We are all
$100,000.
OK, so here is the cli hanger. e State Board of Education in this together!
at the time of the writing of this article is currently undergoing
rules revisions that will make our lives easier. ese changes Bill Munch, CPPO, CPPB is the Procurement Compliance and
Training Of cer for Valley Schools Management Group, recipient
have come at the recommendation of some very learned
of the 2018 AASBO Bill Lovett Award and the 2016 NIGP National
school district procurement folks who are also members of
our own AASBO organization. Among these changes will be Purchasing Manager of the Year. He provides consultation on
public procurement matters for school districts and vendors across
some proposed clari cations to the exemptions discussed
above and some appropriate and much-needed additional the state of Arizona and across the country. He may be reached at:
bmunch@vsit.org.
exemptions.
We all should be very aware that the procurement rules apply to all
purchases of materials, services and construction and therefore the procurement
thresholds apply to all purchases. There are exceptions, but they are specifi cally listed
in the procurement rules. If your proposed purchase is not listed in the exceptions,
you must follow the procurement thresholds for quotes and bids.
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