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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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