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AWW GEE WHIZ! So in my next article, I will review ALL the procurement
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 31 exemptions, including those approved in the revision to the
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.
$10,000 and do a formal procurement if the amount exceeds Have a great school year and don’t hesitate to reach out to
$100,000. me with any procurement questions you may have. We are all
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
have come at the recommendation of some very learned Training Of cer for Valley Schools Management Group, recipient
school district procurement folks who are also members of of the 2018 AASBO Bill Lovett Award and the 2016 NIGP National
our own AASBO organization. Among these changes will be Purchasing Manager of the Year. He provides consultation on
some proposed clari cations to the exemptions discussed public procurement matters for school districts and vendors across
above and some appropriate and much-needed additional the state of Arizona and across the country. He may be reached at:
exemptions. bmunch@vsit.org.
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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