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JOC Procurement: What’s It All About Anyway?
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SFOB has been allowing districts to utilize JOC rather to inform to help your district develop its
contracts for their Building Renewal Grants, but own strategy for JOC. When used appropriately,
like the Feds, their preferred method is still hard bid. this type of procurement can be beneficial. Hope
this info is helpful. GOOD LUCK and may all
One last thought – our procurement rules place your procurement dreams come true!
a statutory and regulatory limit of $1 million per
JOC project. That is unless of course a district
Bill Munch, CPPO, CPPB is the Procurement Compliance
Governing Board increases or decreases that limit
and Training Officer for Valley Schools Management Group,
via a change to board policy. While there is no recipient of the 2018 AASBO Bill Lovett Award and the 2016
limit on the amount of increase the board may NIGP National Purchasing Manager of the Year. He serves
adopt, I would suggest that anything beyond $2 as Vendor Representative on the AASBO Board of Directors
million or $3 million is excessive and contrary and provides consultation on public procurement matters for
to the intent of small project JOC procurement. school districts and vendors across the state of Arizona and
Too many times we have seen if we abuse the across the country. He may be reached at: bmunch@vsit.org
discretion, it will only tend to give the naysayers
an avenue to revoke the discretion.
The purpose of my article was not to dictate, but

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