The Procurement Blog
Expert guidance and best practices for making efficient, compliant procurements.
Balancing procurement compliance with efficiency is a practical challenge faced by every federally-funded organization.
How much is too much? Or too little?
The answer is rarely clear.
The Uniform ...
Many organizations grapple with one of the simplest procurement methods of all - micro-purchases.Ā More precisely, establishing an appropriate dollar threshold for micro-purchases.
Is it $3,000? $3,50...
In the updated UG, strategic sourcing has been identified as a viable method to achieve cost savings and efficiency while also meeting competitive procurement requirements (200.318e).
Strategic sourc...
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB), in its 2024 updates to the Uniform Guidance, re-emphasized the importance of selecting responsible contractors when procuring goods and services with federal...
The OMB has stressed the importance of recipients and subrecipients following appropriate cybersecurity practices in the 2024 updates to the Uniform Guidance, underscoring the seriousness of the matte...
In the 2024 updates to the Uniform Guidance, the OMB added the terms āfirst-tier subrecipientā and āsecond-tier subrecipientā to clarify requirements for each. Hereās what you need to know.
A first-t...
In the 2024 updates to the Uniform Guidance, the OMB clarified a variety of documentation requirements while also adding some new ones. Some of the notable changes and clarifications regarding documen...
