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Purchasing with Federal Grant Funds: Lloyd
1. Purchasing with Federal Grant
FundsโThe Future is Now
NADO Annual Training Conference
October 15, 2018
Presented by Bob Lloyd
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2. Procurement Standards
โข 2 CFR 200.317-326
โข 2 CFR 200, Appendix II
โข โSkeletalโ features
โข OMBโs influences
--- OMB Circular A-102, Section ___.36
--- OMB Circular A-110, Sections ___.40-48
--- Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) (48 CFR)
โข BUT NOTE: The FAR does not apply to recipient
and subrecipient procurements
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3. Key Elements
โข Policy for states
--- Broad reliance on ABA Model Procurement Code for State
and Local Governments
โข Policy for others
--- OMB deferral decision (Revision to 2 CFR 200 on 9/10/15
and COFAR FAQโs)
--- Congressional action on thresholds
--- OMB Memorandum 18-18 (June 20, 2018)
โข Nature of a contract under a grant
--- โCase by case determinationโ
--- A โprocurement relationshipโ
--- Joining โa buyer and a sellerโ
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5. Recipient and Subrecipient
Responsibility
โข Reliance on its own organizational procedures
โข Privity of agreement
โข โSole authorityโ
--- Pre-award
----- Irregularities
----- Bid protests
--- Post-award
----- Interpretation
----- Claims
โข Grantor agency involvement
--- 2 CFR 200.324
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6. Code of Conduct
โข Conflict of interest (2 CFR 200.318(c))
--- Familial
--- Financial
--- Organizational
--- Possible supplemental federal agency procedures (2
CFR 200.112)
--- Less than arms length leases (2 CFR 200.4XX)
โข Solicitation or acceptance of gratuities
--- Organizational rules for items of nominal value
โข Disciplinary procedures
โข New disclosure procedures (2 CFR 200.113)
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7. Acceptable Methods
โข Micro-purchase
--- Purchases of less than $3,500
--- No need to solicit competition
--- Davis-Bacon exception
โข Small purchase
--- Purchases of less than $150K
--- Role of recipient or subrecipient small purchase threshold
--- Solicitation of quotations from an โadequate number of sourcesโ
โข Competitive sealed bids
--- Formal advertising
--- Results in firm fixed price (lump sum or unit)
--- Conditions required for use (2 CFR 200.320(c)(1))
--- Preferred for construction
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8. Acceptable Methods
โข Competition negotiation
--- Competition is expected
--- Fixed price or cost type possible
--- RFP must be publicized
--- Solicitation identifies evaluation criteria and relative
importance
--- Written procedures required for technical evaluation
--- Award to most advantageous officer with price and other
identified factors considered
--- Must be used for architect and engineering services and
price cannot be used as a selection criterion (โBrooks Billโ)
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9. Acceptable Methods
โข Non-competitive negotiation
--- โSole sourceโ
--- Acceptable justifications
----- Only available from a single source
----- Public exigency or emergency
----- Authorized by federal awarding agency
----- Inadequate competition
--- โJOFOCโ
โข Time and materials
--- Use limited; no other contract type is suitable
--- Ceiling price must be stated
--- Recipient oversight required to assure contractor efficiency and cost
control
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10. Acquisition Planning
โข Decision to purchase
--- Avoid unnecessary purchases
--- Consideration of alternatives
----- Leases
----- Third party in-kind contributions
----- Federal excess and surplus property
โข The โprocurement elementโ of the grant budget
โข SF 424A direct cost categories
--- Travel
--- Equipment
--- Supplies
--- Contractual (services)
--- Construction
--- Other
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11. Acquisition Planning
โข Managing the โsupply chainโ
--- Bundling
--- Breaking out
โข Cooperative purchasing
โข Value engineering
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12. Obtaining Competition
โข โFree and openโ
โข โCast a wide netโ
--- Offerorsโ lists (including prequalified)
--- Website
--- Media
--- FedBizOpps
โข Affirmative steps (2 CFR 200.321) to solicit:
--- Minority Business Enterprises (MBE)
--- Small Business Enterprises (SBE)
--- Women-Owned Business Enterprises (WBE)
--- Labor surplus area firms
โข Geographic preference prohibited
โข Impermissible restrictions on competition (2 CFR 200.319(a))
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13. Developing Solicitations
โข Contractor involvement prohibited
โข Components
--- Procurement method
--- Contract type
----- Fixed price
----- Cost type
------- Prohibited: cost plus percentage of cost
--- Contract financing
----- Timing
----- Amounts
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14. Developing Solicitations
โข Invitation for bids (IFB)
--- Specifications
--- โBrand name or equalโ
--- Salient features
--- Award to the โlowest responsive responsible contractorโ
โข Request for proposals (RFP)
--- Statement of work (SOW)
--- Deliverables
--- Technical proposal instructions (TPI)
--- Technical evaluation criteria (TEC)
----- Arithmatic or adjectival
--- โTwo stepโ procurement
----- โBest and final offersโ (BAFO)
โข Special rules for audit procurement (2 CFR 200.509)
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15. Source Evaluation
โข Responsiveness
--- Timeliness
--- Completeness
--- Correctness
โข Responsibility
--- Integrity
--- Past performance
--- Compliance with public policy
--- Financial and technical resources
โข Application of evaluation criteria
โข Vetting
--- www.SAM.gov (EPLS)
--- 2 CFR 180
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16. Source Evaluation
โข Cost or price analysis
--- Required in all procurements above the
Simplified Acquisition Threshold
--- Required independent estimate prior to
solicitation (e.g., grant budget)
--- How was the offer solicited?
--- Separate negotiation of profit (if costs are broken
out)
--- Uniform cost principles apply (Subpart E, 2 CFR
200)
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17. Source Selection
โข Documentation
--- Avoid โblack boxโ purchasing
โข The โsound and completeโ contract
--- Offer
--- Acceptance
--- Legal content
--- Consideration
--- Jurisdiction
--- Obligations
--- Rights and remedies
--- Severability
โข Required federal clauses
--- 2 CFR 200, Appendix II
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18. Contract Administration
โข 2 CFR 200.318(b)
โข Objectives: performance and compliance
โข Access to contractor and its records?
โข Avoidance of interference
โข What tools are available?
--- Fixed price contracts
--- Cost-type contracts
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19. Contract Administration
โข Supplies and equipment
--- Delivery
--- Inspection
--- Acceptance
--- Payment
----- Retainage
--- Warranties
โข Services and construction
--- Oversight of work process
--- Delivery
--- Inspection
--- Acceptance
--- Payment
--- Warranties
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20. Procurement Records
โข 2 CFR 200.318(i)
โข โHistory of the procurementโ
--- Rationale for procurement method
--- Rationale for selection of contract type
--- Source evaluation and selection
--- Basis for contract price
โข โAn audit trail from the beginningโ
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