Requirements for Procuring Goods and Services

With Federal Education Grant Funds

SEC. 1554 - Special Contracting Provisions.

To the maximum extent possible, contracts funded under this Act shall be awarded as fixed-price contracts through the use of competitive procedures. A summary of any contract awarded with such funds that is not fixed-price and not awarded using competitive procedures shall be posted in a special section of the website established in section 1526.

Sec. 1604 – Limit on Funds Sec. 1605 – Buy American – Use of American Iron,

Steel, and Manufactured Goods Sec. 1606 – Wage Rate Requirements

Job Posting – Must follow procedures in DFA’s Memo 14 regarding posting of recruitment.

ARRA awards considered high risk under A-133.

•Lack of Contract File Documentation

•Lack of Contract File Documentation•Lack of Approvals

•Lack of Contract File Documentation•Lack of Approvals•Failure to Follow Existing Procurement Procedures

•Lack of Contract File Documentation•Lack of Approvals•Failure to Follow Existing Procurement Procedures•Split Purchases

•Lack of Contract File Documentation•Lack of Approvals•Failure to Follow Existing Procurement Procedures•Split Purchases•Lack of Competition in Small Purchase Procurement

•Lack of Contract File Documentation•Lack of Approvals•Failure to Follow Existing Procurement Procedures•Split Purchases•Lack of Competition in Small Purchase Procurement•Unauthorized Commitments to Vendors

•Lack of Contract File Documentation•Lack of Approvals•Failure to Follow Existing Procurement Procedures•Split Purchases•Lack of Competition in Small Purchase Procurement•Unauthorized Commitments to Vendors•Lack of documentation regarding suspension and debarment

Grantees fail to document that vendorswere checked against the ‘Excluded Parties

List’.

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