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Procurement

Purchasing or procuring services, supplies, or equipment is vital to completing your workplan. Grant recipients must follow federal guidelines when it comes to spending. TAB has you covered with guides, training, and professionals to help along the way.

EPA Best Practices for Procurement

EPA developed this Best Practice Guide to help recipients meet federal requirements contained in the Procurement Standards of the Uniform Grant Guidance (UGG) published at 2 CFR Part 200 for financial transactions with EPA funds. 

There are additional rules for certain types of transaction. For example, procurements over $10,000 (the current micro-purchase threshold for most entities) almost always require recipients to follow an open competitive process. In another resource, EPA provides guidance on competitively procuring a contractor for EPA Brownfields Grants.


Subawards vs Contractors

EPA Cooperative Agreement Recipients (CARs) often find it necessary to procure professional services to implement their workplans. This is common for all types of EPA Brownfields CARs, including Multipurpose, Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, Cleanup, and Job Training grantees. Professional services can be conducted by subawardees/subrecipients or contractors. Mid-Atlantic TAB has created a subawards vs contracts overview to help CARS navigate between the two and their differing procurement processes.


Other Resources

Questions?
For any other procurement questions, contact Mid-Atlantic TAB at wvutab@mail.wvu.edu for free expertise.

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