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Uniform Guidance

The University’s implementation of the Uniform Guidance Procurement Standards became effective July 1, 2018 in conjunction with updated federal government regulations.

The federal government has recently issued clarifying guidance regarding formal competition thresholds. Based on these clarifications, the University is able to adopt a new $250,000 threshold for the requirement of Formal Competition (an increase from the current $150,000). The new limits governing our procurement processes (and associated documentation requirements) are highlighted in the table below.

The following changes have been made to our procurement thresholds:

Threshold	Procurement Method	Documentation Requirements
$0 - $10k	Micro-Purchase	Documentation of price
$10k-$250k	Informal Procurement	Documentation of competition, price reasonability or sole source justification
>$250k	Formal Procurement	Competitive proposals (or sole source justification) – proactively engage Procurement Services

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