Federal Contracts—Chart of Thresholds Description of Goods/Services Amount Procurement Method Less than $3,500 Goods and Services Sound Business Practice $3,500-$39,999 Goods and Services Quotation or Bid $40,000 or more Goods and Services Bid Less than $3,500 Professional Services Simple Proposal $3,500-$39,999 Professional Services Request for Proposals (RFP)* $40,000 or more Professional Services Competitive Contracting Less than $3,500 Educational Consultant Services Simple Proposal $3,500 - $39,999 Educational Consultant Services Request for Proposals (RFP)* $40,000 or more Educational Consultant Services Competitive Contracting Less than $3,500 Instructional Improvement Services Simple Proposal $3,500 - $39,999 Instructional Improvement Services Request for Proposals (RFP)* $40,000 or more Instructional Improvement Services Competitive Contracting Less than $3,500 Professional Development Services Simple Proposal $3,500 - $39,999 Professional Development Services Request for Proposals (RFP)* $40,000 or more Professional Development Services Competitive Contracting Less than $3,500 Sole Source (Proprietary) (a) Simple Proposal $3,500 - $39,999 Sole Source (Proprietary) (a) Proprietary Quotation $40,000 or more Sole Source (Proprietary) (a) Proprietary Bid Services Provided by Government Less than $3,500 Simple Proposal Units/Schools Services Provided by Government $3,500 - $39,999 Request for Proposals (RFP)* Units/Schools Services Provided by Government $40,000 or more Competitive Contracting Units/Schools must be publicized when federal funds are being used. *RFP’s (Appendix I)
Federal Contracts—Chart of Thresholds Description of Goods/Services Amount Procurement Method Goods and Services Less than $3,500 Sound Business Practice Goods and Services $3,500-$39,999 Quotation or Bid Goods and Services $40,000 or more Bid Professional Services Less than $3,500 Simple Proposal Professional Services $3,500-$39,999 Request for Proposals (RFP)* Professional Services $40,000 or more Competitive Contracting Educational Consultant Services Less than $3,500 Simple Proposal Educational Consultant Services $3,500 - $39,999 Request for Proposals (RFP)* Educational Consultant Services $40,000 or more Competitive Contracting Instructional Improvement Services Less than $3,500 Simple Proposal Instructional Improvement Services $3,500 - $39,999 Request for Proposals (RFP)* Instructional Improvement Services $40,000 or more Competitive Contracting Professional Development Services Less than $3,500 Simple Proposal Professional Development Services $3,500 - $39,999 Request for Proposals (RFP)* Professional Development Services $40,000 or more Competitive Contracting Sole Source (Proprietary) (a) Less than $3,500 Simple Proposal Sole Source (Proprietary) (a) $3,500 - $39,999 Proprietary Quotation Sole Source (Proprietary) (a) $40,000 or more Proprietary Bid Services Provided by Government Units/Schools Less than $3,500 Simple Proposal Services Provided by Government Units/Schools $3,500 - $39,999 Request for Proposals (RFP)* Services Provided by Government Units/Schools $40,000 or more Competitive Contracting *RFP’s must be publicized when federal funds are being used. (Appendix I)
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