Nonprofit procurement
Buying under federal award rules, where the method is dictated by the amount.
An organisation spending federal money buys under the uniform guidance procurement standards. The method permitted depends on the dollar amount, and using the wrong one is a finding.
Micro-purchase, small purchase, sealed bid, competitive proposal and noncompetitive each have their own thresholds and their own documentation.
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They are set in regulation and adjust over time. The applicable ones are recorded rather than remembered.
A small purchase needs price quotes from an adequate number of sources. Adequate means documented, not felt.
Sole source has specific permitted grounds. The justification is written before the purchase, not after a question about it.
Federal funds cannot go to an excluded party. The check is required and its result is recorded.
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To spending charged to federal awards. Many organisations apply the same standards throughout because running two systems produces mistakes.
Inadequate documentation of competition. The competition usually happened and nobody wrote it down.