Good afternoon all -
Our Procurement Director called me today and asked me if I was aware of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2017 (I was not). She noted that in the language of this act (Sec. 217. Increased micro-purchase threshold for research programs and entities, more specifically Subsection 2338 b, part 2), it states:

For purposes of this section, the micro-purchase threshold for procurement activities administered under sections 6303 through 6305 of title 31 by institutions of higher education (as defined in section 101(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001(a)), or related or affiliated nonprofit entities, or by nonprofit research organizations or independent research institutes is—
``(A) $10,000; or
``(B) such higher threshold as determined appropriate by the head of the relevant executive agency and consistent with clean audit findings under chapter 75 of title 31, internal institutional risk assessment, or State law.''; and
(2) in subsections (d) and (e), by striking ``not greater than $3,000'' and inserting ``with a price not greater than the micro-purchase threshold''.

I don’t think this has been signed into law yet, but I was curious if anyone has been following this. Given all I know about procurement standards are codified in 2 CFR 200, I wasn’t sure if this bill would, in fact, allow IHEs to raise their micro purchase threshold?

Interested to see if anyone has any insight on this.

Thanks,
Scott


Scott Niles, Ph.D., CRA
Director, Research Integrity & Compliance
Research and Sponsored Programs
Morehead State University
901 Ginger Hall
Morehead, KY 40351
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