This webinar series will help you understand how the federal procurement under grant rules apply to your contracting process.

Introductory concepts:

• Webinar 1: Intro, Background, Terminology, and Key Players

General procurement under grant information; common terms you will see throughout the series; applicable laws; roles of Federal and non-Federal entities in the procurement under grant process.This block of instruction is the first in the series.

Rules that specifically apply to state entities:

• Webinar 2: Rules that Apply to State Entities

Overarching procurement under grant rules applicable to states, including state agencies, instrumentalities of the state, and territories, but not local governments.

Rules that specifically apply to local governments, tribes, houses of worship, and private nonprofits, sometimes collectively referred to as non-Federal Entities (NFEs) other than states:

• Webinar 3: NFEs Other than States – General Procurement Standards

General procurement standards applicable to NFEs other than states.

• Webinar 4: NFEs Other than States – Competition and Procurement Methods

Rules related to competition and procurement methods that apply to NFEs other than states.

• Webinar 5: NFEs Other than States – Socioeconomic Contracting; Cost or Price Analysis

Rules related to socioeconomic contracting as well as cost or price analysis that apply to NFEs other than states

• Webinar 6: NFEs Other than States – Pre-Procurement Document Review and Bonding

Rules related to pre-procurement document review and bonding requirements that apply to NFEs other than states.

Rules that apply to all NFEs:

• Webinar 7: Recovered Materials (State & Local NFEs); Contract Provisions (All NFEs)

State and local governments must comply with the rule on procurement of recovered materials while all NFEs (i.e., states, local governments, tribal governments, houses of worship, and private nonprofits) must comply with the rule regarding required contract provisions.

• Webinar 8: Differences Between Current and Former Standards

Key differences between the current procurement standards and the previous procurement standards.

• For emergency and major disaster declarations issued on or after December 26, 2014, the procurement rules for all non-Federal Entities (NFEs) are located at 2 C.F.R. §§ 200.317-.326. (See Updated Field Manual)
• For emergency and major disaster declarations issued before December 26, 2014, the rules for states, local governments, and tribes were located at 44 C.F.R. § 13.36, and the rules for nonprofits were located at 2 C.F.R. §§ 215.40-.48. (See archival 2014 Field Manual)