Finding Text
2 CFR PART 200, SECTION 200.318 REQUIRES NON-FEDERAL ENTITIES TO MAINTAIN WRITTEN PROCUREMENT POLICIES AND PROCEDURES THAT CONFORM TO APPLICABLE FEDERAL LAWS, REGULATIONS, AND STANDARDS. THESE POLICIES MUST COVER METHODS OF PROCUREMENT, COMPETITION REQUIREMENTS, AND DOCUMENTATION STANDARDS. THE ORGANIZATION’S WRITTEN PROCUREMENT POLICY DID NOT CONFORM TO FEDERAL PROCUREMENT STANDARDS. CAUSE: MANAGEMENT DID NOT ESTABLISH OR ADOPT PROCUREMENT POLICIES AND PROCEDURES AS REQUIRED BY UNIFORM GUIDANCE. ALTHOUGH TESTING OF PROCUREMENT TRANSACTIONS INDICATED THAT THE ORGANIZATION FOLLOWED PRACTICES CONSISTENT WITH FEDERAL PROCUREMENT REQUIREMENTS, THE ABSENCE OF A WRITTEN POLICY REPRESENTS NONCOMPLIANCE WITH 2 CFR PART 200, SECTION 200.318.