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ResetResource | Policy Memos
    Procuring Local Meat, Poultry, Game and Eggs for Child Nutrition Programs
        Recently, FNS has received a number of questions related to buying local meat, poultry, game, and eggs; this memorandum seeks to clarify the regulatory requirements related to food safety and answer specific questions related to these products with a series of questions and answers.
          SP 01,CACFP 01, SFSP 01-2016
    11/20/2023
    Resource | Policy Memos | FNS-GD-2019-0085
    Federal Micro-Purchase and Simplified Acquisition Thresholds
        This memorandum, SP20 CACFP07 SFSP06-2019, notifies all child nutrition program state agencies and program operators of guidance the Food and Nutrition Service received from the Office of Management and Budget, OMB M-18-18, authorizing increases to the value of the micro-purchase and simplified acquisition thresholds.
          SP20 CACFP07 SFSP06-2019
    10/30/2019
    Resource | Policy Memos | FNS-GD-2019-0063
    Updated Local Agency Procurement Review Tool for School Food Authorities for SY 2019-2020
        This memorandum provides information on the updated template Local Agency Procurement Review Tool for state agencies to use, modify or develop in SY 2019-2020.
          SP33-2019
    08/19/2019
    Resource | Policy Memos | FNS-GD-2019-0061
    Buy American and the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018
        This memorandum addresses information in the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 regarding the Buy American requirements in the national school meal programs.
          SP32-2019
    08/15/2019
    Resource | Policy Memos | FNS-GD-2018-0003
    Market Basket Analysis when Procuring Program Goods and Modifying Contracted-For Product Lists
        This memorandum provides guidance to state distributing agencies and recipient agencies on the use of market basket analysis in procuring processed end products for USDA Foods in Schools and commercial goods for the National School Lunch Program, School Breakfast Program, Summer Food Service Program, and Child and Adult Care Food Program.
          FD-144, SP04 SFSP01 CACFP04-2018
    01/18/2018
    Resource | Policy Memos | FNS-GD-2017-0043
    Local Agency Procurement Reviews for School Food Authorities
        The purpose of this memorandum is to amend guidance provided in SP 45-2016 Draft Tool for Local Agency Procurement Reviews for School Food Authorities in SY 2016-17 and to clarify FNS expectations for state agency oversight of school food authority procurement procedures.
          SP39-2017
    06/30/2017
    Resource | Policy Memos | FNS-GD-2017-0041
    Compliance with and Enforcement of the Buy American Provision in the NSLP
        This memorandum replaces SP 24-2016, Compliance with and Enforcement of the Buy American Provision in the National School Lunch Program. It provides several updates, including suggested contract language to be utilized in solicitations, and serves to reinforce the importance of the Buy American provision to our economy and its positive effects on small and local businesses.
          SP38-2017
    06/30/2017
    Resource | Policy Memos | FNS-GD-2016-0075
    Q&A: Purchasing Goods and Services Using Cooperative Agreements, Agents, and Third-Party Services
        This memorandum provides general guidance on the various procurement groups FNS has identified, how to use each group in a way that complies with federal procurement standards, and supersedes SP 35-2012, Procuring Services of Purchasing Cooperatives, Group Purchasing Organizations, Group Buying Organizations, etc., dated June 12, 2012.
          SP05 CACFP03 SFSP02-2017
    10/19/2016
    Resource | Policy Memos | FNS-GD-2016-0026
    Bonding Requirements for Food Service Management Companies and other Subcontractors
        Under previous interpretation of 2 CFR 200.325, FNS communicated that “subcontracts exceeding the Simplified Acquisition Threshold” not only applied to subcontracts related to construction or facility improvement contracts, but also applied to food service management companies as the contracts they have with school food authorities were considered to be subcontracts and, therefore, fell under the scope of the bonding requirements in 2 CFR 200.325
          SP35-2016
    05/05/2016
    Resource | Policy Memos | FNS-GD-2015-0058
    Guidance on Competitive Procurement Standards for Program Operators
        Recent communications between FNS and state agency program staff during procurement trainings and management evaluations conducted in fiscal year 2014-2015 indicated a need for guidance on competitive procurement standards. This page lists where to find the standards.
          SP12 CACFP05 SFSP09-2016
    11/13/2015

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