Analysis for the people who run public procurement

When Competitive Bidding Is Actually Required — and the Aggregation Rule That Catches Districts Out

The thresholds are the easy part. The twelve-month aggregation rule — measured across all vendors, forward from the date of purchase — is where districts actually get caught, and it has a renewal trap almost nobody reads.

NYSED Just Tied Building Aid to the Piggybacking Ruling. Here's What Changed.

NYSED has attached a Building Aid consequence to the Maine-Endwell piggybacking decision — and it reaches districts outside the Third Department.