EVENT

One of our most popular trainings returns with an updated 2025 edition! Learn how to make purchases the right way under the OMB’s revised Uniform Guidance.  Avoid costly procurement mistakes by attending the virtual “Procurement Boot Camp” on March 26 and 27, 2025.

Our online “Procurement Boot Camp” is back again by popular demand!  The Office of Management and Budget recently completed a comprehensive update to the Uniform Grants Guidance with significant revisions to the procurement standards.  Join us for the 2025 edition of the “Procurement Boot Camp” to learn about current procurement standards under the OMB’s revised Uniform Guidance.  Failure to follow these procurement requirements can result in repayment of past expenditures and even loss of grant funding.  Make sure that you understand the procurement standards in the updated Uniform Guidance by attending this two-part online training.

The “Procurement Boot Camp” will explain the complexities of the OMB’s purchasing requirements and their interactions with other key rules (including the cost principles).  This new edition will also discuss the OMB’s changes to the Uniform Guidance’s procurement standards.  By attending, you will gain a better understanding of procurement requirements and learn to implement a compliant procurement system while avoiding common problems.  Given the current environment, compliance is even more important that ever.  Register today to attend the “Procurement Boot Camp” on March 26 and 27, 2025, to ensure that you are purchasing goods and services the right way.

TOPICS

Learn about the Uniform Guidance’s procurement standards in detail during the updated 2025 edition of the “Procurement Boot Camp.”  This two-part training will explain required policies, methods of procurement, contract terms, and more.  The course will also cover the changes to key purchasing requirements in the OMB’s recent revisions to the Uniform Guidance.  During this exclusive training, you will learn about the following topics:

• Current Uniform Guidance procurement standards
• OMB’s changes to procurement requirements
• Basic purchasing  requirements under the Uniform Guidance
• Standards of conduct for persons with procurement responsibilities
• Signs of adequate and inadequate competition
• Requirements for making opportunities available to disadvantaged businesses
• Approved Uniform Guidance procurement methods and when to use each
• Acceptable and unacceptable types of contracts
• Essential terms and conditions for procurement contracts
• Avoiding common procurement problems under the Uniform Guidance
• Possible changes under the new Trump Administration
• Practical tips for better purchases involving grant funds

You will explore these key requirements of the Uniform Guidance for purchasing goods and services with Federal financial assistance over the course of this two-part training.  In addition, each session will conclude with a live question-and-answer period.  Boot Camp attendees will be able to get answers to their individual procurement questions.

SCHEDULE

Join your fellow grants management professionals for this new edition of the  “Procurement Boot Camp” for 2025.  For our attendees’ convenience, the training will be presented in two parts.  The “Procurement Boot Camp” will be held on Wednesday, March 26, and Thursday, March 27, 2025, from 2:00 until 4:00 pm Eastern Daylight Time (1:00 pm to 3:00 pm Central Daylight Time, 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm Mountain Daylight Time, and 11:00 am to 1:00 pm Pacific Daylight Time).  In addition to the live training, paid registrants will receive free access to an on-demand recording for 30 days following each installment.

After completing the online “Procurement Boot Camp,” you will be able to:

• Describe recent revisions to the Uniform Guidance’s procurement standards
• Outline the requirements for procurement using Federal grant funds
• Identify required procurement policies and procedures (as well as best practices)
• List the Uniform Guidance’s five acceptable methods of procurement
• Describe the major advantages and disadvantages of common procurement contracts
• List the terms required under the OMB’s Uniform Grants Guidance for procurement contracts
• Describe at least three procurement problems and at least one strategy for overcoming each problem

AUDIENCE

This two-part series is recommended for all grants management professionals wanting to know more about procurement requirements under the revised OMB Uniform Guidance.  The experience level for this program is overview.  No specific educational background is necessary.  No advance preparation and no prerequisites are required to attend.

CONTINUING EDUCATION

Each installment in the “Procurement Boot Camp” series is recommended for two (2) hours of Continuing Professional Education (CPE) credit in the field of specialized knowledge.  Credit is available only for the live training, and attendees will need to answer at least 8 of 10 questions asked during each live session to receive credit for that installment.  The experience level for each installment in this series is overview.  No prerequisites or specific educational background requirements for attendance exist, and advance preparation is not required.

SPEAKER

R. Brian Tipton is a practicing attorney with more than two decades of experience working with nonprofits, governmental units, and other grant-funded organizations across the United States.  Currently, Brian is Managing Director with Tipton KPCL in metropolitan Atlanta, Georgia, where he heads the firm’s tax-exempt and grant-funded solutions practice.  He is a summa cum laude graduate of the Louisiana State University and the Cumberland School of Law of Samford University.  He regularly represents grant-funded entities of all types in the areas of regulatory compliance, audits, funding source disputes, administrative appeals, and litigation.  Brian also consults with organizations on governance, human resources, programmatic, and corporate matters, and develops and presents training programs for nonprofits and grant-funded organizations.

BONUS:  All paid registrants will receive free access for 30 days to on-demand recordings of each live session.