Uniform Guidance Procurement Training for Federal Grant Recipients
This course is for the people who spend federal grant dollars — the procurement, finance, and program staff at state, local, and tribal governments, tribal enterprises, nonprofits, and universities — and for the federal grants-management staff who oversee them.
We start with who is covered and what every recipient must have in place: documented procurement policies, written standards of conduct, and the conflict-of-interest rules — personal and organizational — that apply before a single purchase is made. We cover the competition requirements and the records that prove the work was done right.
Then we map the procurement methods as the 2024 revision restructured them — informal methods (micro-purchases and simplified acquisitions), formal methods (sealed bids and competitive proposals), and noncompetitive procurement — and when each applies. The dollar thresholds that trigger each method are tied to the FAR and were raised in 2025, so we cover how the thresholds work and where to confirm the current figures, rather than a number that may have already changed.
From there we work through the rest of Subpart D: cost and price analysis, the socioeconomic steps recipients must take (now including veteran-owned businesses), domestic preference and Build America, Buy America, the required contract provisions in Appendix II, and the suspension-and-debarment check that has to happen before award.
What sets this course apart is that we don't just tell participants what 2 CFR Part 200 says — we teach them to read it themselves. Drawing on Melinda's law school training, participants learn how to navigate the regulation, where to find the answer they need, and the basic principles of regulatory interpretation — how to figure out what a provision actually means, not just what a slide claims it means. That's the skill that matters when a real procurement raises a question no training anticipated, and the answer has to come from the regulation. (Ask us how we can help you build or update your written procurement policies and procedures.)
This course is taught by Melinda Milheim, JD — a Federal Acquisition Law Instructor whose background spans federal contracting and auditing government vendor and procurement contracts for agencies with grant funding. An award-winning instructor, she has taught more than 1,000 federal acquisition workforce students across 20-plus agencies.
Best for: Federal grant recipients and subrecipients — state, local, and tribal governments, tribal enterprises, nonprofits, and universities — and the procurement, finance, and program staff responsible for spending grant funds correctly. Valuable as well for federal grants-management staff who oversee recipient compliance.
Format: Available as a half-day, one-day, or two-day course. The half-day is a working overview of the standards, methods, and thresholds; the one- and two-day versions go deeper on documentation, conflict of interest, the required contract provisions, audit preparation, and hands-on regulatory research, with scenarios drawn from real findings. In person or virtual. Eligible federal acquisition workforce attendees earn up to 8 CLPs per instructional day.
Pricing is set per engagement. Contact Phoenix Canyon to request a quote.
This course is for the people who spend federal grant dollars — the procurement, finance, and program staff at state, local, and tribal governments, tribal enterprises, nonprofits, and universities — and for the federal grants-management staff who oversee them.
We start with who is covered and what every recipient must have in place: documented procurement policies, written standards of conduct, and the conflict-of-interest rules — personal and organizational — that apply before a single purchase is made. We cover the competition requirements and the records that prove the work was done right.
Then we map the procurement methods as the 2024 revision restructured them — informal methods (micro-purchases and simplified acquisitions), formal methods (sealed bids and competitive proposals), and noncompetitive procurement — and when each applies. The dollar thresholds that trigger each method are tied to the FAR and were raised in 2025, so we cover how the thresholds work and where to confirm the current figures, rather than a number that may have already changed.
From there we work through the rest of Subpart D: cost and price analysis, the socioeconomic steps recipients must take (now including veteran-owned businesses), domestic preference and Build America, Buy America, the required contract provisions in Appendix II, and the suspension-and-debarment check that has to happen before award.
What sets this course apart is that we don't just tell participants what 2 CFR Part 200 says — we teach them to read it themselves. Drawing on Melinda's law school training, participants learn how to navigate the regulation, where to find the answer they need, and the basic principles of regulatory interpretation — how to figure out what a provision actually means, not just what a slide claims it means. That's the skill that matters when a real procurement raises a question no training anticipated, and the answer has to come from the regulation. (Ask us how we can help you build or update your written procurement policies and procedures.)
This course is taught by Melinda Milheim, JD — a Federal Acquisition Law Instructor whose background spans federal contracting and auditing government vendor and procurement contracts for agencies with grant funding. An award-winning instructor, she has taught more than 1,000 federal acquisition workforce students across 20-plus agencies.
Best for: Federal grant recipients and subrecipients — state, local, and tribal governments, tribal enterprises, nonprofits, and universities — and the procurement, finance, and program staff responsible for spending grant funds correctly. Valuable as well for federal grants-management staff who oversee recipient compliance.
Format: Available as a half-day, one-day, or two-day course. The half-day is a working overview of the standards, methods, and thresholds; the one- and two-day versions go deeper on documentation, conflict of interest, the required contract provisions, audit preparation, and hands-on regulatory research, with scenarios drawn from real findings. In person or virtual. Eligible federal acquisition workforce attendees earn up to 8 CLPs per instructional day.
Pricing is set per engagement. Contact Phoenix Canyon to request a quote.