Buying Right: CDBG-DR and Procurement
A Guide to RecoveryMany Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) grantees are unfamiliar with federal procurement policies, which must be followed when procuring goods and services with CDBG-DR funds. In the urgency of post-disaster recovery it’s easy for grantee’s to overlook program procurement requirements, however if you don’t comply you may be forced to repay your funds.
This toolkit provides guidance to help CDBG-DR grantees and subrecipients ensure compliance with program procurement requirements including a basic overview of procurement rules and issues, in addition to detailed information on specific procurement methods.