Tools

  • Public Contract Tools
    • Public Contracts Legal Checklist (pdf)
  • Purchasing Tools
    • Charts on Bidding Laws and Local Policies:
      • Dollar Threshold Bidding Chart (pdf) 
      • Purchase contracts (pdf)
      • Construction and repair contracts (not involving buildings) (pdf)
      • Building construction and repair contracts (pdf)
    • Responsible bidder/Responsive bid checklist (pdf)
    • Drafting better bid solicitation documents
      • Checklist (pdf)
      • Examples (pdf)
    • Flowchart for determining when bonds are required for federal grant-funded construction projects (pdf)
    • Construction Contracting Legal Requirements (pdf)
  • Conflicts of Interest Tools
    • Flowchart for conflicts of interest (G.S. 14-234) (pdf)
    • Slides on conflicts of interest under ARRA (and other federal grants) (pdf)
  • Disposal of Property Tools
    • Disposal of property procedures chart (pdf)
    • Property disposal options chart (pdf)
  • Federal Grants Tools
    • 14 Key Steps to Federal Grant Compliance (pdf)
    • Local Government Guide to Procurement with Federal Grant Funding (pdf)
    • Slides on conflicts of interest under ARRA (and other federal grants) (pdf)
    • Finding the Grants Management Common Rule, Youens Consulting YouTube Tutorial
  • General Tools
    • Decoding case and statute citations (pdf)

Please contact Norma Houston with any questions, suggestions, or comments about these Tools (or with any ideas for additional tools).