Common use of Procurement of Services Clause in Contracts

Procurement of Services. The recipient is responsible for identifying and selecting qualified service providers for delivering RWHAP Part A services. The recip- ient must award service funds to eligible providers (subrecipients) based on a fair and equitable system, usually through a competitive Request for Proposals (RFP) process. In contracting for services, the recipient must distribute RWHAP Part A funds according to the priority setting and resource allo- cation decisions of the planning council. The recipient can only spend the amount of money that the planning council decides should be used for each funded service category. In addition, the recipient must follow planning council directives about “how best to meet” priority needs. The planning council has no say about how the recipient uses funds for its own administrative expenses.

Procurement of Services. The recipient is responsible for identifying and selecting qualified service providers for delivering RWHAP Part A services. The recip- ient recipient must award service funds to eligible providers (subrecipients) based on a fair and equitable system, usually through a competitive Request for Proposals (RFP) process. In contracting for services, the recipient must distribute RWHAP Part A funds according to the priority setting and resource allo- cation allocation decisions of the planning council. The recipient can only spend the amount of money that the planning council decides should be used for each funded service category. In addition, the recipient must follow planning council directives about “how best to meet” priority needs. The planning council has no say about how the recipient uses funds for its own administrative expenses.