Springdale introduces Model Policy 7.5 to align procurement with state bid thresholds

At its Nov. 11 meeting, Springdale School District staff introduced Model Policy 7.5 (purchases and procurement) and explained an update to the district's bidding thresholds.

A staff presenter said the state-required bid threshold recently increased and the district is updating its policy from $25,000 to $26,500. The presenter said the model policy contains language that ties the district threshold to the state threshold so the district will not need to return to the board each time the threshold changes. "So we're not coming back to you every time that it's increased," the presenter told the board.

The packet includes the model-policy text and three recommended forms for soliciting bids; staff indicated they will ask the board next month to approve both the policy and the forms. The presenter said the policy is not a personnel policy and therefore may be approved at any point in the year under district rules.

No vote was taken on the policy at the Nov. 11 meeting; staff invited board questions and requested feedback before a formal approval request in December.