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Policy committee backs moving construction formal‑bidding threshold to $300,000, seeks clearer reporting
Summary
Guilford County Schools staff proposed consolidating construction and procurement rules and setting the district’s formal bidding and board‑approval threshold for construction at $300,000; the committee advanced the item to the May 19 agenda and asked staff for clearer reporting and a flowchart showing when contracts and change orders require board action.
Guilford County Schools’ policy committee voted April 29 to move a set of construction and procurement policy revisions to the full board for action on May 19 after staff proposed aligning the district’s formal bidding and approval threshold with statutory performance‑bond and minority‑participation triggers.
Staff described the package as a consolidation of older policies into updated procedures (90‑30, 91‑20 and related RMPs) that separate construction from nonconstruction contract rules and clarify signature authority, change‑order reporting and bidding processes. “We’re recommending the 300,000 and having that as known for the approval…
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