Formal Purchase Methods for CACFP and SFSP

Course Description

This online training is for CACFP and SFSP operators and reviews the requirements for the formal purchase methods, discusses the differences between an Invitation for Bid and a Request For Proposal (RFP) and identifies the components to include in a formal solicitation, including the scoring criteria for an RFP.

• Course Number: 633
• Training Length: 40 minutes
• Certificate: None
• Target Audience: CACFP and SFSP program operators
• Mandatory: No
• Cost: Free
• Date Recorded: February 2017

Online Course

Referenced Resources

The following resources are referred to throughout this online course:

• California Department of Education (CDE) Procurement in the Child Nutrition Programs (CNP) web page
  
  
• Federal Acquisition Regulation
  
  
• CDE Correspondence web page
  

Crediting

• Crediting: 0.50 hours
  
  
• Key Area: Operations (2000)
  • Training Topic: Purchasing (2430)
    • Learning Objective: Purchasing (2430)

For more information on crediting, access the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) web document Professional Standards Learning Objectives (PDF).

Additional Information

• Institute of Child Nutrition Procurement in the 21st Century Manual (PDF)
  
  
• For more information on Procurement, visit the CDE Procurement in CNP web page

Contact Us

If you have technical difficulties or questions regarding the course content, contact the Summer Nutrition Programs and Grants Unit by email at SFSP@cde.ca.gov.