BPS Procurement Directive Implementation Guidebook

10.3.1.2. Approval Authority For Procurement Of Goods And Services10.3.1.2.1 Goods and Non-Consulting ServicesGoods And Non-Consulting ServicesDirective Mandatory Requirement #2: Approval AuthorityOrganizations must establish an approval authority schedule (AAS) for procurement of goods and nonconsultingservices. The AAS must identify, for each of the functional procurement roles identified in Section7.2.1 of the Directive, authorities that are allowed to approve procurements for different dollar thresholds.The AAS must be approved by the board of directors of the Organization or its equivalent.Prior to commencement, any procurement of goods and non-consulting services must be approved by anappropriate authority in accordance with the AAS of the Organization.Prior to commencement, any non-competitive procurement of goods or non-consulting services must beapproved by an authority one level higher than the AAS requirements for competitive procurement.Consulting ServicesPrior to commencement, any procurement of consulting services must be approved in accordance with theProcurement Approval Authority Schedule for Consulting Services.All ProcurementsOrganizations must not reduce the overall value of procurement (e.g., dividing a single procurement intomultiple procurements) in order to circumvent the approval requirements of the organizational AAS or theProcurement AAS for Consulting Services.The table below represents an example of the commitment AAS, which outlines authorities that may beauthorized to commit an Organization to a procurement. The dollar thresholds and purchasing authority levelsare shown for illustrative purposes only.Commitment Approval Authority ScheduleTotal Procurement AmountDelegated Purchasing Authority Level$0 up to but not including $10,000 Manager$10,000 up to but not including $50,000 Director$50,000 up to but not including $250,000 Vice-President$250,000 up to but not including $1,000,000 President/CEO or equivalent$1,000,000 or more Board of DirectorsPage 10