APTA’s procurement standards working groups, along with the Procurement Standards Oversight Committee, will meet August 20 & 21, 2007.
The working groups will continue developing standards in the areas of procurement planning, contract terms and conditions, and risk management. A fourth working group on technology procurement will be launched at this time, and members interested in participating should contact APTA’s Tracey Jones at (202) 496-4873 or tjones@apta.com.
As with APTA’s prior standards-setting activities, the development of procurement standards (or recommended practices or guidelines as is appropriate) is a consensus-based process that relies on the transit industry's staff members who work on these issues every day. The following links will provide some infomation on the established workgroups:
Procurement Process
Risk Management
Terms and Conditions
For more information on the working groups or to get involved the standards development process, please contact Tracey Jones at (202) 496-4873 or by email tjones@apta.com.Please bookmark this page and refer to it frequently.
Information for transit agency staff eligible for travel reimbursement:
The APTA Standards Program employs a meals and incidentals (M&I) per diem expense plan to reimburse public sector participants.
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To find the per diem rate for a particular city, go to
www.gsa.gov and click on “per diem.”
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Travel days are reimbursed at 75% of the city’s M&I per diem rate.
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Receipts are required for hotel, airfare, cab, parking and rental cars or other expenses over $25.
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Airfares that exceed $400 must be pre-approved by the APTA staff advisor.
Rental Cars must be pre-approved by APTA staff advisor.
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Meals provided on meeting days are deducted from the M&I allowance.
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NO MEAL RECEIPTS ARE REQUIRED.
EXAMPLE:
7/30 (travel day): M&I Per Diem in Washington DC: $64 x .75 = $48
7/31 (meeting day, lunch provided): M&I Per Diem: $64 - $18 = $46
8/1 (meeting day, breakfast provided): M&I Per Diem: $64 - $12 = $52
8/2 (travel day): M&I Per Diem: $64 x .75 = $48
The reimbursement policy will be reviewed and forms will be distributed at every meeting.
Click here to view a generic expense report for CY 2007.