{"data":{"id":"us/7-cfr-1780.72","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"7 CFR 1780.72","heading":"Procurement methods.","body":"Procurement shall be made by one of the following methods and in accordance with requirements of 2 CFR 200.320: Micro-purchases, procurement by small purchase procedures, procurement by sealed bids (formal advertising), procurement by competitive proposals, or procurement by noncompetitive proposals. The sealed bid method is the preferred method for procuring construction.","path":["Title 7—Agriculture","Subtitle B—Regulations of the Department of Agriculture","CHAPTER XVII—RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE","PART 1780—WATER AND WASTE LOANS AND GRANTS","Subpart C—Planning, Designing, Bidding, Contracting, Constructing and Inspections"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-7.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:01Z","sha256":"93d922b0a065eb3505b931a9b6822c32c12c2c01e398af439333980b69167265","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/7-cfr-1780.71","next":"us/7-cfr-1780.73"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}