# DE\_ Purchasing Authority The Board's authority for the purchase of materials, equipment, supplies and services is extended to the superintendent or designee through the detailed listing of such items compiled as part of the budget-making process and approved by the Board through its adoption of the annual operating budget. The superintendent or designee shall direct the purchase of such books, supplies, equipment and other materials as is required and permitted within the limits of the budget. The purchase of these items shall require no further Board approval except in those instances where Board policy requires certain purchases to be put to bid. However, any single, non-budgeted purchase or expenditure greater than $20,000 shall require advance approval by the Board. In order to receive the greatest value for each dollar expended, it shall be the policy of the school district to obtain comparative prices based on similar quality, to consider a balance between long-term quality and cost, and to purchase in quantity whenever possible and practical. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://cmsd2.gitbook.io/cheyenne-mountain-school-district-policies/section-d-fiscal-management/de_-purchasing-authority.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.