PIs, FAs, RCUH Employees and Project Staff:

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The RCUH Financial Portal will be shut down starting from Wednesday, August 22, 4:00 pm as a precautionary measure due to pending adverse weather conditions from Hurricane Lane.  We expect the Financial Portal to be back in operation on Monday, August 27, 4:00 am, but will provide an update if this changes.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and thank you for your understanding.

Project Title	To provide legal services related to payroll and taxes, to the RCUH Corporate Office.
Selected Consultant	Vaughn G.T. Cook, Esq. (Torkildson Katz Moore Hetherington Harris & Knorek)
Contract Amount	$10,000.00
Date of Award	August 1, 2018
Consultants Considered (ranked candidates)	John J. D’Amato (D’Amato & Maloney)
Appointing Officer	Sylvia Yuen

As discussed in our July 11, 2018 announcement, effective August 1, 2018, RCUH’s micro-purchase threshold (“MPT”) will increase from $3,500 to $10,000 for all purchases, with the exception of purchases made using federal contract funds.  Thus, RCUH will be utilizing an MPT of $10,000 for federal grant and cooperative agreement funds, as well as non-federal funds.  For federal contract funds, the existing $3,500 threshold will remain in place until the $10,000 threshold is adopted by the Federal Acquisition Regulation (“FAR”).

Revisions to the MPT (as well as other minor changes) have been made in the following:

• Policy 2.103 Request for Quotation (Sections I.A.; I.B.)
• Policy 2.106 Sole Source Purchase (Introduction; Section I.D.1.)
• Policy 2.107 Exempt Purchase (Introduction)
• Policy 2.110 Cost or Price Reasonableness (Sections II.A.; II.B.1.)
• Policy 2.201 Purchase Orders (Sections I.A.2.; I.B.3.; II.C.; II.D.; II.G.)
• Attachment 28 Procurement Checklist (New “Micro-Purchases” column added)

The aforementioned polices and document will be effective and available for viewing on the Policies and Procedures section of the RCUH website on August 1, 2018.

Questions may be directed to Erin Yoda, RCUH Procurement and Disbursing Manager, at 808-956-3969 or [email protected].

 

Project Title	To provide legal services related to employment, to the RCUH Corporate Office.
Selected Consultant	Barry W. Marr, Esq. (Marr Jones & Wang LLP)
Contract Amount	$50,000.00
Date of Award	July 18, 2018
Consultants Considered (ranked candidates)	Richard M. Rand (Marr Jones & Wang); Sarah O. Wang (Marr Jones & Wang); Lynne T.T. Toyofuku (Marr Jones & Wang); Darin Leong (Marr Jones & Wang); Patrick H. Jones (Marr Jones & Wang); Christopher J. Cole (Marr Jones & Wang); Lincoln S. Ashida (Torkildson Katz Moore Hetherington Harris & Knorek); Christopher S.Y. Yeh (Marr Jones & Wang); Newton J. Chu (Torkildson Katz Moore Hetherington Harris & Knorek); Megumi Sakae (Marr Jones & Wang); Eileen C. Zorc (Marr Jones & Wang); Kristi O’Heron (Marr Jones & Wang) (late submittal).
Appointing Officer	Sylvia Yuen
Project Title	To provide legal services related to employee benefits/taxes, to the RCUH Corporate Office.
Selected Consultant	Joseph D’Amato, Esq. (D’Amato & Maloney, LLP)
Contract Amount	$20,000.00
Date of Award	July 18, 2018
Consultants Considered (ranked candidates)	No other applicants in the specialty area of employee benefits.  Other applicants in the general employment field included:  Barry W. Marr, Esq. (Marr Jones & Wang LLP); Richard M. Rand (Marr Jones & Wang); Sarah O. Wang (Marr Jones & Wang); Lynne T.T. Toyofuku (Marr Jones & Wang); Darin Leong (Marr Jones & Wang); Patrick H. Jones (Marr Jones & Wang); Christopher J. Cole (Marr Jones & Wang); Lincoln S. Ashida (Torkildson Katz Moore Hetherington Harris & Knorek); Christopher S.Y. Yeh (Marr Jones & Wang); Newton J. Chu (Torkildson Katz Moore Hetherington Harris & Knorek); Megumi Sakae (Marr Jones & Wang); Eileen C. Zorc (Marr Jones & Wang); Kristi O’Heron (Marr Jones & Wang) (late submittal).
Appointing Officer	Sylvia Yuen
Project Title	To provide legal services related to immigration, to the RCUH Corporate Office.
Selected Consultant	Newton J. Chu, Esq. (Torkildson Katz Moore Hetherington Harris & Knorek)
Contract Amount	$10,000.00
Date of Award	July 21, 2018
Consultants Considered (ranked candidates)	Vaughn Cook (Torkildson Katz Moore Hetherington Harris & Knorek)
Appointing Officer	Sylvia Yuen

Effective August 1, 2018, RCUH’s micro-purchase threshold (“MPT”) will increase from $3,500 to $10,000 for all purchases, with the exception of purchases made using federal contract funds.

This change is being made pursuant to a memo released by the Office of Management and Budget, which granted an exception to allow the application of an MPT of $10,000 for federal grant and cooperative agreement funds.  Based on this allowance, RCUH will be utilizing an MPT of $10,000 for federal grant and cooperative agreement funds, as well as non-federal funds.  For federal contract funds, the existing $3,500 threshold will remain in place until the $10,000 threshold is adopted by the Federal Acquisition Regulation (“FAR”).

Micro-purchases (i.e., purchases at and below the MPT) are made using the most advantageous price, terms, and other factors affecting the total cost; the approval of the Fiscal Administrator signifies that a determination has been made that the price is fair and reasonable.  Documentation of the record of competition and/or method of selection (e.g., obtaining competitive quotes, sole source and/or cost price justification, etc.), is not required for micro-purchases.

Revisions to the MPT will be reflected in Policy 2.103 Request for Quotation, as well as other policies and forms that reference the MPT.  An announcement with links to the new policies and forms will be posted prior to the August 1, 2018 implementation date.

Questions may be directed to Erin Yoda, RCUH Procurement and Disbursing Manager, at 808-956-3969 or [email protected].

The RCUH fiscal year-end processing has been completed. You may now approve on-line purchase orders, payments, and travel in the Financial Portal. The first check run for fiscal year 2019 will be on Thursday, July 5, 2018 at 4:00 PM.

Reminder: Service dates are required for all payment transactions through Friday, August 31. For payments approved after August 3, $100,000 or greater, and with service dates of June 30 or earlier, please complete the attached RCUH AP Worksheet. Please include estimates or projections for invoices that have not been received as of August 3.  Please email your worksheet to Liane Murai at [email protected] by Monday, August 6.

Please refer to the May 1, 2018 General Announcement on Service Dates for more information.

RCUH’s newest training offering is an online course, “Purchase Orders and Contracts.” It is presented in four modules, ranging from 4 to 26 minutes. The course will help you:

• become familiar with the:
  • purchase order and contracting process and
  • RCUH policies and their applicability to the purchasing process
• determine when a purchase is a standard or non-standard procurement
• proactively identify issues, and
• identify additional requirements needed to complete a procurement.

Purchasing scenarios are included to demonstrate the applicability of RCUH’s policies to various procurement and contract situations.

The “Purchase Orders and Contracts” course may be found in the RCUH Training Portal. If you need to request access to the RCUH Training Portal, please complete this form.

We wish to acknowledge the assistance of the review team who provided us with exceptional feedback during the development and production phases. We are grateful for their time and thoughtful comments.

Should you have any questions or comments about the course, please feel free to contact RCUH Procurement and Disbursing Manager Erin Yoda at [email protected].

On April 23, 2018, an announcement was posted regarding the implementation of (1) Policy 2.111 Purchases Over $250,000 Using Federal Funds, and (2) an RCUH SuperQUOTE account.

The $250,000 threshold referenced in the draft Policy 2.111 was based on the federal simplified acquisition threshold (SAT), as authorized by the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018.  RCUH has recently been informed, however, that because the new SAT amount of $250,000 has not yet been included in the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), RCUH should refrain from utilizing the $250,000 threshold to avoid inconsistencies (some federal agencies have adopted the new limit, some have not).  As such, Policy 2.111 has been revised to note an SAT amount of $150,000 (currently referenced in the FAR), which will remain in place until the new $250,000 SAT amount is adopted by the FAR.

In addition, the language in Section II.B.3. of Policy 2.111 has also been revised to clarify the procedures that must be followed if there is a discrepancy with regard to the low bid.

Policy 2.111 Purchases Over $150,000 Using Federal Funds, shall be effective July 1, 2018.

Questions may be directed to Erin Yoda, RCUH Procurement and Disbursing Manager, at 808-956-3969 or [email protected].