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Pre-award administration · Member lesson preview

Subrecipient or contractor? Explain the relationship before choosing the agreement

Compare two proposed agreements with the same organization, weigh conflicting evidence, and write a determination that explains who controls the work and how success will be measured.

About 25 minutes · Source check: 2026-09-18

What you will practice

  • Distinguish responsibility for part of a Federal program from the purchase of supporting goods or services.
  • Explain a case-by-case determination using the actual scope, decision authority and measures of performance.
  • Identify incomplete evidence and the different administrative steps that follow each classification.

The case: Two requests to Fieldbridge Institute

The full lesson includes a worksheet, a worked answer and an explained knowledge check.

An active Professional Learning membership is needed to open this lesson. No contact hours are awarded.