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Public sector and subsidies: grants, supplier portals and procurement inside the ledger

How to digitalise grant administration, supplier portals and compliance-driven procurement so the rule is enforced by the system.

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Industry blueprint For Public sector finance leaders, programme directors, procurement heads
The short answer

In public money, the rule must sit inside the transaction. Encode the grant conditions and the procurement thresholds in the workflow, and compliance stops depending on memory.

Stages

Grant lifecycle, end to end

  1. 1
    Award and budget The award, conditions and budget by fund and period are set up as dimensions.
  2. 2
    Procure Requisitions follow thresholds, quotations and approvals set by policy.
  3. 3
    Spend and track Every cost carries the grant and the budget line, and is blocked when the line is exhausted.
  4. 4
    Report to the funder Reports come from the ledger in the funder's format.
  5. 5
    Close and audit The audit trail links each cost to its approval and its award condition.
Decision points

Three questions that change the answer

Does the rule have a threshold?

YesPut the threshold in the approval workflow.

NoDocument the rule and assign an owner.

Is the cost eligible under the award?

YesAllow it and tag the grant.

NoBlock or flag it at entry.

Does the funder require its own format?

YesBuild the report from the ledger.

NoUse the standard statement.

Milestones

What done looks like, and when

  1. Month 1 Awards and dimensions configured.
  2. Month 2 to 3 Procurement workflow and supplier portal live.
  3. Each period Funder report produced from the ledger.
  4. Year end Audit trail reviewed with the auditor.
Principles we hold to
  • The rule lives in the transaction.
  • Every cost carries its grant.
  • Funder reports come from the ledger, not from a spreadsheet.
  • Suppliers use a portal, not email.

Frequently asked questions

How can Dynamics 365 manage grants?

Awards, conditions and budgets are modelled as dimensions, spend is tagged and checked at entry, and funder reports are produced from the ledger.

Does it support public procurement rules?

Procurement thresholds, quotations and approvals can be configured as workflow so the policy is enforced at the requisition.

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