How do I know when to budget as a subaward and when to budget as a vendor?

It is important to understand the distinction between subrecipients and vendors.

Vendors:

• Provide goods and services as part of their normal business operations
• Do not participate in the intellectual direction of the project and, therefore, would not be included as authors on publications.
• Provide similar goods and services to many different purchasers
• Operates in a competitive environment
• Are not subject to compliance requirements