I’m not sure if you are serious, it if you are….

Congress has the authority to spend money, not the president. The way they do this is by telling the president how much to spend on what. It would mostly be impractical for them to detail every expense. So, they give more general directions and limits, and also impose requirements for how the president (or his deputies) go about it. This includes many many specific procurement procedures.

> Congress has the authority to spend money, not the president.

In practice, or by paper/pesky "laws"? Because sending $10 billion to organizations the president see fit, certainly makes that seem less true in practice.

The law is not self enforcing

FWIW, I think/hope that the long term outcome of this president and SCOTUS rulings will be that the president has much more authority in areas spelled out for him in the constitution, and in areas where congress gives it away freely, AND, an a result, congress stops open ended / broad delegation to the president.

Have you read the news lately? Checks and balances are dead. It’s unenforceable.

Yeah, that's my point. So is it realistic to expect some sort of "procurement process" anymore? Seems to be missing the bigger picture.