Administrative Requirements Terms and Conditions for Cost-Type Grants and Cooperative Agreements to Nonprofit and Governmental Entities, 51167-51223 [2020-16414]
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nonprofit organizations, States, local
governments, and Indian tribes, DoD
Components are strongly encouraged to
construct the portion of their general
terms and conditions addressing
administrative requirements by:
(1) Incorporating the standard
wording of each article of administrative
requirements provided in subchapter D
of this chapter (the standard wording of
the articles is in the appendices to 2
CFR parts 1128 through 1138) into those
general terms and conditions by
reference; and
(2) Stating any variations from that
standard wording (e.g., any sections or
paragraphs that the DoD Component
adds, revises, or omits, consistent with
the DoDGARs prescription for use of the
standard wording).
(b) Incorporating that standard
wording into general terms and
conditions by reference, rather than
including the full text of each article of
the general terms and conditions, will
make it easier for those who must use
terms and conditions of multiple DoD
Components’ awards (e.g., recipients,
DoD Components’ post-award
administrators, and auditors) to quickly
identify how each Component’s general
terms and conditions differ from the
DoD standard wording.
Subpart F—National Policy
Requirements Portion of the General
Terms and Conditions
§ 1120.600 Scope of national policy
requirements.
National policy requirements, as
defined in 2 CFR 1122.2, are
requirements:
(a) That are prescribed by a statute,
Executive order, policy guidance issued
by the Executive Office of the President,
or regulation that specifically refer to
grants, cooperative agreements, or
financial assistance in general;
(b) With which a recipient of a grant
or cooperative agreement must comply
during the period of performance; and
(c) That are outside subject matter
areas covered by administrative
requirements, as described in
§ 1120.500.
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§ 1120.605 Location of national policy
requirements in the standard award format.
As shown in the table in § 1120.4(b),
the standard award format includes
national policy requirements as
Subdivision C of the general terms and
conditions.
§ 1120.610 Source of national policy
requirements.
The source of national policy
requirements to be included in a grant
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or cooperative agreement is 2 CFR part
1122.
Subdivision D of the general terms and
conditions.
§ 1120.615 Incorporation of national policy
requirements into general terms and
conditions by reference.
§ 1120.710 Examples of programmatic
requirements.
For the same reason given in
§ 1120.515(b), DoD Components are
strongly encouraged to construct the
portion of their general terms and
conditions addressing national policy
requirements for awards to all types of
recipient entities, including for-profit
entities, by:
(a) Incorporating the standard
wording of each article of national
policy requirements provided in the
appendices to 2 CFR part 1122 into
those general terms and conditions by
reference; and
(b) Stating any variations from that
standard wording (e.g., any added,
omitted, or revised paragraphs, based on
which national policy requirements
apply to programs and recipients for
which the general terms and conditions
are used).
Subpart G—Programmatic
Requirements Portion of the General
Terms and Conditions
§ 1120.700 Scope of programmatic
requirements.
A requirement is most appropriately
included in the programmatic
requirements portion of the general
terms and conditions if it:
(a) Is not in one of the subject matter
areas covered by the administrative
requirements in Subdivision B of the
general terms and conditions, as
described in § 1120.500.
(b) Does not meet the criteria in
§ 1120.600 for a national policy
requirement.
(c) Broadly applies to awards using
the general terms and conditions.
Requirements that apply to relatively
few of those awards are more
appropriately included in the awardspecific terms and conditions of the
individual awards to which they apply.
(d) Is expected to be in effect for the
foreseeable future, rather than for a
limited period of time. For example, a
requirement in an annual
appropriations act that applies
specifically to funding made available
by that act is better addressed through
the award-specific terms and conditions
of awards or modifications to which it
applies.
§ 1120.705 Location of programmatic
requirements in the standard award format.
As shown in the table in § 1120.4(b),
the standard award format includes
programmatic requirements as
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Examples of provisions appropriately
included as programmatic requirements
in Subdivision D of the general terms
and conditions include:
(a) Requirements for recipients to
acknowledge the DoD Component’s
support in publications of results of the
projects or programs performed under
awards.
(b) Requirements for recipients to
promptly alert the DoD Component if
they develop any information in the
course of performing the projects or
programs under their awards that, in
their judgment, might adversely affect
national security if disclosed.
(c) Reservation of the Government’s
right to use non-Federal personnel in
any aspect of post-award administration
of awards, with appropriate
nondisclosure requirements placed on
those personnel to protect sensitive
information about recipients or the
projects or programs supported by their
awards.
Dated: July 24, 2020.
Aaron T. Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison
Officer, Department of Defense.
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BILLING CODE 5001–06–P
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
2 CFR Parts 1126, 1128, 1130, 1132,
1134, 1136, and 1138
[DOD–2016–OS–0054]
RIN 0790–AJ49
Administrative Requirements Terms
and Conditions for Cost-Type Grants
and Cooperative Agreements to
Nonprofit and Governmental Entities
Office of the Secretary of
Defense, DoD.
ACTION: Final rule.
AGENCY:
This final rule is the third in
a sequence of six final rules this issue
of the Federal Register that update the
Department of Defense Grant and
Agreement Regulations (DoDGARs).
This final rule adds seven new
DoDGARs parts to address the
administrative requirements included in
general terms and conditions of DoD
cost-type grants and cooperative
agreements awarded to institutions of
higher education, nonprofit
SUMMARY:
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organizations, States, local governments,
and Indian tribes. The administrative
requirements are in areas such as
financial and program management;
property administration; recipient
procurement procedures; financial,
programmatic, and property reporting;
and subawards. These new parts
establish a uniform way for DoD
Components’ awarding offices to
organize the administrative
requirements in their general terms and
conditions, and provide standard
wording for those terms and conditions,
with associated regulatory prescriptions
for DoD Components to provide latitude
to vary from the standard wording
where variation is appropriate.
DATES: This rule is effective October 19,
2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Barbara Orlando, Basic Research Office,
telephone 571–372–6413.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Executive Summary
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A. Purpose of the Regulatory Action
The Department of Defense Grant and
Agreement Regulations (DoDGARs)
implement statutes and
Governmentwide guidance for grants
and cooperative agreements, as needed,
to ensure that DoD Component offices
make and administer assistance awards
consistent with agency policy. They
need updating, in part due to the
issuance of the Office of Management
and Budget’s (OMB) guidance to Federal
agencies on administrative
requirements, cost principles, and audit
requirements that apply to Federal
grants, cooperative agreements, and
other assistance instruments (2 CFR part
200). This rule provides a major portion
of the implementation of that guidance
by addressing the administrative
requirements to be included in general
terms and conditions of DoD
Components’ awards to institutions of
higher education, nonprofit
organizations, States, local governments,
and Indian tribes.
Revisions Implemented by This Rule
This final rule establishes seven new
DoDGARs parts that collectively govern
a DoD Component’s construction of the
administrative requirements portion of
its general terms and conditions for
awards to institutions of higher
education, nonprofit organizations,
States, local governments, and Indian
tribes. The seven proposed new parts
comprise a subchapter of the
DoDGARs—subchapter D in Chapter XI
of 2 CFR.
The first of the proposed parts in the
subchapter, 2 CFR part 1126, provides
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an overview of the subchapter’s content.
In addition to addressing the purpose
and applicability, the overview part
describes what the subchapter’s
remaining six parts address and how
they are organized.
Each of the subchapter’s other six
parts provides both: (1) Standard
wording for articles of general terms and
conditions specifying requirements for
recipients and subrecipients within a
given subject matter area; and (2) the
associated direction to DoD Components
on the use of the standard wording for
those articles.
Those six parts are:
1. Part 1128—General terms and
conditions on recipient financial
and program management
2. Part 1130—General terms and
conditions on property
administration
3. Part 1132—General terms and
conditions on recipient
procurement procedures
4. Part 1134 -General terms and
conditions on reporting
5. Part 1136—General terms and
conditions on other administrative
requirements
6. Part 1138—General terms and
conditions related to subawards
In addition to minor editorial
changes, we made the following changes
to correct omissions in the NPRM, or for
clarity, consistency, or conformance
with the OMB guidance, as indicated:
1. In appendix F to 2 CFR part 1128,
FMS Article VI, paragraph A.1, we
modified the wording to clearly
delineate the potential sources of cost
sharing or matching, i.e., cash
contributions and third-party in-kind
contributions.
2. We corrected appendix B to 2 CFR
part 1130, PROP Article II, paragraph
B.2.b to indicate that an inventory of
federally owned property is required
annually as specified in 2 CFR
200.312(a). We also made conforming a
change in PROP Article II by adding a
paragraph C.3 to explicitly require an
annual inventory of federally owned
property for which institutions of higher
education, nonprofit organizations, local
governments, or Indian tribes are
accountable under an award.
3. In appendix C to 2 CFR part 1130,
PROP Article III, paragraph A.1.a, we
corrected ‘‘may’’ to ‘‘must’’ to ensure
consistency with the intent of 2 CFR
200.313(c)(4) with respect to application
of disposition proceeds to the
acquisition of replacement equipment.
4. We modified appendix D to 2 CFR
part 1130, PROP Article IV, to remove
language that conflicts with PROP
Article I. The language in the NPRM
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limited the identification of exempt
property to inclusion in PROP Article I,
whereas PROP Article IV indicated that
the exemption could be in either the
general terms and conditions (PROP
Article I) or in award-specific
conditions. We believe the latter
potential for inclusion in award-specific
conditions would occur only in
conjunction with inclusion in PROP
Article I, i.e., in an instance where the
general terms and conditions include
the exemption but it is overridden on an
individual award, e.g., based on a risk
assessment.
5. We corrected appendix G to 2 CFR
part 1130, PROP Article VI, paragraph
A.2, to accurately reflect the language
and intent of 2 CFR 200.315(b).
6. The requirement included in
appendix C to 2 CFR part 1132, PROC
Article III, Section B.3, regarding the
Copeland Act, was incorrectly shown in
the NPRM as a freestanding
requirement; however, it is linked to the
Wage Rate requirements, as shown in 2
CFR part 200, Appendix II. We have
corrected this accordingly.
7. We made a change in appendix C
to 2 CFR part 1132, PROC Article III,
Section B.10, to conform the Fly
America requirements in contracts
under grants and cooperative
agreements with those in 2 CFR part
1122 that would apply to awards and
subawards. As explained in the final
rule in today’s Federal Register that
addresses national policy requirements
(2 CFR part 1122), we added clarifying
language to indicate that ‘‘Fly America’’
requirements apply to transport of
persons, as well as personal effects, and
added language to refer to both the
statute and its implementing
regulations.
8. In 2 CFR 1134.210((b)(3)(iii), to
ensure that DoD Components
appropriately monitor advances in those
limited instances when predetermined
advances are used and to conform to the
OMB guidance on the frequency of
financial reporting in 2 CFR 200.327, we
changed the language to indicate that,
when using such advances, DoD
Components must require in their
general terms and conditions quarterly
financial reporting.
9. In appendix C to 2 CFR part 1136,
we added a new Section A to OAR
Article III to clarify the use of awardspecific conditions as a means of
addressing non-compliance and
redesignated the other Sections of the
Article. The redesignated Section B of
the Article addresses the remedies
outlined in the OMB guidance in 2 CFR
200.338(a) through (f). In addition, we
removed the term ‘‘materially’’ from the
lead-in language to Section B because
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the standard for use of those remedies
could be a failure to comply that does
not rise to that level of significance.
Termination for material failure to
comply is addressed in the redesignated
Section C.
10. In appendix D to 2 CFR part 1136,
OAR Article IV, we added a new section
G to indicate that the Grant Appeal
Authority’s decision is the final
administrative decision of DoD and
cannot be appealed further within the
Department. This serves to emphasize
current policy.
11. For consistency between the
reporting prescriptions and articles and
the closeout article (appendix G to 2
CFR part 1136, OAR Article VI), we
made the following changes.
a. Because appendix B to 2 CFR part
1134, REP Article II, indicates that all
final financial reports are due 120 days
after the end of the period of
performance, in 2 CFR
1136.605(b)(2)(ii), we deleted
‘‘financial’’ from the lead-in and
removed paragraph (ii)(B).
b. We added a new Subpart D, ‘‘Other
reporting,’’ and REP Article V to allow
for inclusion of reports in general terms
and conditions other than those covered
in REP Articles I–IV, as envisioned by
Appendix F to 2 CFR part 1136, OAR
Article VI, Section C.4.
12. In Appendices A–L to 2 CFR part
1138, the subaward articles, we added
wording to clarify what coverage
pertained only to cost-type subawards,
what coverage pertained to both costtype and fixed-amount-type subawards,
and what coverage applied (or did not
apply) specifically to fixed-amount-type
subawards. Several specific clarifying
changes were made in SUB Article II,
Section C.2, where we elaborated on the
location of applicable requirements for
fixed amount-type subawards, and SUB
Article III Section G, with the respect to
the inapplicability of the requirement to
include indirect cost information in a
fixed amount-type subaward.
13. To ensure clarity in the
application of the administrative
requirements and consistency within
the various parts of the DoDGARs, we
made the following changes:
a. Rather than have multiple
paragraphs of direction to DoD
Components at the beginning and, in
some cases, within the individual
Articles of terms and conditions, we
consolidated the prescriptive language
at the beginning of each article.
b. We changed the numbering in
several of the Articles to avoid
confusion between the alphabetical
section designator (e.g., A, B, C) and
paragraphs within the text of the Article
that have a similar designation.
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B. Legal Authorities for the Regulatory
Action
There are two statutory authorities for
this final rule:
• 10 U.S.C. 113, which establishes the
Secretary of Defense as the head of the
Department of Defense; and
• 5 U.S.C. 301, which authorizes the
head of an Executive department to
prescribe regulations for the governance
of that department and the performance
of its business.
II. Regulatory History
In December 2014 (79 FR 76047), DoD
established an interim implementation
of the final guidance, ‘‘Uniform
Administrative Requirements, Cost
Principles, and Audit Requirements for
Federal Awards,’’ published by the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) on December 26, 2013, in 2 CFR
part 200 (Uniform Guidance—available
at 78 FR 78589). DoD then published a
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
(November 7, 2016 (81 FR 78382)) that
proposed to add title 2 CFR parts 1126,
1128, 1130, 1132, 1134, 1136, and 1138
to address the administrative
requirements included in general terms
and conditions of DoD cost-type grants
and cooperative agreements awarded to
institutions of higher education,
nonprofit organizations, States, local
governments, and Indian tribes.
III. Comments and Responses
We received one set of public
comments from an organization that
represents universities in their
collective relationship with the Federal
Government. The affected sections of
the proposed rule, the specific
comments, and responses to those
comments, including whether there is a
resulting change in this final rule, are
specified below.
Comment: As a general comment, the
commenter noted that, while separating
the prescriptive language from the
language of the terms and conditions
makes sense, the format could be more
user friendly. The comment indicates
that possibly this was a function of how
the administrative requirements
Subchapter D, in particular, appeared
when published in the Federal Register
and the issue might be resolved when
the final rule is published.
Response: In part, this issue was the
result of the ‘‘translation’’ from a Word
document into the Federal Register
format. In response to this comment,
working within the Office of the Federal
Register’s parameters, we have
attempted throughout to show in a
clearer manner where the Articles of
terms and conditions begin and end and
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set off the Article headings from the text
that follows.
Comment: The commenter indicated
that 2 CFR 1128.419(h)(4) would allow
a DoD Component to modify the default
wording as appropriate to the awards
using its general terms and conditions
and provides an example of limiting the
authorization for pre-award costs to less
than 90 days. The commenter also
indicated that this would have the
potential to create added burden if DoD
Components vary significantly in their
requirements and pointed out that
financial assistance awards at research
institutions have been operating under
‘‘expanded authorities.’’ The commenter
further asked whether there will be a
central review of terms and conditions
to ensure that there is consistency
across the DoD Components in
implementing this provision.
Response: We believe that the
intended reference is 2 CFR
1128.415(h)(4), as it relates to the
direction to DoD Components on the
applicable language. This comment also
pertains to the policy enunciated in
§ 1128.415(g). Understanding that most
of the universities’ grant and
cooperative agreement activity with
DoD is in research, we have made
changes in these two sections to clarify
and strengthen the policy that the cited
flexibility is not intended for use by
DoD Components in general terms and
conditions for research grants and
cooperative agreements. Rather, the ‘‘up
to 90 days’’ is at the applicant entity’s
option. Also, it should be noted that,
pending issuance of this final rule, DoD
is using general terms and conditions in
DoD research awards that reflect the
expanded authority, i.e., to incur at the
entity’s own risk without requesting
DoD prior approval pre-award costs up
to 90 calendar days before the start date
of the period of performance.
Comment: The commenter indicated
that, although it was not a deviation
from the OMB guidance in 2 CFR part
200, Appendix D, FMS Article IV,
Section B.1.h. varied substantially from
current practice because that section
incorporates 2 CFR 200.308(e). That
section of the OMB guidance would
require prior approval for budget
transfers exceeding 10 percent of the
total award if the award amount is
greater than the simplified acquisition
threshold, which would represent a
departure from the Prior Approval
Matrix in which the participating DoD
Components waived that prior approval
requirement and a departure from what
other major Federal agencies have
implemented in this area. The
commenter also stated that it
appreciates the flexibility previously
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provided and asks that it be reinstated
to avoid having a unique requirement
for DoD that would increase the
administrative burden on recipients.
Response: No change in the current
DoD practice or departure from the
practice of other Federal research
agencies was intended by the referenced
language. However, because the
comment indicated some confusion
concerning whether this provision
represented an option rather than a
requirement, we added the phrase ‘‘for
general terms and conditions’’ in 2 CFR
1128.415(f)(3). Although the proposed
language in that paragraph stated that
this option (emphasis added) was not
appropriate for research, the addition of
these words should alleviate that
concern. Further, the general terms and
conditions being used in DoD research
awards (as cited above) do not include
this as a prior approval requirement.
Comments: The commenter indicated
that 2 CFR 1132.1(b) does not recognize
the grace period allowed by 2 CFR
200.110(a) with respect to the potential
for delayed implementation of the
procurement standards in 2 CFR part
200. This and a related comment also
indicated that the language of this
section does not consider the Federal
statutory language in the National
Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)
enacted after issuance of the Notice of
Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) regarding
the micro-purchase threshold.
Response: With respect to the grace
period, 2 CFR 1132.3 implements 2 CFR
200.110(a), including the delayed
implementation, which was
subsequently extended by a year, for
recipients and 2 CFR 1138.600(b) does
so for subrecipients; however, for
emphasis, we added a new 2 CFR
1132.3(b) to tie back directly to the
procurement grace period specified in 2
CFR 200.110(a). We believe that
including the specific duration of that
grace period in the DoDGARs will be
confusing, as it may be subject to further
change, and is unnecessary. As far as a
statutory change, the NDAA would have
Governmentwide applicability. By
deciding to extend the grace period for
an additional year, OMB signaled a
delay in implementing the statutory
provision. It should be noted that the
general research terms and conditions in
use by DoD Components (as cited above)
specify in the Preamble to those terms
and conditions that OMB amended 2
CFR 200.110(a) on May 17, 2017 to
permit recipients to continue to comply
with the procurement standards in
previously applicable OMB guidance,
rather than the procurement standards
in 2 CFR 200.317–200.326, for three full
recipient fiscal years that begin on or
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after December 26, 2014. We believe
that language is sufficient and in line
with the actions of other Federal
research agencies.
Comment: The commenter indicated
that 2 CFR 1134.125(b)(2)(ii) states that
final reports for research awards should
be cumulative and questions whether
the use of the word ‘‘should’’ means that
DoD Components may adopt
inconsistent practices for final
reporting, which would make reporting
challenging.
Response: In response to this
comment, we have changed ‘‘should’’ to
‘‘must.’’
Comment: The commenter indicated
that 2 CFR 1134.125(c)(1)(i) enables a
DoD Component to pre-approve a 30day extension for performance reports;
however, the reporting article (REP
Article I) states that final performance
reports are due 90 days after the end of
the period of performance. The
comment goes on to observe that REP
Article II states that final financial
reports are due 120 days after the end
of the period of performance, resulting
in the potential for inconsistent due
dates for the same reports across DoD
Components, which would make
reporting challenging. The commenter
suggested that final reports would be
more easily administered if there were
one consistent due date of 120 days after
the end of the period of performance.
Response: To resolve this
inconsistency and reflect our intent that
the 120-day due date applies to research
awards, we have added language to
distinguish research awards from other
non-construction awards, both in the
prescriptive language (2 CFR 1134.125)
and in Section C.1 of Appendix A to
part 1134 (REP Article I), to make clear
that the 120 days is the default for
research awards generally and is not an
exception, and the pre-approval
requirement applies only to nonresearch awards. We also made other
conforming changes, as appropriate, in
addressing this comment. Further, the
general terms and conditions being used
in DoD research awards (as cited above)
reflect the 120-day time frame for
submission of both final performance
and financial reports.
IV. Regulatory Analyses
We developed this rule after
considering numerous statutes and
Executive Orders (E.O.s) related to
rulemaking. Below we summarize our
analyses based on these statutes or
E.O.s.
A. Regulatory Planning and Review
Executive Orders 12866 (Regulatory
Planning and Review) and 13563
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(Improving Regulation and Regulatory
Review) direct agencies to assess the
costs and benefits of available regulatory
alternatives and, if regulation is
necessary, to select regulatory
approaches that maximize net benefits
(including potential economic,
environmental, public health and safety
effects, distributive impacts, and
equity). Executive Order 13563
emphasizes the importance of
quantifying both costs and benefits, of
reducing costs, of harmonizing rules,
and of promoting flexibility. This rule
has been designated as a ‘‘not
significant’’ regulatory action, and not
economically significant, under section
3(f) of Executive Order 12866.
Accordingly, the rule has not been
reviewed by the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) under the
requirements of these Executive Orders.
Executive Order 13771 (Reducing
Regulation and Controlling Regulatory
Costs) directs agencies to reduce
regulation and control regulatory costs
and provides that ‘‘for every one new
regulation issued, at least two prior
regulations be identified for elimination,
and that the cost of planned regulations
be prudently managed and controlled
through a budgeting process.’’ This rule
is not subject to the requirements of this
Executive Order because it is not
significant under Executive Order
12866.
Costs
DoD has found that this rule will not
impose costs on the public because this
rule is standardizing terms and
conditions for administrative
requirements without imposing
additional requirements or burdens on
the public. In fact, the public will
benefit from a time savings resulting
from the standardization.
Benefits
DoD determined that a standard
format for, and wording of, general
terms and conditions for grants and
cooperative agreements within the
DoDGARs, along with specifying the
limits of flexibility afforded to DoD
Components, will help maximize long
term benefits in relation to costs and
burdens for recipients of those awards.
The major benefit of this rule is use
of standard terms and conditions for
administrative requirements, provided
in a uniform format with consistent
placement and numbering, included in
DoD grants and cooperative agreements
awarded to institutions of higher
education, nonprofit organizations,
States, local governments, and Indian
tribes. Greatly increased uniformity
across the Department’s approximately
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100 offices will help to lessen
administrative burdens and costs for
recipients, especially those that receive
awards from multiple DoD Components
and enhance the productivity of projects
and programs supported by DoD
awards.
Any added administrative burdens
and associated costs to recipients due to
this regulatory action are primarily
existing burdens resulting from the
Governmentwide guidance to agencies
that OMB issued in 2 CFR part 200. In
the NPRM, DoD invited input on any
area in which potential recipients of
DoD awards perceive an increase in
burden relative to the OMB guidance
that is not justified by the
commensurate value of an improvement
in DoD’s ability to carry out its
responsibilities for good stewardship of
Federal taxpayers’ dollars. Any area
where a commenter indicated the
potential for an increase in burden or
costs is addressed in the responses in
Section III, ‘‘Comments and Responses.’’
Alternatives
No action—If no action was taken
DoD would not be compliance with
OMB requirements to move all financial
assistance regulations to 2 CFR.
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B. Congressional Review Act (5 U.S.C.
801, et seq.)
Under the Congressional Review Act,
a major rule may not take effect until at
least 60 days after submission to
Congress of a report regarding the rule.
A major rule is one that would have an
annual effect on the economy of $100
million or more or have certain other
impacts. This rule is not a major rule
under the Congressional Review Act.
C. Impact on Small Entities
The Regulatory Flexibility Act of
1980, 5 U.S.C. 601–612, as amended,
requires Federal agencies to consider
the potential impact of regulations on
small entities during rulemaking. The
term ‘‘small entities’’ comprises small
businesses, not-for-profit organizations
that are independently owned and
operated and are not dominant in their
fields, and governmental jurisdictions
with populations of less than 50,000.
This rule will not impose any impacts
on any entities. This means that there
will be no economic impacts on any
entities. Therefore, the Department of
Defense under 5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.
certifies that this rule will not have a
significant economic impact on a
substantial number of small entities.
D. Assistance for Small Entities
Under section 213(a) of the Small
Business Regulatory Enforcement
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Fairness Act of 1996, Public Law 104–
121, we want to assist small entities in
understanding this rule so that they can
better evaluate its effects on them and
participate in the rulemaking. If the rule
would affect your small business,
organization, or governmental
jurisdiction and you have questions
concerning its provisions or options for
compliance, please contact the person
in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT section of this rule.
Small businesses may send comments
on the actions of Federal employees
who enforce, or otherwise determine
compliance with, Federal regulations to
the Small Business and Agriculture
Regulatory Enforcement Ombudsman
and the Regional Small Business
Regulatory Fairness Boards. The
Ombudsman evaluates these actions
annually and rates each agency’s
responsiveness to small business.
E. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act
The Unfunded Mandates Reform Act
of 1995, 2 U.S.C. 1531–1538, requires
Federal agencies to assess the effects of
their discretionary regulatory actions. In
particular, the Act addresses actions
that may result in the expenditure by a
State, local, or tribal government, in the
aggregate, or by the private sector of
$100,000,000 (adjusted for inflation) or
more in any 1 year. Although this rule
will not result in such an expenditure,
we do discuss the effects of this rule
elsewhere in this preamble.
F. Collection of Information
The Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA)
(44 U.S.C. 3501–3520) applies to
collections of information using
identical questions posed to, or
reporting or recordkeeping requirements
imposed on, ten or more members of the
public. This rule does not call for a new
collection of information under the
PRA.
G. Federalism
Executive Order 13132 establishes
certain requirements that an agency
must meet when it promulgates a
proposed rule (and subsequent final
rule) that imposes substantial direct
requirement costs on State and local
governments, preempts State law, or
otherwise has Federalism implications.
This proposed rule does not have
federalism implications that warrant the
preparation of a federalism assessment
in accordance with Executive Order
13132.
2 CFR Part 1126
Cooperative agreements, Grant
programs, Grants administration.
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2 CFR Part 1128
Accounting, Business and Industry,
Cooperative agreements, Grants
administration, Hospitals, Indians,
Nonprofit organizations, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements, Small
business, State and local governments.
2 CFR Part 1130
Cooperative agreements, Grants
administration, Hospitals, Indians,
Nonprofit organizations, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements, Small
business, State and local governments.
2 CFR Part 1132
Business and Industry, Cooperative
agreements, Grants administration,
Hospitals, Indians, Nonprofit
organizations, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements, Small
business, State and local governments.
2 CFR Part 1134
Cooperative agreements, Grants
administration, Hospitals, Indians,
Nonprofit organizations, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements, Small
business, State and local governments.
2 CFR Part 1136
Cooperative agreements, Grants
administration, Hospitals, Indians,
Nonprofit organizations, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements, Small
business, State and local governments.
2 CFR Part 1138
Accounting, Business and Industry,
Cooperative agreements, Grants
administration, Hospitals, Indians,
Nonprofit organizations, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements, Small
business, State and local governments.
■ Accordingly, under the authority of 5
U.S.C. 301 and 10 U.S.C. 113, 2 CFR
chapter XI, subchapter D, is amended by
adding parts 1126, 1128, 1130, 1132,
1134, 1136, and 1138 to read as follows:
PART 1126—SUBCHAPTER D
OVERVIEW
Sec.
1126.1 Purposes of this subchapter.
1126.2 Applicability of this subchapter.
1126.3 Exceptions from requirements in
this subchapter.
1126.4 Relationship to other portions of the
DoD grant and agreement regulations.
1126.5 Organization of this subchapter.
1126.6 Organization of the other parts of
this subchapter.
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301 and 10 U.S.C. 113.
§ 1126.1
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Purposes of this subchapter.
This subchapter of the DoD Grant and
Agreement Regulations:
(a) Addresses general terms and
conditions governing administrative
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requirements for use by DoD
Components when awarding cost-type
grants and cooperative agreements to
institutions of higher education,
nonprofit organizations, States, local
governments, and Indian tribes. It does
so by providing:
(1) A standard organization of the
administrative requirements into
articles of general terms and conditions,
each of which is in a specific subject
area.
(2) Standard wording for those
articles; and
(3) Associated prescriptions for DoD
Component’s use of the standard
wording to construct their general terms
and conditions, which allow for adding,
omitting, or varying in other ways from
the standard wording in certain
situations.
(b) Thereby implements OMB
guidance in 2 CFR part 200 as it relates
to general terms and conditions of
grants and cooperative agreements to
institutions of higher education,
nonprofit organizations, States, local
governments, and Indian tribes.
§ 1126.2
Applicability of this subchapter.
(a) Entities. This subchapter:
(1) Applies to DoD Components that
award cost-type grants and cooperative
agreements to institutions of higher
education, nonprofit organizations,
States, local governments, and Indian
tribes.
(2) Does not directly impose
requirements on a recipient of a DoD
Component’s award but does do so
indirectly, through the DoD
Component’s compliance with this
subchapter when it constructs its
general award terms and conditions.
The terms and conditions delineate the
rights and responsibilities of the
recipient and the Federal Government
under the award.
(b) Awards. This subchapter applies
to DoD Components’ cost-type grants
and cooperative agreements to types of
entities identified in paragraph (a)(1) of
this section, other than Technology
Investment Agreements that are
addressed in 32 CFR part 37.
§ 1126.3 Exceptions from requirements in
this subchapter.
(a) Exceptions that are not permitted.
A DoD Component may not grant any
exception to the requirements in this
subchapter if the exception is:
(1) Prohibited by statute, executive
order, or regulation;
(2) Inconsistent with the OMB
implementation of the Single Audit Act
in Subpart F of 2 CFR part 200.
(b) Other exceptions. Other
exceptions are permitted from
requirements in this subchapter for
institutions of higher education,
nonprofit organizations, States, local
governments, and Indian tribes as
follows:
(1) Statutory or regulatory exceptions.
A DoD Component’s general terms and
conditions may incorporate a
requirement that is inconsistent with
the requirements in this subchapter if
that requirement is specifically
authorized or required by a statute or
regulation adopted in the Code of
Federal Regulations after opportunity
for public comment.
(2) Individual exceptions. The Head of
the DoD Component or his or her
designee may approve an individual
exception affecting only one award in
accordance with procedures stated in 32
CFR 21.340.
(3) Small awards. A DoD
Component’s terms and conditions for
small awards may apply less restrictive
requirements than those specified in
this subchapter (a small award is an
award for which the total value of
obligated funding through the life of the
award is not expected to exceed the
simplified acquisition threshold).
(4) Other class exceptions. The
Assistant Secretary of Defense for
Research and Engineering or his or her
designee may approve any class
exception affecting multiple awards
other than small awards, with OMB
concurrence if the class exception is for
a requirement that is inconsistent with
OMB guidance in 2 CFR part 200.
Procedures for DoD Components’
requests for class exceptions are stated
in 32 CFR 21.340.
§ 1126.4 Relationship to other portions of
the DoD grant and agreement regulations.
The administrative requirements
specified in this subchapter
complement:
(a) Provisions of 32 CFR part 34 that
address administrative requirements for
DoD Components’ grants and
cooperative agreements to for-profit
entities; and
(b) Requirements in 32 CFR part 37
for technology investment agreements.
§ 1126.5
Organization of this subchapter.
This subchapter is organized into six
parts in addition to this overview part.
Each part provides standard wording
and prescriptions for articles of general
terms and conditions that address
administrative requirements in a
particular subject area. Table 1 shows
the subject area and articles
corresponding to each part:
TABLE 1 TO § 1126.5
In . . .
Of this subchapter, you will find terms and conditions with associated prescriptions for the following articles related to . . .
Part 1128 ...............
Recipient financial and program management (designated as ‘‘FMS’’ when referring to articles prescribed by this part):
—FMS Article I—Financial management system standards.
—FMS Article II—Payments.
—FMS Article III—Allowable costs, period of availability of funds, and fee or profit.
—FMS Article IV—Revision of budget and program plans.
—FMS Article V—Non-Federal audits.
—FMS Article VI—Cost sharing or matching.
—FMS Article VII—Program income.
Property administration (designated as ‘‘PROP’’ when referring to articles prescribed by this part):
—PROP Article I—Title to property.
—PROP Article II—Property management system.
—PROP Article III—Use and disposition of real property.
—PROP Article IV—Use and disposition of equipment and supplies.
—PROP Article V—Use and disposition of federally owned property.
—PROP Article VI—Intangible property.
Recipient procurement procedures (designated as ‘‘PROC’’ when referring to articles prescribed by this part):
—PROC Article I—Procurement standards for States.
—PROC Article II—Procurement standards for institutions of higher education, nonprofit organizations, local governments, and Indian tribes.
—PROC Article III—Contract provisions for recipient procurements.
Financial, programmatic, and property reporting (designated as ‘‘REP’’ when referring to articles prescribed by this part):
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Part 1132 ...............
Part 1134 ...............
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In . . .
Of this subchapter, you will find terms and conditions with associated prescriptions for the following articles related to . . .
Part 1136 ...............
Part 1138 ...............
—REP Article I—Performance management, monitoring, and reporting.
—REP Article II—Financial reporting.
—REP Article III—Reporting on property.
—REP Article IV—Reporting on subawards and executive compensation.
—REP Article V—Other reporting.
Other administrative requirements (designated as ‘‘OAR’’ when referring to articles prescribed by this part):
—OAR Article I—Submitting and maintaining recipient information.
—OAR Article II—Records retention and access.
—OAR Article III—Remedies and termination.
—OAR Article IV—Claims, disputes, and appeals.
—OAR Article V—Collection of amounts due.
—OAR Article VI—Closeout.
—OAR Article VII—Post-closeout adjustments and continuing responsibilities.
Requirements related to subawards (designated as ‘‘SUB’’ when referring to articles prescribed by this part):
—SUB Article I—Distinguishing subawards and procurements.
—SUB Article II—Pre-award and time of award responsibilities.
—SUB Article III—Informational content of subawards.
—SUB Article IV—Financial and program management requirements for subawards.
—SUB Article V—Property requirements for subawards.
—SUB Article VI—Procurement procedures to include in subawards.
—SUB Article VII—Financial, programmatic, and property reporting requirements for subawards.
—SUB Article VIII—Other administrative requirements for subawards.
—SUB Article IX—National Policy Requirements for Subawards.
—SUB Article X—Subrecipient monitoring and other post-award administration.
—SUB Article XI—Requirements concerning subrecipients’ lower-tier subawards.
—SUB Article XII—Fixed-amount subawards.
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§ 1126.6 Organization of the other parts of
this subchapter.
(a) Each of parts 1128 through 1138 of
this subchapter is organized into
subparts and appendices.
(1) Each appendix provides the
standard wording of general terms and
conditions for one of the articles of
general terms and conditions that the
part addresses.
(2) For each appendix addressing a
particular article, the part has an
associated subpart that provides the
prescription for DoD Components’ use
of the standard wording for that article.
(b) For example, Table 1 to § 1126.5
indicates that 2 CFR part 1128 provides
the standard wording of general terms
and conditions for FMS Articles I
through VII and the prescriptions for
DoD Components’ use of that standard
wording.
(1) FMS Article I on financial
management system standards is the
first of the articles that 2 CFR part 1128
covers. Appendix A to 2 CFR part 1128
provides the standard wording of
general terms and conditions for FMS
Article I. The associated subpart of 2
CFR part 1128, subpart A, provides the
prescription for DoD Components’ use
of the standard wording of that article.
(2) Appendices B through G of 2 CFR
part 1128 provide the standard wording
of general terms and conditions for FMS
Articles II through VII, respectively. The
associated subparts, Subparts B through
G, provide the corresponding
prescriptions for DoD Components.
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PART 1128—RECIPIENT FINANCIAL
AND PROGRAM MANAGEMENT:
GENERAL AWARD TERMS AND
CONDITIONS
Sec.
1128.1 Purpose of this part.
1128.2 Applicability of this part.
1128.3 Exceptions from requirements of
this part.
1128.4 Organization of this part.
Subpart A—Financial Management System
Standards (FMS Article I)
1128.100
1128.105
Purpose of FMS Article I.
Content of FMS Article I.
Subpart B—Payments (FMS Article II)
1128.200 Purpose of FMS Article II.
1128.205 Content of FMS Article II.
1128.210 Payment requirements for States.
1128.215 Payment requirements for
institutions of higher education,
nonprofit organizations, local
governments, and Indian tribes.
1128.220 Electronic funds transfer and
other payment procedural instructions or
information.
Subpart C—Allowable Costs, Period of
Availability of Funds, and Fee or Profit (FMS
Article III)
1128.300 Purpose of FMS Article III.
1128.305 Content of FMS Article III.
1128.310 Cost principles.
1128.315 Clarification concerning
allowability of publication costs.
1128.320 Period of availability of funds.
1128.325 Fee or profit.
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Subpart D—Revision of Budget and
Program Plans (FMS Article IV)
1128.400 Purpose of FMS Article IV.
1128.405 Content of FMS Article IV.
1128.410 Approved budget.
1128.415 Prior approvals for nonconstruction activities.
1128.420 Prior approvals for construction
activities.
1128.425 Additional prior approval for
awards that support both nonconstruction and construction activities.
1128.430 Procedures for prior approvals.
Subpart E—Non-Federal audits (FMS Article
V)
1128.500 Purpose of FMS Article V.
1128.505 Content of FMS Article V.
Subpart F—Cost Sharing or Matching (FMS
Article VI)
1128.600 Purpose of FMS Article VI.
1128.605 Content of FMS Article VI.
1128.610 General requirement for cost
sharing or matching.
1128.615 General criteria for determining
allowability as cost sharing or matching.
1128.620 Allowability of unrecovered
indirect costs as cost sharing or
matching.
1128.625 Allowability of program income
as cost sharing or matching.
1128.630 Valuation of services or property
contributed or donated by recipients or
subrecipients.
1128.635 Valuation of third-party in-kind
contributions.
Subpart G—Program Income (FMS Article
VII)
1128.700 Purpose of FMS Article VII.
1128.705 Content of FMS Article VII.
1128.710 What program income includes.
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1128.715 Recipient obligations for license
fees and royalties.
1128.720 Program income use.
1128.725 Program income after the period
of performance.
Appendix A to Part 1128—Terms and
conditions for FMS Article I, ‘‘Financial
management system standards’’
Appendix B to Part 1128—Terms and
conditions for FMS Article II,
‘‘Payments’’
Appendix C to Part 1128—Terms and
conditions for FMS Article III,
‘‘Allowable costs, period of availability
of funds, and fee or profit’’
Appendix D to Part 1128—Terms and
conditions for FMS Article IV, ‘‘Revision
of budget and program plans’’
Appendix E to Part 1128—Terms and
conditions for FMS Article V, ‘‘NonFederal audits’’
Appendix F to Part 1128—Terms and
conditions for FMS Article VI, ‘‘Cost
sharing or matching’’
Appendix G to Part 1128—Terms and
conditions for FMS Article VII, ‘‘Program
income’’
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301 and 10 U.S.C. 113.
§ 1128.1
Purpose of this part.
(a) This part specifies standard
wording of general terms and conditions
concerning financial and program
management, including recipients’
financial management systems,
payments, cost sharing or matching,
program income, budget and program
revisions, audits, allowable costs, and
periods of availability of funds.
(b) It thereby implements OMB
guidance in the following portions of 2
CFR part 200, as they apply to general
terms and conditions of grants and
cooperative agreements:
(1) Sections 200.80, 200.209, and
200.302 through 200.309;
(2) Sections 200.301 and 200.328, as
they relate to associations between
financial data and performance
accomplishments and reporting; and
(3) Subparts E and F.
§ 1128.2
Applicability of this part.
The types of awards and entities to
which this part and other parts in this
subchapter apply are described in the
subchapter overview at 2 CFR 1126.2.
§ 1128.3 Exceptions from requirements of
this part.
Exceptions are permitted from the
administrative requirements in this part
only as described at 2 CFR 1126.3.
§ 1128.4
Organization of this part.
(a) The content of this part is
organized into subparts and associated
appendices.
(1) Each subpart provides direction to
DoD Components on how to construct
one article of general terms and
conditions for grants and cooperative
agreements.
(2) For each subpart, there is a
corresponding appendix with standard
wording for terms and conditions of the
article addressed by the subpart. Terms
and conditions address rights and
responsibilities of the Federal
Government and recipients.
(b) A DoD Component must use the
wording provided in each appendix in
accordance with the direction in the
corresponding subpart. That direction
may permit DoD Components to vary
from the standard wording in some
situations.
(c) Table 1 shows which article of
general terms and conditions may be
found in each of appendices A through
G to this part (with the associated
direction to DoD Components in
Subparts A through G, respectively):
TABLE 1 TO PARAGRAPH (c)
In . . .
Appendix
Appendix
Appendix
Appendix
Appendix
Appendix
Appendix
A .............
B .............
C .............
D .............
E .............
F ..............
G .............
You will find terms and conditions specifying recipients’ rights and responsibilities related to . . .
That would appear in an award within
FMS Article . . .
Financial management system standards .............................................................
Payments ...............................................................................................................
Allowable costs, period of availability of funds, and fee or profit ..........................
Revision of budget and program plans .................................................................
Non-Federal audits ................................................................................................
Cost sharing or matching .......................................................................................
Program income .....................................................................................................
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
VII.
Subpart A—Financial Management
System Standards (FMS Article I)
§ 1128.100
Purpose of FMS Article I.
FMS Article I specifies standards for
recipients’ financial management
systems. It thereby implements OMB
guidance in:
(a) 2 CFR 200.302, 200.303, and
200.328; and
(b) 2 CFR 200.301 and 200.328, as
they relate to associations between
financial data and performance
accomplishments and reporting.
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§ 1128.105
Content of FMS Article I.
(a) Requirement. A DoD Component’s
general terms and conditions must
address requirements for recipients’
financial management systems.
(b) Award terms and conditions—(1)
General. Except as provided in
paragraph (b)(2) of this section, a DoD
Component’s general terms and
conditions must include the wording
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appendix A to this part provides for
FMS Article I.
(2) Exceptions. A DoD Component’s
general terms and conditions may:
(i) Reserve Section A of FMS Article
I if the DoD Component determines that
it is not possible that any States will
receive:
(A) DoD Component awards using
those general terms and conditions; or
(B) Subawards from recipients of DoD
Component awards using those general
terms and conditions.
(ii) Reserve paragraph B.6 of FMS
Article I if the DoD Component
determines that it will not require
recipients of awards using those general
terms and conditions to relate financial
data to performance accomplishments
(e.g., through unit costs). Because the
nature of research makes the use of unit
costs and other relationships between
financial data and performance
accomplishments generally
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inappropriate, DoD Components should
reserve paragraph B.6 in general terms
and conditions for awards supporting
research.
Subpart B—Payments (FMS Article II)
§ 1128.200
Purpose of FMS Article II.
FMS Article II contains requirements
related to payments under an award. It
thereby implements OMB guidance in 2
CFR 200.305.
§ 1128.205
Content of FMS Article II.
(a) Requirement. A DoD Component’s
general terms and conditions must
address payment method; payment
timing and amounts, which relate to
cash management; frequency of
payment requests; and matters related to
recipients’ depositories, including
interest earned on advance payments.
(b) Award terms and conditions. A
DoD Component’s general terms and
conditions must include the wording
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FMS Article II with appropriate
additions, deletions, and substitutions
as described in §§ 1128.210 through
1128.220.
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§ 1128.210
States.
Payment requirements for
(a) Policy. Payments to States are
subject to requirements in Department
of the Treasury regulations at 31 CFR
part 205 that implement the Cash
Management Improvement Act. Those
regulations are in two subparts with
distinct requirements that apply to
different programs:
(1) Subpart A of 31 CFR part 205
contains requirements for payments to
States under ‘‘major programs,’’ as
defined in that part. The Department of
the Treasury negotiates Treasury-State
agreements for major programs. Those
agreements specify the appropriate
timing and amounts of payments. They
further specify a State’s interest liability
if it receives an advance payment too
many days before it disburses the funds
for program purposes, as well as the
Federal Government’s interest liability if
it reimburses the State too many days
after the State disburses the funds. Most
DoD awards to States are not under
major programs, so Subpart A applies
relatively infrequently.
(2) Subpart B of 31 CFR part 205
applies to all other DoD grants and
cooperative agreements to States—i.e.,
awards that are not under major
programs.
(b) Award terms and conditions—(1)
General. Because few DoD awards to
States are under major programs,
appendix B to this part includes
wording for Section A of FMS Article II
that specifies the requirements of
Subpart B of 31 CFR part 205. A DoD
Component’s general terms and
conditions must include this wording
for Section A of FMS Article II if no
award using those terms and conditions
will be made to a State under a program
designated as a major program in the
applicable Treasury-State agreement.
(2) Exception for awards under major
programs. If a DoD Component is
establishing general terms and
conditions that will be used for awards
to States, only some of which are subject
to requirements for major programs in
Subpart A of 31 CFR part 205, then the
DoD Component should:
(i) Use appendix B’s wording for
Section A of FMS Article II in its
general terms and conditions; and
(ii) In each award subject to Subpart
A of 31 CFR part 205, include awardspecific terms and conditions that make
payments to the recipient subject to the
requirements in Subpart A of 31 CFR
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part 205 and the applicable TreasuryState agreement, thereby overriding the
wording of Section A of FMS Article II.
§ 1128.215 Payment requirements for
institutions of higher education, nonprofit
organizations, local governments, and
Indian tribes.
(a) Policy. OMB guidance in 2 CFR
200.305 addresses the use of three
payment methods for grants and
cooperative agreements—advance
payments, reimbursement, and working
capital advances. Two of the methods
pertain to a DoD Component’s general
terms and conditions, as described in
paragraphs (a)(1) and (2) of this section.
(1) Advance payments. With the
possible exception of construction
awards, as provided in paragraph (a)(2)
of this section, a DoD Component’s
general terms and conditions must
authorize each recipient to request
payments in advance as long as the
recipient maintains, or demonstrates the
willingness to maintain, both:
(i) Written procedures that minimize
the time elapsing between its receipt of
funds from the Federal Government and
its disbursement of the funds for project
or program purposes; and
(ii) Financial management systems
that meet the standards for fund control
and accountability specified in the
wording of FMS Article I (see Subpart
A and appendix A to this part).
(2) Reimbursement. A DoD
Component’s general terms and
conditions may specify the
reimbursement method if the awards
using those terms and conditions will
support construction projects financed
in whole or in part by the Federal
Government.
(b) Award terms and conditions—(1)
General. Appendix B provides wording
for Section B of FMS Article II that a
DoD Component:
(i) Must use in general terms and
conditions for non-construction awards
to authorize recipients to request
advance payments; and
(ii) May use in general terms and
conditions for construction awards if it
elects to authorize recipients of those
awards to request advance payments.
(2) Alternative award terms and
conditions. A DoD Component may
develop an alternative to appendix B’s
wording for Section B of FMS Article II
to use in general terms and conditions
for construction awards, if it elects to
specify reimbursement as the payment
method for those awards. The
alternative:
(i) Would replace appendix B’s
wording for paragraph B.1 with wording
to specify the reimbursement method of
payment;
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(ii) Must include appendix B’s
wording for paragraphs B.2.b and c, B.4,
and B.5, which may be renumbered as
appropriate, because those paragraphs
apply to reimbursements as well as
advance payments;
(iii) Should omit appendix B’s
wording for paragraphs B.2.a, B.3, and
B.6 because those paragraphs apply
specifically to advance payments; and
(iv) Must inform recipients that the
DoD payment office generally makes
payment within 30 calendar days after
receipt of the request for reimbursement
by the award administration office,
unless the request is reasonably
believed to be improper.
§ 1128.220 Electronic funds transfer and
other payment procedural instructions or
information.
(a) Policy. A DoD Component’s
general terms and conditions must
specify that payments will be made by
electronic funds transfer (EFT) unless a
recipient is excepted in accordance with
Department of the Treasury regulations
at 31 CFR part 208 from the
Governmentwide requirement to use
EFT.
(b) Award terms and conditions—(1)
Electronic funds transfer. Appendix B
provides wording for Section C of FMS
Article II that a DoD Component must
use to specify payment by EFT, when
awards are not excepted from the
Governmentwide requirement.
(2) Other payment procedures or
instructions. A DoD Component may
insert one or more paragraphs in its
general terms and conditions in lieu of
the reserved paragraph C.2 in appendix
B, to provide procedural instructions or
information regarding payments that is
common to awards using those terms
and conditions. For example, it may
insert wording to give detailed
instructions on where and how
recipients are to submit payment
requests. All forms, formats, and data
elements for payment requests must be
OMB-approved information collections.
Subpart C—Allowable Costs, Period of
Availability of Funds, and Fee or Profit
(FMS Article III)
§ 1128.300
Purpose of FMS Article III.
FMS Article III of the general terms
and conditions specifies what costs are
allowable as charges to awards and
when they are allowable. It also
specifies restrictions on payment of fee
or profit. It thereby implements OMB
guidance in §§ 200.209 and 200.309 and
Subpart E of 2 CFR part 200. It also
partially implements 2 CFR
200.201(b)(1) and 200.323(c), as those
sections apply to the cost principles to
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§ 1128.315 Clarification concerning
allowability of publication costs.
be used in relation to subawards and
contracts, respectively.
§ 1128.305
Content of FMS Article III.
(a) Requirement. A DoD Component’s
general terms and conditions must
address allowability of costs and
permissibility of fee or profit.
(b) Award terms and conditions. A
DoD Component’s general terms and
conditions must include the wording
appendix C to this part provides for
FMS Article III with appropriate
reservations as described in §§ 1128.310
through 1128.325.
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Cost principles.
(a) Policy. The set of Governmentwide
cost principles applicable to a particular
entity type governs the allowability of
costs that may be:
(1) Charged to each cost-type:
(i) DoD grant or cooperative
agreement to a recipient of that entity
type;
(ii) Subaward to a subrecipient of that
entity type at any tier below a DoD grant
or cooperative agreement; and
(iii) Procurement transaction with a
contractor of that entity type awarded
by a recipient of a DoD grant or
cooperative agreement or a subrecipient
that received a subaward at any tier
below that grant or cooperative
agreement.
(2) Considered in establishing the
amount of any:
(i) Fixed-amount subaward, at any tier
under a grant or cooperative agreement,
to a subrecipient of that entity type; or
(ii) Fixed-price procurement
transaction with a contractor of that
entity type that is awarded by either a
recipient of a DoD grant or cooperative
agreement or a subrecipient that
received a subaward at any tier below
that grant or cooperative agreement.
(b) Award terms and conditions—(1)
General. Because almost all DoD grants
and cooperative agreements are costtype awards, appendix C includes
wording for Section A of FMS Article III
that specifies use of the applicable
Governmentwide cost principles in the
determination of the allowability of
costs.
(2) Exception. A DoD Component may
reserve any paragraph of appendix C’s
wording for Section A of FMS Article III
in its general terms and conditions if the
Component is certain that no entities of
the type to which the paragraph applies
could be recipients of awards using
those general terms and conditions or
recipients of subawards or procurement
transactions at any tier under those
awards.
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(a) Requirement. A DoD Component’s
general terms and conditions must
clarify that a recipient must charge
publication costs consistently as either
direct or indirect costs in order for those
costs to be allowable charges to DoD
grants and cooperative agreements.
(b) Award terms and conditions—(1)
General. To clarify the allowability of
publication costs, a DoD Component’s
general terms and conditions must
include the wording appendix C to this
part provides for Section B of FMS
Article III.
(2) Exception. A DoD Component may
instead reserve Section B of FMS Article
III in its general terms and conditions if
the DoD Component determines that
there will be no publication costs under
any of the awards using those general
terms and conditions.
§ 1128.320
Period of availability of funds.
(a) Requirement. A DoD Component’s
general terms and conditions must
specify the period during which Federal
funds are available for obligation by
recipients for project or program
purposes.
(b) Award terms and conditions. A
DoD Component’s general terms and
conditions must include the wording
appendix C to this part provides for
Section C of FMS Article III to specify
the period of availability of funds.
§ 1128.325
Fee or profit.
(a) Requirement. A DoD Component’s
general terms and conditions must
specify that recipients may neither
receive fee or profit nor pay fee or profit
to subrecipients.
(b) Award terms and conditions. A
DoD Component must use the wording
appendix C to this part provides for
Section D of FMS Article III to specify
the limitation on payment of fee or
profit.
Subpart D—Revision of Budget and
Program Plans (FMS Article IV)
§ 1128.400
Purpose of FMS Article IV.
FMS Article IV of the general terms
and conditions specifies requirements
related to changes in recipients’ budget
and program plans. It thereby
implements OMB guidance in § 200.308
of 2 CFR part 200 and partially
implements § 200.209 and Subpart E of
that part.
§ 1128.405
Content of FMS Article IV.
(a) Requirement. A DoD Component’s
general terms and conditions must
specify the changes in budget and
program plans for which a recipient is
required to request DoD Component
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submitting those requests.
(b) Award terms and conditions. A
DoD Component’s general terms and
conditions must include as FMS Article
IV the § wording appendix D to this part
provides, with any revisions to the
wording that are authorized by
§§ 1128.410 through 1128.430.
§ 1128.410
Approved budget.
(a) OMB guidance. As described in 2
CFR 200.308(a), the approved budget for
a grant or cooperative agreement may
include both the Federal and nonFederal shares of funding under the
award or only the Federal share.
(b) DoD implementation. For DoD
grants and cooperative agreements, the
approved budget includes the Federal
share and any cost sharing or matching
that the recipient is required to provide
under the award.
(c) Award terms and conditions. A
DoD Component’s general terms and
conditions therefore must include the
wording appendix D to this part
provides for Section A of FMS Article
IV.
§ 1128.415 Prior approvals for nonconstruction activities.
(a) OMB guidance. OMB guidance in
2 CFR 200.308(c) through (e) addresses
prior approval requirements for
revisions of a recipient’s budget and
program plans under a non-construction
grant or cooperative agreement, which
includes, for the purposes of this
section, non-construction activities
under an award that supports both
construction and non-construction.
(b) DoD implementation of the
guidance. The following paragraphs (c)
through (g) of this section provide
details of the DoD implementation of
the guidance in 2 CFR 200.308(c)
through (e) and paragraph (h) specifies
the corresponding award terms and
conditions. A DoD Component’s general
terms and conditions for nonconstruction awards may require
additional prior approvals for budget
and program revisions (i.e., prior
approvals other than those authorized
by this subpart) only in accordance with
the exceptions provisions of 2 CFR
1126.3.
(c) Scope or objective, cost sharing or
matching, and additional Federal funds.
A DoD Component’s general terms and
conditions for non-construction awards
must require that a recipient obtain DoD
Component prior approval:
(1) For a change in scope or objective
of the project or program, as described
in 2 CFR 200.308(c)(1)(i).
(2) For any change in the cost sharing
or matching included in the approved
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budget for which FMS Article VI
requires prior approval, as described in
OMB guidance at 2 CFR
200.308(c)(1)(vii).
(3) If the need arises for additional
Federal funds to complete the project or
program, as described in 2 CFR
200.308(c)(1)(viii).
(d) Personnel changes,
disengagements, or reductions in time.
A DoD Component must include the
following prior approval requirements
in general terms and conditions of
research awards and may include them
in general terms and conditions of other
non-construction awards:
(1) A change in a key person, as
described in 2 CFR 200.308(c)(1)(ii).
(2) A principal investigator’s or
project director’s disengagement from,
or reduction in time devoted to, the
project or program, as described in 2
CFR 200.308(c)(1)(iii).
(e) Costs requiring prior approval
under the cost principles. With respect
to waivers of prior approvals required
by the cost principles, as described in 2
CFR 200.308(c)(1)(iv):
(1) Any waiver of a cost principles
requirement for prior approval by a
recipient entity’s cognizant agency for
indirect costs is appropriately addressed
in award-specific terms and conditions,
rather than general terms and
conditions, because the general terms
and conditions must be appropriate for
use in awards to multiple recipient
entities.
(2) A DoD Component may waive
requirements in the cost principles for
recipients to request prior approval
before charging certain costs as direct
costs to awards. However, the DoD
Component should carefully consider
each prior approval requirement
individually and decide:
(i) Which, if any, to waive; and
(ii) Whether to make the waiver of the
prior approval requirement contingent
on specified conditions (e.g., a DoD
Component might waive the prior
approval required for direct charging of
special purpose equipment purchases
under an award but elect to waive it
only up to a certain dollar value).
(f) Transfers of funds and subawards.
A DoD Component’s general terms and
conditions for non-construction awards
may include prior approval
requirements for:
(1) Transfers of funds for participant
support costs, as described in 2 CFR
200.308(c)(1)(v).
(2) Subawarding of work under an
award, as described in 2 CFR
200.308(c)(1)(vi).
(3) Transfers of funds among direct
cost categories, as described in 2 CFR
200.308(e), but the wording in the
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general terms and conditions must make
clear that the prior approval
requirement applies only to awards
using those terms and conditions if the
Federal share of the total value is in
excess of the simplified acquisition
threshold. As a matter of DoD policy,
requiring prior approvals for transfers
among direct cost categories generally is
not appropriate for the general terms
and conditions of grants and
cooperative agreements that support
research.
(g) Pre-award costs, carry forward of
unobligated balances, and no-cost
extensions. (1) A DoD Component’s
general terms and conditions may
authorize recipients to incur project
costs up to 90 calendar days prior to the
beginning date of the period of
performance, at their own risk, as
described in 2 CFR 200.308(d)(1). OMB
guidance in 2 CFR 200.308(d)(4) makes
that authorization the default policy for
research awards. Therefore, a DoD
Component must use this policy in
general terms and conditions for
research awards unless exceptional
circumstances provide the basis for
overriding that policy.
(2) If a DoD Component’s general
terms and conditions are used for
awards that have multiple periods of
performance, the DoD Component
should authorize recipients to carry
forward unobligated balances to
subsequent periods of performance, as
described in 2 CFR 200.308(d)(3), unless
there are compelling reasons not to do
so.
(3) A DoD Component’s general terms
and conditions may authorize recipients
to initiate one-time extensions in the
periods of performance of their awards
by up to 12 months, subject to the
conditions described in 2 CFR
200.308(d)(2), but only if the DoD
Component judges that authorizing nocost extensions for awards using the
general terms and conditions will not
cause the DoD Component to fail to
comply with DoD funding policies (e.g.,
the incremental program budgeting and
execution policy for research funding)
contained in Volume 2A of the DoD
Financial Management Regulation, DoD
7000.14–R.
(h) Award terms and conditions.
Appendix D to this part provides
wording for inclusion in Section B of a
DoD Component’s general terms and
conditions in accordance with
paragraphs (c) through (g) of this
section. Specifically:
(1) In accordance with paragraph (c)
of this section, a DoD Component’s
general terms and conditions for nonconstruction awards must include the
wording that appendix D provides for
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paragraphs B.1.a and B.1.i of FMS
Article IV and, if there will be cost
sharing or matching required under any
awards using the general terms and
conditions, paragraph B.1.g.
(2) In accordance with paragraph (d)
of this section, a DoD Component’s
general terms and conditions for
research awards must include the
wording that appendix D provides for
paragraphs B.1.b and B.1.c of FMS
Article IV. A DoD Component also may
include paragraphs B.1.b and B.1.c in
general terms and conditions for other
non-construction awards.
(3) In accordance with paragraph (e)
of this section, a DoD Component’s
general terms and conditions for nonconstruction awards must include the
wording that appendix D provides for
paragraph B.1.d of FMS Article IV
unless the DoD Component decides to
waive any requirements in the
applicable cost principles for recipients
to obtain prior approval before
including certain types of costs as direct
charges to awards. If a DoD Component
elects to waive any of those prior
approval requirements, it must add
wording to paragraph B.1.d to identify
the specific types of costs for which
recipients need not obtain DoD
Component prior approval (thereby
leaving in place the other prior approval
requirements in the cost principles).
(4) In accordance with paragraphs (f)
and (g) of this section, a DoD
Component’s general terms and
conditions for non-construction awards
may include the wording that appendix
D provides for paragraphs B.1.e, B.1.f,
and B.1.h (except as noted for research
awards in paragraph (f)(3) of this
section) and Section C of FMS Article
IV. A DoD Component may modify the
wording as specified in paragraphs (f)
and (g) of this section (e.g., to limit the
authorization for pre-award costs in
non-construction awards other than
research to a period of less than 90
calendar days prior to the beginning
date of the period of performance).
(5) If no awards using a DoD
Component’s general terms and
conditions will support nonconstruction activities, the DoD
Component may reserve section B.1 of
the wording that appendix D provides
for FMS Article IV.
§ 1128.420 Prior approvals for
construction activities.
(a) OMB guidance. OMB guidance in
2 CFR 200.308(g)(1) through (4)
addresses prior approval requirements
for revisions of a recipient’s budget and
program plans under a construction
grant or cooperative agreement or
construction activities under an award
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that supports both construction and
non-construction activities.
(b) DoD implementation of the
guidance. DoD implements the guidance
in 2 CFR 200.308(g)(1) through (4)
through terms and conditions of awards
for construction. A DoD Component’s
general terms and conditions for
construction awards may require
additional prior approvals for budget
and program revisions (i.e., prior
approvals other than those authorized
by this subpart) only in accordance with
the exceptions provisions of 2 CFR
1126.3.
(c) Award terms and conditions. In a
DoD Component’s general terms and
conditions for construction awards or
awards supporting construction
activities, the DoD Component:
(1) Must include the wording that
appendix D to this part provides for
paragraph B.2 of FMS Article IV.
(2) May reserve or remove the
wording appendix D to this part
provides for paragraph B.1 and Section
C of FMS Article IV unless some awards
using the general terms and conditions
will also support non-construction
activities (if the DoD Component elects
to remove Section C, it should
redesignate Section D in the article as
Section C).
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§ 1128.425 Additional prior approval for
awards that support both non-construction
and construction activities.
(a) OMB guidance. Guidance on an
additional prior approval requirement
for grants or cooperative agreements that
support both construction and nonconstruction activities is contained in 2
CFR 200.308(g)(5).
(b) DoD implementation of the
guidance. DoD implements the guidance
in 2 CFR 200.308(g)(5) through terms
and conditions for awards that support
both non-construction and construction
activities.
(c) Award terms and conditions. If a
DoD Component establishes general
terms and conditions for awards that
support both non-construction and
construction activities, the DoD
Component may add the prior approval
requirement for funding or budget
transfers between construction and nonconstruction activities that is described
in OMB guidance in 2 CFR
200.308(g)(5). The wording that
appendix D to this part provides for
Section B of FMS Article IV includes a
reserved paragraph B.3 in which the
DoD Component may add appropriate
wording to include that prior approval
requirement.
§ 1128.430
Procedures for prior approvals.
(a) OMB guidance. Guidance on
procedures related to recipient requests
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for prior approval is contained in 2 CFR
200.308(h) and (i).
(b) DoD implementation of the
guidance. DoD implements the guidance
in 2 CFR 200.308(h) and (i) for prior
approval requests through award terms
and conditions.
(c) Award terms and conditions. A
DoD Component must:
(1) Include the wording appendix D to
this part provides for paragraph D.1 of
FMS Article IV of its general terms and
conditions.
(2) Insert appropriate wording in lieu
of the reserved paragraph D.2 that
appendix D to this part includes in FMS
Article IV to specify:
(i) The format the recipient must use
when it requests approval for budget
revisions. As described in 2 CFR
200.308(h), the award term may allow
the recipient to submit a letter of request
or otherwise must specify that the
recipient use the same format it used for
budget information in its application or
proposal.
(ii) Any other procedural instructions
related to requests for prior approvals
for budget or program revisions (e.g., to
whom requests must be submitted) that
are common to the awards using the
general terms and conditions. For
procedural instructions that will vary
from one award to another, it is
appropriate to include wording that
points to the award-specific terms and
conditions as the source of the
information.
Subpart E—Non-Federal Audits (FMS
Article V)
§ 1128.500
Purpose of FMS Article V.
FMS Article V of the general terms
and conditions specifies requirements
related to audits required under the
Single Audit Act, as amended (31
U.S.C., chapter 75). The article thereby
implements for grants and cooperative
agreements the OMB guidance in
Subpart F of 2 CFR part 200.
§ 1128.505
Content of FMS Article V.
(a) Requirement. A DoD Component’s
general terms and conditions must
address audit requirements.
(b) Award terms and conditions—(1)
General. A DoD Component’s general
terms and conditions must include the
wording appendix E to this part
provides for FMS Article V.
(2) Exception. A DoD Component may
reserve Section B of the wording in
appendix E if there will be no
subawards to for-profit entities under
any award using those terms and
conditions.
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Subpart F–Cost Sharing or Matching
(FMS Article VI)
§ 1128.600
Purpose of FMS Article VI.
FMS Article VI sets forth
requirements concerning recipients’ cost
sharing or matching under awards. It
thereby implements OMB guidance in:
(a) 2 CFR 200.306 and
200.308(c)(1)(vii); and
(b) 2 CFR 200.434, in conjunction
with FMS Article III in appendix C to
this part.
§ 1128.605
Content of FMS Article VI.
(a) Requirement. A DoD Component’s
general terms and conditions for awards
under which there may be required cost
sharing or matching must specify the
criteria for determining allowability,
methods for valuation, and
requirements for documentation of cost
sharing or matching.
(b) Award terms and conditions—(1)
General. A DoD Component’s general
terms and conditions must include as
FMS Article VI the wording appendix F
to this part provides, with any revisions
to the wording that are authorized by
§§ 1128.610 through 1128.635.
(2) Exception. A DoD Component may
reserve FMS Article VI of its general
terms and conditions if it determines
that there will be no cost sharing or
matching required under any of the
awards using those terms and
conditions.
§ 1128.610 General requirement for cost
sharing or matching.
(a) Requirement. (1) FMS Article VI of
the general terms and conditions must
tell a recipient that:
(i) It may find the amount or
percentage of cost sharing or matching
required under its award in the award
cover pages.
(ii) The cost sharing or matching
amount or percentage identified in the
award includes all required (but not
voluntary uncommitted) contributions
to the project or program by the
recipient and its subrecipients,
including any that involve third-party
contributions or donations to the
recipient and subrecipients.
(iii) It must obtain the DoD
Component’s prior approval for any
change in the required amount or
percentage of cost share or match.
(2) At a DoD Component’s option,
FMS Article VI also may require a
recipient to obtain the DoD
Component’s prior approval if it wishes
to substitute alternative cost sharing or
matching contributions in lieu of
specific contributions included in the
approved budget (e.g., to use a thirdparty in-kind contribution not included
in the approved budget).
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(b) Award terms and conditions. To
implement paragraph (a) of this section,
a DoD Component’s general terms and
conditions must include the wording
appendix F to this part provides as
Section A of FMS Article VI. A DoD
Component may insert wording in lieu
of the reserved paragraph A.2.b if it
elects to require recipients to obtain
prior approval before substituting
alternative cost sharing or matching
contributions, as described in paragraph
(a)(2) of this section.
§ 1128.615 General criteria for determining
allowability as cost sharing or matching.
(a) OMB guidance. The OMB guidance
in 2 CFR 200.306(b) lists the basic
criteria for the allowability of cost
sharing or matching under grants and
cooperative agreements.
(b) Award terms and conditions—(1)
General. A DoD Component’s general
terms and conditions must include the
wording appendix F to this part
provides as Section B of FMS Article VI
to specify the allowability of cash or
third-party in-kind contributions as cost
sharing or matching.
(2) Exception. A DoD Component may
reserve paragraph B.4 of Section B of
FMS Article VI in its general terms and
conditions, or replace it with
appropriate alternative wording, if the
DoD Component has statutory authority
to accept costs reimbursed by other
Federal awards as cost sharing or
matching under the awards using its
general terms and conditions.
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§ 1128.620 Allowability of unrecovered
indirect costs as cost sharing or matching.
(a) OMB guidance. The OMB guidance
in 2 CFR 200.306(c) provides that
unrecovered indirect costs may only be
included as part of cost sharing and
matching with the prior approval of the
Federal awarding agency.
(b) DoD implementation. DoD
Components must allow any recipient
that either has an approved negotiated
indirect cost rate or is using the de
minimis rate described in 2 CFR
200.414(f) to count unrecovered indirect
costs toward any required cost sharing
or matching under awards. The basis for
this policy is that recipients’ indirect
costs that are allowable and allocable to
DoD projects and programs are
legitimate costs of carrying out those
projects and programs.
(c) Award terms and conditions. To
implement the policy in paragraph (b) of
this section, a DoD Component’s general
terms and conditions must include the
wording appendix F to this part
provides as Section C of FMS Article VI
unless a statute requires otherwise.
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§ 1128.625 Allowability of program income
as cost sharing or matching.
(a) OMB guidance. OMB guidance in
2 CFR 200.307(e)(3) specifies that, with
the prior approval of the Federal
awarding agency, recipients may use
program income to meet cost sharing or
matching requirements of their awards.
(b) Award terms and conditions—(1)
General. A DoD Component’s general
terms and conditions must include the
wording appendix F to this part
provides as Section D of FMS Article VI
if, in FMS Article VII of those terms and
conditions, the DoD Component
specifies that recipients dispose of
program income using either:
(i) The cost sharing or matching
alternative described in paragraph
(b)(1)(iii) of § 1128.720; or
(ii) A combination alternative, as
described in paragraph (b)(1)(iv) of
§ 1128.720, that includes use of at least
some program income as cost sharing or
matching.
(2) Exception. A DoD Component may
reserve Section D of FMS Article VI if
FMS Article VII of those terms and
conditions does not provide that
recipients will use any program income
as cost sharing or matching.
§ 1128.630 Valuation of services or
property contributed or donated by
recipients or subrecipients.
(a) OMB guidance. OMB guidance in
2 CFR 200.306(d) specifies:
(1) That values for recipients’ and
subrecipients’ contributions of services
or property toward cost sharing or
matching must be established in
accordance with the cost principles in
Subpart E of 2 CFR part 200; and
(2) Types of projects or programs
under which recipients’ or
subrecipients’ donations of buildings or
land are allowable as cost sharing or
matching, with the prior approval of the
Federal awarding agency, and how the
donations are to be valued in those
cases.
(b) DoD implementation. DoD
implements the guidance in 2 CFR
200.306(d) through award terms and
conditions, with the following
clarifications:
(1) Cost principles to be used for
valuation. (i) Values for recipients’ and
subrecipients’ contributions of services
or property toward cost sharing or
matching must be established in
accordance with the cost principles
applicable to the entity making the
contribution.
(ii) Consistent with the cost
principles, what generally should be
charged to awards for real property and
equipment is depreciation rather than
allowing a recipient’s or subrecipient’s
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donation of the property (i.e., counting
the full value of the property toward
cost sharing or matching). However,
depreciation included in a recipient’s or
subrecipient’s indirect costs is not
appropriate for counting as cost sharing
or matching under an individual award.
(2) Donations of property to projects
or programs under awards. (i) In
addition to donations of buildings or
land described in 2 CFR 200.306(d),
recipients and subrecipients may, with
the prior approval of the DoD
Component, donate other capital assets
described in the cost principles in 2
CFR 200.439(b)(1) through (3). The basis
for clarifying that recipients may donate
other capital assets to projects or
programs under awards is that, with the
DoD Component’s approval:
(A) Capital expenditures to acquire
those types of capital assets are
allowable as direct charges to awards;
and
(B) The costs therefore satisfy the
allowability criterion in 2 CFR
200.306(b)(4) and can qualify as cost
sharing or matching if they meet the
other criteria listed in 2 CFR 200.306(b).
(ii) However, when there are
alternative ways for recipients to meet
requirements for cost sharing or
matching, DoD Components should not
approve donations of capital assets to
projects or programs under awards.
Inclusion of the full value of a donated
asset as project costs in the approved
budget of an award is analogous to
inclusion of the acquisition cost for an
asset that is purchased under the award.
Through the donation, the Federal
Government acquires an interest in the
donated asset that must be resolved at
time of disposition of the asset, which
is best avoided if possible.
(iii) Whenever a DoD Component
permits a recipient to donate a capital
asset to a project or program under an
award, the DoD Component should
inform the cognizant Federal agency
that negotiates the indirect cost rate for
that recipient. Doing so enables the
cognizant agency to take the donation
into account when it establishes the
recipient’s indirect cost rate, given that
the recipient may not include
depreciation for the donated asset as
indirect costs that enter into the
computation of that rate.
(c) Award terms and conditions—(1)
General. A DoD Component’s general
terms and conditions must use the
wording appendix F to this part
provides as Section E of FMS Article VI.
(2) Exception. A DoD Component’s
general terms and conditions may
reserve paragraph E.2 of the wording
appendix F to this part provides if the
DoD Component does not allow
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recipients to donate buildings, land, or
other capital assets to projects or
programs under awards using those
terms and conditions.
§ 1128.635 Valuation of third-party in-kind
contributions.
(a) OMB guidance. OMB guidance in
2 CFR 200.306(e) through (j) and 2 CFR
200.434(b) through (g) specifies how to
value and document various types of
third-party in-kind contributions for
cost sharing or matching purposes.
(b) Award terms and conditions—(1)
General. To implement the OMB
guidance described in paragraph (a) of
this section as it applies to valuation
and documentation of third-party inkind contributions, a DoD Component’s
general terms and conditions must use
the wording Section VI of appendix F to
this part provides as Section F of FMS
Article VI.
(2) Exception. A DoD Component’s
general terms and conditions may
reserve any paragraph of the wording
appendix F to this part provides for
Section F of FMS Article VI if the DoD
Component determines that there will
be no possibility of third-party in-kind
contributions under awards using those
terms and conditions.
Subpart G–Program Income (FMS
Article VII)
§ 1128.700
Purpose of FMS Article VII.
FMS Article VII of the general terms
and conditions specifies requirements
for program income that recipients earn.
The article thereby implements OMB
guidance in 2 CFR 200.80 and 200.307.
§ 1128.705
Content of FMS Article VII.
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(a) Requirement. A DoD Component’s
general terms and conditions must
address the kinds of income included as
program income, the way or ways in
which a recipient may use it, the
duration of the recipient’s
accountability for it, and related
matters.
(b) Award terms and conditions. A
DoD Component’s general terms and
conditions must include as FMS Article
VII the wording appendix G to this part
provides, unless, as authorized by
§§ 1128.710 through 1128.725, there are
revisions to the wording of Sections A
and E of the article or Section D is
reserved.
§ 1128.710
includes.
What program income
(a) OMB guidance. Under the
definition of ‘‘program income’’ at 2
CFR 200.80 and related OMB guidance
at 2 CFR 200.307, an agency’s
regulations or terms and conditions of
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grants and cooperative agreements may
include as program income:
(1) Rebates, credits, discounts, and
interest earned on any of them; and
(2) Taxes, special assessments, levies,
fines and other similar revenue raised
by a governmental recipient.
(b) DoD implementation. Unless a
statute or program regulation adopted in
the Code of Federal Regulations after
opportunity for public comment
specifies otherwise, each DoD
Component must exclude the types of
income listed in paragraphs (a)(1) and
(2) of this section from program income
for which recipients are accountable to
the Federal Government.
(c) Award terms and conditions — (1)
General. Except as provided in
paragraph (c)(2) of this section, a DoD
Component must use the wording
provided in appendix G to this part as
Section A of FMS Article VII in its
general terms and conditions. Doing so
excludes the types of income listed in
paragraphs (a)(1) and (2) of this section
from program income for which
recipients are accountable to the Federal
Government.
(2) Exceptions. If a DoD Component
has a statutory or regulatory basis for
including either or both types of income
described in paragraphs (a)(1) and (2) of
this section, it may do so by
appropriately revising the wording
appendix G provides for Section A of
FMS Article VII. For example, to
include as program income:
(i) Rebates, credits, discounts, and
interest earned on them, a DoD
Component would reserve paragraph
A.3.c and insert the wording of that
paragraph as a new paragraph at the end
of section A.2, thereby adding them to
the list of items included as program
income subject to FMS Article VII.
(ii) Taxes, special assessments, levies,
fines and other similar revenue raised
by a governmental recipient, a DoD
Component would reserve paragraph
A.3.d and insert that wording as a new
paragraph at the end of section A.2,
thereby adding them to the list of items
included as program income subject to
FMS Article VII.
§ 1128.715 Recipient obligations for
license fees and royalties.
(a) Policy. Unless a statute or program
regulation adopted in the Code of
Federal Regulations after opportunity
for public comment provides otherwise,
a DoD Component’s general terms and
conditions may not specify that
recipients have obligations to the
Federal Government with respect to
program income from license fees and
royalties for patents or patent
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applications, copyrights, trademarks, or
inventions produced under DoD awards.
(b) Award terms and conditions—(1)
General. Except as provided in
paragraph (b)(2) of this section, a DoD
Component’s general terms and
conditions must implement the policy
in paragraph (a) of this section by
including the wording provided in
appendix G to this part as Section D of
FMS Article VII.
(2) Exception. If a DoD Component
has a statutory or regulatory basis for
establishing recipient obligations for the
license fees and royalties described in
paragraph (a) of this section, it may
reserve Section D of FMS Article VII in
its general terms and conditions.
§ 1128.720
Program income use.
(a) OMB guidance. OMB guidance in
2 CFR 200.307(e) identifies alternative
ways that a Federal agency might
specify that recipients use program
income they earn.
(b) DoD implementation. A DoD
Component’s general terms and
conditions must specify how recipients
are to use program income under
awards using those terms and
conditions.
(1) The terms and conditions may
specify one of the following ways for
recipients to use program income:
(i) Addition. A recipient under this
alternative adds program income to the
total amount of the approved budget,
which consists of the Federal share of
funding and any required matching or
cost sharing.
(ii) Deduction. A recipient using this
alternative subtracts program income
from total allowable costs to determine
net allowable costs for purposes of
determining the Federal share of
funding and any required cost sharing
or matching.
(iii) Cost sharing or matching. Under
this alternative, a recipient counts
program income toward its required cost
sharing or matching.
(iv) Combination. The fourth
alternative is a combination of any of
the three alternatives described in
paragraphs (b)(1)(i) through (iii) of this
section. For example, an agency might
specify one alternative to be used for
program income up to a dollar limit and
a second alternative for any program
income beyond that amount.
(2) For research awards, absent
compelling reasons to do otherwise for
a specific set of general terms and
conditions, a DoD Component must
specify the addition alternative
described in paragraph (b)(1)(i) of this
section.
(3) For general terms and conditions
of other awards, a Component may
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specify any of the alternatives described
in paragraph (a) of this section.
However, the cost sharing or matching
alternative is best used as part of a
combination alternative, as described in
paragraph (b)(1)(iv) of this section,
unless the DoD Component knows at the
time awards are made how much
program income recipients will earn in
relation to the amounts of their required
cost sharing or matching.
(c) Award terms and conditions. (1)
Default—addition alternative. In
accordance with the DoD
implementation in paragraph (b) of this
section, a DoD Component must use the
wording provided in appendix G to this
part as Section E of FMS Article VII in:
(i) Research awards; and
(ii) Other awards for which it elects to
specify the addition alternative for use
of program income.
(2) Deduction alternative. A DoD
Component electing to specify the
deduction alternative for use of program
income must modify the wording
appendix G to this part provides for
Section E by:
(i) Substituting the following wording
for the wording of paragraph E.1: ‘‘1.
You must use any program income that
you earn during the period of
performance under this award as a
deduction from the total approved
budget of this award. The program
income must be used for the purposes
and in accordance with the terms and
conditions of the award.’’
(ii) Including an additional paragraph
E.4, such as the following, to inform
recipients how the award will change if
program income is deducted: ‘‘If you
report program income on the Federal
Financial Report (SF–425), we will
recalculate the Federal share of the
budget and the non-Federal share if
there is one. We also will modify the
award to reflect the recalculated share
or shares and the amount of program
income you must spend on the project,
which is the difference between the
originally approved and recalculated
budget amounts.’’
(3) Cost-sharing or matching
alternative. A DoD Component electing
to specify the cost-sharing or matching
alternative for use of program income
must replace the wording appendix G to
this part provides for Section E with the
following wording: ‘‘You must use any
program income that you earn during
the period of performance under this
award to meet any cost-sharing or
matching requirement under this award.
The program income must be used for
the purposes and in accordance with the
terms and conditions of the award.’’
(4) A combination of alternatives. A
DoD Component electing to specify
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some combination of addition,
deduction, and cost-sharing or matching
alternatives must use wording in
Section E of FMS Article VII that
specifies requirements for each
alternative in the combination that is
consistent with the requirements
specified for that alternative in
paragraphs (c)(1), (2), or (3) of this
section.
§ 1128.725 Program income after the
period of performance.
(a) OMB guidance. OMB guidance in
2 CFR 200.307(f) provides that an
agency may specify in agency
regulations, grant or cooperative
agreement terms and conditions, or
agreements negotiated with recipients
during the closeout process that a
recipient is accountable to the Federal
Government for program income earned
after the end of the period of
performance.
(b) DoD implementation. A DoD
Component should rarely, if ever,
establish a requirement for a recipient to
be accountable to the Federal
Government for program income earned
after the end of the period of
performance.
(c) Award terms and conditions. A
DoD Component’s general terms and
conditions must include as Section F of
FMS Article VII the wording for that
section that is provided in appendix G
to this part. That wording specifies that
recipients are not accountable to the
Federal Government for program
income earned after the end of the
performance period. If an exception is
warranted for an individual award, the
exception is properly addressed at the
time of award in the award-specific
terms and conditions.
Appendix A to Part 1128—Terms and
Conditions for FMS Article I,
‘‘Financial Management System
Standards’’
Unless any part of this appendix is
reserved, as provided in § 1128.105, a DoD
Component’s general terms and conditions
must include the following wording for FMS
Article I.
FMS Article I. Financial Management
System Standards. (DECEMBER 2014)
Section A. System standard for States. As
a State, you must expend and account for
funds under this award in accordance with:
1. Applicable State laws; and
2. To the extent they comply with the
requirements of Section B of this Article,
your procedures for expending and
accounting for your own State funds.
Section B. System standards for all
recipients. Your financial management
system must provide for:
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1. Inclusion, in your accounts, of the
following information about each DoD grant
or cooperative agreement that you receive:
a. That you received the award from DoD;
b. The number and title listed in the
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance for
the DoD program under which the award was
made;
c. The DoD award number; and
d. The year (your fiscal year) in which you
received the award.
2. Accurate, current, and complete
disclosure of the financial results of the
award needed to comply with financial and
programmatic reporting requirements that are
specified in REP Articles I and II of these
general terms and conditions, as
supplemented by any award-specific terms
and conditions of this award concerning
reporting requirements. If you are asked at
any time under this award to report financial
information on an accrual basis, you:
a. Need not establish an accrual accounting
system if you maintain your records on a
different basis; and
b. May develop the accrual data based on
an analysis of the data you have on hand.
3. Records that identify adequately the
sources of funds for all activities funded by
DoD awards, including any required cost
sharing or matching, and the application of
those funds. This includes funding
authorizations; your obligations and
expenditures of the funds; unobligated
balances; property and other assets under the
award; program income; and interest.
4. Effective control over, and
accountability for, all funds, property, and
other assets under this award. You must
adequately safeguard all assets and ensure
they are used solely for authorized purposes
(see Section C of this article for additional
requirements concerning internal controls).
5. Comparison of expenditures under this
award for project or program purposes with
amounts in the approved budget for those
purposes.
6. The ability to relate financial data to
performance accomplishments under this
award if you are required to do so by the
programmatic reporting requirements in REP
Article I of these general terms and
conditions, as supplemented by any awardspecific terms and conditions of this award
concerning reporting requirements.
7. Written procedures:
a. To implement requirements specified in
FMS Article II, ‘‘Payments;’’
b. For determining the allowability of
costs, which for this award are determined in
accordance with FMS Article III, ‘‘Allowable
costs, period of availability of funds, and fee
or profit,’’ of these general terms and
conditions, as supplemented by any awardspecific terms and conditions of this award
that relate to allowability of costs.
Section C. Internal controls. Your system of
internal controls must conform to OMB
guidance in 2 CFR 200.303. With respect to
paragraph (e) of 2 CFR 200.303, your internal
control system must include measures to
safeguard any information that Federal
statute, Executive order, or regulation
requires to be protected (e.g., personally
identifiable or export controlled
information), whether generated under the
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award or provided to you and identified as
being subject to protection.
Appendix B to Part 1128—Terms and
Conditions for FMS Article II,
‘‘Payments’’
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Unless a DoD Component adds, deletes, or
modifies wording, as permitted by
§§ 1128.210 through 1128.220, a DoD
Component’s general terms and conditions
must include the following wording for FMS
Article II.
FMS Article II. Payments. (DECEMBER
2014)
Section A. Awards to States. If the awardspecific terms and conditions of this award
do not identify it as an award subject to
Subpart A of 31 CFR part 205 (Department
of the Treasury regulations implementing the
Cash Management Improvement Act), then
this award is subject to Subpart B of that part.
Consistent with Subpart B of 31 CFR part
205:
1. Payment method, timing, and amounts.
You must:
a. Minimize the time between your receipt
of a payment under this award and your
disbursement of those funds for program
purposes.
b. Limit the amount of each advance
payment request to the minimum amount
you need to meet your actual, immediate
cash requirements for carrying out the
program or project.
c. Submit each advance payment request
approximately 10 days before you anticipate
disbursing the requested amount for program
purposes, so that your receipt of the funds
will be as close in time as is administratively
feasible to your actual cash outlay for direct
project costs and the proportionate share of
any allowable indirect costs.
2. Interest. Unlike awards subject to
Subpart A of 31 CFR part 205, neither you
nor we will incur any interest liability due
to a difference in timing between your receipt
of payments under this award and your
disbursement of those funds for project or
program purposes.
Section B. Awards to institutions of higher
education, nonprofit organizations, local
governments, and Indian tribes.
1. Payment method. Unless the awardspecific terms and conditions of this award
provide otherwise, you are authorized to
request advance payments under this award.
That authorization is contingent on your
continuing to maintain, or demonstrating the
willingness to maintain, written procedures
that minimize the time elapsing between
your receipt of each payment and your
disbursement of the funds for program
purposes. Note that you are not required to
request advance payments and may instead,
at your option, request reimbursements of
funds after you disburse them for project or
program purposes.
2. Amounts requested. You must:
a. Limit the amount of any advance
payment request to the minimum amount
needed to meet your actual, immediate cash
requirements for carrying out the purpose of
the approved program or project, including
direct project costs and a proportionate share
of any allowable indirect costs.
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b. Exclude from any payment request
amounts you are withholding from payments
to contractors to assure satisfactory
completion of the work. You may request
those amounts when you make the payments
to the contractors or to escrow accounts
established to ensure satisfactory completion
of the work.
c. Exclude from any payment request
amounts from any of the following sources
that are available to you for program
purposes under this award: program income,
including repayments to a revolving fund;
rebates; refunds; contract settlements; audit
recoveries; and interest earned on any of
those funds. You must disburse those funds
for program purposes before requesting
additional funds from us.
3. Timing of requests. For any advance
payment you request, you should submit the
request approximately 10 days before you
anticipate disbursing the requested amount
for project or program purposes. With time
for agency processing of the request, that
should result in payment as close as is
administratively feasible to your actual
disbursements for project or program
purposes.
4. Frequency of requests. You may request
payments as often as you wish unless you
have been granted a waiver from
requirements to receive payments by
electronic funds transfer (EFT). If you have
been granted a waiver from EFT
requirements, the award-specific terms and
conditions of this award specify the
frequency with which you may submit
payment requests.
5. Withholding of payments. We will
withhold payments for allowable costs under
the award at any time during the period of
performance only if one or more of the
following applies:
a. We suspend either payments or the
award, or disallow otherwise allowable costs,
as a remedy under OAR Article III due to
your material failure to comply with Federal
statutes, regulations, or the terms and
conditions of this award. If we suspend
payments and not the award, we will release
withheld payments upon your subsequent
compliance. If we suspend the award, then
amounts of payments are subject to
adjustment in accordance with the terms and
conditions of OAR Article III.
b. You are delinquent in a debt to the
United States as defined in OMB Circular A–
129, ‘‘Policies for Federal Credit Programs
and Non-Tax Receivables,’’ in which case we
may, after reasonable notice, inform you that
we will not make any further payments for
costs you incurred after a specified date until
you correct the conditions or liquidate the
indebtedness to the Federal Government.
c. The award-specific terms and conditions
of this award include additional
requirements that provide for withholding of
payments based on conditions identified
during our pre-award risk evaluation, in
which case you should have been notified
about the nature of those conditions and the
actions needed to remove the additional
requirements.
6. Depository requirements.
a. There are no eligibility requirements for
depositories you use for funds you receive
under this award.
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b. You are not required to deposit funds
you receive under this award in a depository
account separate from accounts in which you
deposit other funds. However, FMS Article I
requires that you be able to account for the
receipt, obligation, and expenditure of all
funds under this award.
c. You must deposit any advance payments
of funds you receive under this award in
insured accounts whenever possible and,
unless any of the following apply, you must
deposit them in interest-bearing accounts:
i. You receive a total of less than $120,000
per year under Federal grants and
cooperative agreements.
ii. You would not expect the best
reasonably available interest-bearing account
to earn interest in excess of $500 per year on
your cash balances of advance payments
under Federal grants and cooperative
agreements.
iii. The best reasonably available interestbearing account would require you to
maintain an average or minimum balance
higher than it would be feasible for you to
do within your expected Federal and nonFederal cash balances.
iv. A foreign government or banking
system precludes your use of interest-bearing
accounts.
d. You may retain for administrative
expenses up to $500 per year of interest that
you earn in the aggregate on advance
payments you receive under this award and
other Federal grants and cooperative
agreements. You must remit annually the rest
of the interest to the Department of Health
and Human Services, Payment Management
System, using the procedures set forth in
OMB guidance in 2 CFR 200.305(b)(9).
Section C. Electronic funds transfer and
other payment procedural instructions or
information.
1. Electronic funds transfer. Unless the
award-specific terms and conditions of this
award provide otherwise, you will receive
payments under this award by electronic
funds transfer.
2. [Reserved].
Appendix C to Part 1128—Terms and
Conditions for FMS Article III,
‘‘Allowable Costs, Period of Availability
of Funds, and Fee or Profit’’
Unless a DoD Component reserves sections
or paragraphs of this article, as permitted by
§§ 1128.310 through 1128.325, a DoD
Component’s general terms and conditions
must include the following wording for FMS
Article III.
FMS Article III. Allowable Costs, Period of
Availability of Funds, and Fee or Profit
(December 2014)
Section A. Allowable costs. This section,
with the clarification provided in Section B,
specifies which Federal cost principles must
be used in determining the allowability of
costs charged to this award, a subrecipient’s
costs charged to any cost-type subaward that
you make under this award, and a
contractor’s costs charged to any cost-type
procurement transaction into which you
enter under this award. These cost principles
also govern the allowable costs that you or
a subrecipient of a subaward at any tier
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below this award may consider when
establishing the amount of any fixed-amount
subaward or fixed-price procurement
transaction at the next lower tier. The set of
cost principles to be used in each case
depends on the type of entity incurring the
cost under the award, subaward, or contract.
1. General case. If you, your subrecipient,
or your contractor is:
a. An institution of higher education, the
allowability of costs must be determined in
accordance with provisions of Subpart E of
OMB guidance in 2 CFR part 200 other than
2 CFR 200.400(g), supplemented by appendix
III to that part.
b. A hospital, the allowability of costs must
be determined in accordance with provisions
of appendix IX to 2 CFR part 200, which
currently specifies the cost principles in
appendix IX to 45 CFR part 75 as the
applicable cost principles.
c. A nonprofit organization other than a
hospital or institution of higher education,
the allowability of costs must be determined
in accordance with provisions of Subpart E
of OMB guidance in 2 CFR part 200 other
than 2 CFR 200.400(g), supplemented by
appendices IV and VIII to that part. In
accordance with guidance in 2 CFR
200.401(c), a nonprofit organization listed in
appendix VIII to 2 CFR part 200 is subject to
the cost principles for for-profit entities
specified in paragraph 1.e of this section.
d. A State, local government, or Indian
tribe, the allowability of costs must be
determined in accordance with applicable
provisions of Subpart E of OMB guidance in
2 CFR part 200 other than 2 CFR 200.400(g),
supplemented by appendices V through VII
to that part.
e. A for-profit entity (other than a hospital)
or a nonprofit organization listed in
appendix VIII to 2 CFR part 200:
i. The allowability of costs must be
determined in accordance with:
(A) The cost principles for commercial
organizations in the Federal Acquisition
Regulation (FAR) at Subpart 31.2 of 48 CFR
part 31, as supplemented by provisions of the
Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation
Supplement (DFARS) at Subpart 231.2 of 48
CFR part 231; and
(B) For a for-profit entity, the additional
provisions on allowability of audit costs, in
32 CFR 34.16(f).
ii. The indirect cost rate to use in that
determination is:
(A) The for-profit entity’s federally
negotiated indirect cost rate if it has one.
(B) Subject to negotiation between you and
the for-profit entity if it does not have a
federally negotiated indirect cost rate. The
rate that you negotiate may provide for
reimbursement only of costs that are
allowable in accordance with the cost
principles specified in paragraph A.1.e.i of
this article.
2. Exception. You may use your own cost
principles in determining the allowability of
a contractor’s costs charged to a cost-type
procurement transaction under this award—
or in pricing for a fixed-price contract based
on estimated costs—as long as your cost
principles comply with the Federal cost
principles that paragraph A.1 of this section
identifies as applicable to the contractor.
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Section B. Clarifications concerning
charges for professional journal publications.
For an entity that Section A of this article
makes subject to the cost principles in
Subpart E of 2 CFR part 200:
1. Costs of publishing in professional
journals are allowable under 2 CFR
200.461(b) only if they are consistently
applied across the organization. An
organization may not charge costs of journal
publications as direct costs to this award if
it charges any of the same type of costs for
other journal publications as indirect costs.
2. ‘‘Costs of publication or sharing of
research results’’ in 2 CFR 200.461(b)(3) are
the ‘‘charges for professional journal
publications’’ described in 2 CFR 200.461(b)
and subject to the conditions of 2 CFR
200.461(b)(1) and (2).
Section C. Period of availability of funds.
You may charge to this award only:
1. Allowable costs incurred during the
period of performance specified in this
award, including any subsequent
amendments to it;
2. Any pre-award costs that you are
authorized (by either the terms and
conditions of FMS Article IV or the DoD
awarding official) to incur prior to the start
of the period of performance, at your own
risk, for purposes of the project or program
under this award; and
3. Costs of publishing in professional
journals incurred after the period of
performance, as permitted under 2 CFR
200.461(b)(3), if:
a. We receive the request for payment for
such costs no later than the date on which
REP Article II requires you to submit the final
financial report to us (or, if we grant your
request for an extension of the due date, that
later date on which the report is due); and
b. Your reported expenditures on the final
financial report include the amount you
disbursed for those costs.
Section D. Fee or profit.
1. You may not receive any fee or profit
under this award.
2. You may not use funds available to you
under this award to pay fee or profit to an
entity of any type to which you make a
subaward.
3. You may pay fee or profit to an entity
with which you enter into a procurement
transaction to purchase goods or general
support services for your use in carrying out
the project or program under the award.
Appendix D to Part 1128—Terms and
Conditions for FMS Article IV,
‘‘Revision of Budget and Program
Plans’’
Unless a DoD Component reserves a
section or paragraph or adds or modifies
wording, as permitted by §§ 1128.410
through 1128.430, a DoD Component’s
general terms and conditions must include
the following wording for FMS Article IV.
FMS Article IV. Revision of Budget and
Program Plans (DECEMBER 2014)
Section A. Approved budget. The approved
budget of this award:
1. Is the most recent version of the budget
that you submitted, and we approved (either
at the time of the initial award or a more
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recent amendment), to summarize planned
expenditures for project or program
purposes.
2. Includes all Federal funding that we
make available to you under this award to
use for project or program purposes and any
cost sharing or matching that you are
required to provide under this award for
those same purposes.
Section B. Revisions requiring prior
approval.
1. Non-construction activities. You must
request prior approval from us for any of the
following program or budget revisions in
non-construction activities:
a. A change in the scope or objective of the
project or program under this award, even if
there is no associated budget revision that
requires our prior approval.
b. A change in a key person identified in
the award cover pages.
c. The approved principal investigator’s or
project director’s disengagement from the
project for more than three months, or a 25
percent reduction in his or her time devoted
to the project.
d. The inclusion of direct costs that require
prior approval in accordance with the
applicable cost principles, as identified in
FMS Article III.
e. The transfer to other categories of
expense of funds included in the approved
budget for participant support costs, as
defined at 2 CFR 200.75.
f. A subaward to another entity under
which it will perform a portion of the
substantive project or program under the
award, if it was not included in the approved
budget. This does not apply to your contracts
for acquisition of supplies, equipment, or
general support services you need to carry
out the project or program.
g. Any change in the cost sharing or
matching you provide under the award, as
included in the approved budget, for which
FMS Article VI requires prior approval.
h. A transfer of funds among direct cost
categories or programs, functions, and
activities, if the Federal share of the total
value for your award exceeds the simplified
acquisition threshold and the cumulative
amount of the transfers exceeds or is
expected to exceed 10 percent of the
approved budget.
i. The need arises for additional Federal
funds to complete the project or program.
2. Construction activities. You must
request prior approval from us for any of the
following program or budget revisions in
construction activities:
a. A change in the scope or objective of the
project or program under this award, even if
there is no associated budget revision that
requires our prior approval.
b. The need arises for additional Federal
funds to complete the project or program.
c. The inclusion of direct costs that require
prior approval in accordance with the
applicable cost principles, as identified in
FMS Article III.
3. Funding transfers between construction
and non-construction activities. [Reserved.]
Section C. Pre-award costs, carry forward
of unobligated balances, and one-time nocost extensions. You are authorized, without
requesting prior approval from us, to:
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1. Charge to this award after you receive it
pre-award costs that you incurred, at your
own risk, up to 90 calendar days before the
start date of the period of performance, as
long as they are costs that would be
allowable charges to the project or program
under the terms and conditions of FMS
Article III if they were incurred during the
period of performance.
2. Carry forward an unobligated balance to
a subsequent period of performance under
this award.
3. Initiate a one-time extension of the
period of performance by up to 12 months,
as long as:
a. You notify us in writing with the
supporting reasons and revised end date of
the period of performance at least 10
calendar days before the current end date.
b. The extension does not require any
additional Federal funding.
c. The extension does not involve any
change in the scope or objectives of the
project or program.
Section D. Procedures.
1. We will review each request you submit
for prior approval for a budget or program
change and, within 30 calendar days of our
receipt of your request, we will respond to
you in writing to either:
a. Notify you whether your request is
approved; or
b. Inform you that we still are considering
the request, in which case we will let you
know when you may expect our decision.
2. [Reserved.]
Appendix E to Part 1128—Terms and
Conditions for FMS Article V, ‘‘NonFederal Audits’’
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Unless a DoD Component reserves Section
B, as permitted by § 1128.605, a DoD
Component’s general terms and conditions
must use the following wording for FMS
Article V.
FMS Article V. Non-Federal Audits
(DECEMBER 2014)
Section A. Requirements for entities subject
to the Single Audit Act. You and each
subrecipient under this award that is an
institution of higher education, nonprofit
organization, State, local government, or
Indian tribe must comply with the audit
requirements specified in Subpart F of 2 CFR
part 200, which is the OMB implementation
of the Single Audit Act, as amended (31
U.S.C. chapter 75).
Section B. Requirements for for-profit
entities. Any for-profit entity that receives a
subaward from you under this award is
subject to the audit requirements specified in
32 CFR 34.16. Your subaward terms and
conditions will require the subrecipient to
provide the reports to you if it is willing to
do so, so that you can resolve audit findings
that pertain specifically to your subaward
(e.g., disallowance of costs). If the for-profit
entity is unwilling to agree to provide the
auditor’s report to you, contact the grants
officer for this award to discuss an alternative
approach for carrying out audit oversight of
the subaward. If the grants officer does not
provide an alternative approach within 30
days of receiving your request, you may
determine an approach to ensure the for-
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profit subrecipient’s compliance with the
subaward terms and conditions, as described
in OMB guidance at 2 CFR 200.501(h).
Appendix F to Part 1128—Terms and
Conditions for FMS Article VI, ‘‘Cost
Sharing or Matching’’
Unless a DoD Component reserves FMS
Article VI in its entirety, reserves one or more
paragraphs within sections of the article, or
includes added or alternate wording, as
permitted by §§ 1128.610 through 1128.635,
a DoD Component’s general terms and
conditions must use the following wording
for FMS Article VI.
FMS Article VI. Cost Sharing or Matching
(DECEMBER 2014)
Section A. Required cost sharing or
matching.
1. If any cost sharing or matching is
required under this award, the total amount
or percentage required is shown in the award
cover pages and included in the approved
budget. That cost sharing or matching
includes all:
a. Cash contributions to the project or
program either made by or through (if made
by a third party) you and any subrecipients.
b. Third-party in-kind contributions to the
project or program.
2. You must obtain our prior approval if
you wish to:
a. Change the amount or percentage of cost
sharing or matching required under this
award.
b. [Reserved].
Section B. Allowability as cost sharing or
matching. Each cash or third party in-kind
contribution toward any cost sharing or
matching required under this award, whether
put forward by you or a subrecipient under
a subaward that you make, is allowable as
cost sharing or matching if:
1. You (or the subrecipient, if it is a
subrecipient contribution) maintain records
from which one may verify that the
contribution was made to the project or
program and, if it is a third-party in-kind
contribution, its value.
2. The contribution is not counted as cost
sharing or matching for any other Federal
award.
3. The contribution is:
a. Allowable under the cost principles
applicable to you (or the subrecipient, if it is
a subrecipient contribution) under FMS
Article III of these terms and conditions; and
b. Allocable to the project or program and
reasonable.
4. The Government does not pay for the
contribution through another Federal award,
unless that award is under a program that has
a Federal statute authorizing application of
that program’s Federal funds to other Federal
programs’ cost sharing or matching
requirements.
5. The value of the contribution is not
reimbursed by the Federal share of this
award as either a direct or indirect cost.
6. The contribution conforms to the other
terms and conditions of this award, including
the award-specific terms and conditions.
Section C. Allowability of unrecovered
indirect costs as cost sharing or matching.
You may use your own or a subrecipient’s
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unrecovered indirect costs as cost sharing or
matching under this award. Unrecovered
indirect costs means the difference between
the amount of indirect costs charged to the
award and the amount that you and any
subrecipients could have charged in
accordance with your respective approved
indirect cost rates, whether those rates are
negotiated or de minimis (as described in 2
CFR 200.414(f)).
Section D. Allowability of program income
as cost sharing or matching. If FMS Article
VII of these general terms and conditions or
the award-specific terms and conditions of
this award specify that you are to use some
or all of the program income you earn to meet
cost-sharing or matching requirements under
the award, then program income is allowable
as cost sharing or matching to the extent
specified in those award terms and
conditions.
Section E. Valuation of services or property
that you or subrecipients contribute or
donate. You must establish values for
services or property contributed or donated
toward cost sharing or matching by you or
subrecipients in accordance with the
provisions of this section. These
contributions or donations are distinct from
third-party in-kind contributions to you or
subrecipients, which are addressed in
Section F of this article.
1. Usual valuation of services or property
that you or subrecipients contribute or
donate. Values established for contributions
of services or property by you or a
subrecipient must be the amounts allowable
in accordance with the cost principles
applicable to the entity making the
contribution (i.e., you or the subrecipient), as
identified in FMS Article III. For property,
that generally is depreciation.
2. Needed approvals for, and valuation of,
property that you or subrecipients donate.
a. Types of property that may be donated.
i. Buildings or land. If the purposes of this
award include construction, facilities
acquisition, or long-term use of real property,
you may donate buildings or land to the
project if you obtain our prior approval.
Donation of property to the project, as
described in PROP Article I, means counting
the value of the property toward cost sharing
or matching, rather than charging
depreciation.
ii. Other capital assets. If you obtain our
prior approval, you may donate to the project
other capital assets identified in 2 CFR
200.439(b)(1) through (3).
b. Usual valuation of donated property.
Unless you obtain our approval as described
in paragraph E.2.c of this article, the value for
the donated property must be the lesser of:
i. The value of the remaining life of the
property recorded in your accounting records
at the time of donation, or
ii. The current fair market value.
c. Approval needed for alternative
valuation of property. If you obtained our
approval in the approved budget, you may
count as cost sharing or matching the current
fair market value of the donated property
even if it exceeds the value of the remaining
life of the property recorded in your
accounting records at the time of donation.
d. Federal interest in donated property.
Donating buildings, land, or other property to
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the project, rather than charging
depreciation, results in a Federal interest in
the property in accordance with PROP
Article I of these terms and conditions.
Section F. Valuation of third-party in-kind
contributions.
1. General. If a third party furnishes goods
or services to you or subrecipients that are to
be counted toward cost sharing or matching
under this award, the entity to which the
third party furnishes the goods or services
(i.e., you or a subrecipient) must document
the fair market value of those in-kind
contributions and, to the extent feasible,
support those values using the same methods
the entity uses internally.
2. Valuation of third-party services. You
must establish values for third-party
volunteer services and services of third
parties’ employees furnished to you or
subrecipients as follows:
a. Volunteer services. Volunteer services
furnished by third-party professional and
technical personnel, consultants, and other
skilled and unskilled labor must be valued in
accordance with 2 CFR 200.306(e).
b. Services of third parties’ employees.
When a third-party organization furnishes
the services of its employees to you or a
subrecipient, values for the contributions
must be established in accordance with 2
CFR 200.306(f).
c. Additional requirement for donations to
nonprofit organizations. For volunteer
services or services of third parties’
employees furnished to a nonprofit
organization:
i. OMB guidance in 2 CFR 200.434(e) also
applies and may require the nonprofit
organization to allocate a proportionate share
of its applicable indirect costs to the donated
services.
ii. The indirect costs that the nonprofit
organization allocates to the donated services
in that case must be considered project costs
and may be either reimbursed under the
award or counted toward required cost
sharing or matching, but not both.
3. Valuation of third-party property. You
must establish values for third-party property
furnished to you or subrecipients as follows:
a. Supplies donated by third parties. When
a third-party organization donates supplies
(e.g., office, laboratory, workshop, or
classroom supplies), the value that may be
counted toward cost sharing or matching may
not exceed the fair market value of the
supplies at the time of donation.
b. Equipment, buildings, or land donated
by third parties.
i. The value of third-party donations of
equipment, buildings, or land that may be
counted toward cost sharing or matching
when the third party transferred title to you
or a subrecipient depends on the purpose of
the award in accordance with the following:
(A) If one of the purposes of the award is
to assist you or the subrecipient in the
acquisition of equipment, buildings, or land,
you may count the aggregate fair market
value of the donated property toward cost
sharing or matching.
(B) If the award’s purposes instead include
only the support of activities that require the
use of equipment, buildings, or land, you
may only charge depreciation unless you
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obtain our prior approval to count as cost
sharing or matching the fair market value of
equipment or other capital assets and fair
rental charges for land.
ii. The values of the donated property must
be determined in accordance with the usual
accounting policies of the entity to which the
third party transferred title to the property,
with the qualifications specified in 2 CFR
200.306(i)(1) and (2) for donated land and
buildings and donated equipment,
respectively.
c. Use of space donated by third parties. If
a third party makes space available for use
by you or a subrecipient, the value that you
may count toward cost sharing or matching
may not exceed the fair rental value of
comparable space as established by an
independent appraisal, as described in 2 CFR
200.306(i)(3).
d. Equipment loaned by third parties. If a
third party loans equipment for use by you
or a subrecipient, the value that you may
count toward cost sharing or matching may
not exceed its fair rental value.
Appendix G to Part 1128—Terms and
Conditions for FMS Article VII,
‘‘Program Income’’
Unless a DoD Component revises the
wording of Section A or E or reserves Section
D, as permitted by §§ 1128.710 through
1128.725, a DoD Component’s general terms
and conditions must use the following
wording for FMS Article VII.
FMS Article VII. Program Income (December
2014)
Section A. Definition. The term ‘‘program
income’’ as used in this award:
1. Is gross income that:
a. You earn that is directly generated by a
supported activity or earned as a result of
this award; or
b. A subrecipient earns as a result of a
subaward you make under this award.
2. Includes, but is not limited to, income
earned under this award from:
a. Fees for services performed;
b. The use or rental of real or personal
property acquired under any Federal award
and currently administered under this award;
c. The sale of commodities or items
fabricated under this award;
d. License fees and royalties on patents and
copyrights; and
e. Payments of principal and interest on
loans made with Federal award funds.
3. Does not include for purposes of this
award any:
a. Interest earned on advance payments,
disposition of which is addressed in FMS
Article II;
b. Proceeds from the sale of real property,
equipment or supplies, which is addressed in
PROP Articles III and IV;
c. Rebates, credits, discounts, and interest
earned on any of them; and
d. Governmental revenues, including any
taxes, special assessments, levies, fines and
similar revenues you raise.
Section B. Encouragement to earn program
income. You are encouraged to earn program
income under this award when doing so does
not interfere with the program or project the
award supports.
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Section C. Costs of generating program
income. You may deduct costs incidental to
the generation of program income from the
amount that you use in accordance with
Section E of this Article, as long as those
costs are not charged to this award (which
includes their being counted toward any cost
sharing or matching you are required to
provide).
Section D. License fees and royalties. You
have no obligations to the Federal
Government with respect to program income
earned under this award from license fees
and royalties for patents or patent
applications, copyrights, trademarks, or
inventions developed or produced under the
award.
Section E. Use of program income.
1. You must use any program income that
you earn during the period of performance
under this award to increase the amount of
the award (the sum of the Federal share and
any cost sharing or matching you are
required to provide), thereby increasing the
amount budgeted for the project. The
program income must be used for the
purposes and under the terms and conditions
of the award.
2. Your use of the additional funding is
subject to the terms and conditions of this
award, including:
a. FMS Article II concerning your use of
balances of program income before you
request additional funds from us; and
b. FMS Article III concerning allowability
of costs for which the funds may be used.
3. You must report on each Federal
Financial Report (SF–425) that you submit in
accordance with REP Article II the program
income that you earn and any that you use
during the reporting period covered by that
SF–425.
Section F. Duration of accountability for
program income. The requirements
concerning disposition of program income in
Section E of this Article apply only to
program income you earn during the period
of performance. There are no requirements
under this award applicable to program
income you earn after the end of the period
of performance.
PART 1130—PROPERTY
ADMINISTRATION: GENERAL AWARD
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Sec.
1130.1 Purpose of this part.
1130.2 Applicability of this part.
1130.3 Exceptions from requirements of
this part.
1130.4 Organization of this part.
Subpart A—Title to Property (PROP Article
I)
1130.100 Purpose of PROP Article I.
1130.105 Title to property acquired under
awards.
1130.110 Property trust relationship.
1130.115 Title to federally owned property.
1130.120 Federal interest in donated
property.
1130.125 Federal interest in property
improved under awards.
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Subpart B—Property Management System
(PROP Article II)
1130.200 Purpose of PROP Article II.
1130.205 Insurance coverage for real
property and equipment.
1130.210 Other property management
system standards for States.
1130.215 Other property management
system standards for institutions of
higher education, nonprofit
organizations, local governments, and
Indian tribes.
Subpart C—Use and Disposition of Real
Property (PROP Article III)
1130.300
1130.305
1130.310
Purpose of PROP Article III.
Use of real property.
Disposition of real property.
Subpart D—Use and Disposition of
Equipment and Supplies (PROP Article IV)
1130.400 Purpose of PROP Article IV.
1130.405 Property subject to PROP Article
IV.
1130.410 Requirements for a State’s use and
disposition of equipment.
1130.415 Use of equipment by an
institution of higher education, nonprofit
organization, local government, or Indian
tribe.
1130.420 Disposition of equipment by an
institution of higher education, nonprofit
organization, local government, or Indian
tribe.
1130.425 Use and disposition of supplies.
Subpart E—Use and Disposition of
Federally Owned Property (PROP Article V)
1130.500
1130.505
Purpose of PROP Article V.
Content of PROP Article V.
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301 and 10 U.S.C. 113.
§ 1130.1
Purpose of this part.
(a) This part specifies standard
wording of general terms and conditions
concerning equipment, supplies, and
real, intangible, and federally owned
property.
(b) It thereby implements OMB
guidance in 2 CFR 200.310 through
200.316, as that guidance applies to
general terms and conditions of grants
and cooperative agreements.
§ 1130.2
Subpart F—Intangible Property (PROP
Article VI)
1130.600
1130.605 Copyrights asserted in works
developed or otherwise acquired under
awards.
1130.610 Inventions developed under
awards.
1130.615 Data produced under awards.
1130.620 Intangible property acquired, but
not developed or produced, under
awards.
Appendix A to Part 1130—Terms and
conditions for PROP Article I, ‘‘Title to
property’’
Appendix B to Part 1130—Terms and
conditions for PROP Article II, ‘‘Property
management system’’
Appendix C to Part 1130—Terms and
conditions for PROP Article III, ‘‘Use and
disposition of real property’’
Appendix D to Part 1130—Terms and
conditions for PROP Article IV, ‘‘Use and
disposition of equipment and supplies’’
Appendix E to Part 1130—Terms and
conditions for PROP Article V, ‘‘Use and
disposition of federally owned property’’
Appendix F to Part 1130—Terms and
conditions for PROP Article VI,
‘‘Intangible property’’
Applicability of this part.
The types of awards and entities to
which this part and other parts in this
Purpose of PROP Article VI.
subchapter apply are described in the
subchapter overview at 2 CFR 1126.2.
§ 1130.3 Exceptions from requirements of
this part.
Exceptions are permitted from the
administrative requirements in this part
only as described at 2 CFR 1126.3.
§ 1130.4
Organization of this part.
(a) The content of this part is
organized into subparts and associated
appendices.
(1) Each subpart provides direction to
DoD Components on how to construct
one article of general terms and
conditions for grants and cooperative
agreements.
(2) For each subpart, there is a
corresponding appendix with standard
wording for terms and conditions of the
article addressed by the subpart. Terms
and conditions address rights and
responsibilities of the Federal
Government and recipients.
(b) A DoD Component must use the
wording provided in each appendix in
accordance with the direction in the
corresponding subpart. That direction
may permit DoD Components to vary
from the standard wording in some
situations.
(c) Table 1 shows which article of
general terms and conditions may be
found in each of appendices A through
F to this part (with the associated
direction to DoD Components in
Subparts A through F, respectively):
TABLE 1 TO PARAGRAPH (c)
In . . .
Appendix
Appendix
Appendix
Appendix
Appendix
Appendix
A .............
B .............
C .............
D .............
E .............
F ..............
You will find terms and conditions specifying recipients’ rights and responsibilities related to . . .
That would appear in an award within
PROP Article . . .
Title to property ......................................................................................................
Property management system ...............................................................................
Use and disposition of real property ......................................................................
Use and disposition of equipment and supplies ....................................................
Use and disposition of federally owned property ..................................................
Intangible property .................................................................................................
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
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awards.
Subpart A—Title to Property (PROP
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Purpose of PROP Article I.
PROP Article I specifies in whom and
under what conditions title to property
vests under the award. It thereby
implements OMB guidance for grants
and cooperative agreements:
(a) Pertaining to vesting of title to
property, in 2 CFR 200.311(a),
200.312(a), 200.313(a), 200.314(a), and
200.315(a).
(b) Pertaining to the property trust
relationship in 2 CFR 200.316.
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Title to property acquired under
(a) General policy. Title to tangible
property that a recipient acquires under
an award (whether by purchase,
construction or fabrication,
development, or otherwise), and title to
intangible property that a recipient
acquires other than by developing or
producing it under an award, generally
vests in the recipient subject to the
conditions in PROP Articles II–IV and
Section D of PROP Article VI, which
protect the Federal interest in the
property.
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(b) Exceptions to the general policy
when there is statutory authority—(1)
Exempt property in general. If a DoD
Component has statutory authority to do
so, it may vest title in recipients to
property acquired under awards either
unconditionally or subject to fewer
conditions than those in PROP Articles
II–IV and VI. This subpart refers to
acquired property for which a DoD
Component has such statutory
authority—and elects to use it—as
‘‘exempt property.’’
(2) Research awards. (i) Under 31
U.S.C. 6306, a DoD Component may vest
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title to tangible personal property (i.e.,
equipment and supplies) in a nonprofit
institution of higher education or
nonprofit organization whose primary
purpose is conducting scientific
research—without further obligation to
the Federal Government or subject to
conditions the DoD Component deems
appropriate—if the property is bought
with amounts provided under a grant or
cooperative agreement for basic or
applied research.
(ii) As a matter of policy, to enhance
the university infrastructure for future
performance of defense research and
research-related education and training,
DoD Components must make maximum
use of the authority of 31 U.S.C. 6306
to vest title to equipment in nonprofit
institutions of higher education subject
to only the following three conditions:
(A) The recipient uses the equipment
for the authorized purposes of the
project or program until the property is
no longer needed for those purposes.
(B) The recipient manages the
equipment as provided in PROP Article
II of the general terms and conditions
(see Subpart B of this part). This
includes maintaining property records
that include the percentage of Federal
participation in the costs of the project
or program under which the recipient
acquired the exempt property, so that
the recipient may deduct the Federal
share if it wishes to use the property in
future contributions for cost sharing or
matching purposes on Federal awards.
(C) The DoD Component reserves the
right to transfer title to the equipment to
another recipient entity if the Principal
Investigator relocates his or her research
program to that entity.
(c) Award terms and conditions—(1)
General. Unless a DoD Component has
a statute authorizing it to identify
acquired property as exempt property,
as described in paragraph (b) of this
section, it must use the wording
appendix A to this part provides for
Section A of PROP Article I.
(2) Exceptions. (i) If a DoD
Component has statutory authority such
as described in paragraph (b) of this
section, and elects to use that authority
for awards subject to its general terms
and conditions, it must insert wording
in paragraph A.2 of PROP Article I to:
(A) Identify the type or types of
property it is exempting from the
standard requirements for title vesting,
use, and disposition contained in PROP
Articles II through IV and VI and
reporting requirements contained in
REP Article III of the general terms and
conditions.
(B) If it is exempting the property
from some, but not all, of the standard
requirements, identify the requirements
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to which the exempt property will be
subject.
(ii) Paragraph A.2 of PROP Article I in
general terms and conditions used for
research awards to institutions of higher
education and nonprofit organizations
whose primary purpose is conducting
scientific research generally should
provide for vesting of title to acquired
equipment and supplies in those types
of entities when they are conducting
basic or applied research subject only to
the three conditions described in
paragraph (b)(2)(ii) of this section.
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Property trust relationship.
(a) OMB guidance. OMB guidance in
2 CFR 200.316 describes the property
trust relationship. It states that:
(1) Recipients must hold real
property, equipment, and intangible
property acquired or improved under
grants or cooperative agreements in trust
for the beneficiaries of the projects or
programs under which the property was
acquired or improved; and
(2) A Federal agency may require a
recipient to record liens or other
appropriate notices of record to indicate
that personal or real property was
acquired or improved under a grant or
cooperative agreement, making the
property’s use and disposition subject to
the award terms and conditions.
(b) DoD implementation. A DoD
Component’s general terms and
conditions must specify that recipients
hold title to real property, equipment,
and intangible property acquired or
improved under DoD grants and
cooperative agreements in trust for the
beneficiaries of the projects or programs
carried out under those awards.
(c) Award terms and conditions. A
DoD Component’s general terms and
conditions:
(1) Must include the wording
appendix A to this part provides for
paragraph B.1 of PROP Article I, except
that a DoD Component may instead
reserve Section B if there will be no
acquisition or improvement of real
property, equipment, or intangible
property under awards using those
general terms and conditions or
subawards under those awards.
(2) May add wording to the reserved
paragraph B.2 of the wording of Section
B of PROP Article I to require recipients
to record liens or other notices of
record, as described in paragraph (a) of
this section.
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property.
Title to federally owned
(a) Requirement. A DoD Component’s
general terms and conditions must
inform recipients that title to federally
owned property remains with the
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Federal Government and include the
wording appendix A to this part
provides for Section C of PROP Article
I.
(b) Award terms and conditions. A
DoD Component’s general terms and
conditions must either:
(1) Include the wording appendix A to
this part provides for Section C of PROP
Article I to indicate that title to federally
owned property remains with the
Federal Government; or
(2) Reserve Section C if it provides no
federally owned property under its
awards.
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property.
Federal interest in donated
(a) Requirement. A DoD Component’s
general terms and conditions must
inform recipients that the Federal
Government acquires an interest in any
real property or equipment for which
the value of the remaining life of the
property in the recipient’s accounting
records or the fair market value of the
property is counted toward required
cost sharing or matching, rather than
charging depreciation.
(b) Award terms and conditions. A
DoD Component’s general terms and
conditions therefore must either:
(1) Include the wording appendix A to
this part provides for Section D of PROP
Article I to specify the Federal interest
in donated real property or equipment;
or
(2) Reserve Section D of PROP Article
I if the DoD Component does not permit
recipients to count the fair market value
of real property or equipment toward
cost sharing or matching.
§ 1130.125 Federal interest in property
improved under awards.
(a) Requirement. A DoD Component’s
general terms and conditions must
address the Federal interest in
improvements to real property or
equipment that results if a recipient
directly charges the costs of the
improvements to an award.
(b) Award terms and conditions. A
DoD Component’s general terms and
conditions therefore must either:
(1) Include the wording appendix A to
this part provides for Section E of PROP
Article I to specify the Federal interest
in improved real property or equipment;
or
(2) Reserve Section E of PROP Article
I if there will be no improvements to
real property or equipment under
awards using those general terms and
conditions or subawards under those
awards.
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Subpart B—Property Management
System (PROP Article II)
§ 1130.200
Purpose of PROP Article II.
(a) PROP Article II prescribes
standards for:
(1) Insurance coverage for real
property and equipment acquired or
improved under awards;
(2) The system that a recipient uses to
manage both equipment that is acquired
or improved in whole or in part under
awards and federally owned property.
(b) It thereby implements OMB
guidance in 2 CFR 200.310 and
200.313(d)(1) through (4), and partially
implements 2 CFR 200.313(b).
§ 1130.205 Insurance coverage for real
property and equipment.
(a) OMB guidance. OMB guidance in
2 CFR 200.310 includes a requirement
for recipients’ insurance coverage for
real property and equipment acquired or
improved under grants and cooperative
agreements and states that federally
owned property need not be insured
unless required by Federal award terms
and conditions.
(b) DoD implementation. A DoD
Component’s general terms and
conditions must require recipients to
provide insurance coverage for real
property and equipment acquired or
improved under awards. However,
unless a statute or program regulation
adopted in the Code of Federal
Regulations after opportunity for public
comment specifies otherwise, DoD
awards will not require recipients to
insure federally owned property.
(c) Award terms and conditions. A
DoD Component’s general terms and
conditions therefore must either:
(1) Include the wording appendix B to
this part provides for Section A of PROP
Article II; or
(2) Reserve Section A of PROP Article
II if there will be no real property or
equipment acquired or improved under
awards using those terms and
conditions or subawards under those
awards.
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§ 1130.210 Other property management
system standards for States.
(a) Requirement. A DoD Component’s
general terms and conditions must
address the standards for States’
property management systems.
(b) Award terms and conditions. A
DoD Component’s general terms and
conditions therefore must either:
(1) Include the wording appendix B to
this part provides for Section B of PROP
Article II; or
(2) Reserve Section B of PROP Article
II if no State will acquire or improve
equipment, in whole or in part, or be
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accountable for federally owned
property under awards using those
general terms and conditions or
subawards under those awards.
§ 1130.215 Other property management
system standards for institutions of higher
education, nonprofit organizations, local
governments, and Indian tribes.
(a) Requirement. A DoD Component’s
general terms and conditions must
address the standards for property
management systems of institutions of
higher education, nonprofit
organizations, local governments, and
Indian tribes.
(b) Award terms and conditions. A
DoD Component’s general terms and
conditions therefore must either:
(1) Include the wording appendix B to
this part provides for Section C of PROP
Article II; or
(2) Reserve Section C of PROP Article
II if no institution of higher education,
nonprofit organization, local
government, or Indian tribe will acquire
or improve equipment, in whole or in
part, or be accountable for federally
owned property under awards using
those general terms and conditions or
subawards under those awards.
Subpart C—Use and Disposition of
Real Property (PROP Article III)
§ 1130.300
Purpose of PROP Article III.
PROP Article III specifies
requirements for recipients’ use and
disposition of real property acquired or
improved under an award. It thereby
implements OMB guidance in 2 CFR
200.311(b) and (c).
§ 1130.305
Use of real property.
(a) OMB guidance. OMB guidance in
2 CFR 200.311(b) states that, except as
otherwise provided by Federal statute or
the Federal awarding agency, a recipient
must use real property acquired or
improved under a grant or cooperative
agreement for the originally authorized
purpose as long as needed for that
purpose, during which time the
recipient must not dispose of the
property or encumber its title or other
interests.
(b) DoD implementation. Unless a
statute or program regulation adopted in
the Code of Federal Regulations after
opportunity for public comment
specifies otherwise, DoD awards must
permit recipients to do the following:
(1) While real property acquired or
improved under an award still is needed
for the authorized purpose, also use it
for other projects or programs that either
are supported by DoD Components or
other Federal agencies or not federally
supported, as long as that use does not
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interfere with the property’s use for the
authorized purpose.
(2) After the real property no longer
is needed for the authorized purpose,
with the written approval of the award
administration office, use the property
on other federally supported projects or
programs that have purposes consistent
with those authorized for support by the
DoD Component that made the award
under which the property was acquired
or improved.
(c) Award terms and conditions. A
DoD Component’s general terms and
conditions must either:
(1) Include the wording appendix C to
this part provides for Section A of PROP
Article III; or
(2) If a statute or program regulation
in the Code of Federal Regulations
specifies different requirements for
recipients’ use of real property,
substitute alternative wording for
Section A to specify those requirements.
§ 1130.310
Disposition of real property.
(a) OMB guidance. OMB guidance in
2 CFR 200.311(c):
(1) Addresses the recipient’s
responsibility to request disposition
instructions for real property when the
recipient no longer needs it for the
originally authorized purpose; and
(2) Identifies three alternative
disposition methods those instructions
may specify.
(b) DoD implementation. DoD
implements the guidance in 2 CFR
200.311(c) through award terms and
conditions that govern disposition of
real property acquired or improved
under awards.
(c) Award terms and conditions. A
DoD Component’s general terms and
conditions must include the wording
appendix C to this part provides for
Section B of PROP Article III to specify
requirements concerning disposition of
real property acquired or improved
under awards.
Subpart D—Use and Disposition of
Equipment and Supplies (PROP Article
IV)
§ 1130.400
Purpose of PROP Article IV.
PROP Article IV specifies
requirements for recipients’ use and
disposition of equipment and supplies
in which there is a Federal interest. It
thereby implements OMB guidance in:
(a) 2 CFR 200.313(a) through (c),
200.313(d)(5), and 200.313(e) as that
guidance applies to requirements for use
and disposition of equipment; and
(b) 2 CFR 200.314, as that guidance
applies to requirements for use and
disposition of supplies.
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§ 1130.405
Article IV.
Property subject to PROP
(a) Requirement. A DoD Component’s
general terms and conditions must
identify the types of non-exempt
property to which requirements for use
and disposition of equipment and
supplies apply.
(b) Award terms and conditions. To
implement the requirement in
paragraph (a) of this section, a DoD
Component’s general terms and
conditions must use the wording
appendix D to this part provides for
Section A of PROP Article IV. That
wording identifies the categories of
equipment and supplies in which there
is a Federal interest.
§ 1130.410 Requirements for a State’s use
and disposition of equipment.
(a) OMB guidance. OMB guidance in:
(1) 2 CFR 200.313(a) sets forth basic
conditions for use of equipment
acquired under a grant or cooperative
agreement that apply when title to the
equipment is vested in a recipient
conditionally, because the awarding
agency either does not have statutory
authority to vest title in the equipment
unconditionally or elects not to do so.
(2) 2 CFR 200.313(b) provides that a
State must use, manage, and dispose of
equipment in accordance with State
laws and procedures.
(b) DoD implementation. DoD
implements 2 CFR 200.313(a) and (b)
through award terms and conditions
that govern States’ use and disposition
of equipment.
(c) Award terms and conditions. A
DoD Component’s general terms and
conditions must use the wording
appendix D to this part provides for
Section B of PROP Article IV to specify
the requirements for a State’s use and
disposition of equipment in which there
is a Federal interest.
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§ 1130.415 Use of equipment by an
institution of higher education, nonprofit
organization, local government, or Indian
tribe.
(a) OMB guidance. OMB guidance in:
(1) 2 CFR 200.313(a) sets forth basic
conditions for use of equipment
acquired under a grant or cooperative
agreement that apply when title to the
equipment is vested in a recipient
conditionally, because the awarding
agency either does not have statutory
authority to vest title in the equipment
unconditionally or elects not to do so.
(2) 2 CFR 200.313(c) provides the
parameters for use of equipment by an
institution of higher education,
nonprofit organization, local
government, or Indian tribe.
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(3) 2 CFR 200.313(d)(5) calls for use
of sales procedures to ensure highest
possible return when selling equipment.
(b) DoD implementation. For
equipment in which there is a Federal
interest under awards to institutions of
higher education, nonprofit
organizations, local governments, or
Indian tribes, DoD implements through
award terms and conditions the
following portions of 2 CFR part 200 as
they apply to use of equipment prior to
the time of its disposition:
(1) 2 CFR 200.313(a) and (c); and
(2) 2 CFR 200.313(d)(5), as it applies
to equipment sales prior to the time of
disposition, to offset the acquisition cost
of replacement equipment.
(c) Award terms and conditions. A
DoD Component’s general terms and
conditions must use the wording
appendix D to this part provides for
Section C of PROP Article IV to specify
the requirements for use of equipment
described in paragraph (b) of this
section.
§ 1130.420 Disposition of equipment by an
institution of higher education, nonprofit
organization, local government, or Indian
tribe.
(a) OMB guidance. OMB guidance in
2 CFR 200.313(e) addresses disposition
of original or replacement equipment
acquired under a grant or cooperative
agreement by an institution of higher
education, nonprofit organization, local
government, or Indian tribe.
(b) DoD implementation. DoD
implements 2 CFR 200.313(e) through
award terms and conditions that govern
disposition of original or replacement
equipment acquired under an award by
an institution of higher education,
nonprofit organization, local
government, or Indian tribe when there
is a Federal interest in the equipment.
(c) Award terms and conditions. A
DoD Component’s general terms and
conditions must use the wording
appendix D to this part provides for
Section D of PROP Article IV to specify
the requirements for disposition of
equipment described in paragraph (b) of
this section.
§ 1130.425
supplies.
Use and disposition of
(a) OMB guidance. OMB guidance in
2 CFR 200.314 sets forth requirements
for use and disposition of supplies
acquired under a grant or cooperative
agreement.
(b) DoD implementation. DoD
implements 2 CFR 200.314 through
award terms and conditions that govern
use and disposition of supplies acquired
under awards either by purchase or by
donation as cost sharing or matching.
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(c) Award terms and conditions. A
DoD Component’s general terms and
conditions must use the wording
appendix D to this part provides for
Section E of PROP Article IV to specify
the requirements for use and disposition
of acquired supplies.
Subpart E—Use and Disposition of
Federally Owned Property (PROP
Article V)
§ 1130.500
Purpose of PROP Article V.
PROP Article V specifies
requirements for recipients’ use and
disposition of federally owned property.
It implements the portion of OMB
guidance in 2 CFR 200.312(a) that
applies to disposition of federally
owned property.
§ 1130.505
Content of PROP Article V.
A DoD Component’s general terms
and conditions must either:
(a) Include the wording appendix E to
this part provides for PROP Article V to
specify requirements for use and
disposition of federally owned property;
or
(b) Reserve PROP Article V if there is
no possibility of recipients or
subrecipients being accountable for
federally owned property under awards
using those terms and conditions.
Subpart F—Intangible Property (PROP
Article VI)
§ 1130.600
Purpose of PROP Article VI.
PROP Article VI sets forth the rights
and responsibilities of recipients and
the Federal Government with respect to
intangible property. It thereby
implements OMB guidance in 2 CFR
200.315.
§ 1130.605 Copyrights asserted in works
developed or otherwise acquired under
awards.
(a) OMB guidance. OMB guidance in
2 CFR 200.315(b) addresses recipients’
and the Federal Government’s rights
related to works that recipients may
copyright under grants and cooperative
agreements.
(b) DoD implementation. DoD
implements 2 CFR 200.315(b) through
award terms and conditions that specify
recipient and DoD rights with respect to
copyrightable works.
(c) Award terms and conditions. A
DoD Component’s general terms and
conditions must use the wording
appendix F to this part provides for
Section A of PROP Article VI to affirm
the recipient’s right to assert copyright
in works it develops or otherwise
acquires under an award, as well as
DoD’s right to use the works for Federal
purposes.
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Inventions developed under
(a) OMB guidance. OMB guidance in
2 CFR 200.315(c) states that recipients
of grants and cooperative agreements are
subject to applicable regulations
concerning patents and inventions,
including Department of Commerce
regulations at 37 CFR part 401.
(b) DoD implementation. In
implementing 2 CFR 200.315(c) for
awards for the performance of
experimental, developmental, or
research work, DoD:
(1) Extends to other entities the patent
rights provisions of chapter 18 of Title
35 of the U.S. Code and 37 CFR part 401
that directly apply to small business
firms and nonprofit organizations. This
broadened applicability is in accordance
with the February 18, 1983, Presidential
memorandum on Government patent
policy, referred to in Executive Order
12591, ‘‘Facilitating Access to Science
and Technology.’’
(2) Establishes a requirement for
recipients to provide final reports listing
all subject inventions under their
awards or stating there were none, a
requirement that 37 CFR 401.5(f)(1)
provides as an agency option.
(3) Incorporates the prohibition in 35
U.S.C. 212 on asserting Federal
Government rights in inventions made
by recipients of scholarships,
fellowships, training grants, or other
awards made primarily for educational
purposes.
(c) Award terms and conditions. (1)
Awards for research, developmental, or
experimental work. A DoD Component’s
general terms and conditions for awards
for the performance of experimental,
developmental, or research work funded
in whole or in part by the Federal
Government must include the wording
appendix F to this part provides for
Section B of PROP Article VI, with one
permitted exception. The exception is
that a DoD Component may reserve or
substitute alternative wording for
paragraph B.2.b of Section B of PROP
Article VI, as appropriate, if it elects to:
(i) Omit the requirement for final
invention reports;
(ii) Substitute ‘‘120 calendar days’’ for
‘‘90 calendar days’’ to provide an
additional 30 days for recipient’s
submissions of final reports after the
end date of the period of performance;
or
(iii) Include a requirement for
recipients to submit information about
each patent application they submit for
a subject invention, interim listings of
all subject inventions, or both, which
the Department of Commerce
regulations at 37 CFR 401.5(f)(2) and (3)
permit agencies to require.
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(2) Awards for primarily educational
purposes. A DoD Component’s general
terms and conditions for awards to
support scholarships or fellowships,
training grants, or other awards for
primarily educational purposes must
replace the wording appendix F to this
part provides for Section B of PROP
Article VI with an alternative award
provision stating that the Federal
Government will have no rights to
inventions made by recipients.
(3) Awards for other purposes. A DoD
Component developing general terms
and conditions for awards other than
those described in paragraphs (c)(1) and
(2) of this section should:
(i) Consult its intellectual property
counsel if it anticipates that recipients
may develop patentable inventions
under its awards, to identify any
applicable statutes or regulations and
determine an appropriate substitute for
the wording appendix F to this part
provides for Section B of PROP Article
VI; or
(ii) Reserve Section B of PROP Article
VI if it does not expect development of
any patentable inventions under those
awards.
§ 1130.615
Data produced under awards.
(a) OMB guidance. OMB guidance in
2 CFR 200.315(d) and (e) addresses
rights in data under grants and
cooperative agreements.
(b) DoD implementation. DoD
implements 2 CFR 200.315(d) and (e)
through award terms and conditions.
(c) Award terms and conditions—(1)
General. A DoD Component’s general
terms and conditions must include the
wording appendix F to this part
provides for Section C of PROP Article
VI.
(2) Exception. A DoD Component may
reserve paragraph C.2 of Section C of
PROP Article VI in its general terms and
conditions if:
(i) Those terms and conditions will
not be used for research awards; and
(ii) The DoD Component determines
that no research data as defined in 2
CFR 200.315 will be generated under
the awards using those terms and
conditions.
§ 1130.620 Intangible property acquired,
but not developed or produced, under
awards.
(a) OMB guidance. OMB guidance in
2 CFR 200.315(a) addresses use and
disposition of intangible property that is
acquired under grants and cooperative
agreements (in addition to vesting of
title, which is implemented in
§ 1130.105 and appendix A to this part).
(b) DoD implementation. DoD
implements 2 CFR 200.315(a) through
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award terms and conditions that govern
use and disposition of intangible
property that is acquired, but not
developed or produced, under awards.
(c) Award terms and conditions. A
DoD Component’s general terms and
conditions must include the wording
appendix F to this part provides for
Section D of PROP Article VI.
Appendix A to Part 1130—Terms and
Conditions for PROP Article I, ‘‘Title to
Property’’
Unless a DoD Component inserts or adds
wording or reserves sections of the article, as
provided in §§ 1130.105 through 1130.125, a
DoD Component’s general terms and
conditions must use the following wording
for PROP Article I.
PROP Article I. Title to Property. (December
2014)
Section A. Title to property acquired under
this award.
1. General. Other than any property
identified in paragraph A.2 of this section as
exempt property:
a. Title to real property, equipment, and
supplies that you acquire (whether by
purchase, construction or fabrication,
development, or otherwise) and charge as
direct project costs under this award vests in
you, the recipient. Title to intangible
property that you acquire (other than by
developing or producing it) under this award
also vests in you.
b. That title is a conditional title, subject
to the terms and conditions in PROP Articles
II–IV, Section D of PROP Article VI, and REP
Article III of this award.
c. There is a Federal interest in the
property, other than intangible property that
you develop or produce under the award. For
real property, equipment, and intangible
property, we retain this Federal interest until
final disposition of the property under PROP
Article III (for real property), PROP Article IV
(for equipment and supplies), or Section D of
PROP Article VI (for intangible property that
is acquired, other than by developing or
producing it), a period that in some cases
may extend beyond closeout of this award.
2. Exempt property. [Reserved].
Section B. Property trust relationship.
1. Basic requirement. Other than intangible
property that you develop or produce under
the award, you hold any real property,
equipment, or intangible property that you
acquire or improve under this award in trust
for the beneficiaries of the project or program
that you are carrying out under the award.
2. Notices of record. [Reserved].
Section C. Federally owned property. Title
to any federally owned property that we
provide to you under this award (or for
which accountability is transferred to this
award from another Federal award) remains
with the Federal Government.
Section D. Federal interest in donated real
property or equipment. If real property or
equipment is acquired under this award
through your donation of the property to the
project or program (i.e., counting the value of
the remaining life of the property recorded in
your accounting records or the fair market
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value as permitted under FMS Article VI of
this award as part of your share of project
costs to meet any cost sharing or matching
requirements, rather than charging
depreciation):
1. The Federal Government acquires
through that donation an interest in the real
property or equipment, the value of which at
any given time is the product of:
a. The Federal share of the project costs
under this award; and
b. The current fair market value of the
property at that time.
2. The real property or equipment is
subject to Section B of this article and the
terms and conditions of PROP Articles II–IV
and REP Article III that are applicable to
property acquired under the award.
3. The Federal interest in the real property
or equipment must be addressed at the time
of property disposition.
Section E. Federal interest in property
improved under the award.
1. The Federal Government has an interest
in improvements (as distinct from ordinary
repairs and maintenance) you make to an
item of real property or equipment if you
charge the costs of the improvements as
direct costs to this award.
2. We thereby acquire an interest in the
property if the Government did not
previously have one. If the Government
already had an interest in the property, the
value of that Federal interest in the property
increases by the amount of the Federal
interest in the improvements.
3. The property is subject to Section B of
this article and the terms and conditions of
PROP Articles II–IV and REP Article III that
are applicable to real property or equipment
acquired under the award.
4. The Federal interest must be addressed
at the time of property disposition.
Appendix B to Part 1130—Terms and
Conditions for PROP Article II,
‘‘Property Management System’’
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Unless a DoD Component reserves sections
of the article, as provided in §§ 1130.205
through 1130.215, a DoD Component’s
general terms and conditions must use the
following wording for PROP Article II.
PROP Article II. Property Management
System. (December 2014)
Section A. Insurance coverage for real
property and equipment. You must, at a
minimum, provide the equivalent insurance
coverage for real property and equipment
acquired or improved under this award as
you provide for real property and equipment
that you own.
Section B. Other property management
system standards for a State.
1. Equipment. Your property management
system for equipment acquired or improved
in whole or in part under this award must
be in accordance with your State laws and
procedures.
2. Federally owned property. You may use
your own property management system for
any federally owned property for which you
are accountable, as long as it meets the
following minimum standards:
a. Records. Your records must include for
each item of federally owned property:
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i. A description of the item.
ii. The location of the item.
iii. The serial or other identification
number.
iv. Which Federal agency holds title.
v. The date you received the item.
vi. Any data on the ultimate disposition of
the item, such as the date of disposal.
vii. The Federal award identification
number of the award under which you are
accountable for the item.
b. Inventory. You must take a physical
inventory of federally owned property
annually.
c. Control system. You must:
i. Maintain an internal property control
system with adequate safeguards to prevent
loss, damage, or theft of federally owned
property.
ii. Investigate any loss, damage, or theft of
federally owned property and promptly
notify the award administration office.
d. Maintenance. You must maintain the
property in good condition.
Section C. Other property management
system standards for an institution of higher
education, nonprofit organization, local
government, or Indian tribe. Your procedures
for managing equipment (including
replacement equipment) acquired or
improved in whole or in part under this
award and any federally owned property for
which you are accountable under this award
must, as a minimum, meet the requirements
in this section.
1. Records. You must maintain records that
include for each item of equipment or
federally owned property:
a. A description of the item.
b. The serial or other identification
number.
c. Who holds title (e.g., you or the Federal
Government and, if the latter, which Federal
agency).
d. The source of funding for the
equipment, including the Federal award
identification number, or the source of the
federally owned property, including the
award number of the award under which you
are accountable for the property.
e. The acquisition date and cost of the
equipment (or improvement to the
equipment) or the date you received the
federally owned property.
f. The location, use, and condition of the
equipment or federally owned property.
g. Information from which one can
calculate the amount of the Federal interest
in the acquisition or improvement of the item
(this amount is zero after you compensate us
for the Federal interest in the item or
improvement).
h. Any data on the ultimate disposition of
the item including the date of disposal and
sale price.
2. Labelling. You must ensure that property
owned by the Federal Government is labeled
to identify it as federally owned property.
3. Inventory.
a. You must take a physical inventory of
equipment in which there is a Federal
interest and reconcile the results with your
records at least once every 2 years.
b. You must take an annual inventory of
any federally owned property for which you
are accountable under this award.
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4. Control system. You must:
a. Maintain an internal property control
system with adequate safeguards to prevent
loss, damage, or theft of equipment and
federally owned property.
b. Investigate any loss, damage, or theft and
notify the award administration office if it
involved equipment in which there is a
Federal interest under the award or federally
owned property.
5. Maintenance. You must maintain
equipment acquired or improved in whole or
in part under the award and federally owned
property in good condition.
Appendix C to Part 1130—Terms and
Conditions for PROP Article III, ‘‘Use
and Disposition of Real Property’’
Unless a DoD Component substitutes
wording in Section A, as provided in
§ 1130.305, a DoD Component’s general terms
and conditions must use the following
wording for PROP Article III.
PROP Article III. Use and Disposition of
Real Property. (December 2014)
Section A. Use of real property.
1. You must use real property acquired or
improved under this award for the originally
authorized purpose as long as needed for that
purpose. During that time, you may not:
a. Dispose of the property except, with the
approval of the award administration office,
to acquire replacement property under this
award, in which case you must use the
proceeds from the disposition as an offset to
the cost of the replacement property; or
b. Encumber the title or other interests in
the property without the approval of the
award administration office identified in this
award.
2. During the time that the real property is
used for the originally authorized purpose,
you may make the property available for use
on other projects or programs, but only if that
use will not interfere with the property’s use
as needed for its originally authorized
purpose.
a. First preference must be given to other
projects or programs supported by DoD
Components and second preference to those
supported by other Federal agencies.
b. Third preference is for other projects or
programs not currently supported by the
Federal Government. You should charge user
fees for use of the property in those cases, if
it is at all practicable.
3. When the real property is no longer
needed for the originally authorized purpose,
with the written approval of the award
administration office, you may delay final
disposition of the property to use it on other
federally sponsored projects or programs. A
condition for the award administration
office’s approval is that the other projects or
programs have purposes consistent with
those authorized for support by the DoD
Component that made the award under
which the property was acquired or
improved.
Section B. Disposition of real property.
When you no longer need real property for
the originally authorized purpose, you must
obtain disposition instructions from the
award administration office, except as
provided in paragraph A.3 of this article.
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Those instructions will provide for one of the
following three alternatives, which are that
you:
1. Retain title after compensating us for the
Federal interest in the property, which is to
be computed as specified in the definition of
‘‘Federal interest.’’
2. Sell the property and compensate us for
the Federal interest in the property, as
described in 2 CFR 200.311(c)(2).
3. Transfer title to us or a third party we
designate, as described in 2 CFR
200.311(c)(3).
Appendix D to Part 1130—Terms and
Conditions for PROP Article IV, ‘‘Use
and Disposition of Equipment and
Supplies’’
As specified in §§ 1130.405 through
1130.425, a DoD Component’s general terms
and conditions must use the following
wording for PROP Article IV.
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PROP Article IV. Use and Disposition of
Equipment and Supplies. (December 2014)
Section A. Property subject to this article.
This article specifies requirements for use
and disposition of equipment and supplies.
If a provision of PROP Article I identifies any
type of equipment or supplies as exempt
property, requirements of this Article apply
to that exempt property only to the extent
specified in that provision of PROP Article I
or an award-specific term or condition. The
types of non-exempt property to which this
article applies are:
1. Supplies that you acquire either by
purchase or by donation as cost sharing or
matching under this award; and
2. Equipment for which title is vested
conditionally in you. That includes
equipment with a conditional title resulting
from your having, either under this award or
under a previous award from which you
transferred accountability for the equipment
to this award:
a. Directly charged as project costs, in
whole or in part, the acquisition (by
purchase, construction or fabrication, or
development) of equipment;
b. Donated the equipment to the project or
program by counting the value of the
remaining life of the property recorded in
your accounting records or the fair market
value toward any cost sharing or matching
requirements under the award, rather than
charging depreciation (see PROP Article I,
Section D); or
c. Directly charged as project costs
improvements to the equipment that meet the
criteria given in paragraph E.1 of PROP
Article I.
Section B. Requirements for a State’s use
and disposition of equipment. You:
1. Must use the equipment for the
authorized purposes of the project or
program during the period of performance, or
until the property is no longer needed for
those purposes.
2. May not encumber the property without
the prior written approval of the award
administration office.
3. Must use and dispose of the equipment
in accordance with your State laws and
procedures.
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Section C. Use of equipment by an
institution of higher education, nonprofit
organization, local government, or Indian
tribe. You:
1. Must use the equipment for the
authorized purposes of the project or
program under this award until the
equipment is no longer needed for those
purposes, whether or not the project or
program continues to be supported by this
award.
2. May not encumber the equipment
without the prior written approval of the
award administration office.
3. During the time that the equipment is
used for the project or program under this
award:
a. You must make the equipment available
for use on other projects or programs but only
if that use will not interfere with the
equipment’s use as needed for the project or
program supported by this award.
i. First preference must be given to other
projects or programs supported or previously
supported by DoD Components
ii. Second preference to projects or
programs supported or previously supported
by other Federal agencies.
iii. Third preference is for other projects or
programs not supported by the Federal
Government. You should charge user fees for
use of the equipment in those cases, if it is
at all practicable.
b. You may use the equipment, if you need
to acquire replacement equipment, as a tradein or sell it (using sales procedures designed
to ensure the highest possible return) and use
the proceeds from the sale to offset the cost
of the replacement equipment.
4. When the equipment is no longer
needed for the project or program under this
award, you may defer final disposition of the
equipment and continue to use it on other
federally sponsored projects or programs.
You must give first priority to other projects
or programs supported by DoD Components.
5. Notwithstanding the encouragement in
FMS Article VII to earn program income, you
may not use equipment in which there
currently is a Federal interest—whether you
acquired it under this award or are otherwise
accountable for it under this award—to
provide services for a fee that is less than
private companies charge for equivalent
services.
Section D. Disposition of equipment by an
institution of higher education, nonprofit
organization, local government, or Indian
tribe. You must request disposition
instructions from the award administration
office when either original or replacement
equipment acquired under this award with a
current fair market value that exceeds $5,000
is no longer needed for the original project
or program or for other federally sponsored
activities as described in paragraph C.4 of
this article. For each item of equipment with
a current fair market value of $5,000 or less,
you may retain, sell, or otherwise dispose of
the item with no further obligation to the
Federal Government.
1. We may issue disposition instructions
that:
a. Allow you to retain or sell any item of
equipment after compensating us for the
Federal interest in the property, which is to
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be computed as specified in the definition of
‘‘Federal interest;’’ or
b. Require you to transfer title to the
equipment to a Federal agency or a third
party, in which case you are entitled to
compensation from us for the non-Federal
interest in the equipment, plus any
reasonable shipping or interim storage costs
incurred.
2. If we fail to provide disposition
instructions for any item of equipment
within 120 calendar days of receiving your
request, you may retain or sell the
equipment, but you must compensate us for
the amount of the Federal interest in the
equipment.
3. If you sell the equipment:
a. You must use sales procedures designed
to ensure the highest possible return; and
b. You may deduct and retain for selling
and handling expenses either $500 or ten
percent of the proceeds, whichever is less.
Section E. Use and disposition of supplies
acquired under this award.
1. Use. As long as we retain a Federal
interest in supplies acquired under this
award either by purchase or by donation as
cost sharing or matching, you may not use
the supplies to provide services to other
organizations for a fee that is less than
private companies charge for equivalent
services, notwithstanding the encouragement
in FMS Article VII to earn program income.
2. Disposition. If you have a residual
inventory of unused supplies with aggregate
value exceeding $5,000 at the end of the
period of performance under this award, and
the supplies are not needed for any other
Federal award, you must retain the supplies
or sell them but must in either case
compensate us for the amount of the Federal
interest in the supplies. You may deduct and
retain for selling and handling expenses
either $500 or ten percent of the proceeds,
whichever is less.
Appendix E to Part 1130—Terms and
Conditions for PROP Article V, ‘‘Use
and Disposition of Federally Owned
Property’’
Unless a DoD Component reserves the
article, as specified in § 1130.505, a DoD
Component’s general terms and conditions
must use the following wording for PROP
Article V.
PROP Article V. Use and Disposition of
Federally Owned Property. (December 2014)
Section A. Use. During the time that
federally owned property for which you are
accountable under this award is used for the
project or program supported by the award,
you:
1. Also may make the property available
for use on other federally supported projects
or programs, but only if that use will not
interfere with the property’s use for the
project or program supported by this award.
You must give first priority to other projects
or programs supported by DoD Components.
2. May use the property for purposes other
than federally supported projects or programs
only with the prior approval of the awarding
office or, if you request approval after the
award is made, the award administration
office.
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Section B. Disposition. You must request
disposition instructions from the award
administration office for any federally owned
property under this award, including any
property for which a subrecipient is
accountable under a subaward you make
under this award, either:
1. At any time during the period of
performance if the property is no longer
needed for the project or program supported
by this award; or
2. At the end of the period of performance.
Appendix F to Part 1130—Terms and
Conditions for PROP Article VI,
‘‘Intangible Property’’
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Except for Section B, whose language must
be tailored or reserved based on the type of
award as specified in § 1130.610, and Section
D if reserved as provided in § 1130.615, a
DoD Component’s general terms and
conditions must use the following wording
for PROP Article VI.
PROP Article VI. Intangible Property.
(December 2014)
Section A. Assertion of copyright.
1. You may assert copyright in any work
that is eligible for copyright protection if you
acquire ownership of it under this award,
either by developing it or otherwise.
2. With respect to any work, you developed
or otherwise acquired under this award, DoD
reserves a royalty-free, nonexclusive and
irrevocable license to:
a. Reproduce, publish, or otherwise use the
work for Federal Government purposes; and
b. Authorize others to reproduce, publish,
or otherwise use the work for Federal
Government purposes.
Section B. Inventions developed under the
award.
1. Applicability of Governmentwide clause
for research awards. You must comply with
the Governmentwide patent rights award
clause published at 37 CFR 401.14, with the
modifications described in paragraph B.2 of
this section. DoD adopts that
Governmentwide clause for the following
entities, thereby broadening the applicability
beyond types of entities included in the
definition of ‘‘contractor’’ in 37 CFR part 401:
a. Any governmental or nonprofit entity
(the types of entities subject to these general
terms and conditions) receiving a DoD award
for the performance of experimental,
research, or developmental work;
b. Any governmental, nonprofit, or forprofit entity receiving a subaward to perform
experimental, research, or developmental
work under an award described in paragraph
B.1.a of this section.
2. Modifications to the wording of the
Governmentwide clause. DoD adopts the
Governmentwide clause at 37 CFR 401.14, as
described in paragraph B.1 of this section,
with the following modifications:
a. Terminology. Throughout the
Governmentwide clause:
i. Insert the terms ‘‘recipient’’ and
‘‘subrecipient (or contractor to the recipient
or to a subrecipient)’’ to replace the terms
‘‘contractor’’ and ‘‘subcontractor,’’
respectively.
ii. Insert the terms ‘‘award’’ and ‘‘subaward
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subaward)’’ to replace the terms ‘‘contract’’
and ‘‘subcontract,’’ respectively.
b. Final report. Add a new subparagraph
(f)(5) to read, ‘‘The recipient must submit a
final report listing all subject inventions
made under the award or stating that there
were none. The final report is due 90
calendar days after the end date of the period
of performance unless you request, and we
grant, an extension of the due date.’’
c. Broadening applicability to all entities.
Delete paragraphs (g)(2) and (3) of the
Governmentwide clause, redesignate
paragraph (g)(1) as paragraph (g) and delete
the phrase ‘‘to be performed by a small
business firm or domestic nonprofit
organization’’ from paragraph (g) as
redesignated.
Section C. Data produced under the award.
1. Data in general. The Federal
Government has the right to:
a. Obtain, reproduce, publish, or otherwise
use the data produced under this award; and
b. Authorize others to receive, reproduce,
publish, or otherwise use the data produced
under this award for Federal Government
purposes.
2. Research data requested under the
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).
a. If we receive a request under the FOIA
for ‘‘research data’’ that are related to
‘‘published research findings’’ produced
under this award and that were ‘‘used by the
Federal Government in developing an agency
action that has the force and effect of law,’’
you must provide the data to us within a
reasonable time after we request it from you,
so that the data can be made available to the
public through procedures established under
the FOIA.
b. For purposes of the requirement in
paragraph C.2.a of this section, 2 CFR
200.315(e) provides definitions of the phrases
‘‘published research findings,’’ ‘‘used by the
Federal Government in developing an agency
action that has the force and effect of law,’’
and ‘‘research data.’’
Section D. Use and disposition of
intangible property acquired, but not
developed or produced, under the award.
1. Applicability. This section applies to a
patent, patent application, copyright, or other
intangible property acquired, but not
developed or produced, under this award.
2. Use. You:
a. Must use the intangible property for the
authorized purpose under this award until
the intangible property is no longer needed
for that purpose, whether or not that purpose
is still being supported by this award.
b. May not encumber the intangible
property without the prior written approval
of the award administration office.
3. Disposition. When the intangible
property is no longer needed for the
originally authorized purpose, you must
contact the award administration office to
arrange for disposition in accordance with
the procedures specified for disposition of
equipment in either section B or D of PROP
Article IV, as applicable.
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PART 1132—RECIPIENT
PROCUREMENT PROCEDURES:
GENERAL AWARD TERMS AND
CONDITIONS
Sec.
1132.1 Purpose of this part.
1132.2 Applicability of this part.
1132.3 Exceptions from requirements of
this part.
1132.4 Organization of this part.
Subpart A—Procurement Standards for
States (PROC Article I)
1132.100
1132.105
Purpose of PROC Article I.
Content of PROC Article I.
Subpart B—Procurement Standards for
Institutions of Higher Education, Nonprofit
Organizations, Local Governments, and
Indian Tribes (PROC Article II)
1132.200 Purpose of PROC Article II.
1132.205 Procurement procedures.
1132.210 Procurement of recovered
materials.
1132.215 Review of recipient procurement
documents.
1132.220 Bonding requirements.
Subpart C—Contract Provisions for
Recipient Procurements (PROC Article III)
1132.300 Purpose of PROC Article III.
1132.305 Administrative requirements.
1132.310 National policy requirements.
Appendix A to Part 1132—Terms and
conditions for PROC Article I,
‘‘Procurement standards for States’’
Appendix B to Part 1132—Terms and
conditions for PROC Article II,
‘‘Procurement standards for institutions
of higher education, nonprofit
organizations, local governments, and
Indian tribes’’
Appendix C to Part 1132—Terms and
conditions for PROC Article III,
‘‘Contract provisions for recipient
procurements’’
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301 and 10 U.S.C. 113.
§ 1132.1
Purpose of this part.
(a) This part specifies standard
wording of general terms and conditions
concerning recipients’ purchases of
property (supplies, equipment, and real
property) and services.
(b) It thereby implements OMB
guidance in 2 CFR 200.317 through
200.326, and appendix II to 2 CFR part
200, as those portions of 2 CFR part 200
apply to general terms and conditions of
grants and cooperative agreements. It
also partially implements 2 CFR
200.205(d), 200.213, and 200.517.
§ 1132.2
Applicability of this part.
The types of awards and entities to
which this part and other parts in this
subchapter apply are described in the
subchapter overview at 2 CFR 1126.2.
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§ 1132.3 Exceptions from requirements of
this part.
Exceptions are permitted from the
administrative requirements in this part
only as follows:
(a) As described in 2 CFR 1126.3, and
(b) Based on any language in 2 CFR
200.110(a) regarding the applicability of
the procurement standards in 2 CFR
part 200.
§ 1132.4
Organization of this part.
(a) The content of this part is
organized into subparts and associated
appendices.
(1) Each subpart provides direction to
DoD Components on how to construct
one article of general terms and
conditions for grants and cooperative
agreements.
(2) For each subpart, there is a
corresponding appendix with standard
wording for terms and conditions of the
article addressed by the subpart. Terms
and conditions address rights and
responsibilities of the Federal
Government and recipients.
(b) A DoD Component must use the
wording provided in each appendix in
accordance with the direction in the
corresponding subpart. That direction
may permit DoD Components to vary
from the standard wording in some
situations.
(c) Table 1 shows which article of
general terms and conditions may be
found in each of appendices A through
C to this part (with the associated
direction to DoD Components in
Subparts A through C, respectively):
TABLE 1 TO PARAGRAPH (c)
In . . .
You will find terms and conditions specifying recipients’ rights
and responsibilities related to . . .
That would appear in an award
within PROC Article . . .
Appendix A ......................................................
Appendix B ......................................................
Procurement standards for States ..............................................
Procurement standards for institutions of higher education,
nonprofit organizations, local governments, and Indian tribes.
Contract provisions for recipient procurements ..........................
I.
II.
Appendix C ......................................................
Subpart A–Procurement Standards for
States (PROC Article I)
§ 1132.100
Purpose of PROC Article I.
PROC Article I of the general terms
and conditions specifies requirements
for a State’s procurement of property
and services under grants or cooperative
agreements. It thereby implements OMB
guidance in 2 CFR 200.317 and partially
implements the guidance in 2 CFR
200.205(d) and 200.213.
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§ 1132.105
Content of PROC Article I.
(a) Requirement. A DoD Component’s
general terms and conditions must
address requirements for States’
procurement systems.
(b) Award terms and conditions—(1)
General. Except as provided in
paragraph (b)(2) of this section, a DoD
Component’s general terms and
conditions must use the wording
appendix A to this part provides for
PROC Article I.
(2) Exception. A DoD Component’s
general terms and conditions may
instead reserve PROC Article I if the
DoD Component determines that it is
not possible that any States will receive:
(i) DoD Component awards using
those general terms and conditions; or
(ii) Subawards from recipients of DoD
Component awards using those general
terms and conditions.
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Subpart B—Procurement Standards
for Institutions of Higher Education,
Nonprofit Organizations, Local
Governments, and Indian Tribes
(PROC Article II)
§ 1132.200
Purpose of PROC Article II.
PROC Article II of the general terms
and conditions specifies procurement
procedures for a recipient of a grant or
cooperative agreement other than a State
or for-profit entity. It thereby:
(a) Implements OMB guidance in 2
CFR 200.318 through 200.323,
200.324(a) and (b), and 200.325;
(b) Partially implements 2 CFR
200.205(d) and 200.213; and
(c) Implements, in conjunction with
PROC Article III, 2 CFR 200.326.
§ 1132.205
Procurement procedures.
(a) Requirement. A DoD Component’s
general terms and conditions must
address requirements for procurement
systems of institutions of higher
education, nonprofit organizations, local
governments, and Indian tribes.
(b) Award terms and conditions. In
order to implement the requirement
described in paragraph (a) of this
section, a DoD Component’s general
terms and conditions must use the
wording that appendix B provides for
Sections A through F of PROC Article II.
§ 1132.210
materials.
Procurement of recovered
(a) Requirement. A DoD Component’s
general terms and conditions must
address requirements for procurement
of recovered materials if State agencies
or agencies of a political subdivision of
a State may receive awards using those
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III.
terms and conditions or be
subrecipients under those awards.
(b) Award terms and conditions. A
DoD Component’s general terms and
conditions must either:
(1) Use the wording that appendix B
provides for Section G of PROC Article
II, to specify requirements for a local
government or other political
subdivision of a State to comply with
Resource Conservation and Recovery
Act requirements; or
(2) Reserve Section G if the DoD
Component determines that it is not
possible that a political subdivision of a
State will receive either:
(i) An award using those terms and
conditions; or
(ii) A subaward under an award using
those terms and conditions.
§ 1132.215 Review of recipient
procurement documents.
(a) Requirements. A DoD
Component’s general terms and
conditions must:
(1) Include a requirement for
recipients to make technical
specifications for proposed
procurements available upon the DoD
Component’s request, as described in 2
CFR 200.324(a).
(2) Reserve the DoD Component’s
right to review a recipient’s preprocurement documents when any of
the conditions described in 2 CFR
200.324(b)(1) through (5) apply and the
recipient is not exempted from the
requirement in accordance with 2 CFR
200.324(c).
(b) Award terms and conditions. To
implement the requirements described
in paragraph (a) of this section, a DoD
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Component’s general terms and
conditions must use the wording that
appendix B to this part provides for
Section H of PROC Article II.
§ 1132.220
Bonding requirements.
(a) Requirements. A DoD
Component’s general terms and
conditions must require each recipient
to meet minimum bonding requirements
if it awards any construction or facility
improvement contract with a value in
excess of the simplified acquisition
threshold. A recipient would instead
use its own bonding requirements if the
DoD Component determined that the
recipient’s bonding policy and
requirements are adequate to protect
Federal interests.
(b) Award terms and conditions—(1)
General. To implement the
requirements in paragraph (a) of this
section, a DoD Component’s general
terms and conditions must use the
wording that appendix B to this part
provides for Section I of PROC Article
II. The DoD Component may include a
provision in the award-specific terms
and conditions to override Section I of
PROC Article II in each award to a
recipient for which it made the
determination about the recipient’s
bonding policy and requirements, as
described in paragraph (a) of this
section.
(2) Exceptions. A DoD Component’s
general terms and conditions may
reserve Section I if the DoD Component
determines that there will be no
construction or facility improvement
contracts with values in excess of the
simplified acquisition threshold under
awards using its general terms and
conditions.
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Purpose of PROC Article III.
PROC Article III of the general terms
and conditions specifies provisions that
recipients must include in contracts
under their awards, as applicable. It
thereby:
(a) Implements, in conjunction with
PROC Articles I and II, OMB guidance
concerning recipients’ contract
provisions under grants and cooperative
agreements in 2 CFR 200.317 and
200.326;
(b) Partially implements the OMB
guidance in 2 CFR 200.205(d) and
200.213 concerning suspension and
debarment requirements; and
(c) Partially implements the OMB
guidance in 2 CFR 200.517 concerning
retention and access of auditors’
records.
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Administrative requirements.
(a) Requirement. A DoD Component’s
general terms and conditions must
require recipients to include in their
contracts standard administrative
requirements related to remedies,
termination, allowable costs, rights in
copyrights and data, records access and
retention, and reporting.
(b) Award terms and conditions. To
implement the requirement described in
paragraph (a) of this section, a DoD
Component’s general terms and
conditions must use the wording that
appendix C to this part provides for
Section A of PROC Article III.
§ 1132.310
National policy requirements.
(a) Requirement. A DoD Component’s
general terms and conditions must
require recipients to include provisions
in their contracts that require the
contractors to comply with applicable
national policy requirements.
(b) Award terms and conditions—(1)
General. To implement the requirement
in paragraph (a) of this section, a DoD
Component’s general terms and
conditions must use the wording that
appendix C to this part provides for
Section B of PROC Article III.
(2) Exceptions. (i) The Wage Rate
Requirements (Construction) statute (40
U.S.C. 3141–44, 3146, and 3147) does
not apply to a program carried out
through grants or cooperative
agreements unless another statute makes
it apply to that program. A DoD
Component’s general terms and
conditions therefore may not include
the provision that appendix C to this
part includes as paragraph B.2 of PROC
Article III unless another statute makes
the Wage Rate Requirements statute
apply to the program using those
general terms and conditions.
(ii) If a DoD Component determines
that any of the other national policy
requirements in Section B will not
apply to any of the awards subject to its
general terms and conditions, the DoD
Component may reserve the paragraphs
of Section B addressing those
requirements. Should a future need
arise to include the requirements in a
given award, the DoD Component may
include them as award-specific terms
and conditions.
Appendix A to Part 1132—Terms and
Conditions for PROC Article I,
‘‘Procurement Standards for States’’
Unless a DoD Component reserves the
article, as specified in § 1132.105, a DoD
Component’s general terms and conditions
must use the following wording for PROC
Article I.
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PROC Article I. Procurement Standards for
States. (December 2014)
Section A. Use of State procurement
system. Subject only to the conditions in
Sections B through D of this article, you must
use the same policies and procedures to
procure supplies, equipment, real property,
and services under this award that you use
when you procure those items for State
purposes using non-Federal funds.
Section B. Procurement of recovered
materials. You must comply with the
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
requirements described in OMB guidance in
2 CFR 200.322.
Section C. Debarment and suspension. You
must comply with restrictions on awarding
procurement transactions to excluded or
disqualified parties and other requirements
specified by OMB guidelines on
nonprocurement debarment and suspension
at 2 CFR part 180, as implemented by DoD
at 2 CFR part 1125.
Section D. Contract provisions. You must
include provisions in your procurement
transactions under this award to require the
contractors’ compliance with the
requirements specified in PROC Article III, as
applicable.
Appendix B to Part 1132—Terms and
Conditions for PROC Article II,
‘‘Procurement Standards for
Institutions of Higher Education,
Nonprofit Organizations, Local
Governments, and Indian Tribes’’
With the exception of Sections G and I,
which may be reserved as specified in
§§ 1132.210 and 1132.220, a DoD
Component’s general terms and conditions
must use the following wording for PROC
Article II.
PROC Article II. Procurement Standards for
Institutions of Higher Education, Nonprofit
Organizations, Local Governments, and
Indian Tribes. (December 2014)
Section A. General procurement standards.
1. For procurement under this award, you
must comply with the following paragraphs
of OMB guidance in 2 CFR 200.318:
a. 200.318(a) concerning documented
procurement procedures;
b. 200.318(b) concerning oversight of
contractors;
c. 200.318(c) concerning standards of
conduct and conflicts of interest;
d. 2 CFR 200.318(d) concerning purchases
of unnecessary or duplicative items;
e. 200.318(e) concerning intergovernmental
or inter-entity agreements;
f. 200.318(g) concerning value engineering;
g. 200.318(i) concerning procurement
records;
h. 200.318(j) concerning time and material
type contracts; and
i. 200.318(k) concerning settlement of
issues arising out of procurements.
2. You must do business only with
responsible contractors who are able to
perform, as described in OMB guidance in 2
CFR 200.318(h). Related to that, you must
comply with restrictions on awarding
procurement transactions to excluded or
disqualified parties and other requirements
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specified by OMB guidelines on
nonprocurement debarment and suspension
at 2 CFR part 180, as implemented by DoD
at 2 CFR part 1125.
Section B. Competition. You must award
procurement transactions under this DoD
award in accordance with the competition
requirements described in OMB guidance in
2 CFR 200.319.
Section C. Procurement methods. You
must award procurement transactions under
this award using methods described in OMB
guidance in 2 CFR 200.320.
Section D. Contracting with small and
minority businesses, women’s business
enterprises, and labor surplus area firms.
You must take the affirmative steps described
in OMB guidance in 2 CFR 200.321 when
awarding procurement transactions under
this award.
Section E. Contract cost and price. When
awarding a contract under this award, you
must follow the procedures related to costs
and price that are described in OMB
guidance in 2 CFR 200.323, using the
applicable cost principles specified in FMS
Article III.
Section F. Contract provisions. You must
include provisions in your procurement
transactions under this award to require the
contractors’ compliance with the
requirements of PROC Article III, as
applicable.
Section G. Procurement of recovered
materials. If you are a political subdivision
of a State, you must comply with the
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
requirements described in OMB guidance in
2 CFR 200.322.
Section H. Review of procurement
documents. Upon our request, you must
make available:
1. Technical specifications on proposed
procurements, as described in 2 CFR
200.324(a).
2. Pre-procurement documents for our
review, as described in 2 CFR 200.324(b)
unless you are exempt from that requirement
under 2 CFR 200.324(c).
Section I. Bonding requirements. If you
award a construction or facility improvement
contract under this award with a value in
excess of the simplified acquisition
threshold, you must comply with at least the
minimum requirements for bidders’ bid
guarantees and contractors’ performance and
payment bonds described in 2 CFR
200.325(a) through (c), unless a provision in
the award-specific terms and conditions of
this award excepts you from the requirement
based on our determination that your
bonding policy and requirements are
adequate to protect Federal interests.
Appendix C to Part 1132—Terms and
Conditions for PROC Article III,
‘‘Contract Provisions for Recipient
Procurements’’
Unless a DoD Component reserves one or
more paragraphs of Section B, as specified in
§ 1132.310, a DoD Component’s general terms
and conditions must use the following
wording for PROC Article III.
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Section A. Contract provisions for
administrative requirements.
1. Remedies. In any contract under this
award for an amount in excess of the
simplified acquisition threshold, you must
provide for administrative, contractual, or
legal remedies, including any appropriate
sanctions and penalties, when the contractor
violates or breaches the contract terms.
2. Termination. In any contract for an
amount in excess of $10,000, you must
specify conditions under which you may
terminate the contract for cause or
convenience; the procedures for termination;
and the basis to be used for settlement.
3. Allowable costs under cost-type
contracts. In any cost-type contract with an
entity, you must include a clause to permit
the entity to charge to the contract only costs
that are allowable under the cost principles
that FMS Article III identifies as applicable
to that type of entity, as supplemented by any
award-specific terms and conditions related
to allowability of costs that are included in
this award. Your contract clause may permit
the contractor to use its own cost principles
in determining the allowability of its costs
charged to the contract, as long as its cost
principles comply with those Federal cost
principles supplemented by any awardspecific terms and conditions of this award.
4. Rights in copyright and data. You must
include in each contract under this award a
provision requiring that the contractor:
a. Grant the Federal Government a royaltyfree, nonexclusive and irrevocable right to:
i. Reproduce, publish, or otherwise use for
Federal purposes any work that is subject to
copyright and that the contractor develops, or
acquires ownership of, under this award;
ii. Authorize others to reproduce, publish,
or otherwise use such work for Federal
purposes; and
b. Grant the Federal Government the right
to:
i. Obtain, reproduce, publish, or otherwise
use data produced under this award;
ii. Authorize others to receive, reproduce,
publish, or otherwise use such data for
Federal purposes; and
c. Include the Federal Government rights
described in subparagraphs 4.a. and 4.b. of
this section in any subcontracts.
5. Access to records.
a. In any negotiated, cost-type or time and
materials contract for an amount in excess of
the simplified acquisition threshold, you
must provide for access to any of the
contractor’s books, documents, papers, and
records that are directly pertinent to that
contract to enable and support audits,
examinations, excerpts, and transcriptions.
The contract provision must provide access
to those records for all of the following and
their duly authorized representatives:
i. You;
ii. Us as the Federal awarding agency,
including our Inspector General; and
iii. The Comptroller General of the United
States.
b. In any audit services contract for
performance of an audit required by the
Single Audit Act, as implemented by OMB in
Subpart F of 2 CFR part 200, you must
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documentation described in 2 CFR
200.517(b).
6. Records retention.
a. In any negotiated, cost-type or time and
materials contract for an amount in excess of
the simplified acquisition threshold, you
must provide for retention of all records that
are directly pertinent to that contract for 3
years after you make final payment and all
pending matters are closed.
b. In any audit services contract for
performance of an audit required by the
Single Audit Act, as implemented by OMB in
Subpart F of 2 CFR part 200, you must
provide for the retention of audit
documentation described in 2 CFR
200.517(a).
7. Reporting. In any contract awarded
under this award, you must include any
provision for the contractor’s reporting to you
that may be needed in order for you to meet
your requirements under this award to report
to us.
Section B. Contract provisions for national
policy requirements.
1. Equal employment opportunity. You
must include the clause provided in 41 CFR
60–1.4(b) in any ‘‘federally assisted
construction contract’’ (as defined in 41 CFR
60–1.3) under this award, unless provisions
of 41 CFR part 60–1 exempt the contract from
the requirement.
2. Wage Rate Requirements (Construction),
formerly the Davis-Bacon Act. With respect
to each construction contract for more than
$2,000 to be awarded using funding provided
under this award, you must:
a. Place in the solicitation under which the
contract will be awarded a copy of the
current prevailing wage determination issued
by the Department of Labor;
b. Condition the decision to award the
contract upon the contractor’s acceptance of
that prevailing wage determination;
c. Include in the contract the clauses
specified at 29 CFR 5.5(a) in Department of
Labor regulations at 29 CFR part 5, ‘‘Labor
Standards Provisions Applicable to Contracts
Governing Federally Financed and Assisted
Construction,’’ to require the contractor’s
compliance with the Wage Rate
Requirements (Construction), as amended (40
U.S.C. 3141–44, 3146, and 3147); and
d. Report all suspected or reported
violations to the award administration office
identified in this award.
3. Copeland Act prohibition on kickbacks.
In each contract under this award that is
subject to the Wage Rate requirements in
paragraph 2 of these provisions, you must:
a. Include a provision requiring the
contractor to comply with the anti-kickback
provisions of the Copeland Act (18 U.S.C.
874 and 40 U.S.C. 3145), as supplemented by
Department of Labor regulations at 29 CFR
part 3, ‘‘Contractors and Subcontractors on
Public Building or Public Work Financed in
Whole or in Part by Loans or Grants from the
United States.’’
b. Report all suspected or reported
violations to the award administration office
identified in the award notice cover sheet of
this award.
4. Contract Work Hours and Safety
Standards Act for work involving mechanics
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or laborers. In each contract for an amount
greater than $100,000 that involves the
employment of mechanics or laborers and is
not a type of contract excepted under 40
U.S.C. 3701, you must include the clauses
specified in Department of Labor (DoL)
regulations at 29 CFR 5.5(b) to require use of
wage standards that comply with the
Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards
Act (40 CFR, Subtitle II, Part A, Chapter 37),
as implemented by DoL at 29 CFR part 5,
‘‘Labor Standards Provisions Applicable to
Contracts Governing Federally Financed and
Assisted Construction.’’
5. Patents and inventions. If you procure
the services of a nonprofit organization, small
business firm, or other entity for the
performance of experimental, developmental
or research work, you must include in the
contract the clause prescribed in Section B of
PROP Article VI to establish contractual
requirements regarding subject inventions
resulting from the contract and provide for
Federal Government rights in those
inventions.
6. Clean air and water requirements. You
must:
a. In each contract for an amount greater
than $150,000 under this award, include a
clause requiring the contractor to comply
with applicable provisions of the Clean Air
Act (42 U.S.C. 7401–7671q), Federal Water
Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251–1387),
and standards, orders, or regulations issued
under those acts; and
b. Report any violations of the Acts,
standards, orders, or regulations to both the
award administration office identified in this
award and the appropriate regional office of
the Environmental Protection Agency.
7. Nonprocurement suspension and
debarment. Unless you have an alternate
method for requiring the contractor’s
compliance, you must include a clause in
each contract for an amount equal to or
greater than $25,000 for other than federally
required audit services and in each contract
for federally required audit services
regardless of dollar value to require the
contractor to comply with OMB guidance on
nonprocurement suspension and debarment
in 2 CFR part 180, as implemented by DoD
regulations at 2 CFR part 1125.
8. Byrd Amendment anti-lobbying
requirements. In each contract for an amount
exceeding $100,000, you must include a
clause requiring the contractor to submit to
you the certification and any disclosure
forms regarding lobbying that are required
under 31 U.S.C. 3152, as implemented by the
DoD at 32 CFR part 28.
9. Purchase of recovered materials by
States or political subdivisions of States. In
each contract under which the contractor
may purchase items designated in
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
regulations in 40 CFR part 247, subpart B,
you must include a clause requiring the
contractor to comply with applicable
requirements in those EPA regulations,
which implement Section 6002 of the
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of
1976, as amended (42 U.S.C. 6962).
10. Fly America requirements. In each
contract under which funds provided under
this award might be used for international air
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travel for the transportation of people or
property, you must include a clause requiring
the contractor to:
a. Comply with the International Air
Transportation Fair Competitive Practices
Act of 1974 (49 U.S.C. 40118, also known as
the ‘‘Fly America’’ Act), as implemented at
41 CFR 301–10.131 through 301–10.143. The
statute and regulations provide that U.S.
Government-financed international air travel
of passengers and transportation of personal
effects or property must use a U.S. Flag air
carrier or be performed under a cost-sharing
arrangement with a U.S. carrier, if such
service is available; and
b. Include the requirements of the Fly
America Act in all subcontracts that might
involve international air transportation.
11. Cargo preference for United States flag
vessels. In each contract under which
equipment, material, or commodities may be
shipped by oceangoing vessels, you must
include the clause specified in Department of
Transportation regulations at 46 CFR 381.7(b)
to require that at least 50 percent of
equipment, materials or commodities
purchased or otherwise obtained with
Federal funds under this award, and
transported by ocean vessel, be transported
on privately owned U.S.-flag commercial
vessels, if available.
PART 1134—FINANCIAL,
PROGRAMMATIC, AND PROPERTY
REPORTING: GENERAL AWARD
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Sec.
1134.1 Purpose of this part.
1134.2 Applicability of this part.
1134.3 Exceptions from requirements in
this part.
1134.4 Organization of this part.
Subpart A—Performance Management,
Monitoring, and Reporting (REP Article I)
1134.100 Purpose of REP Article I.
1134.105 Performance reporting for
construction awards.
1134.110 Performance reporting for nonconstruction awards.
1134.115 Content and forms, formats, or
data elements for interim and final
performance reporting under nonconstruction awards.
1134.120 Frequency, reporting periods, and
due dates for interim performance
reporting under non-construction
awards.
1134.125 Due dates and reporting periods
for final performance reports under nonconstruction awards.
1134.130 Requesting extensions of due
dates for performance reports.
1134.135 Reporting significant
developments.
1134.140 Performance reporting
procedures.
1134.145 Site visits.
Subpart B—Financial Reporting (REP
Article II)
1134.200 Purpose of REP Article II.
1134.205 Reporting forms, formats, or data
elements.
1134.210 Content of REP Article II.
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Article III)
1134.300 Purposes of REP Article III.
1134.305 Real property: reports,
notifications, requests, and accounting.
1134.310 Equipment and supplies: reports,
notifications, requests, and accounting.
1134.315 Federally owned property:
inventory, notifications, and requests.
1134.320 Intangible property: disclosures,
reports, and requests.
Subpart D—Reporting on Subawards and
Executive Compensation (REP Article IV)
1134.400
1134.405
Purpose of REP Article IV.
Content of REP Article IV.
Subpart E—Other Reporting (REP Article V)
1134.500 Purpose of REP Article V
1134.505 Content of REP Article V.
Appendix A to Part 1134—Terms and
conditions for REP Article I,
‘‘Performance management, monitoring,
and reporting’’
Appendix B to Part 1134—Terms and
conditions for REP Article II, ‘‘Financial
reporting’’
Appendix C to Part 1134—Terms and
conditions for REP Article III, ‘‘Reporting
on property’’
Appendix D to Part 1134—Terms and
conditions for REP Article IV, ‘‘Reporting
on subawards and executive
compensation’’
Appendix E to Part 1134—Terms and
conditions for REP Article V, ‘‘Other
reporting’’
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301 and 10 U.S.C. 113.
§ 1134.1
Purpose of this part.
(a) This part specifies standard
wording of general terms and conditions
concerning recipients’ reporting
requirements.
(b) It thereby implements OMB
guidance on reporting in 2 CFR part 170
and the following portions of 2 CFR part
200, as they relate to general terms and
conditions of grants and cooperative
agreements:
(1) 2 CFR 200.301 and 200.327
through 200.329; and
(2) 2 CFR 200.300(b) as it relates to
subaward reporting, 200.312(a) as it
relates to inventories of federally owned
property, and 200.343(a) as it relates to
financial and performance reporting.
§ 1134.2
Applicability of this part.
The types of awards and entities to
which this part and other parts in this
subchapter apply are described in the
subchapter overview at 2 CFR 1126.2.
§ 1134.3 Exceptions from requirements of
this part.
Exceptions are permitted from the
administrative requirements in this part
only as described at 2 CFR 1126.3.
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Organization of this part.
(a) The content of this part is
organized into subparts and associated
appendices.
(1) Each subpart provides direction to
DoD Components on how to construct
one article of general terms and
conditions for grants and cooperative
agreements.
(2) For each subpart, there is a
corresponding appendix with standard
wording for terms and conditions of the
article addressed by the subpart. Terms
and conditions address rights and
responsibilities of the Federal
Government and recipients.
(b) A DoD Component must use the
wording provided in each appendix in
accordance with the direction in the
corresponding subpart. That direction
may permit DoD Components to vary
from the standard wording in some
situations.
(c) Table 1 shows which article of
general terms and conditions may be
found in each of appendices A through
D to this part (with the associated
direction to DoD Components in
Subparts A through D, respectively):
TABLE 1 TO PARAGRAPH (c)
In . . .
Appendix
Appendix
Appendix
Appendix
Appendix
A
B
C
D
E
.............
.............
.............
.............
.............
You will find terms and conditions specifying recipients’ rights and responsibilities related to . . .
That would appear in an award within
REP Article . . .
Performance management, monitoring, and reporting ..........................................
Financial reporting .................................................................................................
Reporting on property ............................................................................................
Reporting on subawards and executive compensation .........................................
Other reporting .......................................................................................................
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
Subpart A—Performance Management,
Monitoring, and Reporting (REP Article
I)
§ 1134.100
Purpose of REP Article I.
REP Article I of the general terms and
conditions specifies requirements
related to recipient reporting on
program performance. It thereby
implements OMB guidance for grants
and cooperative agreements in:
(a) 2 CFR 200.328; and
(b) Portions of 2 CFR 200.301 and
200.343(a) that relate to performance
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§ 1134.105 Performance reporting for
construction awards.
(a) OMB guidance. OMB guidance in
2 CFR 200.328(c) notes that agencies
rely heavily on onsite technical
inspections and certified percentage of
completion data to monitor progress
under construction grants and
cooperative agreements and states that
agencies may require additional
performance reports only when
considered necessary.
(b) DoD implementation. DoD
Components may require performance
reports under construction awards only
when necessary and, to reduce recipient
burdens, should coordinate the
performance reporting with financial
reporting to the maximum extent
practicable.
(c) Award terms and conditions. (1) If
a DoD Component has general terms and
conditions specifically for construction
awards and does not need performance
reports for those awards, it:
(i) Should reserve Sections A through
D of REP Article I in those terms and
conditions;
(ii) Must follow the specifications in
§§ 1134.135 and 1134.145 to include the
wording appendix A to this part
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provides for Sections E and G of REP
Article I in those terms and conditions,
in order to require recipients to
promptly report significant
developments and reserve the DoD
Component’s right to make site visits.
(iii) Must follow the specifications in
§ 1134.140 to insert wording in Section
F of REP Article I in those terms and
conditions, to tell recipients where and
how to submit any reports of significant
developments.
(2) If a DoD Component has general
terms and conditions specifically for
construction awards and determines
that it needs performance reports for
those awards:
(i) It may tailor the template and
content that appendix A to this part
provides for Sections A through D of
REP Article I in those terms and
conditions, as needed to specify the
reporting requirements or, as
appropriate, instead integrate those
requirements into REP Article II on
financial reporting. The form, format, or
data elements that the DoD Component
specifies for any of those performance
reports must comply with requirements
of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
as implemented by OMB at 5 CFR part
1320, to use OMB-approved information
collections if more than 9 recipients will
be subject to the reporting requirement.
(ii) It must follow the specifications in
§§ 1134.135 through 1134.145
concerning Sections E through G of REP
Article I in those terms and conditions,
as described in paragraphs (c)(1)(ii) and
(iii) of this section.
§ 1134.110 Performance reporting for nonconstruction awards.
(a) OMB guidance. OMB guidance in
2 CFR 200.328(f) states that an agency
may waive any performance report that
it does not need.
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(b) DoD implementation—(1) Interim
reports. DoD Components should waive
requirements for interim performance
reports under non-construction awards,
including research awards, only when
program managers have an alternative
source for the information that the
reports provide in support of the need
for technical program oversight during
the period of performance.
(2) Final reports—(i) Research. DoD
Components may not waive
requirements for final performance
reports under research awards, even
when program managers have other
sources of the information they contain.
A primary purpose of a final report
under a research award is to document
the overall project or program well
enough to serve as a long-term reference
from which others may understand the
purpose, scope, approach, results or
outcomes, and conclusions or
recommendations of the research.
(ii) Non-construction awards other
than research. DoD Components should
consider the long-term value of final
performance reports for documenting
program outcomes, as well as any nearterm value, before waiving requirements
for final reports under other nonconstruction awards.
(c) Award terms and conditions.
Appendix A to this part provides a
template for REP Article I of the general
terms and conditions of research awards
or other non-construction awards under
which performance reports are required.
A DoD Component must either use the
wording that appendix A provides or
insert wording into the template, in
accordance with §§ 1134.115 through
1134.145, to:
(1) Specify the content and form,
format, or data elements recipients must
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use for interim and final performance
reporting (see § 1134.115);
(2) Specify the reporting frequency,
reporting periods, and due dates for
interim performance reports (see
§ 1134.120);
(3) Specify the due dates and
reporting periods for final performance
reports (see § 1134.125);
(4) Specify that recipients may request
extensions of due dates for performance
reports (see § 1134.130);
(5) Require recipients to report
significant developments (see
§ 1134.135);
(6) Specify reporting procedures (see
§ 1134.140); and
(7) Reserve the DoD Component’s
right to make site visits (see § 1134.145).
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§ 1134.115 Content and forms, formats, or
data elements for interim and final
performance reporting under nonconstruction awards.
(a) OMB guidance. OMB guidance in:
(1) 2 CFR 200.301 and 200.328(b)(2)
state that Federal awarding agencies
must require recipients to use standard
OMB-approved information collections
for reporting performance information.
(2) 2 CFR 200.328(b)(2)(i) through (iii)
list types of information that
performance reports under nonconstruction grants and cooperative
agreements will contain, as appropriate,
unless other collections are approved by
OMB.
(b) DoD implementation. (1) The
content of the information collections
that a DoD Component’s general terms
and conditions specify for nonconstruction awards must include the
elements listed in 2 CFR 200.328(b)(2)(i)
through (iii) that are appropriate to the
projects or programs subject to those
general terms and conditions.
(2) Forms, formats, and data elements
that a DoD Component’s general terms
and conditions specify for performance
reporting under non-construction
awards must comply with requirements
of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
to use OMB-approved information
collections, as implemented by OMB at
5 CFR part 1320.
(3) To the maximum extent
practicable, a DoD Component’s general
terms and conditions for nonconstruction awards must specify that
recipients use Governmentwide
standard forms, formats, and data
elements that also are used by other
Federal agencies for similar programs,
recipients, and types of awards (e.g., the
Research Performance Progress Report
format or any successor to it that OMB
clears for interim performance progress
reports under research awards to
institutions of higher education and
nonprofit organizations).
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(c) Award terms and conditions. To
implement the provisions of paragraphs
(a) and (b) of this section, a DoD
Component must insert wording in lieu
of the reserved Section A of REP Article
I of its general terms and conditions for
non-construction awards to specify the
form, format, or data elements that
recipients must use for interim and final
performance reports. Section A of REP
Article I may specify a different
requirement for final performance
reports than interim reports.
§ 1134.120 Frequency, reporting periods,
and due dates for interim performance
reporting under non-construction awards.
(a) OMB guidance. OMB guidance in
2 CFR 200.328(b)(1) addresses
performance reporting frequency under
grants and cooperative agreements and
due dates.
(1) Reporting frequency. The OMB
guidance states that interim
performance reports should be no less
frequent than annually, nor more
frequent than quarterly except in
unusual circumstances (e.g., when more
frequent reporting is necessary for
effective program monitoring).
(2) Due dates. The OMB guidance
states that due dates for interim
performance reports must be:
(i) 30 calendar days after the end of
the reporting period if interim reports
are required quarterly or semiannually;
and
(ii) 90 calendar days after the end of
the reporting period if interim reports
are required annually, unless the agency
elects to require the annual reports
before the anniversary dates of
multiyear awards.
(b) DoD implementation. DoD
implements the OMB guidance in 2 CFR
200.328(b)(1) concerning frequency and
due dates of interim performance
reports through award terms and
conditions, with the following
clarifications and added specifications
concerning reporting periods:
(1) Reporting frequency. DoD
Components rarely, if ever, should
require recipients to submit interim
performance reports more often than
annually for basic research awards.
Before requiring interim performance
reports more frequently than annually
for other research awards, DoD
Components should carefully consider
whether the benefits of more frequent
reporting are sufficient to offset the
potential for slowing the rate of research
progress, due to diversion of
researchers’ time from research
performance to report preparation.
(2) Reporting periods. For research
awards, a DoD Component should not
require any recipient to submit interim
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performance reports on a cumulative
basis—i.e., the second and any
subsequent performance report should
address only the most recent reporting
period and not also address previous
reporting periods covered by earlier
interim performance reports.
(3) Due dates. If a DoD Component
requires an interim report more
frequently than quarterly due to unusual
circumstances, as described in 2 CFR
200.328(a)(1) and paragraph (a)(1) of
this section, the DoD Component must
specify that the due date for the report
is 30 days after the end of the reporting
period. For all other interim reports,
DoD Components must specify due
dates in accordance with paragraph
(a)(2) of this section.
(c) Award terms and conditions. A
DoD Component must insert wording in
lieu of the reserved Section B of REP
Article I of its general terms and
conditions for non-construction awards
to specify:
(1) The frequency with which
recipients must submit interim
performance reports;
(2) The reporting period each interim
performance report must cover; and
(3) The due date for each interim
performance report, stated as the
number of calendar days after the end
of the reporting period.
§ 1134.125 Due dates and reporting
periods for final performance reports under
non-construction awards.
(a) OMB guidance. OMB guidance in
2 CFR 200.328(b)(1) states that each
final performance report will be due 90
calendar days after the end date of the
period of performance. It also states that
an agency may extend the due date if a
recipient submits a justified request.
(b) DoD implementation—(1) Due
dates. Consistent with 2 CFR
200.328(b)(1):
(i) General. A DoD Component’s
general terms and conditions must
specify that the due date for each
recipient’s submission of its final
performance report is:
(A) 90 calendar days after the end of
the period of performance for nonconstruction awards other than
research.
(B) 120 calendar days after the end of
the period of performance for research
awards.
(ii) Exception. A DoD Component may
pre-approve a 30-day extension to the
due date in its general terms and
conditions for non-construction awards
other than research by specifying that
each recipient’s final performance
report is due 120 calendar days after the
end of the period of performance. Doing
so would be especially helpful to
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recipients that have subawards and
need time to assimilate subrecipient
inputs into the final report for the
project or program as a whole.
(2) Reporting periods—(i) Nonconstruction awards other than
research. A DoD Component’s general
terms and conditions for nonconstruction awards other than research
may require each recipient to submit a
final report that is cumulative and
covers the entire period of performance,
as that may more effectively document
the project or program for future
reference.
(ii) Research. Final reports for
research awards must be cumulative
(i.e., each final report must cover the
entire period of performance under the
award and not just the period since the
previous interim performance report)
because a primary purpose of a final
report for a research award is to
document the overall project or
program, as described in
§ 1134.110(b)(2).
(c) Award terms and conditions. To
implement the provisions of paragraphs
(a) and (b) of this section, a DoD
Component in its general terms and
conditions for non-construction awards:
(1) Must either:
(i) Specify that the due date for final
performance reports is either 90 or 120
calendar days after the end of the period
of performance, as indicated in
paragraph (b)(1)(i), by including the
wording that appendix A to this part
provides for paragraph C.1 of REP
Article I and modifying the bracketed
language in that wording by removing
the brackets and showing only the
number of days (i.e., 90 or 120 calendar
days) appropriate for the type of awards;
or
(ii) Pre-approve a 30-day extension to
the 90 calendar day due date, as
described in paragraph (b)(1)(ii) of this
section for non-construction awards
other than research, by including the
wording that appendix A to this part
provides for paragraph C.1 of REP
Article I and modifying the bracketed
language in that wording by removing
the brackets and showing only ‘‘120
calendar days’’ in lieu of ‘‘90 calendar
days.’’
(2) Must insert wording in lieu of the
reserved paragraph C.2 of REP Article I,
to specify the reporting period for final
reports (e.g., that research awards
require cumulative final reports).
§ 1134.130 Requesting extensions of due
dates for performance reports.
(a) OMB guidance. OMB guidance in
2 CFR 200.328(b)(1) states that, if a
recipient submits a justified request for
an extension in the due date for any
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interim or final performance report
under a grant or cooperative agreement,
an agency may extend the due date.
(b) DoD implementation. A DoD
Component’s general terms and
conditions for non-construction awards
must specify that a recipient may
request an extension of the due date for
interim or final performance reports.
DoD Components should grant requests
that provide adequate justification. For
a DoD Component that pre-approves a
30-day extension of due dates for final
performance reports in its general terms
and conditions, as described in
§ 1134.125(b)(1)(ii) and (c)(1)(ii), any
award-specific extensions would be
beyond the pre-approved 30-day
extension.
(c) Award terms and conditions. To
implement the provisions of paragraphs
(a) and (b) of this section, a DoD
Component’s general terms and
conditions for non-construction awards
must include the wording that appendix
A to this part provides for Section D of
REP Article I on extensions of
performance reporting due dates.
§ 1134.135 Reporting significant
developments.
(a) OMB guidance. OMB guidance in
2 CFR 200.328(d) states that a recipient
must promptly notify the awarding
agency about significant developments
under grants and cooperative
agreements.
(b) DoD implementation. A DoD
Component’s general terms and
conditions must require recipients to
report significant developments, as
described in 2 CFR 200.328(d).
(c) Award terms and conditions. A
DoD Component’s general terms and
conditions must include the wording
that appendix A to this part provides for
Section E of REP Article I on reporting
of significant developments.
§ 1134.140 Performance reporting
procedures.
(a) Requirement. A DoD Component’s
general terms and conditions must
inform recipients about performance
reporting procedures.
(b) Award terms and conditions. To
implement the requirement of paragraph
(a) of this section, a DoD Component in
its general terms and conditions must
insert wording in Section F of REP
Article I (which is reserved in the
template for REP Article I that appendix
A to this part provides), to specify:
(1) The office or offices to which a
recipient must submit its interim and
final performance reports, any requests
in due dates for those reports, and any
reports of significant developments; and
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(2) How the recipient is to submit
those reports and requests (e.g., email or
other electronic submission method).
(3) For research awards, component
must assure that the recipient final
report complies with the distribution
and marking requirements of DoD
Manual 3200.14, Volume 1. This
includes the requirement that all
significant scientific or technological
findings, recommendations, and results
derived from DoD endeavors—which
shall include the final performance
report at a minimum—are recorded and
provided to Defense Technical
Information Center (DTIC). Follow
guidance in (b)(1) to inform recipients
as the submission and distribution
requirements (i.e. Component may
choose to receive the report and submit
to DTIC themselves or provide
instructions to recipient on submission
to DTIC).
(4) Access to Research Results
(i) For purposes of this term and
condition, the following definition
applies:
Final Peer-Reviewed Manuscript: The
final version of a peer-reviewed article
for a professional journal publication
disclosing the results of scientific
research which is authored or coauthored by the recipient or funded, in
whole or in part, with funds from a DoD
award, that includes all modifications
from the publishing peer review
process, and all graphics and
supplemental material associated with
the article.
(ii) The recipient shall ensure that any
Final Peer-Reviewed Manuscript is
submitted to the Defense Technical
Information Center (DTIC) repository,
currently at www.dtic.mil. Ensure that
the Final Peer-Reviewed Manuscript is
submitted when it is accepted for
publication, and when the final title and
date of publication are known.
§ 1134.145
Site visits.
(a) OMB guidance. OMB guidance in
2 CFR 200.328(e) states that a Federal
awarding agency may make site visits as
warranted by program needs.
(b) DoD implementation. A DoD
Component’s general terms and
conditions must state that the Federal
Government reserves the right to make
site visits as warranted.
(c) Award terms and conditions. A
DoD Component’s general terms and
conditions must include the wording
that appendix A to this part provides for
Section G of REP Article I concerning
site visits.
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Subpart B—Financial Reporting (REP
Article II)
§ 1134.200
Purpose of REP Article II.
REP Article II of the general terms and
conditions specifies requirements
related to financial reporting. It thereby
implements OMB guidance in 2 CFR
200.327 and the portions of 2 CFR
200.301 and 200.343(a) that are specific
to financial reporting under grants and
cooperative agreements.
§ 1134.205 Reporting forms, formats, or
data elements.
(a) OMB guidance. OMB guidance in
2 CFR 200.327 states that Federal
awarding agencies may require
recipients to use only the standard
OMB-approved Governmentwide data
elements for collection of financial
information, unless OMB approves
other forms, formats, or data elements
for financial information collection.
(b) DoD implementation. DoD
Components must collect financial
information from recipients using OMBapproved forms, formats, or data
elements.
(1) Unless current approvals expire,
approved financial information
collections include the Federal
Financial Report (SF–425) and Request
for Advance or Reimbursement (SF–
270). In the future, they would include
any additional information collections
that OMB approves.
(2) For all but the recipient’s final
financial report, a DoD Component may
rely on financial information the
recipient provides on the SF–270 or
other OMB-approved payment request
form, format, or data elements if that
financial information is sufficient to
meet the DoD Component’s needs. For
the final report, the DoD Component
must require the recipient to use the
SF–425 or other OMB-approved
financial information collection.
(3) A DoD Component must obtain
approval for any variations from OMBapproved forms or formats, including
use of additional or substitute data
elements or modification of the
associated instructions for recipient
entities submitting the information.
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§ 1134.210
Content of REP Article II.
(a) Requirement. A DoD Component’s
general terms and conditions must
specify what financial information
recipients are required to report and
how often, when, where, and how they
must report.
(b) Award terms and conditions—(1)
General. Appendix B to this part
provides a template into which a DoD
Component must insert wording to
specify the form, format, or data
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elements recipients must use for
financial reporting; the frequency,
reporting periods, and due dates for
their financial reports (stated as the
number of days after the end of the
reporting period); and where and how
they must submit the information.
(2) Required reporting form, format, or
data elements for interim and final
financial reports. In Section A of REP
Article II, which is reserved in appendix
B to this part, a DoD Component must
insert wording to specify the OMBapproved form, format, or data elements
that recipients must use for financial
reporting and the website where they
can be found. The section may provide
a different requirement for final
financial reports than interim reports
during the period of performance if the
DoD Component needs less information
on interim reports than is needed on the
final report.
(3) Interim financial reports:
Frequency, reporting periods, and due
dates. In Section B of REP Article II,
which is reserved in appendix B to this
part, a DoD Component must insert
wording to specify the frequency with
which recipients must submit interim
financial reports, as well as the
reporting period each report must cover
and when it is due. However, this
section of the article may waive interim
reporting requirements if the DoD
Component relies on information
already provided with payment requests
(e.g., on the SF–270).
(i) Consistent with OMB guidance in
2 CFR 200.327, the reporting frequency
may be no less often than annually and
no more frequently than quarterly
except in unusual circumstances (e.g., a
need for more frequent reporting for
monitoring program performance, in
which case financial reporting should
be coordinated with performance
reporting).
(ii) The reporting frequency, reporting
periods, and due dates must conform
with any guidance on those aspects of
financial reporting in the OMBapproved instructions accompanying
the form, format, or data elements used.
(iii) When a DoD Component’s general
terms and conditions provide for
advance payments based on
predetermined schedules—which is
very rarely if ever appropriate for
research awards—the terms and
conditions must provide for quarterly
reporting. This will enable post-award
administrators to closely monitor
recipients’ balances of cash on hand for
compliance with Governmentwide cash
management standards.
(4) Final financial report. Appendix B
to this part provides wording for Section
C of REP Article II to implement OMB
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guidance in 2 CFR 200.343(a) as it
applies to final financial reports. Given
that 2 CFR part 200 provides 90 days for
subrecipients to liquidate subaward
obligations and submit their final
financial reports to recipients, the
wording in appendix B gives recipients
120 days to submit final financial
reports to DoD post-award
administration offices. That provides a
reasonable amount of time for recipients
to incorporate any information they
need from final subaward reports. A
DoD Component may alter the wording
or supplement it if the DoD Component
has a basis to do so in a statute or a
regulation published in the Code of
Federal Regulations.
(5) Extensions of due dates. A DoD
Component’s general terms and
conditions must include the wording for
Section D of REP Article II that
appendix B to this part provides to
authorize recipients to request
extensions of due dates for interim or
final financial reports.
(6) Where and how to submit financial
reports. In Section E of REP Article II,
which is reserved in appendix B to this
part, a DoD Component must insert
wording to specify the DoD official or
office to whom a recipient must submit
its interim and final financial reports
and the method it must use to do so
(e.g., email or other electronic
submission method).
Subpart C—Reporting on Property
(REP Article III)
§ 1134.300
Purposes of REP Article III.
REP Article III of the general terms
and conditions provides a consolidated
source that sets out required reports,
notifications, requests, and accountings
related to federally owned property and
property that is acquired or improved
under awards. The article is:
(a) The original source of
requirements for recipients to:
(1) Submit periodic status reports and
notifications of critical changes for real
property (in paragraphs A.1 and A.2 of
the article), which thereby implements
OMB guidance in 2 CFR 200.329;
(2) Submit an annual inventory of
federally owned property (in paragraph
C.1 of the article), which thereby
partially implements OMB guidance in
2 CFR 200.312(a);
(3) Provide information on request
about copyrighted works and data
produced under awards (in paragraph
D.2 of the article).
(b) A secondary source provided for
the convenience of recipients and DoD
post-award administrators that lists and
refers to the original sources of
requirements for recipients to:
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(1) Request disposition instructions
and account at closeout for real property
(in paragraphs A.3 and A.4 of the
article), the original sources of which
are in PROP Article III and OAR Article
VI;
(2) Provide notifications of loss,
damage, or theft and requests for
disposition instructions for equipment
(in paragraphs B.2 and B.3 of the
article), the original sources of which
are in PROP Articles II and IV,
respectively;
(3) Account at closeout for equipment
and supplies (in paragraph B.4 of the
article), the original sources of which
are in OAR Article VI and PROP Article
IV;
(4) Provide notifications of loss,
damage, or theft and requests for
disposition instructions for federally
owned property (in paragraphs C.2 and
C.3 of the article), the original sources
of which are in PROP Articles II and V,
respectively;
(5) Disclose and report on inventions
developed under awards (in paragraph
D.1), the original source of which is in
PROP Article VI; and
(6) Request disposition instructions
for intangible property acquired, but not
developed or produced, under awards
(in paragraph D.3 of the article), the
original source of which is in PROP
Article VI.
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§ 1134.305 Real property: reports,
notifications, requests, and accounting.
(a) Requirement. A DoD Component’s
general terms and conditions must
specify the real property reporting
requirements described in
§ 1134.300(a)(1) and provide references
to the related requirements described in
§ 1134.300(b)(1).
(b) Award terms and conditions. To
implement the requirement described in
paragraph (a) of this section, the
wording of Section A of REP Article III
of a DoD Component’s general terms
and conditions must comply with either
paragraph (b)(1) or (b)(2) of this section.
(1) General. Unless a DoD Component
determines that there will be no
acquisition or improvement of real
property under awards using its general
terms and conditions, those general
terms and conditions must include the
wording appendix C to this part
provides for Section A of REP Article III,
to which the DoD Component:
(i) Must add wording in lieu of the
reserved paragraph A.1.a to specify how
often a recipient must submit periodic
status reports and how long it is
required to do so (which should be the
duration of the Federal interest in the
real property). The wording of
paragraph A.1.a must be consistent with
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OMB guidance in 2 CFR 200.329, which
provides different options for reporting
frequency depending on the duration of
the Federal interest in the real property.
(ii) Must add wording in lieu of the
reserved paragraph A.1.b to specify the
due date for each periodic status report
in terms of the number of calendar days
after the end of the period covered by
the report (e.g., a report on the status of
the property as of September 30 might
be due 30 calendar days after that date).
(iii) May provide wording in lieu of
the reserved paragraph A.1.c if there are
other instructions—e.g., a form, format,
or information elements that a recipient
must use (which must be cleared by
OMB under the Paperwork Reduction
Act, as implemented by OMB at 5 CFR
part 1320) or a particular office to which
reports must be submitted, especially if
reporting will continue beyond closeout
of the award under which the real
property was acquired or improved.
(2) Exception. A DoD Component may
reserve Section A of REP Article III if it
determines that there will be no
acquisition or improvement of real
property under awards using its general
terms and conditions.
§ 1134.310 Equipment and supplies:
reports, notifications, requests, and
accounting.
(a) Requirement. REP Article III of a
DoD Component’s general terms and
conditions must clarify that there is no
requirement for routine periodic
reporting about equipment acquired
under an award and provide the
references described in § 1134.300(b)(2)
and (3) to requirements in other articles
for notifications, requests, and
accounting related to equipment and
supplies.
(b) Award terms and conditions. To
implement the requirement described in
paragraph (a) of this section, a DoD
Component’s general terms and
conditions must use the wording
appendix C to this part provides for
Section B of REP Article III.
§ 1134.315 Federally owned property:
inventory, notifications, and requests.
(a) Requirement. REP Article III of a
DoD Component’s general terms and
conditions must specify the reporting
requirement described in
§ 1134.300(a)(2) and provide the
references described in § 1134.300(b)(4)
to requirements in other articles for
notifications and requests related to
federally owned property.
(b) Policy. (1) Except as provided by
statute or in regulations adopted in the
Code of Federal Regulations after
opportunity for public comment, a DoD
Component may not specify:
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(i) Due dates for the annual
inventories of federally owned property;
or
(ii) Forms, formats, or specific data
elements for the inventories,
notifications, or requests for disposition
instructions. Any form, format, or data
elements that a DoD Component
specifies must be cleared by OMB under
the Paperwork Reduction Act, as
implemented by OMB at 5 CFR part
1320.
(2) Not specifying due dates, forms,
formats, or data elements provides
flexibility for recipients and DoD postaward administrators to handle these
requirements in ways that reduce
burdens and costs. For example, a
recipient may arrange with a post-award
administration office to submit one
consolidated inventory annually for
federally owned property under all of
the awards it receives that are
administered by that office, using a
format its property management system
already generates.
(c) Award terms and conditions—(1)
General. To implement the requirement
described in paragraph (a) of this
section, a DoD Component’s general
terms and conditions must use the
wording appendix C to this part
provides for Section C of REP Article III.
The DoD Component may add wording
on due dates or on forms, formats, or
data elements only as provided in
paragraph (b) of this section.
(2) Exception. A DoD Component may
reserve Section C of REP Article III if it
determines that no recipients of awards
using its general terms and conditions,
or subrecipients of subawards under
those awards, will be accountable for
federally owned property under those
awards or subawards.
§ 1134.320 Intangible property:
disclosures, reports, and requests.
(a) Requirement. REP Article III of a
DoD Component’s general terms and
conditions must specify the requirement
described in § 1134.300(a)(3) and
provide the references described in
§ 1134.300(b)(5) and (6) to requirements
in other articles for disclosures, reports,
and requests related to intangible
property.
(b) Award terms and conditions—(1)
General. To implement the requirement
described in paragraph (a) of this
section, a DoD Component’s general
terms and conditions must use the
wording appendix C to this part
provides for Section D of REP Article III.
(2) Exceptions. A DoD Component
may reserve:
(i) Section D of REP Article III if it
determines that no recipients of awards
using its general terms and conditions,
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or subrecipients of subawards under
those awards, will have any intangible
property for which they will be
accountable to the Federal Government;
or
(ii) Any of paragraphs D.1 through
D.3, if it determines that no recipients
of awards using its general terms and
conditions, or subrecipients of
subawards under those awards, will be
accountable to the Federal Government
for the particular types of intangible
property addressed by those paragraphs.
Subpart D—Reporting on Subawards
and Executive Compensation (REP
Article IV)
§ 1134.400
Purpose of REP Article IV.
REP Article IV of the general terms
and conditions specifies requirements
for recipients to report information
about subawards and executive
compensation.
§ 1134.405
Content of REP Article IV.
(a) Source of the reporting
requirements. The requirements for
recipients to report information about
subawards and executive compensation
originate in the Federal Funding
Accountability and Transparency Act of
2006, as amended (31 U.S.C. 6101 note).
OMB guidance at 2 CFR part 170
implements those statutory
requirements and appendix A to that
part provides standard Governmentwide
wording of an award provision.
(b) Award terms and conditions. To
implement the reporting requirements
described in paragraph (a) of this
section, a DoD Component’s general
terms and conditions must use the
wording appendix E to this part
provides as REP Article IV.
Subpart E—Other Reporting (REP
Article V)
§ 1134.500
Purpose of REP Article V.
REP Article V of the general terms and
conditions specifies requirements for
recipients to provide any type of report
not addressed in REP Articles I–IV.
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Content of REP Article V.
(a) Source of reporting requirement.
Any requirement in a DoD Component’s
general terms and conditions for
recipients to provide a type of report not
addressed in REP Articles I–IV must:
(1) Have a basis in a statute or
regulation adopted in the Federal
Register after an opportunity for public
comment; and
(2) Use a form/format that has been
approved by OMB under the PRA, as
implemented by OMB in 5 CFR part
1320.
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(b) Award terms and conditions. (1)
To implement any reporting
requirement described in paragraph (a)
of this section, a DoD Component’s
general terms and conditions must
include the following content in REP
Article V, consistent with the PRA
approval. Otherwise, REP Article V
must be reserved.
(a) The name of the report and where
a recipient can obtain it;
(b) For an interim report, the
frequency with which it must be
submitted and due date(s);
(c) For a final report, whether the
report is due 90 days or, if the DoD
Component has pre-approved a 30-day
extension, 120 days after the end of the
period of performance; and
(d) To what DoD office/official the
report(s) must be submitted.
(2) If there is more than one such
report, the DoD Component must show
the information for each in separate
sections of the article.
Appendix A to Part 1134—Terms and
Conditions for REP Article I,
‘‘Performance Management,
Monitoring, and Reporting’’
For the general terms and conditions of
construction awards, unless a DoD
Component reserves any sections or inserts
or modifies wording, as specified in
§ 1134.105 for Sections A through D of the
article, a DoD Component’s general terms and
conditions must use the following wording
for REP Article I.
For the general terms and conditions of
non-construction awards (§§ 1134.115
through 1134.145), a DoD Component must
use the following wording for REP Article I
and, as specified in §§ 1134.115 through
1134.125 and § 1134.140, insert or modify
wording, depending on whether the terms
and conditions are for research and/or other
non-construction awards.
REP Article I. Performance Management,
Monitoring, and Reporting. (DECEMBER
2014)
Section A. Required reporting form, format,
or data elements for interim and final
performance reports. [Reserved.]
Section B. Frequency, reporting periods,
and due dates for interim performance
reports. [Reserved.]
Section C. Due date and reporting period
for final performance report.
1. Due date. You must submit the final
performance report under this award no later
than [90 calendar days for non-construction
awards other than research or 120 calendar
days for research awards] after the end date
of the period of performance unless we
approve an extension of that due date as
described in Section D of this article.
2. Reporting period. [Reserved.]
Section D. Extensions of due dates. You
may request extensions of the due dates that
Sections B and C of this Article specify for
interim and final reports, respectively. You
must provide the reasons for your request
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and we will approve extensions that are
adequately justified.
Section E. Reporting significant
developments. You must report the following
information to us as soon as you become
aware of it:
1. Problems, delays, or adverse conditions
that will materially impair your ability to
meet the objectives of this award. This
disclosure must include a statement of the
action taken, or contemplated, and any
assistance needed to resolve the situation.
2. Favorable developments which will
enable you to meet schedules and objectives
sooner or at less cost than anticipated or
produce more or different beneficial results
than originally planned.
Section F. Performance reporting
procedures. [Reserved.]
Section G. Site visits. We reserve the right
to make site visits as warranted to monitor
program performance under this award.
Appendix B to Part 1134—Terms and
Conditions for REP Article II,
‘‘Financial Reporting’’
A DoD Component must in its general
terms and conditions complete the template
provided in this appendix for Sections A, B,
and E of REP Article II by inserting or
modifying wording, as specified in
§ 1134.210, and use the following wording
for Sections C (unless alternate wording is
permitted by § 1134.210) and D of the article.
REP Article II. Financial Reporting.
(DECEMBER 2014)
Section A. Required reporting form, format,
or data elements for interim and final
financial reports. [Reserved.]
Section B. Interim financial reports:
Frequency, reporting periods, and due dates.
[Reserved.]
Section C. Final financial report. You must
submit the final financial report under this
award no later than 120 calendar days after
the end date of the period of performance.
Section D. Extensions of due dates. You
may request extensions of the due dates that
Sections B and C of this Article specify for
interim and final reports, respectively. You
must provide the reasons for your request,
and we will approve extensions that are
adequately justified.
Section E. Where and how to submit
financial reports. [Reserved.]
Appendix C to Part 1134—Terms and
Conditions for REP Article III,
‘‘Reporting on Property’’
Unless a DoD Component reserves REP
Article III in its entirety as specified in
§ 1134.305, or reserves Sections C or D (or
any paragraph in those sections) as specified
in §§ 1134.315 and 1134.320, a DoD
Component’s general terms and conditions
must include a completed Section A (as
specified in § 1134.305) and use the
following wording for the remainder of REP
Article III.
REP Article III. Reporting on Property
(DECEMBER 2014)
Section A. Real property. Paragraphs A.1
through A.4 apply to real property for which
you are accountable under this award, for as
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long as there is a Federal interest in the
property (whether that interest is due to you
or a subrecipient having acquired or
improved the property under this award, or
a transfer of the accountability for the
property to this award from another award).
1. Periodic status reports. You must submit
periodic status reports, as follows:
a. Frequency and duration of reporting
requirement. [Reserved.]
b. Due dates. [Reserved.]
c. Other submission instructions.
[Reserved.]
2. Notifications of critical changes. You
must notify the award administration office
of any critical change in the status of real
property as soon as feasible after you become
aware of it. A critical change is any event
with a significant adverse impact on the
condition or value of the property, such as
damage due to fire; flood, hurricane, or other
severe weather; earthquake; or accident.
3. Requests for disposition instructions.
You must comply with applicable
requirements in PROP Article III to request
disposition instructions, either during the
period of performance or at closeout.
4. Closeout accounting. You must account
to the award administration office for real
property at the time of closeout of the award,
as required by Section D of OAR Article VI.
Section B. Equipment and supplies.
Paragraphs B.1 through B.4 apply to
equipment or supplies for which you are
accountable under this award and in which
there is a Federal interest (whether that
interest is due to you or a subrecipient
having acquired or improved the property
under this award, or a transfer of the
accountability for the property to this award
from another award).
1. Periodic status report. There is no
requirement for periodic reporting during the
period of performance.
2. Notifications of loss, damage, or theft.
You must comply with applicable
requirements in PROP Article II governing
your property management system to
promptly notify the award administration
office of any loss, damage, or theft of
equipment.
3. Requests for disposition instructions.
You must comply with applicable
requirements in PROP Article IV to request
disposition instructions for equipment, either
during the period of performance or at
closeout.
4. Closeout accounting.
a. Equipment. You must account to the
award administration office for equipment at
the time of closeout of this award, as required
by Section D of OAR Article VI.
b. Supplies. If you have a residual
inventory of unused supplies that meets the
criteria specified in paragraph E.2 of PROP
Article IV, you must as part of your closeout
accounting arrange with the award
administration office for the compensation
that paragraph specifies for the Federal
interest in the supplies.
Section C. Federally owned property.
Paragraphs C.1 through C.3 apply to federally
owned property for which you are
accountable under this award.
1. Annual inventory. You must submit
annually to the award administration office
an inventory of federally owned property.
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2. Notifications of loss, damage, or theft.
As provided in PROP Article II governing
your property management system, you must
promptly notify the award administration
office of any loss, damage, or theft of
federally owned property.
3. Requests for disposition instructions.
You must comply with requirements in
Section B of PROP Article V to request
disposition instructions, either during the
period of performance or at closeout.
4. Closeout accounting. Your requests for
disposition instructions for federally owned
property, as described in paragraph C.3 of
this section, satisfy the need to account for
federally owned property at closeout (see
Section D of OAR Article VI).
Section D. Intangible property. Paragraphs
D.1 through D.3 apply to intangible property
for which you are accountable under this
award.
1. Inventions developed under the award.
You must submit all reports on subject
inventions developed under this award that
are required by the modified
Governmentwide patent rights award
provision specified in Section B of PROP
Article VI, which include a disclosure of
each subject invention and a final report
listing all such subject inventions.
2. Copyrights and data. You are not
required to submit periodic reports about
data produced under the award or about
works for which you acquired ownership
under this award, either by development or
otherwise, and in which copyright was
asserted. However, because of the DoD/
Federal Government’s rights in the works and
data that Sections A and C of PROP Article
VI specify, you must provide information
about the works and data if we request it.
3. Intangible property acquired, but not
developed or produced, under the award.
You must comply with requirements in
Section D of PROP Article VI to request
disposition instructions for intangible
property acquired, but not developed or
produced, under the award.
Appendix D to Part 1134—Terms and
Conditions for REP Article IV, ‘‘Reporting on
Subawards and Executive Compensation’’
As specified in § 1134.405, a DoD
Component’s general terms and conditions
must use the following wording for REP
Article IV.
REP Article IV. Reporting on Subawards and
Executive Compensation (DECEMBER 2014)
You must report information about
subawards and executive compensation as
specified in the award provision in appendix
A to 2 CFR part 170, ‘‘Reporting subaward
and executive compensation information,’’
modified as follows:
1. To accommodate any future designation
of a different Governmentwide website for
reporting subaward information, the website
‘‘https://www.fsrs.gov’’ cited in paragraphs
a.2.i. and a.3 of the award provision is
replaced by the phrase ‘‘https://www.fsrs.gov
or successor OMB-designated website for
reporting subaward information’’;
2. To accommodate any future designation
of a different Governmentwide website for
reporting executive compensation
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information, the website ‘‘https://
www.sam.gov’’ cited in paragraph b.2.i. of the
award provision is replaced by the phrase
‘‘https://www.sam.gov or successor OMBdesignated website for reporting information
on total compensation’’; and
3. The reference to ‘‘Sec. l.210 of the
attachment to OMB Circular A–133, ‘Audits
of States, Local Governments, and Non-Profit
Organizations’ ’’ in paragraph e.3.ii of the
award provision is replaced by ‘‘2 CFR
200.330, as implemented in SUB Article I of
this award’’.
Appendix E to Part 1134—Terms and
Conditions for REP Article V, ‘‘Other
Reporting’’
In accordance with § 1134.505 of this part,
a DoD Component’s general terms and
conditions must either reserve REP Article V
or provide the information required by that
section for each applicable report.
REP Article V. Other Reporting. (Date)
[Reserved.]
PART 1136—OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE
REQUIREMENTS: GENERAL AWARD
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Sec.
1136.1 Purpose of this part.
1136.2 Applicability of this part.
1136.3 Exceptions from requirements of
this part.
1136.4 Organization of this part.
Subpart A—Submitting and Maintaining
Recipient Information (OAR Article I)
1136.100
1136.105
Purpose of OAR Article I.
Content of OAR Article I.
Subpart B—Records Retention and Access
(OAR Article II)
1136.200 Purpose of OAR Article II.
1136.205 Records retention period.
1136.210 Extensions of retention period
due to litigation, claim, or audit.
1136.215 Records for program income
earned after the end of the performance
period.
1136.220 Records for joint or long-term use.
1136.225 Methods for collecting,
transmitting, and storing information.
1136.230 Access to records.
Subpart C—Remedies and Termination
(OAR Article III)
1136.300
1136.305
Purpose of OAR Article III.
Content of OAR Article III.
Subpart D—Claims, Disputes, and Appeals
(OAR Article IV)
1136.400
1136.405
Purpose of OAR Article IV.
Content of OAR Article IV.
Subpart E—Collection of Amounts Due
(OAR Article V)
1136.500
1136.505
Purpose of OAR Article V.
Content of OAR Article V.
Subpart F—Closeout (OAR Article VI)
1136.600
1136.605
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Subpart G—Post-Closeout Adjustments and
Continuing Responsibilities (OAR Article
VII)
1136.700 Purpose of OAR Article VII.
1136.705 Content of OAR Article VII.
Appendix A to Part 1136—Terms and
conditions for OAR Article I,
‘‘Submitting and maintaining recipient
information’’
Appendix B to Part 1136—Terms and
conditions for OAR Article II, ‘‘Records
retention and access’’
Appendix C to Part 1136—Terms and
conditions for OAR Article III,
‘‘Remedies and termination’’
Appendix D to Part 1136—Terms and
conditions for OAR Article IV, ‘‘Claims,
disputes, and appeals’’
Appendix E to Part 1136—Terms and
conditions for OAR Article V,
‘‘Collection of amounts due’’
Appendix F to Part 1136—Terms and
conditions for OAR Article VI,
‘‘Closeout’’
Appendix G to Part 1136—Terms and
conditions for OAR Article VII, ‘‘Postcloseout adjustments and continuing
responsibilities’’
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301 and 10 U.S.C. 113.
§ 1136.1
Purpose of this part.
(a) This part specifies standard
wording of general terms and conditions
concerning submission and
maintenance of recipient information;
records retention and access; remedies
for noncompliance and termination;
claims, disputes, and appeals; collection
of amounts due; closeout; and after-theaward requirements.
(b) It thereby implements OMB
guidance for grants and cooperative
agreements in multiple portions of 2
CFR part 200, as those portions apply to
general terms and conditions.
Specifically, this part implements:
(1) 2 CFR 200.113 and
200.210(b)(1)(iii);
(2) 2 CFR 200.300(b) as it refers to
requirements in 2 CFR part 25; and
(3) 2 CFR 200.333 through 200.345.
§ 1136.2
Applicability of this part.
The types of awards and entities to
which this part and other parts in this
subchapter apply are described in the
subchapter overview at 2 CFR 1126.2.
§ 1136.3 Exceptions from requirements of
this part.
Exceptions are permitted from the
administrative requirements in this part
only as described at 2 CFR 1126.3.
§ 1136.4
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(a) The content of this part is
organized into subparts and associated
appendices.
(1) Each subpart provides direction to
DoD Components on how to construct
one article of general terms and
conditions for grants and cooperative
agreements.
(2) For each subpart, there is a
corresponding appendix with standard
wording for terms and conditions of the
article addressed by the subpart. Terms
and conditions address rights and
responsibilities of the Federal
Government and recipients.
(b) A DoD Component must use the
wording provided in each appendix in
accordance with the direction in the
corresponding subpart. That direction
may permit DoD Components to vary
from the standard wording in some
situations.
(c) Table 1 shows which article of
general terms and conditions may be
found in each of appendices A through
G to this part (with the associated
direction to DoD Components in
Subparts A through G, respectively):
TABLE 1 TO PARAGRAPH (c)
In . . .
Appendix
Appendix
Appendix
Appendix
Appendix
Appendix
Appendix
A .............
B .............
C .............
D .............
E .............
F ..............
G .............
You will find terms and conditions specifying recipients’ rights and responsibilities related to . . .
That would appear in an award within
OAR Article . . .
Submitting and maintaining recipient information ..................................................
Records retention and access ...............................................................................
Remedies and termination .....................................................................................
Claims, disputes, and appeals ...............................................................................
Collection of amounts due .....................................................................................
Closeout .................................................................................................................
Post-closeout adjustments and continuing responsibilities ...................................
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
VII.
Subpart A—Submitting and
Maintaining Recipient Information
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§ 1136.100
Purpose of OAR Article I.
OAR Article I sets forth requirements
for recipients to maintain current
information about themselves in the
data system the Federal Government
specifies as the repository for standard
information about its business partners,
currently the System for Award
Management. The article thereby
implements OMB guidance in:
(a) 2 CFR 200.113 and
200.210(b)(1)(iii);
(b) 2 CFR part 25; and
(c) The portion of 2 CFR 200.300(b)
that cites 2 CFR part 25 and the System
for Award Management).
§ 1136.105
Content of OAR Article I.
To implement the requirement
described in § 1136.100, a DoD
Component’s general terms and
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conditions must use the standard
wording appendix A to this part
provides as OAR Article I. A DoD
Component may reserve Section B of the
article in its general terms and
conditions if it is certain that there will
be no award using those general terms
and conditions for which the Federal
share of the award’s total value will
exceed $500,000.
Subpart B—Records Retention and
Access (OAR Article II)
§ 1136.200
Purpose of OAR Article II.
OAR Article II addresses rights and
responsibilities concerning retention of
records related to awards; access to
recipients’ records; and collection,
transmission, and storage of
information. The article thereby
implements OMB guidance in 2 CFR
200.333 through 200.337.
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Records retention period.
(a) OMB guidance. OMB guidance in:
(1) The lead-in paragraph of 2 CFR
200.333 sets a standard retention period
that is generally applicable to recipient
records pertinent to grants and
cooperative agreements.
(2) 2 CFR 200.333(c) and (f) provide
different standard retention periods
specifically for records that are related
either to real property and equipment
acquired with Federal funds or indirect
cost rate proposals and cost allocation
plans.
(b) DoD implementation. A DoD
Component’s general terms and
conditions must specify the standard
retention periods described in
paragraph (a) of this section.
(c) Award terms and conditions—(1)
General. A DoD Component’s general
terms and conditions must use the
wording appendix B to this part
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provides for Section A of OAR Article
II.
(2) Exception. A DoD Component’s
general terms and conditions may
substitute alternative wording for
paragraph A.3 of OAR Article II if the
awards using those terms and
conditions will be renewed quarterly or
annually. The alternative wording for
awards that will be renewed quarterly or
annually would replace the words ‘‘final
financial report’’ in paragraph A.3 with
‘‘quarterly financial report’’ or ‘‘annual
financial report,’’ respectively.
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§ 1136.210 Extensions of retention period
due to litigation, claim, or audit.
(a) OMB guidance. OMB guidance in:
(1) 2 CFR 200.333(a) provides for an
extended retention period for records
involved in a litigation, claim, or audit
that begins before the end of the
standard 3-year retention period.
(2) 2 CFR 200.333(b) provides that a
recipient also is required to extend the
retention period when a Federal
awarding, cognizant, or oversight
agency notifies it in writing to do so.
(b) DoD implementation. (1) A DoD
Component’s general terms and
conditions must provide for extended
retention periods for records involved in
a litigation, claim, or audit that begins
before the end of the standard 3-year
retention period, as described in 2 CFR
200.333(a).
(2)(i) Other than the exception
described in paragraph (b)(2)(ii) of this
section, DoD Components may not
require recipients to extend the records
retention period as described in 2 CFR
200.333(b).
(ii) A DoD Component’s general terms
and conditions must extend the
‘‘retention period,’’ as that term is used
in 2 CFR 200.344(a), to include the
entire period during which recipients
retain their records, even if that period
extends beyond the standard 3-year
retention period described in
§ 1136.205. That extension will enable
disallowance of costs and recovery of
funds based on an audit or other review
of records a recipient elected to retain
beyond the standard retention period,
even if the audit or review began after
the end of that retention period.
Without that extension, the ability to
disallow costs and recover funds would
be limited by 2 CFR 200.344(a), which
states that an agency must make any
disallowance determination about a
recipient’s costs and notify the recipient
within the record retention period.
(c) Award terms and conditions. A
DoD Component’s general terms and
conditions must use the wording
appendix B to this part provides for
Section B of OAR Article II.
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§ 1136.215 Records for program income
earned after the end of the performance
period.
(a) OMB guidance. OMB guidance in
2 CFR 200.333(e) provides the retention
period for records related to program
income earned under a grant or
cooperative agreement after the end of
the period of performance, if an agency
establishes requirements governing the
disposition of program income earned
after that time.
(b) DoD implementation. A DoD
Component’s general terms and
conditions should not establish
retention requirements for records
related to program income earned after
the end of the period of performance.
Retention requirements for those
records in general terms and conditions
would be inconsistent with the
statement in 2 CFR 1128.725 that a DoD
Component should rarely, if ever,
establish a requirement for a recipient to
be accountable for program income
earned after the end of the period of
performance. Section 1128.725 provides
for use of general terms and conditions
wording in FMS Article VII that
establishes no such requirement.
Section 1128.725 further states that
exceptions for individual awards are
properly addressed at the time of award
in the award-specific terms and
conditions.
(c) Award terms and conditions. A
DoD Component’s general terms and
conditions must use the wording
appendix B to this part provides for
Section C of OAR Article II. If a DoD
Component includes a requirement in
the award-specific terms and conditions
for the recipient to be accountable for
program income earned after the end of
the period of performance, it also may
include a requirement in the awardspecific terms and conditions for the
recipient’s retention of the associated
records.
§ 1136.220
use.
Records for joint or long-term
(a) OMB guidance. OMB guidance in:
(1) 2 CFR 200.334 states that a Federal
awarding agency must request that a
recipient transfer records to its custody
if the agency determines that the records
have value that warrants long-term
retention. It also provides that the
agency may instead arrange for the
recipient to retain records that are
continuously needed for joint use.
(2) 2 CFR 200.333(d) exempts records
transferred to a Federal agency from the
standard records retention requirement.
(b) DoD implementation. A DoD
Component’s general terms and
conditions must inform recipients that
they may be asked to transfer records,
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maintain them for joint use, or retain
them for a longer period.
(c) Award terms and conditions. A
DoD Component’s general terms and
conditions must use the wording
appendix B to this part provides for
Section D of OAR Article II.
§ 1136.225 Methods for collecting,
transmitting, and storing information.
(a) OMB guidance. OMB guidance in
2 CFR 200.335 addresses the use of
electronic and paper formats in the
collection, transmission, and storage of
information related to awards.
(b) DoD implementation. A DoD
Component’s general terms and
conditions must include provisions
consistent with the guidance in 2 CFR
200.335 for recipients’ use of electronic
and paper formats to collect, transmit,
and store information.
(c) Award terms and conditions. A
DoD Component’s general terms and
conditions must use the wording
appendix B to this part provides for
Section E of OAR Article II.
§ 1136.230
Access to records.
(a) OMB guidance. OMB guidance in
2 CFR 200.336 and 200.337 addresses
Federal Government and public access
to recipient records related to grants and
cooperative agreements.
(b) DoD implementation. A DoD
Component’s general terms and
conditions must provide for Federal
Government access to records consistent
with 2 CFR 200.336 and address public
access to records to implement the
guidance in 2 CFR 200.337.
(c) Award terms and conditions. A
DoD Component’s general terms and
conditions must use the wording
appendix B to this part provides for
Section F of OAR Article II.
Subpart C—Remedies and Termination
(OAR Article III)
§ 1136.300
Purpose of OAR Article III.
OAR Article III addresses remedies for
noncompliance, including suspension
and termination of awards. It thereby
implements OMB guidance in 2 CFR
200.338 through 200.340 and 200.342.
§ 1136.305
Content of OAR Article III.
(a) Requirement. A DoD Component’s
general terms and conditions must
specify remedies available for
addressing noncompliance with award
terms and conditions, policies and
procedures related to termination of
awards, and effects of suspension and
termination on allowability of costs.
(b) Award terms and conditions. To
implement the requirement in
paragraph (a) of this section, a DoD
Component’s general terms and
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CFR 200.345.
conditions must use the wording
appendix C to this part provides for
OAR Article III.
§ 1136.505
Subpart D—Claims, Disputes, and
Appeals (OAR Article IV)
§ 1136.400
Purpose of OAR Article IV.
OAR Article IV addresses claims,
disputes, and appeals under awards. It
thereby provides the award terms and
conditions required by the DoDGARs at
32 CFR 22.815 and also implements
OMB guidance in 2 CFR 200.341.
§ 1136.405
Content of OAR Article IV.
(a) Requirement. The DoDGARs at 32
CFR 22.815 require DoD Components’
general terms and conditions to
incorporate the procedures set forth in
that section for processing claims and
disputes and deciding appeals of grants
officer’s decisions.
(b) Award terms and conditions—(1)
General. To implement the requirement
in paragraph (a) of this section, a DoD
Component’s general terms and
conditions must use the wording
appendix D to this part provides for
OAR Article IV, with wording inserted
in lieu of the reserved paragraph A.2 to
identify the Component’s cognizant
Grant Appeal Authority and provide his
or her mailing or email address.
(2) Exception. A DoD Component may
add one or more sections to the wording
appendix D to this part provides for
OAR Article IV to state a requirement
that recipients must provide
opportunities to subrecipients for
hearings, appeals, or other
administrative proceedings with respect
to claims, disputes, remedies for
noncompliance, or other matters if:
(i) That requirement is in a statute or
regulation adopted in the Code of
Federal Regulations after opportunity
for public comment; and
(ii) The statutory or regulatory
requirement applies to awards using the
DoD Component’s general terms and
conditions.
Subpart E—Collection of Amounts Due
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Purpose of OAR Article V.
OAR Article V addresses procedures
for establishing, appealing, and
collecting debts under DoD awards. It
thereby:
(a) Provides requirements for
recipients paralleling those for DoD
Components in the DoDGARs at 32 CFR
22.820;
(b) Augments requirements of OAR
Article IV in any case in which a claim
leads to a determination that a recipient
owes an amount to DoD; and
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(a) Requirement. A DoD Component’s
general terms and conditions must
specify how grants officers’ decisions
establish debts under awards, when
debts become delinquent, how and
when recipients may appeal, and how
debts not paid in a timely manner are
referred for debt collection.
(b) Award terms and conditions. To
implement the requirement in
paragraph (a) of this section, a DoD
Component’s general terms and
conditions must use the wording
appendix E to this part provides for
OAR Article V.
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reports by an appropriate substitution of
wording in REP Article I of the general
terms and conditions.
(B) 2 CFR 1130.610 authorize a DoD
Component to pre-approve a 30-day
extension for due dates of final reports
listing subject inventions under awards
by an appropriate substitution of
wording in PROP Article VI of the
general terms and conditions.
(C) 2 CFR 1134.505 authorize a DoD
Component to pre-approve a 30-day
extension for due dates of other types of
final reports by inclusion of appropriate
wording in REP Article V of the general
terms and conditions.
Subpart F—Closeout (OAR Article VI)
Subpart G—Post-Closeout
Adjustments and Continuing
Responsibilities (OAR Article VII)
§ 1136.600
§ 1136.700
Purpose of OAR Article VI.
OAR Article VI addresses recipients’
responsibilities for closeout of awards
and subawards under them. The article
thereby implements OMB guidance in 2
CFR 200.343.
§ 1136.605
Content of OAR Article VI.
(a) Requirement. A DoD Component’s
general terms and conditions must
specify requirements related to closeout
of awards and subawards, including
recipients’ liquidations of obligations,
refunds of unobligated balances, and
submission of final reports.
(b) Award terms and conditions—(1)
General. To implement the requirement
in paragraph (a) of this section, a DoD
Component’s general terms and
conditions must use the wording
appendix F to this part provides for
OAR Article VI.
(2) Exception related to due dates for
final reports other than performance,
financial, and invention reports.
Consistent with OMB guidance in 2 CFR
200.343(a), a DoD Component may grant
extensions to due dates for final reports.
(i) To pre-approve a 30-day extension
for final reports other than performance,
financial, and invention reports, a DoD
Component may substitute ‘‘120
calendar days’’ for ‘‘90 calendar days’’
in the wording appendix F to this part
provides for paragraph C.4 of OAR
Article VI. These pre-approved 30-day
extensions in the general terms and
conditions are for all awards using those
terms and conditions; they therefore are
separate and distinct from any
additional extensions a recipient may
later request for an individual award.
(ii) The parallel authorities for preapproved extensions of due dates for
final performance and invention reports
are elsewhere. DoDGARs provisions in:
(A) 2 CFR 1134.125 authorize a DoD
Component to pre-approve a 30-day
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OAR Article VII addresses postcloseout funding adjustments and
recipients’ continuing responsibilities
after award closeout. It thereby
implements OMB guidance in 2 CFR
200.344.
§ 1136.705
Content of OAR Article VII.
(a) Requirement. A DoD Component’s
general terms and conditions must
specify the rights and responsibilities of
the Federal Government and recipients
with respect to funding adjustments and
recipients’ continuing responsibilities
after award closeout.
(b) Award terms and conditions. To
implement the requirement in
paragraph (a) of this section, a DoD
Component’s general terms and
conditions must use the wording
appendix G to this part provides for
OAR Article VII.
Appendix A to Part 1136—Terms and
Conditions for OAR Article I,
‘‘Submitting and Maintaining Recipient
Information’’
Unless a DoD Component reserves Section
B, as specified in § 1136.105, a DoD
Component’s general terms and conditions
must use the following wording for OAR
Article I.
OAR Article I. Submitting and Maintaining
Recipient Information. (DECEMBER 2014)
Section A. System for Award Management.
1. Unless you are exempted from this
requirement in accordance with OMB
guidance in 2 CFR 25.110, you must maintain
the currency of information about yourself in
the system the Federal Government specifies
as the repository for information about its
business partners (currently the System for
Award Management (SAM)).
2. You must maintain the information in
that system until you submit the final
financial report required under this award or
receive the final payment, whichever is later.
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3. You must review and update the
information at least annually after your
initial registration in the system (unless you
are subject to the requirements in Section B)
and more frequently if required by changes
in your information.
Section B. Reporting of Performance and
Integrity Information.
1. General reporting requirement. If the
total value of your currently active grants,
cooperative agreements, and procurement
contracts from all Federal agencies exceeds
$10,000,000 for any period of time during the
period of performance of this award, then
during that period of time you must maintain
in SAM the currency of information required
by paragraph B.2 of this section. Note that:
a. This reporting is required under section
872 of Public Law 110–417, as amended (41
U.S.C. 2313).
b. As required by section 3010 of Public
Law 111–212, all performance and integrity
information posted in the designated
information system on or after April 15,
2011, except past performance reviews
required for Federal procurement contracts,
will be publicly available.
c. Recipient information is submitted to the
OMB-designated integrity and performance
system through the SAM, as described in
paragraph B.3 of this section. The currently
designated integrity and performance
information system is the Federal Awardee
Performance and Integrity Information
System (FAPIIS).
2. Proceedings about which you must
report. Submit the information that the
designated information system requires about
each proceeding that:
a. Is in connection with the award or
performance of a grant, cooperative
agreement, or procurement contract from the
Federal Government;
b. Reached its final disposition during the
most recent 5-year period; and
c. Is one of the following:
i. A criminal proceeding that resulted in a
conviction, as defined in paragraph B.5. of
this section;
ii. A civil proceeding that resulted in a
finding of fault and liability and payment of
a monetary fine, penalty, reimbursement,
restitution, or damages of $5,000 or more;
iii. An administrative proceeding, as
defined in paragraph B.5. of this section, that
resulted in a finding of fault and liability and
your payment of either monetary fine or
penalty of $5,000 or more or a
reimbursement, restitution, or damages in
excess of $100,000; or
iv. Any other criminal, civil, or
administrative proceeding if:
(A) It could have led to an outcome
described in paragraph B.2.c.i, ii, or iii of this
section;
(B) It had a different disposition arrived at
by consent or compromise with an
acknowledgment of fault on your part; and
(C) The requirement in this section to
disclose information about the proceeding
does not conflict with applicable laws and
regulations.
3. Reporting procedures. Submit the
information required in paragraph B.2 of this
section to the Entity Management functional
area of the SAM.
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a. Current procedures are to submit the
information as part of the maintenance of
your information in the SAM that Section A
of this article requires.
b. You do not need to submit the
information again under this award if you
already reported current information to the
SAM under another Federal grant,
cooperative agreement, or procurement
contract.
4. Reporting frequency. During any period
of time when you are subject to the
requirement in paragraph B.1 of this section,
you must report to SAM at least
semiannually following your initial report of
any information required in paragraph B.2 of
this section, either to provide new
information not reported previously or affirm
that there is no new information to report.
5. Definitions. For purposes of this section:
a. Administrative proceeding means a nonjudicial process that is adjudicatory in nature
in order to make a determination of fault or
liability (e.g., Securities and Exchange
Commission Administrative proceedings,
Civilian Board of Contract Appeals
proceedings, and Armed Services Board of
Contract Appeals proceedings). This includes
proceedings at the Federal and State level but
only in connection with performance of a
Federal contract, grant, or cooperative
agreement. It does not include audits, site
visits, corrective plans, or inspection of
deliverables.
b. Conviction means a judgment or
conviction of a criminal offense by any court
of competent jurisdiction, whether entered
upon a verdict or a plea, and includes a
conviction entered upon a plea of nolo
contendere.
c. Total value of currently active grants,
cooperative agreements, and procurement
contracts includes:
i. Only the Federal share of the funding
under any Federal agency award with a
recipient cost share or match; and
ii. The value of all expected funding
increments and options, even if not yet
exercised, under each Federal agency award.
Section C. Disclosure of evidence of
integrity-related issues.
1. Disclosure requirement. At any time
during the period of performance of this
award, if you have evidence that a covered
person committed a covered action (see
paragraphs C.2 and C.3 of this section) that
may affect this award, you must disclose the
evidence in writing to the Office of the
Inspector General, DoD, with a copy to the
grants officer identified in the award cover
pages.
2. Covered person. As the term is used in
this section, ‘‘covered person’’ means a
principal, employee, or agent of either you or
a subrecipient under this award, where:
a. ‘‘Principal’’ means:
i. An officer, director, owner, partner,
principal investigator, or other person with
management or supervisory responsibilities
that relate to this award; or
ii. A consultant or other person, whether
or not employed by you or a subrecipient or
paid with funds under this award, who:
(A) Is in a position to handle funds under
this award;
(B) Is in a position to influence or control
the use of those funds; or
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(C) Occupies a technical or professional
position capable of substantially influencing
the development or outcome of an activity
required to perform the project or program
under this award.
b. ‘‘Agent’’ means any individual who acts
on behalf of, or who is authorized to commit
you or the subrecipient, whether or not
employed by you or the subrecipient.
3. Covered action. As the term is used in
this section, ‘‘covered action’’ means a
violation of Federal criminal law in Title 18
of the United States Code involving fraud,
bribery, or a gratuity violation.
4. Safeguarding of the information.
a. To the extent permitted by law and
regulation, we will:
i. Safeguard and treat information you
disclose to us as confidential if you mark the
information as ‘‘confidential’’ or
‘‘proprietary.’’
ii. Not release the information to the public
in response to a Freedom of Information Act
(5 U.S.C. 552) request without notifying you
in advance.
b. We may transfer documents you provide
to us to any other department or agency
within the Executive Branch of the Federal
Government if the information relates to
matters within that organization’s
jurisdiction.
Appendix B to Part 1136—Terms and
Conditions for OAR Article II, ‘‘Records
Retention and Access’’
Unless a DoD Component substitutes
alternate wording in paragraph A.3, a DoD
Component’s general terms and conditions
must use the following wording for OAR
Article II, as specified in §§ 1136.205 through
1136.230.
OAR Article II. Records Retention and
Access. (DECEMBER 2014)
Section A. Records retention period.
Except as provided in Sections B through D
of this article:
1. You must keep records related to any
real property and equipment acquired, in
whole or in part, using Federal funds under
the award for 3 years after final disposition
of the property. For any item of exempt
property with a current fair market value
greater than $5,000, and for which final
disposition was not a condition of the title
vesting, you must keep whatever records you
need for as long as necessary to ensure that
you can deduct the Federal share if you later
use the property in contributions for cost
sharing or matching purposes under any
Federal award.
2. You must keep records related to rate
proposals for indirect or facilities and
administrative costs, cost allocation plans,
and supporting records such as indirect cost
rate computations and any similar
accounting computations of the rate at which
a particular group of costs is chargeable (such
as computer usage chargeback or composite
fringe benefit rates) as follows:
a. If you are required to submit a proposal,
plan, or other computations to your Federal
cognizant agency for indirect costs, as the
basis for negotiation of a rate, you must keep
the submissions and all supporting records
for 3 years from the date on which you were
required to make the submissions.
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b. If you are not required to submit a
proposal, plan, or other computation as the
basis for negotiation, you must keep the
proposal, plan, other computation, and
supporting records for 3 years from the end
of the fiscal year or other accounting period
covered by the proposal, plan, or other
computation.
3. You must keep other financial records,
supporting documents, statistical records,
and other records pertinent to this award for
a period of 3 years from the date you submit
your final financial report under the award.
Section B. Extensions of retention period
due to litigation, claim, or audit.
1. If any litigation, claim, or audit begins
before the end of the 3-year retention period
specified in Section A of this article and the
final action related to the litigation, claim, or
audit is not taken before the end of that 3year period, you must retain all records
related to this award that may be involved in
the litigation, claim, or audit until all
findings involving the records have been
resolved and final action taken.
2. We may disallow costs and recover
funds under this award based on an audit or
other review of records you elected to retain
beyond the retention period required by this
article, even if the audit or review begins
after the end of the 3-year retention period
specified in Section A of this article. Thus,
the ‘‘retention period,’’ as that term is used
in OMB guidance in 2 CFR 200.344(a)(1), is
extended, as described in 2 CFR 200.333(b),
to include the entire period during which we
and our authorized representatives continue
to have access to those records under
paragraph F.2 of this article.
Section C. Records for program income
earned after the end of the performance
period. In accordance with Section F of FMS
Article VII, there are no requirements under
this award applicable to program income you
earn after the end of the period of
performance and therefore no associated
records retention requirements.
Section D. Records for joint or long-term
use.
1. Joint use. To avoid duplicate
recordkeeping for records that you and we
both need to use on a continuous basis, we
may ask you to make special arrangements
with us, by mutual agreement, to make
records available for joint and continuous
use.
2. Long-term use. If we determine that
some records will be needed longer than the
3-year period specified in Section A of this
article, we may request that you either:
a. Retain the records for a longer period of
time; or
b. Transfer the records to our custody for
long-term retention.
3. Retention requirements for transferred
records. For any records transferred to our
custody, you are not subject to the records
retention requirements in Section A of this
article.
Section E. Methods for collecting,
transmitting, and storing information.
1. You should, whenever practicable,
collect, transmit, and store information
related to this award in open and machinereadable formats rather than in closed
formats or on paper. However, if you request
it, we will:
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a. Provide award related-information to
you on paper; and
b. Accept award related-information from
you on paper. In that case, we will not
require more than an original and two copies.
2. When your original records are in an
electronic form that cannot be altered, you do
not need to create and retain paper copies of
those records.
3. When your original records are on paper,
you may substitute electronic versions
produced through duplication or using other
forms of electronic media, provided that:
a. You conduct periodic quality control
reviews of the records;
b. You provide reasonable safeguards
against alteration of the records; and
c. The records remain readable.
Section F. Access to records.
1. Scope of Federal Government access
rights.
a. We as the awarding agency, the Federal
Government Inspectors General, the
Comptroller General of the United States, and
any of our authorized representatives have
the right of access to any documents, papers,
or other records you have that are pertinent
to this award, in order to make audits,
examinations, excerpts, and transcripts.
b. This right also includes timely and
reasonable access to your personnel for the
purposes of interview and discussion related
to the records.
c. As described in OMB guidance at 2 CFR
200.336(b), the access to records described in
this section will include access to the true
name of a victim of a crime only under
extraordinary and rare circumstances.
i. You are required to provide that access
only in response to a court order or subpoena
pursuant to a bona fide confidential
investigation, or in response to a request duly
authorized by the head of the DoD
Component or his or her designee; and
ii. You must take appropriate steps to
protect this sensitive information.
2. Duration of Federal Government access
rights. We have the access rights described in
paragraph F.1 of this section as long as you
retain the records.
3. Public access.
a. You must comply with requirements to
protect information that Federal statute,
Executive order, or regulation requires to be
protected (e.g., personally identifiable or
export controlled information), to include
both information generated under this award
and information provided to you and
identified as being subject to protection.
Other than those limitations on
dissemination of information, we place no
restrictions on you that limit public access to
your records pertinent to this award.
b. We do not place any requirements on
you to permit public access to your records
separate from any Federal, State, local, or
tribal statute that may require you to do so.
c. The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA,
5 U.S.C. 552) does not apply to records in
your possession but records you provide to
us generally will be subject to FOIA, with the
applicable exemptions.
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Appendix C to Part 1136—Terms and
Conditions for OAR Article III,
‘‘Remedies and Termination’’
As required by § 1136.305, a DoD
Component’s general terms and conditions
must use the following wording for OAR
Article III.
OAR Article III. Remedies and Termination.
(DECEMBER 2014)
Section A. Non-compliance with award
terms and conditions. If you fail to comply
with a term or condition of this award or an
applicable Federal statute or regulation, we
may amend this award to impose awardspecific conditions, as described in OMB
guidance in 2 CFR 200.207. If imposing
award-specific conditions, we will notify you
before modifying the award and, once you
have corrected the non-compliance, promptly
remove the award-specific conditions. If we
determine that the imposition of awardspecific conditions is insufficient to correct
the non-compliance or the non-compliance
remains uncorrected despite the use of
award-specific conditions, we may consider
taking one or more of the remedies specified
in Section B of this article.
Section B. Remedies for noncompliance.
1. If you fail to comply with a term or
condition of this award or an applicable
Federal statute or regulation, we may take
one or more of the following actions that we
deem appropriate to the circumstances:
a. Temporarily withhold cash payments
pending:
i. Your correction of the deficiency; or
ii. Our taking more severe enforcement
action.
b. Disallow (that is, deny both use of funds
and any applicable cost-sharing or matching
credit for) all or part of the cost of the activity
or action not in compliance;
c. Suspend or, in accordance with
paragraph C.1.a.i of this article, terminate
this award, in whole or in part (suspension
of an award is a separate and distinct action
from suspension of a person under 2 CFR
parts 180 and 1125, as noted in paragraph B.3
of this article);
d. Withhold further awards to you for the
project or program that is not in compliance;
e. Take any other action legally available
to us under the circumstances.
2. You may raise an objection to our taking
any remedy we take under paragraph B.1 of
this section and will be given an opportunity
to provide information and documentation
challenging the action. The procedures are
those specified in OAR Article IV for claims
and disputes.
3. Our use of any remedy under paragraph
B.1 of this section, including suspension or
termination of the award, does not preclude
our referring the noncompliance to a
suspension and debarment official and
asking that official to consider initiating a
suspension or debarment action under 2 CFR
part 1125, the DoD implementation of OMB
guidance at 2 CFR part 180.
Section C. Termination.
1. This award may be terminated in whole
or in part as follows:
a. Unilaterally by the Federal Government.
We will provide a notice of termination if we
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unilaterally terminate this award in whole or
in part, which we may do for either of the
following reasons:
i. Your material failure to comply with the
award terms and conditions. If we terminate
the award for that reason, we will report the
termination to the OMB-designated integrity
and performance system (currently FAPIIS).
In accordance with 41 U.S.C. 2313, each
Federal awarding official must review and
consider the information in the OMBdesignated integrity and performance system
with regard to any proposal or offer before
awarding a grant or contract.
ii. The program office does not have
funding for an upcoming increment if this
award is incrementally funded. In that case,
the Federal Government’s financial
obligation does not exceed the amount
currently obligated under the award.
b. By mutual agreement. With your
consent, we may terminate this award, in
whole or in part, for any reason. In that case,
you and we must agree to:
i. The termination conditions, including
the effective date; and
ii. In the case of a partial termination, the
portion to be terminated.
c. Unilaterally by the recipient. You may
unilaterally terminate this award, in whole or
in part, by sending us written notification
that states:
i. The reasons for the termination;
ii. The effective date; and
iii. In the case of partial termination, the
portion to be terminated. In that case,
however, we may terminate the award in its
entirety if we determine that the remaining
portion of the award will not accomplish the
purposes for which we made the award.
2. If this award is terminated in its entirety
before the end of the performance period,
you must complete the closeout actions for
which you are responsible under OAR
Article VI. The due date for each action is to
be measured relative to the date of
termination.
3. If this award is only partially terminated
before the end of the performance period,
with a reduced or modified portion of the
award continuing through the end of the
performance period, then closeout actions
will occur at the end of the performance
period as specified in OAR Article VI.
4. You will continue to have all of the postcloseout responsibilities that OAR Article VII
specifies for you if this award is wholly or
partially terminated before the end of the
performance period.
Section D. Effects of suspension or
termination of the award on allowability of
costs. If we suspend or terminate this award
prior to the end of the period of performance,
costs resulting from obligations that you
incurred:
1. Before the effective date of the
suspension or termination are allowable if:
a. You properly incurred those obligations;
b. You did not incur the obligations in
anticipation of the suspension or
termination;
c. In the case of termination, the costs
resulted from obligations that were
noncancellable after the termination; and
d. The costs would have been allowable if
we had not suspended or terminated the
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award and it had expired normally at the end
of the period of performance.
2. During the suspension or after the
termination are not allowable unless we
expressly authorize them, either in the notice
of suspension or termination or
subsequently.
Appendix D to Part 1136—Terms and
Conditions for OAR Article IV,
‘‘Claims, Disputes, and Appeals’’
As specified in § 1136.405, a DoD
Component’s general terms and conditions
must use the following wording for OAR
Article IV, with the required insertion in
paragraph A.2 of the article, along with any
additional wording permitted by that section.
OAR Article IV. Claims, Disputes, and
Appeals. (DECEMBER 2014)
Section A. Definitions.
1. Claim. The definition of the term
‘‘claim,’’ as it is used in this article, is in the
definitions section of the preamble to these
general terms and conditions.
2. Grant Appeal Authority. [Reserved.]
Section B. Submission of claims.
1. Your claims. To submit a claim arising
out of this award, you must submit it in
writing to the grants officer for decision,
specify the nature and basis for the relief you
are requesting, and include all data that
supports your claim.
2. Federal Government claims. You will
receive a written grants officer’s decision if
a DoD claim arises out of this award.
Section C. Alternative dispute resolution.
1. We encourage resolution of all issues
related to this award by mutual agreement
between you and the grants officer.
2. If you and the grants officer are unable
to resolve an issue through unassisted
negotiations, we encourage use of Alternative
Dispute Resolution (ADR) procedures to try
to do so. ADR procedures are any voluntary
means, such as mini-trials or mediation, used
to resolve issues in controversy. ADR
procedures may be used prior to submission
of a claim or at any other time prior to the
Grant Appeal Authority’s decision on any
appeal you submit.
Section D. Grants officer decisions for
claims you submit.
1. Within 60 calendar days of receiving
your claim, the grants officer will either:
a. Transmit a written decision that:
i. Identifies data on which the decision is
based; and
ii. Identifies and provides the mailing
address for the Grant Appeal Authority to
whom you would submit an appeal of the
decision if you elect to do so; or
b. If more time is required to render a
written decision, notify you of a specific date
when he or she will render the decision and
inform you of the reason for delaying it.
2. The grants officer’s decision will be final
unless you decide to appeal, in which case
we encourage use of ADR procedures as
noted in Section C of this article.
Section E. Formal administrative appeals.
1. Right to appeal. You have the right to
appeal a grants officer’s decision to the Grant
Appeal Authority identified in Section A of
this article.
2. Notice of appeal. You may appeal a
grants officer’s decision within 90 calendar
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days of receiving the decision by submitting
a written notice of appeal to the Grant
Appeal Authority and grants officer. If you
elect to use ADR procedures, you are allowed
an additional 60 calendar days to submit the
written notice of appeal.
3. Appeal file. Within 30 calendar days of
the grants officer’s receipt of your notice of
appeal, you should receive the appeal file
with copies of all documents relevant to the
appeal. You may supplement the file with
other documents you deem relevant and with
a memorandum in support of your position
for the Grant Appeal Authority’s
consideration. The Grant Appeal Authority
may request additional information from you.
4. Decision. Unless the Grant Appeal
Authority decides to conduct fact-finding
procedures or an oral hearing on the appeal,
the appeal will be decided solely on the basis
of the written record. Any fact-finding or
hearing will be conducted using procedures
that the Grant Appeal Authority deems
appropriate.
Section F. Representation. You may be
represented by counsel or any other
designated representative in any claim,
appeal, or ADR proceeding, as long as the
representative is not otherwise prohibited by
law or regulation from appearing before the
DoD Component concerned.
Section G. Effect of Grant Appeal
Authority’s decision. The Grant Appeal
Authority’s decision is the final
administrative decision of DoD and cannot be
further appealed within DoD.
Section H. Non-exclusivity of remedies.
Nothing in this article is intended to limit
your right to any remedy under the law.
Appendix E to Part 1136—Terms and
Conditions for OAR Article V,
‘‘Collection of Amounts Due’’
As required by § 1136.505, a DoD
Component’s general terms and conditions
must use the following wording for OAR
Article V.
OAR Article V. Collection of Amounts Due.
(DECEMBER 2014)
Section A. Establishing a debt.
1. Any amount paid to you in excess of the
amount to which you are determined to be
entitled under the terms and conditions of
this award constitutes a debt to the Federal
Government.
2. A grants officer will attempt to resolve
any claim of your indebtedness arising out of
this award by mutual agreement.
3. If the grants officer fails to resolve the
claim in that manner, you will receive a
written notice of the grants officer’s decision
formally determining the debt, as described
in paragraph B.2 of OAR Article IV. The
notice will describe the debt, including the
amount, name and address of the official who
determined the debt, and a copy of that
official’s determination.
Section B. Debt delinquency and appeals.
1. Within 30 calendar days of the grants
officer’s decision, you must either pay the
amount owed to the address provided in the
written notice or inform the grants officer
that you intend to appeal the decision.
Appeal procedures are described in OAR
Article IV.
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2. If you elect not to appeal, any amounts
not paid within 30 calendar days of the
grants officer’s decision will be a delinquent
debt.
3. If you elect to appeal the grants officer’s
decision, you will have 90 calendar days
after receipt of the grants officer’s decision to
file your appeal unless Alternative Dispute
Resolution (ADR) procedures are used, as
described in section C of OAR Article IV, in
which case you will have 150 calendar days.
Section C. Demand letter, interest, and
debt collection.
1. If within 30 calendar days of the grants
officer’s decision, you neither pay the
amount due nor provide notice of your intent
to appeal the grants officer’s decision, the
grants officer will send you a demand letter
identifying a payment office that will be
responsible for any further debt collection
activity.
2. If you do not pay by the due date
specified in the written demand letter, the
Federal Government may collect part or all
of the debt by:
a. Making an administrative offset against
your requests for reimbursements under
Federal awards;
b. Withholding advance payments
otherwise due to you; and
c. Any other action permitted by Federal
statute.
3. The debt will bear interest, and may
include penalties and other administrative
costs, in accordance with applicable
provisions of the DoD Financial Management
Regulation (DoD 7000.14–R), which
implements the Federal Claims Collection
Standards. The date from which interest is
computed is not extended by litigation or the
filing of any form of appeal.
Appendix F to Part 1136—Terms and
Conditions for OAR Article VI,
‘‘Closeout’’
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As required by § 1136.605, a DoD
Component’s general terms and conditions
must use the following wording for OAR
Article VI but may make a substitution in
paragraph C.4 of the article as provided in
that section.
OAR Article VI. Closeout. (DECEMBER 2014)
Section A. Liquidation of obligations.
Unless the award administration office
authorizes an extension of the due date, you
must liquidate all obligations that you
incurred under this award not later than 120
calendar days after the end date of the period
of performance.
Section B. Refunds of unobligated
balances. You must promptly refund to the
award administration office any balances of
unobligated cash that we have advanced or
paid to you and not authorized you to use on
other projects or programs.
Section C. Final reports. You must submit
the:
1. Final performance report under this
award no later than the date specified in
Section C of REP Article I, subject to any
extensions granted under Section D of that
article;
2. Final financial report under this award
no later than the date specified in Section C
of REP Article II, subject to any extensions
granted under Section D of that article;
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3. Final report listing subject inventions
made under the award no later than the date
specified in Section B of PROP Article VI;
and
4. Other final reports that are required
under this award no later than 90 calendar
days after the end date of the period of
performance, unless you request an extension
of the due date and the award administration
office approves the request.
Section D. Accounting for property. You
must account for any real property,
equipment, supplies, and intangible property
that you and any subrecipients acquired or
improved under the award, in accordance
with PROP Articles I through IV and VI. Your
requests for disposition instructions for any
federally owned property, as required by
PROP Article V, meet the need described in
OMB guidance at 2 CFR 200.343(f) to account
for that property at closeout.
Appendix G to Part 1136—Terms and
Conditions for OAR Article VII, ‘‘PostCloseout Adjustments and Continuing
Responsibilities’’
As required by § 1136.705, a DoD
Component’s general terms and conditions
must use the following wording for OAR
Article VII.
OAR Article VII. Post-Closeout Adjustments
and Continuing responsibilities.
(DECEMBER 2014)
Section A. Adjustments. The closeout of
this award does not affect:
1. Our right to disallow costs and recover
funds on the basis of a later audit or other
review, as long as we make the determination
that the costs are disallowed and notify you
about that determination within the extended
records retention period specified in
paragraph B.2 of OAR Article II of these
terms and conditions.
2. Your obligation to return any funds due
to the Federal Government as a result of later
refunds, corrections, or other transactions (to
include any adjustments in final indirect cost
rates).
Section B. Continuing responsibilities.
After closeout of this award, you must
continue to comply with terms and
conditions of this award that have
applicability beyond closeout, including
requirements concerning:
1. Audits, as specified in FMS Article V
that cover periods of time during which you
expended funds under this award.
2. Management, use, and disposition of any
real property or equipment acquired or
improved under this award in which we
continue to have a Federal interest after
closeout, as specified in PROP Articles I
through IV.
3. Retention of, and access to, records
related to this award, as specified in OAR
Article II.
PART 1138—REQUIREMENTS
RELATED TO SUBAWARDS:
GENERAL AWARD TERMS AND
CONDITIONS
Sec.
1138.1
1138.2
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1138.3 Exceptions from requirements of
this part.
1138.4 Organization of this part.
1138.5 Authority to omit or reserve portions
of SUB Articles I through XII.
Subpart A–Distinguishing Subawards and
Procurements (SUB Article I)
1138.100
1138.105
Purpose of SUB Article I.
Content of SUB Article I.
Subpart B–Pre-Award and Time of Award
Responsibilities (SUB Article II)
1138.200
1138.205
Purpose of SUB Article II.
Content of SUB Article II.
Subpart C–Informational Content of
Subawards (SUB Article III)
1138.300
1138.305
Purpose of SUB Article III.
Content of SUB Article III.
Subpart D–Financial and Program
Management Requirements for Subawards
(SUB Article IV)
1138.400
1138.405
Purpose of SUB Article IV.
Content of SUB Article IV.
Subpart E–Property Requirements for
Subawards (SUB Article V)
1138.500 Purposes of SUB Article V in
relation to other articles.
1138.505 Title to property under
subawards.
1138.510 Property management system
requirements for subawards.
1138.515 Use and disposition of real
property, equipment, supplies, and
federally owned property under
subawards.
1138.520 Intangible property under
subawards.
Subpart F–Procurement Procedures to
Include in Subawards (SUB Article VI)
1138.600
1138.605
Purpose of SUB Article VI.
Content of SUB Article VI.
Subpart G–Financial, Programmatic, and
Property Reporting Requirements for
Subawards (SUB Article VII)
1138.700 Purposes of SUB Article VII in
relation to other articles.
1138.705 Performance reporting
requirements for subawards.
1138.710 Financial reporting requirements
for subawards.
1138.715 Reporting on property under
subawards.
1138.720 Other reporting under subawards.
Subpart H–Other Administrative
Requirements for Subawards (SUB Article
VIII)
1138.800
1138.805
Purpose of SUB Article VIII.
Content of SUB Article VIII.
Subpart I–National Policy Requirements for
Subawards (SUB Article IX)
1138.900
1138.905
Purpose of SUB Article IX.
Content of SUB Article IX.
Subpart J–Subrecipient Monitoring and
Other Post-Award Administration (SUB
Article X)
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1138.1005
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Content of SUB Article X.
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Subpart K–Requirements Concerning
Subrecipients’ Lower-Tier Subawards (SUB
Article XI)
1138.1100
1138.1105
Purpose of SUB Article XI.
Content of SUB Article XI.
Subpart L–Fixed-Amount Subawards (SUB
Article XII)
1138.1200 Purpose of SUB Article XII.
1138.1205 Content of SUB Article XII.
Appendix A to Part 1138—Terms and
conditions for SUB Article I,
‘‘Distinguishing subawards and
procurements’’
Appendix B to Part 1138—Terms and
conditions for SUB Article II, ‘‘Pre-award
and time of award responsibilities’’
Appendix C to Part 1138—Terms and
conditions for SUB Article III,
‘‘Informational content of subawards’’
Appendix D to Part 1138—Terms and
conditions for SUB Article IV, ‘‘Financial
and program management requirements
for subawards’’
Appendix E to Part 1138—Terms and
conditions for SUB Article V, ‘‘Property
requirements for subawards’’
Appendix F to Part 1138—Terms and
conditions for SUB Article VI,
‘‘Procurement procedures to include in
subawards’’
Appendix G to Part 1138—Terms and
conditions for SUB Article VII,
‘‘Financial, programmatic, and property
reporting requirements for subawards’’
Appendix H to Part 1138—Terms and
conditions for SUB Article VIII, ‘‘Other
administrative requirements for
subawards’’
Appendix I to Part 1138—Terms and
conditions for SUB Article IX, ‘‘National
policy requirements for subawards’’
Appendix J to Part 1138—Terms and
conditions for SUB Article X,
‘‘Subrecipient monitoring and other
post-award administration’’
Appendix K to Part 1138—Terms and
conditions for SUB Article XI,
‘‘Requirements concerning subrecipients’
lower-tier subawards’’
Appendix L to Part 1138—Terms and
conditions for SUB Article XII, ‘‘Fixedamount subawards’’
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301 and 10 U.S.C. 113.
§ 1138.1
Purpose of this part.
(a) This part specifies standard
wording of general terms and conditions
concerning recipients’ award and
administration of subawards under DoD
grants and cooperative agreements.
(b) It thereby implements OMB
guidance in Subparts A through F of 2
CFR part 200 and 2 CFR parts 25, 170,
and 180, as they apply to subawards.
§ 1138.2
Applicability of this part.
The types of awards and entities to
which this part and other parts in this
subchapter apply are described in the
subchapter overview at 2 CFR 1126.2.
§ 1138.3 Exceptions from requirements of
this part.
Exceptions are permitted from the
administrative requirements in this part
only as described at 2 CFR 1126.3.
§ 1138.4
Organization of this part.
(a) The content of this part is
organized into subparts and associated
appendices.
(1) Each subpart provides direction to
DoD Components on how to construct
one article of general terms and
conditions for grants and cooperative
agreements.
(2) For each subpart, there is a
corresponding appendix with standard
wording for terms and conditions of the
article addressed by the subpart. Terms
and conditions address rights and
responsibilities of the Federal
Government and recipients.
(b) A DoD Component must use the
wording provided in each appendix in
accordance with the direction in the
corresponding subpart and the
authorization in § 1138.5, which permit
a DoD Component to vary from the
standard wording in some situations.
(c) Table 1 shows which article of
general terms and conditions may be
found in each of appendices A through
L to this part (with the associated
direction to DoD Components in
Subparts A through L, respectively, as
supplemented by the authorization in
§ 1138.5):
TABLE 1 TO PARAGRAPH (c)
In . . .
Appendix
Appendix
Appendix
Appendix
Appendix
Appendix
Appendix
Appendix
Appendix
Appendix
Appendix
Appendix
A .............
B .............
C .............
D .............
E .............
F ..............
G .............
H .............
I ...............
J ..............
K .............
L ..............
You will find terms and conditions specifying recipients’ rights and responsibilities related to . . .
That would appear in an award within
SUB Article . . .
Distinguishing subawards and procurements ........................................................
Pre-award and time of award responsibilities .......................................................
Informational content of subawards .......................................................................
Financial and program management requirements for subawards .......................
Property requirements for subawards ...................................................................
Procurement procedures to include in subawards ................................................
Financial, programmatic, and property reporting requirements for subawards ....
Other administrative requirements for subawards .................................................
National policy requirements for subawards .........................................................
Subrecipient monitoring and other post-award administration ..............................
Requirements concerning subrecipients’ lower-tier subawards ............................
Fixed-amount subawards .......................................................................................
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
VII.
VIII.
IX.
X.
XI.
XII.
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§ 1138.5 Authority to omit or reserve
portions of SUB Articles I through XII.
A DoD Component’s general terms
and conditions may:
(a) Omit SUB Articles II through XII
that are the subject of this part if the
DoD Component does not allow
recipients to make subawards under
awards using those terms and
conditions. The DoD Component also
may amend SUB Article I in that case,
to state the prohibition on making
subawards and limit the recipient’s
responsibility to ensuring that any
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transaction it awards at the next tier is
a procurement transaction.
(b) Reserve portions of SUB Articles I
through XII that do not apply to the DoD
Component’s awards using those terms
and conditions. For example, the DoD
Component may reserve paragraphs in
SUB Articles IV through IX specifying
administrative requirements that flow
down solely to subawards to States if it
determines that there is no possibility of
a subaward to a State under any of the
awards using its general terms and
conditions. Similarly, it may reserve
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SUB Article XII if it does not permit any
fixed-amount subawards under its
awards.
Subpart A–Distinguishing Subawards
and Procurements (SUB Article I)
§ 1138.100
Purpose of SUB Article I.
SUB Article I specifies requirements
for a recipient to determine whether
each transaction it makes at the next tier
below a DoD grant or cooperative
agreement is a subaward or a
procurement transaction. It thereby
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implements OMB guidance in 2 CFR
200.201(a) and 200.330.
§ 1138.105
Content of SUB Article I.
(a) Requirement. A DoD Component’s
general terms and conditions must:
(1) Require the recipient to determine
the nature of transactions it makes
under its award; and
(2) Inform the recipient about the
effect of that determination on the
procedures for awarding the transaction
and the transaction’s terms and
conditions.
(b) Award terms and conditions. A
DoD Component’s general terms and
conditions must use the wording
appendix A to this part provides for
SUB Article I.
Subpart B–Pre-Award and Time of
Award Responsibilities (SUB Article II)
§ 1138.200
Purpose of SUB Article II.
SUB Article II specifies requirements
concerning subrecipients’ unique entity
identifiers and pre-award risk
assessments. It also references
requirements in REP Article IV to report
on subawards and subrecipients’
executive compensation. It thereby
partially implements OMB guidance in:
(a) 2 CFR parts 25 and 170;
(b) 2 CFR 200.207; 200.300(b), as it
applies to subaward reporting; and
200.331(b); and
(c) Subpart C of 2 CFR part 180, as
implemented by DoD at 2 CFR part
1125.
§ 1138.205
Content of SUB Article II.
(a) Requirement. A DoD Component’s
general terms and conditions must
require the recipient to:
(1) Obtain an entity’s unique entity
identifier before making a subaward to
the entity;
(2) Notify potential subrecipients in
advance about that requirement; and
(3) Conduct a pre-award risk
assessment of an entity before making a
subaward to the entity and adjust
subaward terms and conditions if
warranted by the results of the
assessment.
(b) Award terms and conditions. A
DoD Component’s general terms and
conditions must use the wording
appendix B to this part provides for
SUB Article II.
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Subpart C–Informational Content of
Subawards (SUB Article III)
§ 1138.300
Purpose of SUB Article III.
SUB Article III specifies information
that recipients must include in
subawards they make under DoD grants
and cooperative agreements. It thereby
implements OMB guidance in 2 CFR
200.331(a)(1).
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Content of SUB Article III.
(a) Requirement. A DoD Component’s
general terms and conditions must
require recipients to include certain
information items in each subaward
they make.
(b) Award terms and conditions. A
DoD Component’s general terms and
conditions must use the wording
appendix C to this part provides for
SUB Article III.
Subpart D–Financial and Program
Management Requirements for
Subawards (SUB Article IV)
§ 1138.400
Purpose of SUB Article IV.
SUB Article IV specifies the financial
and program management requirements
that recipients must include in
subawards they make under DoD grants
and cooperative agreements. It thereby
implements OMB guidance in the
following portions of 2 CFR part 200, as
they apply to subawards:
(a) Sections 200.209 and 200.302
through 200.309; and (b) Subparts E and
F.
§ 1138.405
Content of SUB Article IV.
(a) Requirement. A DoD Component’s
general terms and conditions must
require recipients to include pertinent
requirements concerning financial and
program management in each subaward
they make.
(b) Award terms and conditions. A
DoD Component’s general terms and
conditions must use the wording
appendix D to this part provides for
SUB Article IV.
Subpart E–Property Requirements for
Subawards (SUB Article V)
§ 1138.500 Purposes of SUB Article V in
relation to other articles.
(a) Purposes. SUB Article V specifies
requirements concerning equipment,
supplies, and real, intangible, and
federally owned property that recipients
must include in subawards they make
under DoD grants and cooperative
agreements. It thereby:
(1) Specifies which of the
requirements in PROP Articles I through
VI of the award flow down to
subawards; and
(2) Implements OMB guidance in 2
CFR 200.310 through 200.316, as those
sections apply to subawards.
(b) Award terms and conditions. A
DoD Component’s general terms and
conditions must use the wording
appendix E to this part provides as
Section A of SUB Article V to inform
recipients about the relationship
between requirements for the recipient
in PROP Articles I through VI and
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requirements for subawards in SUB
Article V.
§ 1138.505 Title to property under
subawards.
(a) Requirement. A DoD Component’s
general terms and conditions must
specify requirements related to title to
property under subawards.
(b) Award terms and conditions—(1)
General. A DoD Component’s general
terms and conditions must use the
wording appendix E to this part
provides as Section B of SUB Article V
to specify the requirements concerning
title to property that recipients must
include in their subawards.
(2) Exception. If a DoD Component
has the necessary statutory authority to
do so and includes provisions in
paragraph A.2 of PROP Article I to
identify any property acquired under
the award as exempt property, as
described in 2 CFR 1130.105, the DoD
Component may at its option insert
wording in paragraph B.1.b of SUB
Article V to allow recipients to pass
through those provisions to
subrecipients.
(i) It is critical, however, that the DoD
Component ensures that the wording of
paragraph B.1.b is consistent with the
statutory authority.
(ii) For example, if the statutory
authority is 31 U.S.C. 6306—as
described in 2 CFR 1130.105(b)(2)(i)—
the wording of paragraph B.1.b of SUB
Article V may permit a recipient to flow
down the substance of the exempt
property provision in paragraph A.2 of
PROP Article I only to a subrecipient
that is a nonprofit institution of higher
education or nonprofit organization
whose primary purpose is conducting
scientific research.
§ 1138.510 Property management system
requirements for subawards.
(a) Requirement. A DoD Component’s
general terms and conditions must
address the standards for property
management systems that apply to
subawards.
(b) Award terms and conditions. To
specify the property management
system standards that recipients must
include in their subawards, a DoD
Component’s general terms and
conditions must use the wording
appendix E to this part provides as
Section C of SUB Article V.
§ 1138.515 Use and disposition of real
property, equipment, supplies, and federally
owned property under subawards.
(a) Requirement. A DoD Component’s
general terms and conditions must
specify the requirements concerning use
and disposition of real property,
equipment, supplies, and federally
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owned property that recipients must
include in subawards.
(b) Award terms and conditions. A
DoD Component’s general terms and
conditions must use the wording
appendix E to this part provides for
Sections D through F of SUB Article V.
§ 1138.520 Intangible property under
subawards.
(a) Requirement. A DoD Component’s
general terms and conditions must
address the provisions concerning
intangible property that recipients must
include in subawards.
(b) Award terms and conditions—(1)
General. To specify the intangible
property provisions that recipients must
include in their subawards, a DoD
Component’s general terms and
conditions must use the wording
appendix E to this part provides as
Section G of SUB Article V.
(2) Exception. A DoD Component’s
general terms and conditions may delete
the reference to ‘‘Section B of PROP
Article VI’’ in the wording appendix E
to this part provides for paragraph G.2
of SUB Article V and provide alternative
wording if:
(i) Those general terms and conditions
will be used in awards for purposes
other than research or education, as
described in 2 CFR 1130.610(c)(3); and
(ii) The DoD Component wants to
specify that nonprofit and governmental
recipients include either:
(A) No provisions concerning
inventions in subawards to for-profit
entities; or
(B) Provisions in subawards to forprofit entities that differ from those the
DoD Component’s general terms and
conditions specify for nonprofit and
governmental recipients.
Subpart F–Procurement Procedures to
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Purpose of SUB Article VI.
SUB Article VI of the general terms
and conditions specifies procurement
provisions recipients must include in
their subaward terms and conditions. It
thereby:
(a) Specifies which of the
requirements in PROC Articles I through
III of the award flow down to
subawards; and
(b) Implements OMB guidance in 2
CFR 200.317 through 200.326 and
appendix II to 2 CFR part 200, as those
portions of 2 CFR part 200 apply to
subawards; and
(c) Partially implements OMB
guidance in 2 CFR 200.205(d), 200.213,
and 200.517, as those sections of 2 CFR
part 200 apply to subawards.
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Content of SUB Article VI.
(a) Requirement. A DoD Component’s
general terms and conditions must
specify that recipients’ subawards
include requirements for subrecipients’
procurement procedures.
(b) Award terms and conditions. To
specify the requirements for
procurement procedures that a recipient
must include in its subawards, a DoD
Component’s general terms and
conditions must use the wording
appendix F to this part provides for SUB
Article VI.
Subpart G—Financial, Programmatic,
and Property Reporting Requirements
for Subawards (SUB Article VII)
§ 1138.700 Purposes of SUB Article VII in
relation to other articles.
(a) Purposes. SUB Article VII of the
general terms and conditions specifies
provisions concerning reporting that
recipients must include in their
subaward terms and conditions, as
applicable. It thereby implements OMB
guidance in the following sections of 2
CFR part 200, as they apply to
subawards:
(1) 2 CFR 200.301 and 200.327
through 200.329; and
(2) 2 CFR 200.315(c), as it relates to
invention reporting; and
(3) 2 CFR 200.343(a), as it relates to
financial and performance reporting.
(b) Award terms and conditions. A
DoD Component’s general terms and
conditions must use the wording
appendix G to this part provides as
Section A of SUB Article VII to inform
recipients about the relationship
between requirements for the recipient
in REP Articles I through III and
requirements for subawards in SUB
Article VII.
§ 1138.705 Performance reporting
requirements for subawards.
(a) Requirement. A DoD Component’s
general terms and conditions must
specify performance reporting
requirements for subawards.
(b) Award terms and conditions. A
DoD Component’s general terms and
conditions must use the wording
appendix G to this part provides as
Section B of SUB Article VII to specify
the performance reporting requirements
that recipients must include in their
subawards.
§ 1138.710 Financial reporting
requirements for subawards.
(a) Requirement. A DoD Component’s
general terms and conditions must
specify financial reporting requirements
for subawards.
(b) Award terms and conditions. A
DoD Component’s general terms and
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appendix G to this part provides for
Section C of SUB Article VII to specify
the financial reporting requirements that
recipients must include in their
subawards.
§ 1138.715 Reporting on property under
subawards.
(a) Requirement. A DoD Component’s
general terms and conditions must
specify the requirements for reporting
on property that recipients must include
in their subawards.
(b) Award terms and conditions. To
implement the requirement described in
paragraph (a) of this section, a DoD
Component’s general terms and
conditions must use the wording
appendix G to this part provides as
Section D of SUB Article VII.
§ 1138.720 Other reporting under
subawards.
(a) Requirement. A DoD Component’s
general terms and conditions must
specify any requirements for other
reporting that recipients must include in
their subawards.
(b) Award terms and conditions. To
implement the requirement described in
paragraph (a) of this section, a DoD
Component’s general terms and
conditions must:
(1) Include in Section E of SUB
Article VII any reporting requirement
included in REP Article V that may flow
down to subrecipients, and
(2) Indicate whether the recipient
must require the subrecipient to provide
any specific information or can comply
by ensuring that the recipient meets its
responsibilities to DoD.
Subpart H—Other Administrative
Requirements for Subawards (SUB
Article VIII)
§ 1138.800
Purpose of SUB Article VIII.
SUB Article VIII of the general terms
and conditions:
(a) Specifies provisions that a
recipient must include in its subaward
terms and conditions concerning
submission and maintenance of
subrecipient information; records
retention and access; remedies and
termination; disputes, hearings, and
appeals; collection of amounts due;
closeout; and post-closeout adjustments
and continuing responsibilities.
(b) It thereby implements OMB
guidance in 2 CFR 200.113 and 200.333
through 200.345, as those sections apply
to subawards.
§ 1138.805
Content of SUB Article VIII.
(a) Requirement. A DoD Component’s
general terms and conditions must
specify the administrative requirements
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that a recipient must include in its
subaward terms and conditions in areas
covered by OAR Articles I through VII
of the recipient’s prime award.
(b) Award terms and conditions—(1)
General. To implement the requirement
in paragraph (a) of this section, a DoD
Component’s general terms and
conditions must use the wording
appendix H to this part provides for
SUB Article VIII.
(2) Exception. A DoD Component’s
general terms and conditions may add
one or more sections to the wording that
appendix H to this part provides for
SUB Article VIII if the DoD Component
added requirements to OAR Article IV
of its general terms and conditions, in
accordance with paragraph 2 CFR
1136.405(b)(2), because a statute or
regulation requires recipients to provide
opportunities to subrecipients for
hearings, appeals, or other
administrative proceedings with respect
to claims, disputes, remedies for
noncompliance, or other matters. The
additional wording in SUB Article VIII
would address the flow down to
subrecipients of the added requirements
in OAR Article IV.
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Content of SUB Article IX.
(a) Requirement. A DoD Component’s
general terms and conditions must
specify which of the national policy
requirements in NP Articles I through IV
of the award flow down to subawards.
(b) Award terms and conditions. A
DoD Component’s general terms and
conditions:
(1) Must use the wording appendix B
to this part provides for SUB Article IX
if the DoD Component did not add,
delete, or otherwise modify any of the
wording that appendices A through D of
2 CFR part 1122 provided for NP
Articles I through IV of the award (as
permitted in accordance with DoDGARs
provisions at 2 CFR 1122.115 and
1122.120).
(2) May make corresponding
alterations to the wording appendix I to
this part provides for SUB Article IX if
the DoD Component did modify the
wording of NP Articles I through IV, in
order to conform the national policy
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Purpose of SUB Article X.
SUB Article X specifies the
requirements for recipients’ monitoring
of subrecipients and related post-award
administration of subawards they make
under DoD grants and cooperative
agreements. It thereby implements OMB
guidance in 2 CFR 200.331(d) through
(h) and 2 CFR 200.340(a).
§ 1138.1005
Content of SUB Article X.
(a) Requirement. A DoD Component’s
general terms and conditions must
specify requirements for recipients’
monitoring of subrecipients and related
post-award administration of
subawards.
(b) Award terms and conditions. A
DoD Component’s general terms and
conditions must use the wording
appendix J to this part provides for SUB
Article X of its general terms and
conditions.
§ 1138.1100
Purpose of SUB Article IX.
SUB Article IX addresses national
policy requirements that recipients must
include in their subaward terms and
conditions. It thereby partially
implements OMB guidance in 2 CFR
200.331(a)(2).
§ 1138.905
Subpart J—Subrecipient Monitoring
and Other Post-Award Administration
(SUB Article X)
Subpart K—Requirements Concerning
Subrecipients’ Lower-Tier Subawards
(SUB Article XI)
Subpart I—National Policy
Requirements for Subawards (SUB
Article IX)
§ 1138.900
requirements in SUB Article IX to the
requirements in those modified articles.
Purpose of SUB Article XI.
SUB Article XI specifies requirements
that a recipient must include in any
subaward under which it judges that the
subrecipient may make lower-tier
subawards. It thereby implements OMB
guidance in 2 CFR 200.331(a) through
(c) and other portions of 2 CFR part 200
as they apply to lower-tier subawards.
§ 1138.1105
Content of SUB Article XI.
(a) Requirement. A DoD Component’s
general terms and conditions must
address requirements that recipients
must include in subawards to entities
that may make lower-tier subawards.
(b) Award terms and conditions. A
DoD Component’s general terms and
conditions must use the wording
appendix K to this part provides for
SUB Article XI.
Subpart L—Fixed-Amount Subawards
(SUB Article XII)
§ 1138.1200
Purpose of SUB Article XII.
SUB Article XII specifies policy and
procedures concerning recipients’ use of
fixed-amount subawards under DoD
grants and cooperative agreements. It
thereby implements OMB guidance in 2
CFR 200.201(b) and 200.332 and other
portions of 2 CFR part 200 as they apply
to fixed-amount subawards.
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(a) Requirement. A DoD Component’s
general terms and conditions must
address how a recipient may use a
fixed-amount type of subaward, when it
requires the Component’s prior approval
to do so, and what requirements the
recipient must include in those
subawards.
(b) Award terms and conditions — (1)
General. A DoD Component’s general
terms and conditions must use the
wording appendix L to this part
provides for SUB Article XII.
(2) Exceptions.
(i) In addition to the authorities
provided in § 1138.5 to omit or reserve
all or portions of the wording appendix
L to this part provides for SUB Article
XII, a DoD Component’s general terms
and conditions may add wording to
Section B of the article to authorize
recipients to use fixed-amount
subawards without obtaining the
Component’s prior approval in other
situations for which it would be
appropriate to do so, given the nature of
the program or programs that use its
general terms and conditions.
(ii) However, a DoD Component’s
general terms and conditions should
never authorize recipients’ use of fixedamount subawards for basic or applied
research, for the reason given in
paragraph B.2.a.ii of the wording
appendix L provides for SUB Article
XII. It is unrealistic to have a
subrecipient commit in advance to
accomplishing specific, well-defined,
and observable research outcomes.
Doing so subjects the subrecipient to
undue risk of not being reimbursed for
research costs it incurred if it fails to
fully accomplish the outcomes.
Appendix A to Part 1138—Terms and
Conditions for SUB Article I,
‘‘Distinguishing Subawards and
Procurements’’
Unless modified as provided in § 1138.5, a
DoD Component’s general terms and
conditions must use the following wording
for SUB Article I.
SUB Article I. Distinguishing Subawards
and Procurements. (DECEMBER 2014)
Section A. Required recipient
determination. For each transaction into
which you enter with another entity at the
next tier below this award, you must
determine whether the transaction is a
subaward or a procurement.
Section B. Considerations in making the
determination.
1. The primary purpose of the transaction
between you and the other entity is the key
factor you must use to determine whether the
transaction is a subaward or a procurement.
a. The transaction is a subaward and the
other entity therefore a subrecipient if the
transaction’s primary purpose is for you to
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transfer—for performance by the other
entity—a portion of the substantive program
for which we are providing financial
assistance to you through this award. You
will continue to be accountable to us for
performance of the project or program under
the award, including portions performed by
any subrecipients.
b. The transaction is a procurement and the
other entity therefore your contractor if the
transaction’s primary purpose is for you to
purchase goods or services that you need to
perform the substantive program supported
by this award. The distinction from a
subaward is the contractor is not performing
a portion of the substantive program as a
result of the transaction.
2. What you call the transaction is not a
factor in distinguishing a subaward from a
procurement. If the transaction meets the
criterion in paragraph B.1.a of this article, it
is a subaward for purposes of the
requirements of this award even if you call
and consider the transaction a ‘‘contract.’’
Section C. Effect of the determination on
the next-tier transaction.
1. Process for awarding the transaction.
One important consequence of your
determining whether a next-tier transaction
is a subaward or a procurement is that there
are different requirements governing the preaward and time of award processes that you
use to award the transaction.
a. SUB Article II of this award specifies
pre-award and time of award responsibilities
for subawards.
b. PROC Articles I and II of this award
govern pre-award and time of award
processes for awarding procurement
transactions.
2. Transaction terms and conditions. A
second important consequence of your
determining whether a next-tier transaction
is a subaward or a procurement is that the
terms and conditions you include in a
subaward differ from those you include in a
procurement transaction.
a. Section C of SUB Article II of this award
addresses requirements you must include in
subaward terms and conditions. Those
requirements generally are either identical or
directly related to requirements in the
general terms and conditions of this award.
They include national policy requirements as
well as administrative requirements in areas
such as financial and programmatic
management, property administration,
procurement, and reporting.
b. PROC Article III of this award lists
requirements you must include in a
procurement transaction when applicable to
the procurement.
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Appendix B to Part 1138—Terms and
Conditions for SUB Article II, ‘‘PreAward and Time of Award
Responsibilities’’
Unless modified as provided in § 1138.5, a
DoD Component’s general terms and
conditions must use the following wording
for SUB Article II.
SUB Article II. Pre-Award and Time of
Award Responsibilities. (DECEMBER 2014)
Section A. Requirements for unique entity
identifiers.
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1. Definition of ‘‘entity.’’ For purposes of
the unique entity identifier requirements in
paragraphs A.2 and 3 of this section, ‘‘entity’’
has the meaning given in paragraph C.3 of
appendix A to OMB guidance in 2 CFR part
25.
2. Pre-notification of potential
subrecipients. You must notify potential
subrecipients that no entity may receive a
subaward from you under this award unless
it has provided its unique entity identifier to
you.
3. Restriction on making subawards.
a. General. You may not make a subaward
to an entity unless the entity has provided its
unique entity identifier to you.
b. Exception. You may make a subaward to
an entity that has not provided its unique
entity identifier to you in rare cases in which
you requested, and we approved, an
exemption from the requirement for the
entity to provide a unique entity identifier,
based on the criteria in OMB guidance in 2
CFR part 25.110(d).
Section B. Pre-award risk assessment.
1. Before making a subaward to an entity,
you must perform a risk assessment of the
prospective subrecipient, as described in 2
CFR 200.331(b). OMB guidance in 2 CFR
200.205(c) provides examples of factors you
may consider in evaluating risk.
2. As part of the risk assessment under
paragraph B.1 of this article, you must:
a. Verify that neither the prospective
subrecipient nor its principals under the
subaward are excluded or disqualified from
participating in the transaction, in
accordance with requirements in Subpart C
of OMB guidance in 2 CFR part 180, as
implemented by DoD at 2 CFR part 1125; and
b. If warranted by risks you identify,
determine whether to impose award-specific
terms and conditions in the subaward to
mitigate the risks.
i. These award-specific terms and
conditions may be in addition to, or differ
from, the terms and conditions that SUB
Articles IV through IX of this award require
you to include in subawards.
ii. They may include items such as those
listed in OMB guidance in 2 CFR
200.207(b)(1) through (6).
iii. Your procedures for imposing and
removing the additional or different
requirements must comply with the
procedural guidance in 2 CFR 200.207(c) and
(d).
Section C. Subaward content.
1. Cost-type subawards.
a. SUB Article III of this award specifies
informational content that you must include
in each cost-type subaward.
b. SUB Articles IV through VIII specify
administrative requirements that you must
include:
i. As applicable, in each cost-type
subaward to:
(A) A domestic U.S. entity (i.e., an entity
other than a foreign public entity or a foreign
organization); or
(B) An organizational unit of a foreign
organization if that unit has a place of
business in the United States; and
ii. To the maximum extent practicable in
each cost-type subaward to either a foreign
public entity or an organizational unit of a
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foreign organization that does not have a
place of business in the United States
(regardless of whether another organizational
unit of that foreign organization has one).
However, absent our prior approval, you may
not allow that foreign entity or organization
to acquire real property or equipment under
a subaward.
c. SUB Article IX of this award specifies
national policy requirements that you must
include, as applicable, in each cost-type
subaward.
2. Fixed-amount type subawards.
a. Sections A through F of SUB Article III
of this award specify informational content
that you must include in each fixed-amount
subaward.
b. SUB Article IX of this award specifies
national policy requirements that you must
include, as applicable, in each fixed-amount
subaward.
c. Section D of SUB Article XII of this
award specifies administrative requirements
that you must include, as applicable, in any
fixed-amount subaward to:
i. A domestic U.S. entity (i.e., an entity
other than a foreign public entity or a foreign
organization); or
ii. An organizational unit of a foreign
organization if that unit has a place of
business in the United States; and
iii. To the maximum extent practicable to
either a foreign public entity or an
organizational unit of a foreign organization
that does not have a place of business in the
United States (regardless of whether another
organizational unit of that foreign
organization has one). However, absent our
prior approval, you may not allow that
foreign entity or organization to acquire real
property or equipment under a subaward.
3. Additional subaward terms and
conditions. You may include other
requirements in your subawards that you
need in order to meet your responsibilities
under this award for performance of the
project or program (including portions
performed by subrecipients) and compliance
with applicable administrative and national
policy requirements.
Section D. Subaward and executive
compensation reporting. You must report
subaward obligating actions and information
on subrecipients’ executive compensation as
required by REP Article IV of this award.
Appendix C to Part 1138—Terms and
Conditions for SUB Article III,
‘‘Informational Content of Subawards’’
Unless modified as provided in § 1138.5, a
DoD Component’s general terms and
conditions must use the following wording
for SUB Article III.
SUB Article III. Informational Content of
Subawards. (DECEMBER 2014)
Section A. Informational content in
general. You must include in each subaward
(and each subsequent amendment to a
subaward that alters the amount of the
subaward) the information specified in OMB
guidance in 2 CFR 200.331(a)(1), ‘‘Federal
Award Identification,’’ with the clarifications
provided in Sections B through G of this
article.
Section B. Federal award identification
number and award date. The ‘‘Federal
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Award Identification Number’’ and ‘‘Federal
Award Date’’ described in 2 CFR
200.331(a)(1)(iii) and (iv), respectively, are
the award number and award date for this
award to you. You must provide the
information in a way that makes it clear that
the subaward is under this DoD award.
Section C. Amount of Federal funds
obligated.
1. The ‘‘Amount of Federal Funds
Obligated by this action by the pass-through
entity to the subrecipient’’ that is described
in 2 CFR 200.331(a)(1)(vi) is either:
a. The amount of your obligation to the
subrecipient, if the terms and conditions of
this award do not require you to provide any
cost sharing or matching for the project or
program the award supports; or
b. The amount of the Federal share of your
subaward obligation if this award does
require cost sharing or matching, which in
that case is the product of:
i. The Federal share of total project costs
under this DoD award to you, as a percentage
of those total project costs; and
ii. The total amount of project costs
obligated for the subaward action.
2. Note that the total project costs of the
award and subaward, as used in paragraphs
C.1.b.i and ii of this section, include any cost
sharing or matching that you or the
subrecipient provides if you are counting it
toward the cost sharing or matching required
under this award.
Section D. Total amount obligated to the
subrecipient. The ‘‘Total Amount of Federal
Funds Obligated to the Subrecipient by the
pass-through entity including the current
obligation,’’ as described in 2 CFR
200.331(a)(1)(vii), is the cumulative amount
to date of the amounts described in Section
C of this article.
Section E. Total Amount of the Federal
Award. The ‘‘Total Amount of the Federal
Award committed to the subrecipient by the
pass-through entity,’’ as described in 2 CFR
200.331(a)(1)(viii), is the total amount
through the end of the subaward that you and
the subrecipient mutually agreed upon, to
include: Funding obligated to date, any
future anticipated funding increments, and
any options you may exercise in the future.
Section F. Federal awarding agency, passthrough entity, and awarding official. The
‘‘Name of Federal awarding agency’’ and
‘‘pass-through entity,’’ as those terms are
used in 2 CFR 200.331(a)(1)(x) are the DoD
and the business name associated with your
registration in SAM. In that same paragraph
of 2 CFR part 200, the ‘‘awarding official’’ is
the individual in your organization who
made the subaward.
Section G. Indirect cost rate. With respect
to the requirement in 2 CFR
200.331(a)(1)(xiii) for the subaward to
include the ‘‘Indirect cost rate for the Federal
award:’’
1. This requirement applies to cost-type
subawards only.
2. The rate the subaward must include is
the subrecipient’s rate, whether it is a rate set
by negotiation with a Federal agency or you
or is the de minimis rate described in 2 CFR
200.414(f).
3. You are required to include the indirect
cost rate only if the subrecipient is willing to
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share that information with you and assents
that information about its rate is not
proprietary. If a subrecipient is not willing to
share information about its indirect cost rate
with you, consult the grants officer for this
award to explore alternative ways to assess
the reasonableness of costs of the subaward.
Appendix D to Part 1138—Terms and
Conditions for SUB Article IV,
‘‘Financial and Program Management
Requirements for Subawards’’
Unless modified as provided in § 1138.5, a
DoD Component’s general terms and
conditions must use the following wording
for SUB Article IV.
SUB Article IV. Financial and Program
Management Requirements for Subawards.
(DECEMBER 2014)
Section A. Purposes of this article in
relation to other articles.
1. This article specifies administrative
requirements concerning financial and
program management that you must include
in the terms and conditions of each cost-type
subaward that you make under this award to
a domestic entity.
2. It thereby addresses the flow down to
subrecipients of requirements with which
you must comply under FMS Articles I
through VII of this award.
3. SUB Article XII of this award addresses
which of these administrative requirements
you must include in any fixed-amount
subaward that you make, if you are
authorized to make fixed-amount subawards
under this award.
Section B. Financial management system
standards. You must include in any
subaward you make under this award the
requirements of:
1. Sections A through C of FMS Article I
of this award if the subrecipient is a State;
2. Sections B and C of FMS Article I if the
subrecipient is an institution of higher
education, nonprofit organization, local
government, or Indian tribe; or
3. 32 CFR 34.11 if the subrecipient is a forprofit entity.
Section C. Payments.
1. Subawards to States. You must include
the provisions of Section A of FMS Article
II of this award in each subaward you make
to a State;
2. Subawards to institutions of higher
education, nonprofit organizations, local
governments, and Indian tribes. The
following paragraphs specify requirements
you must include in subawards to
institutions of higher education, nonprofit
organizations, local governments, and Indian
tribes.
a. Payment method.
i. If you are authorized to request advance
payments under this award, you must
authorize a subrecipient to request advance
payments unless:
(A) The subrecipient does not maintain, or
demonstrate the willingness to maintain,
written procedures that minimize the time
elapsing between its receipt of each payment
and its disbursement of the funds for project
or program purposes;
(B) You impose a requirement for the
subrecipient to be paid by reimbursement as
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a result of your risk evaluation of the
subrecipient under SUB Article II of this
award.
(C) The subaward is for construction.
ii. If you do not authorize advance
payments for one of the reasons given in
paragraph C.2.a.i of this article, you must
specify either reimbursement or working
capital advances as the payment method in
accordance with OMB guidance in 2 CFR
200.305(b)(3) and (4).
b. Payment timing and amount.
i. Advances. You must limit advance
payments to the minimum amounts needed
and time the payments to be in accordance
with the subrecipient’s actual, immediate
cash requirements in carrying out the project
or program under the subaward. The timing
and amount of your advance payments to the
subrecipient must be as close as is
administratively feasible to the subrecipient’s
actual disbursements for direct project costs
and the proportionate share of any allowable
indirect costs. Your subawards also must
include the requirements of paragraphs B.2.b
and c of FMS Article II to specify costs
subrecipients must exclude from amounts of
their advance payment requests.
ii. Reimbursements or working capital
advances. You must follow OMB guidance in
2 CFR 200.305(b)(3) and (4) concerning
timing and amount of reimbursements or
working capital advances.
c. Frequency of requests. You must allow
the subrecipient to request advance payments
or reimbursements, including those
associated with the working capital advance
payment method, as often as it wishes if you
pay using electronic funds transfers and at
least monthly otherwise.
d. Other requirements.
i. In any subaward that was subject to our
consent, you must include the requirements
of paragraph B.5 of FMS Article II of this
award concerning withholding of payments.
ii. You must include the provisions of
paragraph B.6 of FMS Article II concerning
depositories in each subaward that
authorizes the subrecipient to request
advance payments.
3. Subawards to for-profit entities. The
provision concerning payments in each
subaward you make to a for-profit entity
must conform to the requirements in 32 CFR
34.12.
Section D. Allowable costs, period of
availability of funds, and fee and profit.
1. You must include in each cost-type
subaward a requirement that the allowability
of costs under the subaward (and any lowertier subawards or procurement transactions
into which the subrecipient enters) must be
determined in accordance with the
applicable cost principles identified in
Section A of FMS Article III of this award,
as well as the clarification in Section B of
that article if it applies to those cost
principles.
2. You must specify in each subaward the
period of availability of funds for any project
or program purpose so that the period neither
begins before nor ends after the period during
which you may use funds available to you
under this award for that same project or
program purpose.
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3. You must include in each subaward the
provisions concerning fee or profit that are in
Section D of FMS Article III of this award.
Section E. Revision of budget and program
plans. You must include in each subaward
provisions requiring the subrecipient to
request your approval for any change in the
subaward budget or program that would
cause a budget or program change under this
award for which Section B of FMS Article IV
requires you to first obtain our prior
approval. You may not approve any budget
or program revision that is inconsistent with
the purpose or terms and conditions of this
award.
Section F. Non-Federal audits. You must
include a provision in each subaward that
you make under this award to require the
subrecipient entity to comply with the audit
requirements applicable to that entity, as
specified in either Section A or Section B of
FMS Article V.
Section G. Cost sharing or matching
requirements. If you make a subaward under
which the subrecipient may provide
contributions or donations of cash or thirdparty in-kind contributions to be counted
toward any cost sharing or matching that is
required under this award, you must include
provisions in that subaward to specify:
1. The criteria governing the allowability as
cost sharing or matching of the types of cash
or third-party in-kind contributions that the
subrecipient may contribute or donate. Those
criteria are specified in:
a. Sections B through D of FMS Article VI
of this award if the subaward is to a State,
institution of higher education, nonprofit
organization, local government, or Indian
tribe.
b. The provisions of 32 CFR 34.13(a) if the
subaward is to a for-profit entity.
2. The methods for determining and
documenting the values of those
contributions or donations to be counted as
cost sharing or matching. Those methods are
specified in:
a. Sections E and F of FMS Article VI of
this award if the subaward is to a State,
institution of higher education, nonprofit
organization, local government, or Indian
tribe.
b. The provisions of 32 CFR 34.13(b) if the
subaward is to a for-profit entity.
Section H. Program income. You must
include requirements concerning program
income in subawards, as follows:
1. In each subaward to a State, institution
of higher education, nonprofit organization,
local government, or Indian tribe:
a. You must require the subrecipient to
account to you when it earns any program
income under the subaward or uses it, so that
you can prepare reports you are required to
submit to us. If the award-specific terms and
conditions of this award require you to
account for program income earned after the
period of performance, you must include a
corresponding requirement in your
subawards.
b. You must include the provisions of
Sections A through D of FMS Article VII of
this award.
c. You may specify the deduction,
addition, or cost-sharing or matching
alternative—described in 2 CFR
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alternatives, for the subrecipient’s use of any
program income it earns. However, you still
must comply with the alternative specified in
Section E of FMS Article VII and any
applicable award-specific terms and
conditions for the total amount of program
income earned, which includes amounts
earned by you and your subrecipients. For
example, if we require you to use the
deduction alternative, you may authorize a
subrecipient to use the addition alternative if
you reduce the funding allocated for portions
of the project or program that you or other
subrecipients perform to make the required
reduction in the total award amount.
2. In each subaward to a for-profit entity,
you must include the provisions of 32 CFR
34.14, with the appropriate method specified
for disposition of program income.
Appendix E to Part 1138—Terms and
Conditions for SUB Article V, ‘‘Property
Requirements for Subawards’’
Unless modified as provided in § 1138.5 or
either or both of the exceptions in § 1138.505
and § 1138.520 are applied, a DoD
Component’s general terms and conditions
must use the following wording for SUB
Article V (as specified in §§ 1138.500 through
1138.520).
SUB Article V. Property Requirements for
Subawards. (DECEMBER 2014)
Section A. Purposes of this article in
relation to other articles.
1. This article specifies administrative
requirements concerning property that you
must include in the terms and conditions of
each cost-type subaward that you make
under this award.
2. It thereby addresses the flow down to
subrecipients of requirements with which
you must comply under PROP Articles I
through VI of this award.
3. SUB Article XII of this award addresses
which of these administrative requirements
you must include in any fixed-amount
subaward that you make, if you are
authorized to make fixed-amount subawards
under this award.
Section B. Title to property.
1. Subawards to institutions of higher
education, nonprofit organizations, States,
local governments, or Indian tribes.
a. General. You must include terms and
conditions in each subaward to flow down to
the subrecipient the provisions of:
i. Paragraph A.1 of PROP Article I
concerning vesting of title to property
acquired under the subaward unless
paragraph B.1.b of this section provides
otherwise.
ii. Sections B through E of PROP Article I
that are applicable to types of property that
the subrecipient may acquire, improve,
donate, or for which it may otherwise be
accountable under the subaward.
b. Exceptions. [Reserved.]
2. Subawards to for-profit entities.
a. Real property and equipment. You must
obtain the prior approval of the grants officer
before permitting any for-profit subrecipient
to acquire or improve real property or
equipment under the award.
i. If the grants officer does not grant the
approval, you must include a subaward
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provision that prohibits the for-profit entity
from acquiring or improving real property or
equipment under the subaward.
ii. If the approval is granted, you must
include a subaward provision specifying that
title vesting and Federal interest are governed
by provisions of 32 CFR 34.21(b) and (c).
b. Supplies. You must include a subaward
provision specifying that vesting of title to
supplies is governed by provisions of 32 CFR
34.24(a), subject to the use and disposition
requirements of 32 CFR 34.24(b).
c. Federally owned property. You must
include a provision in any subaward to a forprofit entity under which the entity may be
accountable for federally owned property, to
state that title to such property will remain
vested in the Federal Government.
Section C. Property management system. If
you make a subaward under which the
subrecipient either may acquire or improve
equipment, or may be accountable for
federally owned property, you must include
in the subaward:
1. If the subrecipient is a State, applicable
provisions of:
a. Section A of PROP Article II concerning
insurance for real property and equipment.
b. Section B of PROP Article II concerning
other property management system
standards.
2. If the subrecipient is an institution of
higher education, nonprofit organization,
local government, or Indian tribe, applicable
provisions of:
a. Section A of PROP Article II concerning
insurance for real property and equipment.
b. Section C of PROP Article II concerning
other property management system
standards.
3. If the subrecipient is a for-profit entity,
applicable provisions of 32 CFR 34.22(a) and
34.23 and:
a. The for-profit entity may be accountable
under the subaward for federally owned
property; or
b. You obtained the grants officer’s prior
approval for the for-profit entity’s acquisition
of equipment under the subaward.
Section D. Use and disposition of real
property. If the subrecipient of a subaward
you make under this award may acquire or
improve real property, then you must include
in the subaward:
1. Use. The requirements concerning use of
real property:
a. In Section A of PROP Article III if the
subaward is to an institution of higher
education, nonprofit organization, State,
local government, or Indian tribe, unless the
award-specific terms and conditions of this
award provide otherwise; and
b. In 32 CFR 34.21(d) if the subaward is to
a for-profit entity and you obtained the grants
officer’s prior approval for the entity’s
acquisition of real property under the
subaward.
2. Disposition. Provisions to require the
subrecipient to request disposition
instructions through you when the property
is no longer needed for its originally
authorized purpose, so that you can meet
your responsibilities to us under Section B of
PROP Article III to address the Federal
interest in the property.
Section E. Use and disposition of
equipment and supplies. If you make a
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subaward under which the subrecipient may
acquire or improve equipment, or acquire
supplies, you must include in the subaward,
as applicable:
1. If the subaward is to a State:
a. The requirements in Sections B and E of
PROP Article IV concerning use and
disposition of equipment and supplies; and
b. Provisions such as those in Section A of
PROP Article IV that make clear the
applicability of those requirements.
2. If the subaward is to an institution of
higher education, nonprofit organization,
local government, or Indian tribe:
a. The requirements in Sections C and E of
PROP Article IV concerning use of
equipment and use and disposition of
supplies;
b. Provisions such as those in Section A of
PROP Article IV that make clear the
applicability of those requirements; and
c. Provisions to require the subrecipient to
request disposition instructions from you
when equipment is no longer needed for its
originally authorized purpose, so that you
can meet your responsibilities to us under
Section D of PROP Article IV to address the
Federal interest in the equipment.
3. If the subaward is to a for-profit entity:
a. The requirements concerning use and
disposition of supplies in 32 CFR 34.24(b);
b. And you obtained the grants officer’s
prior approval for the for-profit entity’s
acquisition of equipment under the
subaward:
i. The requirements concerning use of
equipment in 32 CFR 34.21(d); and
ii. Provisions such as those in Section A of
PROP Article IV that make clear the
applicability of those requirements; and
iii. Provisions to require the subrecipient to
request disposition instructions from you
when equipment is no longer needed for its
originally authorized purpose, so that you
can meet your responsibilities to us under
Section B or D of PROP Article IV to address
the Federal interest in the equipment.
Section F. Use and disposition of federally
owned property. If you make a subaward
under which the subrecipient may be
accountable for federally owned property,
you must include subaward provisions
specifying that the subrecipient:
1. May use the property for purposes
specified in paragraph A.1 of PROP Article
V;
2. Must submit requests through you for
the award administration office’s approval to
use the property for other purposes, as
described in paragraph A.2 of PROP Article
V;
3. Must request the award administration
office’s disposition instructions through you
when the property is no longer needed for
subaward purposes or the subaward ends.
Section G. Intangible property. You must
include in a subaward provisions specifying
the requirements of:
1. Sections A through D of PROP Article
VI if the subaward is to an institution of
higher education, nonprofit organization,
State, local government, or Indian tribe.
2. Section A of PROP Article VI as it
applies to works developed under the
subaward, Section B of PROP Article VI, and
paragraph C.1 of Section C of PROP Article
VI, if the subaward is to a for-profit entity.
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Appendix F to Part 1138—Terms and
Conditions for SUB Article VI,
‘‘Procurement Procedures to Include in
Subawards’’
Unless modified as provided in § 1138.5, a
DoD Component’s general terms and
conditions must use the following wording
for SUB Article VI.
SUB Article VI. Procurement Procedures To
Include in Subawards. (DECEMBER 2014)
Section A. Purposes of this article in
relation to other articles.
1. This article specifies administrative
requirements concerning procurement
procedures that you must include in the
terms and conditions of each cost-type
subaward that you make under this award.
2. It thereby addresses the flow down to
subrecipients of requirements with which
you must comply under PROC Articles I
through III of this award.
3. SUB Article XII of this award addresses
which of these administrative requirements
you must include in any fixed-amount
subaward that you make, if you are
authorized to make fixed-amount subawards
under this award.
Section B. Subaward to a State. In any
subaward that you make to a State, you must
include the requirements of PROC Article I
and applicable sections of PROC Article III of
this award.
Section C. Subaward to an institution of
higher education, nonprofit organization,
local government, or Indian tribe. In any
subaward that you make to an institution of
higher education, nonprofit organization,
local government, or Indian tribe:
1. You must include the requirements of
Sections A through G of PROC Article II and
applicable sections of PROC Article III of this
award.
2. You must include the requirement for
the subrecipient to make available to you,
upon request:
a. Technical specifications of proposed
procurements, under the conditions
described in OMB guidance at 2 CFR
200.324(a); and
b. Other procurement documents for preprocurement review, under the conditions
described in OMB guidance at 2 CFR
200.324(b).
3. If it is possible that, under a subaward
you make, the subrecipient may award a
construction or facility improvement contract
with a value in excess of the simplified
acquisition threshold, you must include
provisions in the subaward to require the
subrecipient to comply with at least the
minimum requirements for bidders’ bid
guarantees and contractors’ performance and
payment bonds described in 2 CFR
200.325(a) through (c), unless you determine
that the subrecipient’s bonding policy and
requirements are adequate to protect Federal
interests.
Section D. Subaward to a for-profit entity.
In any subaward you make to a for-profit
entity, you must include the requirements in
32 CFR 34.31.
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Appendix G to Part 1138—Terms and
Conditions for SUB Article VII,
‘‘Financial, Programmatic, and
Property Reporting Requirements for
Subawards’’
Unless modified as provided in § 1138.5, a
DoD Component’s general terms and
conditions must use the following wording
for SUB Article VII (as specified in
§§ 1138.700 through 1138.715).
SUB Article VII. Financial, Programmatic,
and Property Reporting Requirements for
Subawards. (DECEMBER 2014)
Section A. Purposes of this article in
relation to other articles.
1. This article specifies administrative
requirements concerning reporting that you
must include in the terms and conditions of
each cost-type subaward that you make
under this award.
2. It thereby addresses the flow down to
subrecipients of requirements with which
you must comply under REP Articles I
through III of this award.
3. SUB Article XII of this award addresses
which of these administrative requirements
you must include in any fixed-amount
subaward that you make, if you are
authorized to make fixed-amount subawards
under this award.
Section B. Performance reporting.
1. You must include terms and conditions
in each subaward to require the subrecipient
to provide any performance information you
need, by the time you need it, to comply with
the performance reporting requirements in
REP Article I and other terms and conditions
of this award.
2. You may specify a form, format, or data
elements for use by the subrecipient to
provide the information to you (you need not
require the subrecipient to use the same
form, format, or data elements that REP
Article I specifies for your reporting to us).
Section C. Financial reporting.
1. You must include terms and conditions
in each subaward to require the subrecipient
to provide any financial information you
need, by the time you need it, to comply with
the financial reporting requirements in REP
Article II and other terms and conditions of
this award.
2. You may specify a form, format, or data
elements for use by the subrecipient to
provide the information to you (you need not
require the subrecipient to use the same
form, format, or data elements that REP
Article II specifies for your reporting to us).
Section D. Reporting on property.
1. Each subaward you make under this
award must include provisions concerning
property reporting as described in paragraph
D.2 of this section if the subrecipient may,
under the subaward:
a. Acquire or improve real property or
equipment;
b. Acquire supplies or intangible property;
or
c. Be accountable for federally owned
property.
2. The subaward provisions must require
the subrecipient to give you the information
you need about the property in order to meet
your responsibilities to us under Sections A
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Articles II through VI.
Section E. Other reporting
[Reserved].
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DoD Component’s general terms and
conditions must use the following wording
for SUB Article VIII, as specified in
§ 1138.805, but may add a section(s), as
appropriate.
SUB Article VIII. Other Administrative
Requirements for Subawards. (DECEMBER
2014)
Section A. Purposes of this article in
relation to other articles.
1. This article specifies other
administrative requirements that you either
must or should include in the terms and
conditions of each cost-type subaward that
you make under this award.
2. It thereby addresses the flow down to
subrecipients of requirements with which
you must comply under OAR Articles I
through VII of this award.
3. SUB Article XII of this award addresses
which of these administrative requirements
you must include in any fixed-amount
subaward that you make, if you are
authorized to make fixed-amount subawards
under this award.
Section B. Submission and maintenance of
subrecipient information. You must include
the substance of the provision in Section C
of OAR Article I in any subaward you make
under this award. The provision must require
the subrecipient’s disclosure of any evidence
directly to the Inspector General, DoD.
Section C. Records retention and access. In
each subaward you make under this award:
1. If the subaward is to an institution of
higher education, nonprofit organization,
State, local government, or Indian tribe:
a. You must include the requirements of
Section A of OAR Article II with the
additional condition that, for any
subrecipient under this award that does not
have a federally approved rate for indirect or
facilities and administrative costs and that
does not use the de minimis rate described
in 2 CFR 200.414(f), you must:
i. Require the subrecipient to keep records
that support its indirect or facilities and
administrative costs charged to the subaward
for 3 years from the end of the fiscal year (or
other accounting period) to which the costs
apply; and
ii. Keep any plan or computation the
subrecipient submits to you to serve as a
basis for your determining the reasonableness
and allowability of indirect or facilities and
administrative costs of the subaward, for 3
years from the end of the fiscal year (or other
accounting period) to which the proposal,
plan, or computation applies.
b. You must include the requirements of
Sections B, C, and F of OAR Article II.
c. You must include provisions that enable
you to comply with the requirements of
Section D of OAR Article II concerning
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d. You must include provisions that
establish the same rights and responsibilities
for the subrecipient under the subaward that
Section E of OAR Article II establishes for
you under this award.
e. You may not impose any other record
retention or access requirements on the
subrecipient.
2. If the subaward is to a for-profit entity,
you must include the records retention and
access provisions of 32 CFR 34.42.
Section D. Remedies and termination. The
terms and conditions of each subaward you
make under this award should specify your
rights and responsibilities and those of the
subrecipient if you take a remedial action to
address a subrecipient’s noncompliance with
an applicable Federal statute or regulation or
the terms and conditions of your subaward.
Each subaward’s terms and conditions
should:
1. Identify remedial actions you may take
to address the subrecipient’s noncompliance.
Available remedies are described in:
a. OMB guidance in 2 CFR 200.338 for a
subaward to an institution of higher
education, nonprofit organization, State,
local government, or Indian tribe; and
b. 32 CFR 34.52 for a subaward to a forprofit entity.
2. With respect to termination specifically:
a. Identify conditions under which you, the
subrecipient, or both (by mutual agreement)
may terminate the subaward, in whole or in
part, as described in:
i. OMB guidance in 2 CFR 200.339(a) for
a subaward to an institution of higher
education, nonprofit organization, State,
local government, or Indian tribe; and
ii. 32 CFR 34.51 for a subaward to a forprofit entity.
b. Inform the subrecipient that you will
provide it with a notice of termination if you
unilaterally terminate the award.
c. Specify that you and the subrecipient
remain responsible for applicable
requirements addressed in Sections G and H
of this article concerning closeout, postcloseout adjustments, and continuing
responsibilities.
3. With respect to either suspension or
termination of the subaward, inform the
subrecipient about the criteria that you will
use to either allow or disallow subaward
costs, which are in:
a. Section D of OAR Article III for a
subaward to an institution of higher
education, nonprofit organization, State,
local government, or Indian tribe; and
b. 32 CFR 34.52(c) for a subaward to a forprofit entity.
Section E. Disputes, hearings, and appeals.
Each subaward’s terms and conditions
should specify any rights the subrecipient
has to a hearing, appeal, or other
administrative proceeding if it disputes a
decision you render in administering its
subaward. You must comply with any statute
or regulation that affords the subrecipient an
opportunity for a hearing, appeal, or other
administrative proceeding and is applicable
to the dispute.
Section F. Collection of amounts due.
Although your subaward terms and
conditions do not need to include any of the
requirements of OAR Article V because those
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requirements do not flow down to
subrecipients, you should consider including
provisions to specify what you would need
from the subrecipient if you owed a debt to
the Federal Government under this award
that is related to its subaward.
Section G. Closeout.
1. In each subaward that you make to an
institution of higher education, nonprofit
organization, State, local government, or
Indian tribe, you must include provisions to
require the subrecipient to:
a. Liquidate all obligations that it incurred
under the subaward not later than 90
calendar days after the end date of the period
of performance of either the subaward or this
award, whichever is earlier, unless you grant
an extension.
b. Promptly refund to you any balances of
unobligated cash that you advanced or paid
to the subrecipient, unless you received
authorization from the DoD award
administration office for the subrecipient’s
use of those funds on other projects or
programs.
c. Submit to you:
i. Any information you need from the
subrecipient to meet your responsibilities to
us for an accounting of property, under
Section D of OAR Article VI; and
ii. Not later than 90 calendar days after the
end date of the period of performance of this
award, unless you grant the subrecipient an
extension, any information you need to meet
your responsibilities to us for final reports,
under Section C of OAR Article VI.
2. In each subaward that you make to a forprofit entity, you must include the terms and
conditions that you deem necessary for you
to be able to comply with the requirements
in OAR Article VI.
Section H. Post-closeout adjustments and
continuing responsibilities.
You must include provisions in each
subaward to require the subrecipient to
provide what you need in order to comply
with the requirements of OAR Article VII.
Appendix I to Part 1138—Terms and
Conditions for SUB Article IX,
‘‘National Policy Requirements for
Subawards’’
Unless modified as provided in § 1138.5, a
DoD Component’s general terms and
conditions must use the following wording
for SUB Article IX, as specified in § 1138.905,
or may modify the wording of the article,
consistent with the Component’s treatment of
NP Articles I through IV in those terms and
conditions.
SUB Article IX. National Policy
Requirements for Subawards. (DECEMBER
2014)
Section A. General.
1. You must include provisions in the
terms and conditions of each subaward you
make, whether cost-type or fixed-amount
type, to require the subrecipient entity’s
compliance with each of the national policy
requirements in Sections B through E of this
article that you determine is applicable,
given the type of entity receiving the
subaward and activities it will be carrying
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2. If an entity to which you are about to
make a subaward will not accept an award
provision requiring its compliance with a
national policy requirement that you
determine to be applicable, you must alert
the award administration office immediately.
You may not omit an applicable national
policy requirement in order to make the
subaward.
3. If at any time during the performance of
a subaward, you learn that—or receive a
credible allegation that—the subrecipient is
not complying with an applicable national
policy requirement, you must alert the award
administration office immediately.
Section B. Nondiscrimination national
policy requirements. You must include
provisions in each subaward to require the
subrecipient’s compliance with the
nondiscrimination national policy
requirements specified in paragraphs A.1
through A.5 of NP Article I, as applicable.
Section C. Environmental national policy
requirements. You must include provisions
in each subaward to require that:
1. The subrecipient comply with all
applicable Federal environmental laws and
regulations, including those specified in
paragraphs A.2, A.3, A.5, and A.6 of NP
Article II, as applicable.
2. Provide any information you need, when
you need it, in order to comply with the
requirement to immediately notify us of
potential environmental impacts specified in
paragraphs A.4, A.5, and A.6 of NP Article
II, as applicable, due to activities under the
award (which includes subaward activities).
Section D. National policy requirements
concerning live organisms. You must include
provisions in each subaward to require the
subrecipient’s compliance with the national
policy requirements concerning human
subjects and animals that are specified in
paragraphs A.1 and A.2 of NP Article III, as
applicable.
Section E. Other national policy
requirements. You must include provisions
in each subaward to require the
subrecipient’s compliance with the national
policy requirements in the following portions
of NP Article IV of this award, as applicable:
1. Paragraph A.1.
2. Paragraphs A.3.a and b.
3. Paragraphs A.4 through A.17.
Appendix J to Part 1138—Terms and
Conditions for SUB Article X,
‘‘Subrecipient Monitoring and Other
Post-Award Administration’’
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DoD Component’s general terms and
conditions must use the following wording
for SUB Article X.
SUB Article X. Subrecipient Monitoring and
Other Post-Award Administration.
(DECEMBER 2014)
Section A. General requirement for
subrecipient monitoring. You must do the
post-award monitoring of the subrecipient’s
activities under each subaward that is needed
in order for you to ensure that:
1. The subrecipient carries out the portion
of the substantive project or program under
this award.
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2. The subrecipient is using funds under
the subaward (including any cost sharing or
matching the subrecipient provides that is
counted as project costs in the approved
budget of this award) for authorized
purposes.
3. The subrecipient’s performance under
the subaward is in compliance with
applicable Federal statutes and regulations,
and the terms and conditions of your
subaward.
Section B. Subrecipient monitoring actions.
1. Required monitoring actions under costtype subawards. You must, as part of your
post-award monitoring of each subrecipient:
a. Review the financial and programmatic
information that your subaward terms and
conditions require the subrecipient to
provide, in accordance with Sections B and
C of SUB Article VII of this award.
b. Follow up and ensure that the
subrecipient takes timely and appropriate
action to remedy deficiencies detected
through any means, including audits and onsite reviews.
c. With respect to audits of subrecipients
that are required under FMS Article V of this
award:
i. Verify that the subrecipient is audited in
accordance with those requirements, as
applicable (note that Section F of SUB Article
IV requires you to include those audit
requirements for the subrecipient in the
subaward’s terms and conditions).
ii. Resolve and issue a management
decision for audit findings that pertain to
your subaward. Doing so is a requirement
under either Section A or B of FMS Article
V of this award (Section B requires that
explicitly and Section A does so by
implementing OMB guidance in 2 CFR
200.521, as well as other portions of Subpart
F of that part).
iii. Consider whether you need to adjust
your own records related to this award based
on results of audits, on-site reviews or other
monitoring of the subrecipient and, as
applicable, notify the award administration
office.
2. Other monitoring actions. OMB
guidance in 2 CFR 200.331(e)(1) through (3)
describes other actions that may be useful as
part of your subrecipient monitoring
program, depending on the outcomes of the
pre-award risk assessment you conducted in
accordance with Section B of SUB Article II.
Section C. Remedies and subaward
suspension or termination. With respect to
any subaward under this award, you must:
1. Consider whether you need to take any
remedial action if you determine that the
subrecipient is noncompliant with an
applicable Federal statute or regulation or the
terms and conditions of your subaward, as
described in Section D of SUB Article VIII.
2. Provide a notice of termination to the
subrecipient if you terminate its subaward
unilaterally for any reason prior to the end
of the period of performance.
3. In the case of suspension or termination
of a subaward prior to the end of the period
of performance, allow or disallow subaward
costs in accordance with Section D of OAR
Article III.
Section D. Subaward closeout.
1. You will close out each subaward when
you either:
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a. Determine that the subrecipient has
completed its programmatic performance
under the subaward and all applicable
administrative actions; or
b. Terminate the subaward, if you do so
prior to the end of the subaward’s period of
performance.
2. With respect to the closeout of each
subaward:
a. You must pay the subrecipient promptly
for allowable and reimbursable costs.
b. Consistent with the terms and
conditions of the subaward, you must make
a settlement for any upward or downward
adjustments to the Federal share of costs after
you receive the information you need from
the subrecipient to close out the subaward.
c. You should complete the closeout of the
subaward no later than one year after you
receive and accept the final reports and other
information from the subrecipient that you
need to close out the subaward.
Appendix K to Part 1138—Terms and
Conditions for SUB Article XI,
‘‘Requirements Concerning
Subrecipients’ Lower-Tier Subawards’’
Unless modified as provided in § 1138.5, a
DoD Component’s general terms and
conditions must use the following wording
for SUB Article XI.
SUB Article XI. Requirements Concerning
Subrecipients’ Lower-Tier Subawards.
(DECEMBER 2014)
Section A. Purpose. This article specifies
requirements you must include in any costtype subaward under which you determine
that the subrecipient of your subaward may
make lower-tier cost-type subawards to other
entities. Paragraph G.1 of SUB Article XII
specifies requirements related to fixedamount type subawards at lower tiers.
Section B. Requirements for lower-tier
subawards. Your cost-type subaward terms
and conditions must require your
subrecipient, with respect to each lower-tier
cost-type subaward that it makes, to:
1. Ensure that the lower-tier transaction is
a subaward, rather than a procurement, by
making the determination that SUB Article I
of this award requires you to make for your
subawards.
2. Conduct the pre-award risk assessment
of its intended subrecipient that Section B of
SUB Article II of this award requires you to
make for your subawards.
3. Include in any cost-type subaward it
makes at the next tier:
a. The informational content that SUB
Article III specifies;
b. The administrative requirements that
SUB Articles IV through VIII of this award
specify;
c. The national policy requirements that
SUB Article IX of this award specifies, as
applicable; and
d. The requirements of this article if the
next-tier subrecipient may make even lowertier cost-type subawards to other entities.
4. Carry out the subrecipient monitoring
and other post-award administration
responsibilities specified in SUB Article X of
this award.
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Unless modified as provided in § 1138.5 or
1138.1205, a DoD Component’s general terms
and conditions must use the following
wording for SUB Article XII.
SUB Article XII. Fixed-Amount Subawards.
(DECEMBER 2014)
Section A. Limitations on use.
1. You may not use a fixed-amount
subaward:
a. If the total value over the life of the
subaward will exceed the simplified
acquisition threshold.
b. Unless the project or program scope is
specific, with definite outcomes, and you are
able to establish a reasonable estimate of the
actual costs of accomplishing those
outcomes.
c. If you will predetermine a set amount or
percentage of cost sharing or matching that
the subrecipient must provide under the
subaward.
d. If the subrecipient will acquire any real
property or equipment under the subaward.
2. For fixed-amount subawards not
prohibited by paragraph 1 of this section and
except as provided in Section B of this
article, you must obtain our prior approval
before making a fixed-amount type of
subaward.
a. If Section B of FMS Article IV requires
you to obtain our prior approval before you
make any subaward, and you do not identify
the subaward as a fixed-amount subaward
when you obtain that approval, then you
must subsequently request separate approval
before awarding it as a fixed-amount type of
subaward.
b. If a subaward is identified as a fixedamount type of subaward in the budget you
submit for our approval, then our approval of
the budget is the required prior approval.
Section B. Fixed-amount subawards that
do not require prior approval. You are not
required to obtain our prior approval before
using a fixed-amount type of subaward if:
1. The subaward is to either:
a. A foreign public entity; or
b. An organizational unit of a foreign
organization, if that unit does not have a
place of business in the United States,
regardless of whether another organizational
unit of that foreign organization has one.
2. You determine that the portion of the
project or program under this award which
the subrecipient will be carrying out under
the subaward has one or more specific
outcomes with the following characteristics:
a. You can define the outcomes well
enough to specify them at the time you make
the subaward. Note that:
i. Outcomes are distinct from inputs
needed to achieve the outcomes, such as
amounts or percentages of time that
subrecipient employees or other participants
will spend on the project or program.
ii. The inherently unpredictable nature of
basic or applied research makes it rarely, if
ever, possible to define specific research
outcomes in advance, which makes fixedamount subawards inappropriate for
research. Note that technical performance
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reports serve to document research outcomes
but are not themselves outcomes,
notwithstanding the definition of
‘‘performance goals’’ in OMB guidance at 2
CFR 200.76.
b. The accomplishment of each outcome
will be observable and verifiable by you
when it occurs, so that you will not need to
rely solely on the subrecipient’s assurance of
that accomplishment.
c. The subrecipient associates its estimated
costs with outcomes in the proposal it
submits to you, and you are confident that
the costs of accomplishment of the outcomes
will equal or exceed the subaward amount.
This requires either that you have a high
degree of confidence:
i. In your estimate of the costs associated
with accomplishing the well-defined and
observable outcomes, based on the
prospective subrecipient’s proposal (and
using the applicable cost principles in FMS
Article III as a guide); or
ii. That those costs will be within a finite
range, rather than a specific amount, so that
you may provide an amount of funding under
the subaward that does not exceed the lower
end of the range, with the provision that the
subrecipient agrees to provide any balance
above that amount that ultimately is needed
to accomplish the outcomes. Your subaward
then would include a term or condition to
reflect the subrecipient’s agreement to
provide that balance (which would be in an
amount to be post-determined, when the
outcomes are accomplished). Note that this is
distinct from a situation in which you
predetermine a set amount or percentage of
cost sharing or matching that the
subrecipient must provide under its
subaward, a situation in which paragraph
A.1.c of this article prohibits use of a fixedamount subaward.
3. a. The subaward is based on a fixed rate
per unit of outcome (or ‘‘unit cost’’) and you
have both the confidence:
i. That is described in paragraph B.2.c of
this article in the estimated costs associated
with each unit of outcome; and
ii. In the subrecipient’s guarantee that it
can accomplish at least the number of units
of outcome on which your total subaward
amount will be based (i.e., the product of the
unit cost and the number of units of outcome
the subrecipient guarantees to accomplish).
b. Note, however, that not every fixed rate
subaward is also a fixed-amount subaward. If
you have confidence in the unit cost but not
also in the subrecipient’s ability to guarantee
the number of units of outcome that it will
accomplish, then you should set a not-toexceed award amount based on the number
of units desired and reduce the subaward
amount at the end if the subrecipient
accomplishes fewer than that number.
Examples of activities for which it may be
appropriate to award this type of fixed rate
subaward that is not a fixed-amount
subaward include:
i. A clinical trial for which the unit cost
is the cost of treating each participant. The
not-to-exceed amount would be based on the
number of participants the subrecipient
planned to recruit and the final award on the
number who actually participated,
documentation for which would be subject to
audit.
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ii. Labor costs for performance of a portion
of the project or program under this award
by a for-profit entity that treats its indirect
cost rate as proprietary information. The unit
cost in that case may be ‘‘loaded’’ labor rates
for the entity’s employees that include
indirect costs. The final award amount would
depend on the number of labor hours the
entity’s employees expended under the
subaward, documentation for which may be
audited without exposing proprietary details
associated with the actual costs.
Section C. Informational content of fixedamount subawards. You must include in
each fixed-amount subaward the
informational content, other than the indirect
cost rate, that is described in SUB Article III
of this award.
Section D. Terms and conditions
addressing administrative requirements.
1. General. This section:
a. Specifies the minimum set of terms and
conditions (in lieu of the more extensive set
specified in SUB Articles IV through X for
cost-type subawards) addressing
administrative requirements that you must
include in each fixed-amount subaward:
i. To an entity other than a foreign
organization, as applicable; and
ii. To the maximum extent practicable, to
a foreign organization.
b. Does not preclude the inclusion of other
requirements that you need in order to meet
your responsibilities under this award for
performance of the project or program and
compliance with applicable administrative
and national policy requirements.
2. Financial and program management
requirements.
a. Financial management system
standards. For a subaward to other than a forprofit entity, your subaward must require the
subrecipient to include the information
specified in paragraph B.1 of FMS Article I
in its financial management system, for the
purposes of the non-Federal audits required
by paragraph 2.d of this section.
b. Payments. Your payments must be based
on accomplishment of the outcomes and
associated costs that you used to establish the
award amount, rather than on subrecipient
expenditures for project or program
purposes. Milestone payments before the end
of the subaward’s period of performance may
be appropriate if there are outcomes that the
subrecipient will accomplish at different
times during that period.
c. Revision of budget and program plans.
If our prior approval was required under
paragraph A.2 of this article for use of a
fixed-amount type of subaward, then you
must:
i. Request our prior approval for any
change in scope or objective of the subaward;
and
ii. Include a requirement in the subaward
for the subrecipient to request that approval
through you.
d. Non-Federal audits. You must include
the requirement for non-Federal audits
described in Section F of SUB Article IV. The
audits are intended to focus on compliance
with the performance requirements in the
subaward terms and conditions and not to
review actual costs as they would for a costtype subaward.
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3. Property requirements.
a. Federally owned property. If the
subrecipient will be accountable for federally
owned property, you must include the
property management system, use, and
disposition requirements described in
Sections C and F of SUB Article V that are
applicable to federally owned property.
b. Intangible property. You must include
the applicable intangible property
requirements described in Section G of SUB
Article V.
4. Reporting requirements. You must
include requirements for reporting that you
need in order to meet your responsibilities
under this award for reporting to us.
5. Other administrative requirements.
a. Integrity-related information. You must
include the substance of the provision in
Section C of OAR Article I in any subaward
you make under this award. The provision
must require the subrecipient’s disclosure of
any evidence directly to the Inspector
General, DoD.
b. Records retention and access.
i. You must include the requirements for
records retention and access in paragraph A.3
and Sections B and F of OAR Article II, as
applicable, if the subaward is to an
institution of higher education, nonprofit
organization, State, local government, or
Indian tribe. You may not impose any other
records retention or access requirements on
the subrecipient.
ii. You must include the corresponding
requirements of 32 CFR 34.42 if the subaward
is to a for-profit entity.
c. Remedies and termination. You must
include:
i. The requirements concerning remedies
and termination that are described in
paragraphs D.1 and 2 of SUB Article VIII;
ii. Provisions addressing any hearing and
appeal rights the subrecipient has, as
described in Section E of SUB Article VIII;
and
iii. Terms and conditions addressing
adjustment of the amount of the subaward if
it is terminated before the subrecipient
accomplishes all of the specified outcomes.
d. Continuing responsibilities. You must
include requirements concerning continuing
responsibilities for audits and records
retention and access that are described in
paragraphs B.1 and 3 of OAR Article VII.
e. Collection of amounts due. You should
consider including requirements concerning
collection of amounts due, as described in
Section F of SUB Article VIII.
Section E. National policy requirements for
fixed-amount subawards. You must include
in the terms and conditions of each fixedamount subaward the national policy
requirements that SUB Article IX of this
award specifies, as applicable.
Section F. Subrecipient monitoring and
other post-award administration. You must
carry out the subrecipient monitoring and
post-award administration actions specified
in SUB Article X, as applicable.
Section G. Fixed-amount subawards at
lower tiers.
1. Authority.
a. If Section B of this article authorizes you
to use a fixed-amount type of subaward
without our prior approval in some
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situations, a cost-type subaward that you
make may authorize the subrecipient to use
fixed-amount subawards at the next lower
tier in those same situations without our
prior approval.
b. If you wish to allow a subrecipient of a
cost-type subaward to use fixed-amount
subawards at the next tier in other situations
(i.e., situations in which this article requires
you to obtain our prior approval before using
a fixed-amount type of subaward), your
subaward terms and conditions must require
the subrecipient to submit a request through
you to obtain our prior approval for use of
that type of subaward.
2. Subaward requirements. If your
subrecipient is authorized to use lower-tier
fixed-amount subawards, as described in
paragraphs 1.a and b of this section, your
subaward’s terms and conditions must:
a. Require the subrecipient, before it makes
any lower-tier fixed-amount subaward, to:
i. Ensure that the lower-tier transaction is
a subaward, rather than a procurement, by
making the determination that SUB Article I
of this award requires you to make for your
subawards.
ii. Conduct the pre-award risk assessment
of its intended subrecipient that Section B of
SUB Article II of this award requires you to
make for your subawards.
b. Include the requirements specified in
Sections A through F of this article.
Dated: July 24, 2020.
Aaron T. Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison
Officer, Department of Defense.
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Office of the Secretary,
Department of Defense (DoD).
ACTION: Final rule.
AGENCY:
This rule is the fourth of a
sequence of six final rules published in
this issue of the Federal Register. This
final rule adds a new Department of
Defense Grant and Agreement
Regulations (DoDGARs) part to establish
a consistent way for DoD Components to
organize the portion of their general
terms and conditions covering national
policy requirements, such as
nondiscrimination, environmental
protection, and live organisms. It also
provides standard wording of terms and
conditions for national policy
requirements that apply generally to
DoD programs and awards.
SUMMARY:
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2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Barbara Orlando, Basic Research Office,
telephone 571–372–6413.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Executive Summary
A. Purpose of the Final Rule
As explained in the Supplementary
Information section of the first of the
sequence of final rules in this section of
this issue of the Federal Register, these
six rules collectively make a major
portion of needed updates to the
Department of Defense Grant and
Agreement Regulations (DoDGARs). The
purpose of this rule, the fourth of the
sequence, is to maximize uniformity of
general terms and conditions addressing
national policy requirements within
DoD grants and cooperative agreements.
As described in the second of the six
final rules, 2 CFR part 1120 of the
DoDGARs establishes a standard award
format for DoD Components’ grants and
cooperative agreements. National policy
requirements are one of the four sub
elements of an award’s general terms
and conditions. This added part—-2
CFR part 1122—-provides (1) a standard
organization for the general terms and
conditions addressing national policy
requirements, and (2) standard wording
of terms and conditions for the national
policy requirements that commonly
apply to DoD Components’ grants and
cooperative agreements.
It should be noted that 2 CFR part
1122 applies to grants and cooperative
agreements awarded to all types of
recipient entities. That scope
distinguishes part 1122 from the other
final rules in 2 CFR parts 1126 through
1138 published in the Federal Register,
which address requirements only for
Department of Defense (DoD) grants and
cooperative agreements awarded to
institutions of higher education,
nonprofit organizations, States, local
governments, and Indian tribes.
B. Revisions Implemented by This Rule
This rule supersedes the Appendix of
32 CFR part 21, moving it to 2 CFR part
1122. It provides an updated version of
the National Policies that apply to all
DoD financial assistance awards.
C. Legal Authorities for the Regulatory
Action
There are two statutory authorities for
this final rule:
• 10 U.S.C. 113, which establishes the
Secretary of Defense as the head of the
Department of Defense; and
• 5 U.S.C. 301, which authorizes the
head of an Executive department to
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Grants and Cooperative Agreements to Nonprofit and Governmental
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SUMMARY: This final rule is the third in a sequence of six final rules
this issue of the Federal Register that update the Department of
Defense Grant and Agreement Regulations (DoDGARs). This final rule adds
seven new DoDGARs parts to address the administrative requirements
included in general terms and conditions of DoD cost-type grants and
cooperative agreements awarded to institutions of higher education,
nonprofit
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organizations, States, local governments, and Indian tribes. The
administrative requirements are in areas such as financial and program
management; property administration; recipient procurement procedures;
financial, programmatic, and property reporting; and subawards. These
new parts establish a uniform way for DoD Components' awarding offices
to organize the administrative requirements in their general terms and
conditions, and provide standard wording for those terms and
conditions, with associated regulatory prescriptions for DoD Components
to provide latitude to vary from the standard wording where variation
is appropriate.
DATES: This rule is effective October 19, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Barbara Orlando, Basic Research
Office, telephone 571-372-6413.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Executive Summary
A. Purpose of the Regulatory Action
The Department of Defense Grant and Agreement Regulations (DoDGARs)
implement statutes and Governmentwide guidance for grants and
cooperative agreements, as needed, to ensure that DoD Component offices
make and administer assistance awards consistent with agency policy.
They need updating, in part due to the issuance of the Office of
Management and Budget's (OMB) guidance to Federal agencies on
administrative requirements, cost principles, and audit requirements
that apply to Federal grants, cooperative agreements, and other
assistance instruments (2 CFR part 200). This rule provides a major
portion of the implementation of that guidance by addressing the
administrative requirements to be included in general terms and
conditions of DoD Components' awards to institutions of higher
education, nonprofit organizations, States, local governments, and
Indian tribes.
Revisions Implemented by This Rule
This final rule establishes seven new DoDGARs parts that
collectively govern a DoD Component's construction of the
administrative requirements portion of its general terms and conditions
for awards to institutions of higher education, nonprofit
organizations, States, local governments, and Indian tribes. The seven
proposed new parts comprise a subchapter of the DoDGARs--subchapter D
in Chapter XI of 2 CFR.
The first of the proposed parts in the subchapter, 2 CFR part 1126,
provides an overview of the subchapter's content. In addition to
addressing the purpose and applicability, the overview part describes
what the subchapter's remaining six parts address and how they are
organized.
Each of the subchapter's other six parts provides both: (1)
Standard wording for articles of general terms and conditions
specifying requirements for recipients and subrecipients within a given
subject matter area; and (2) the associated direction to DoD Components
on the use of the standard wording for those articles.
Those six parts are:
1. Part 1128--General terms and conditions on recipient financial and
program management
2. Part 1130--General terms and conditions on property administration
3. Part 1132--General terms and conditions on recipient procurement
procedures
4. Part 1134 -General terms and conditions on reporting
5. Part 1136--General terms and conditions on other administrative
requirements
6. Part 1138--General terms and conditions related to subawards
In addition to minor editorial changes, we made the following
changes to correct omissions in the NPRM, or for clarity, consistency,
or conformance with the OMB guidance, as indicated:
1. In appendix F to 2 CFR part 1128, FMS Article VI, paragraph A.1,
we modified the wording to clearly delineate the potential sources of
cost sharing or matching, i.e., cash contributions and third-party in-
kind contributions.
2. We corrected appendix B to 2 CFR part 1130, PROP Article II,
paragraph B.2.b to indicate that an inventory of federally owned
property is required annually as specified in 2 CFR 200.312(a). We also
made conforming a change in PROP Article II by adding a paragraph C.3
to explicitly require an annual inventory of federally owned property
for which institutions of higher education, nonprofit organizations,
local governments, or Indian tribes are accountable under an award.
3. In appendix C to 2 CFR part 1130, PROP Article III, paragraph
A.1.a, we corrected ``may'' to ``must'' to ensure consistency with the
intent of 2 CFR 200.313(c)(4) with respect to application of
disposition proceeds to the acquisition of replacement equipment.
4. We modified appendix D to 2 CFR part 1130, PROP Article IV, to
remove language that conflicts with PROP Article I. The language in the
NPRM limited the identification of exempt property to inclusion in PROP
Article I, whereas PROP Article IV indicated that the exemption could
be in either the general terms and conditions (PROP Article I) or in
award-specific conditions. We believe the latter potential for
inclusion in award-specific conditions would occur only in conjunction
with inclusion in PROP Article I, i.e., in an instance where the
general terms and conditions include the exemption but it is overridden
on an individual award, e.g., based on a risk assessment.
5. We corrected appendix G to 2 CFR part 1130, PROP Article VI,
paragraph A.2, to accurately reflect the language and intent of 2 CFR
200.315(b).
6. The requirement included in appendix C to 2 CFR part 1132, PROC
Article III, Section B.3, regarding the Copeland Act, was incorrectly
shown in the NPRM as a freestanding requirement; however, it is linked
to the Wage Rate requirements, as shown in 2 CFR part 200, Appendix II.
We have corrected this accordingly.
7. We made a change in appendix C to 2 CFR part 1132, PROC Article
III, Section B.10, to conform the Fly America requirements in contracts
under grants and cooperative agreements with those in 2 CFR part 1122
that would apply to awards and subawards. As explained in the final
rule in today's Federal Register that addresses national policy
requirements (2 CFR part 1122), we added clarifying language to
indicate that ``Fly America'' requirements apply to transport of
persons, as well as personal effects, and added language to refer to
both the statute and its implementing regulations.
8. In 2 CFR 1134.210((b)(3)(iii), to ensure that DoD Components
appropriately monitor advances in those limited instances when
predetermined advances are used and to conform to the OMB guidance on
the frequency of financial reporting in 2 CFR 200.327, we changed the
language to indicate that, when using such advances, DoD Components
must require in their general terms and conditions quarterly financial
reporting.
9. In appendix C to 2 CFR part 1136, we added a new Section A to
OAR Article III to clarify the use of award-specific conditions as a
means of addressing non-compliance and redesignated the other Sections
of the Article. The redesignated Section B of the Article addresses the
remedies outlined in the OMB guidance in 2 CFR 200.338(a) through (f).
In addition, we removed the term ``materially'' from the lead-in
language to Section B because
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the standard for use of those remedies could be a failure to comply
that does not rise to that level of significance. Termination for
material failure to comply is addressed in the redesignated Section C.
10. In appendix D to 2 CFR part 1136, OAR Article IV, we added a
new section G to indicate that the Grant Appeal Authority's decision is
the final administrative decision of DoD and cannot be appealed further
within the Department. This serves to emphasize current policy.
11. For consistency between the reporting prescriptions and
articles and the closeout article (appendix G to 2 CFR part 1136, OAR
Article VI), we made the following changes.
a. Because appendix B to 2 CFR part 1134, REP Article II, indicates
that all final financial reports are due 120 days after the end of the
period of performance, in 2 CFR 1136.605(b)(2)(ii), we deleted
``financial'' from the lead-in and removed paragraph (ii)(B).
b. We added a new Subpart D, ``Other reporting,'' and REP Article V
to allow for inclusion of reports in general terms and conditions other
than those covered in REP Articles I-IV, as envisioned by Appendix F to
2 CFR part 1136, OAR Article VI, Section C.4.
12. In Appendices A-L to 2 CFR part 1138, the subaward articles, we
added wording to clarify what coverage pertained only to cost-type
subawards, what coverage pertained to both cost-type and fixed-amount-
type subawards, and what coverage applied (or did not apply)
specifically to fixed-amount-type subawards. Several specific
clarifying changes were made in SUB Article II, Section C.2, where we
elaborated on the location of applicable requirements for fixed amount-
type subawards, and SUB Article III Section G, with the respect to the
inapplicability of the requirement to include indirect cost information
in a fixed amount-type subaward.
13. To ensure clarity in the application of the administrative
requirements and consistency within the various parts of the DoDGARs,
we made the following changes:
a. Rather than have multiple paragraphs of direction to DoD
Components at the beginning and, in some cases, within the individual
Articles of terms and conditions, we consolidated the prescriptive
language at the beginning of each article.
b. We changed the numbering in several of the Articles to avoid
confusion between the alphabetical section designator (e.g., A, B, C)
and paragraphs within the text of the Article that have a similar
designation.
B. Legal Authorities for the Regulatory Action
There are two statutory authorities for this final rule:
10 U.S.C. 113, which establishes the Secretary of Defense
as the head of the Department of Defense; and
5 U.S.C. 301, which authorizes the head of an Executive
department to prescribe regulations for the governance of that
department and the performance of its business.
II. Regulatory History
In December 2014 (79 FR 76047), DoD established an interim
implementation of the final guidance, ``Uniform Administrative
Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal
Awards,'' published by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) on
December 26, 2013, in 2 CFR part 200 (Uniform Guidance--available at 78
FR 78589). DoD then published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (November
7, 2016 (81 FR 78382)) that proposed to add title 2 CFR parts 1126,
1128, 1130, 1132, 1134, 1136, and 1138 to address the administrative
requirements included in general terms and conditions of DoD cost-type
grants and cooperative agreements awarded to institutions of higher
education, nonprofit organizations, States, local governments, and
Indian tribes.
III. Comments and Responses
We received one set of public comments from an organization that
represents universities in their collective relationship with the
Federal Government. The affected sections of the proposed rule, the
specific comments, and responses to those comments, including whether
there is a resulting change in this final rule, are specified below.
Comment: As a general comment, the commenter noted that, while
separating the prescriptive language from the language of the terms and
conditions makes sense, the format could be more user friendly. The
comment indicates that possibly this was a function of how the
administrative requirements Subchapter D, in particular, appeared when
published in the Federal Register and the issue might be resolved when
the final rule is published.
Response: In part, this issue was the result of the ``translation''
from a Word document into the Federal Register format. In response to
this comment, working within the Office of the Federal Register's
parameters, we have attempted throughout to show in a clearer manner
where the Articles of terms and conditions begin and end and set off
the Article headings from the text that follows.
Comment: The commenter indicated that 2 CFR 1128.419(h)(4) would
allow a DoD Component to modify the default wording as appropriate to
the awards using its general terms and conditions and provides an
example of limiting the authorization for pre-award costs to less than
90 days. The commenter also indicated that this would have the
potential to create added burden if DoD Components vary significantly
in their requirements and pointed out that financial assistance awards
at research institutions have been operating under ``expanded
authorities.'' The commenter further asked whether there will be a
central review of terms and conditions to ensure that there is
consistency across the DoD Components in implementing this provision.
Response: We believe that the intended reference is 2 CFR
1128.415(h)(4), as it relates to the direction to DoD Components on the
applicable language. This comment also pertains to the policy
enunciated in Sec. 1128.415(g). Understanding that most of the
universities' grant and cooperative agreement activity with DoD is in
research, we have made changes in these two sections to clarify and
strengthen the policy that the cited flexibility is not intended for
use by DoD Components in general terms and conditions for research
grants and cooperative agreements. Rather, the ``up to 90 days'' is at
the applicant entity's option. Also, it should be noted that, pending
issuance of this final rule, DoD is using general terms and conditions
in DoD research awards that reflect the expanded authority, i.e., to
incur at the entity's own risk without requesting DoD prior approval
pre-award costs up to 90 calendar days before the start date of the
period of performance.
Comment: The commenter indicated that, although it was not a
deviation from the OMB guidance in 2 CFR part 200, Appendix D, FMS
Article IV, Section B.1.h. varied substantially from current practice
because that section incorporates 2 CFR 200.308(e). That section of the
OMB guidance would require prior approval for budget transfers
exceeding 10 percent of the total award if the award amount is greater
than the simplified acquisition threshold, which would represent a
departure from the Prior Approval Matrix in which the participating DoD
Components waived that prior approval requirement and a departure from
what other major Federal agencies have implemented in this area. The
commenter also stated that it appreciates the flexibility previously
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provided and asks that it be reinstated to avoid having a unique
requirement for DoD that would increase the administrative burden on
recipients.
Response: No change in the current DoD practice or departure from
the practice of other Federal research agencies was intended by the
referenced language. However, because the comment indicated some
confusion concerning whether this provision represented an option
rather than a requirement, we added the phrase ``for general terms and
conditions'' in 2 CFR 1128.415(f)(3). Although the proposed language in
that paragraph stated that this option (emphasis added) was not
appropriate for research, the addition of these words should alleviate
that concern. Further, the general terms and conditions being used in
DoD research awards (as cited above) do not include this as a prior
approval requirement.
Comments: The commenter indicated that 2 CFR 1132.1(b) does not
recognize the grace period allowed by 2 CFR 200.110(a) with respect to
the potential for delayed implementation of the procurement standards
in 2 CFR part 200. This and a related comment also indicated that the
language of this section does not consider the Federal statutory
language in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) enacted after
issuance of the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) regarding the
micro-purchase threshold.
Response: With respect to the grace period, 2 CFR 1132.3 implements
2 CFR 200.110(a), including the delayed implementation, which was
subsequently extended by a year, for recipients and 2 CFR 1138.600(b)
does so for subrecipients; however, for emphasis, we added a new 2 CFR
1132.3(b) to tie back directly to the procurement grace period
specified in 2 CFR 200.110(a). We believe that including the specific
duration of that grace period in the DoDGARs will be confusing, as it
may be subject to further change, and is unnecessary. As far as a
statutory change, the NDAA would have Governmentwide applicability. By
deciding to extend the grace period for an additional year, OMB
signaled a delay in implementing the statutory provision. It should be
noted that the general research terms and conditions in use by DoD
Components (as cited above) specify in the Preamble to those terms and
conditions that OMB amended 2 CFR 200.110(a) on May 17, 2017 to permit
recipients to continue to comply with the procurement standards in
previously applicable OMB guidance, rather than the procurement
standards in 2 CFR 200.317-200.326, for three full recipient fiscal
years that begin on or after December 26, 2014. We believe that
language is sufficient and in line with the actions of other Federal
research agencies.
Comment: The commenter indicated that 2 CFR 1134.125(b)(2)(ii)
states that final reports for research awards should be cumulative and
questions whether the use of the word ``should'' means that DoD
Components may adopt inconsistent practices for final reporting, which
would make reporting challenging.
Response: In response to this comment, we have changed ``should''
to ``must.''
Comment: The commenter indicated that 2 CFR 1134.125(c)(1)(i)
enables a DoD Component to pre-approve a 30-day extension for
performance reports; however, the reporting article (REP Article I)
states that final performance reports are due 90 days after the end of
the period of performance. The comment goes on to observe that REP
Article II states that final financial reports are due 120 days after
the end of the period of performance, resulting in the potential for
inconsistent due dates for the same reports across DoD Components,
which would make reporting challenging. The commenter suggested that
final reports would be more easily administered if there were one
consistent due date of 120 days after the end of the period of
performance.
Response: To resolve this inconsistency and reflect our intent that
the 120-day due date applies to research awards, we have added language
to distinguish research awards from other non-construction awards, both
in the prescriptive language (2 CFR 1134.125) and in Section C.1 of
Appendix A to part 1134 (REP Article I), to make clear that the 120
days is the default for research awards generally and is not an
exception, and the pre-approval requirement applies only to non-
research awards. We also made other conforming changes, as appropriate,
in addressing this comment. Further, the general terms and conditions
being used in DoD research awards (as cited above) reflect the 120-day
time frame for submission of both final performance and financial
reports.
IV. Regulatory Analyses
We developed this rule after considering numerous statutes and
Executive Orders (E.O.s) related to rulemaking. Below we summarize our
analyses based on these statutes or E.O.s.
A. Regulatory Planning and Review
Executive Orders 12866 (Regulatory Planning and Review) and 13563
(Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review) direct agencies to assess
the costs and benefits of available regulatory alternatives and, if
regulation is necessary, to select regulatory approaches that maximize
net benefits (including potential economic, environmental, public
health and safety effects, distributive impacts, and equity). Executive
Order 13563 emphasizes the importance of quantifying both costs and
benefits, of reducing costs, of harmonizing rules, and of promoting
flexibility. This rule has been designated as a ``not significant''
regulatory action, and not economically significant, under section 3(f)
of Executive Order 12866. Accordingly, the rule has not been reviewed
by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under the requirements of
these Executive Orders.
Executive Order 13771 (Reducing Regulation and Controlling
Regulatory Costs) directs agencies to reduce regulation and control
regulatory costs and provides that ``for every one new regulation
issued, at least two prior regulations be identified for elimination,
and that the cost of planned regulations be prudently managed and
controlled through a budgeting process.'' This rule is not subject to
the requirements of this Executive Order because it is not significant
under Executive Order 12866.
Costs
DoD has found that this rule will not impose costs on the public
because this rule is standardizing terms and conditions for
administrative requirements without imposing additional requirements or
burdens on the public. In fact, the public will benefit from a time
savings resulting from the standardization.
Benefits
DoD determined that a standard format for, and wording of, general
terms and conditions for grants and cooperative agreements within the
DoDGARs, along with specifying the limits of flexibility afforded to
DoD Components, will help maximize long term benefits in relation to
costs and burdens for recipients of those awards.
The major benefit of this rule is use of standard terms and
conditions for administrative requirements, provided in a uniform
format with consistent placement and numbering, included in DoD grants
and cooperative agreements awarded to institutions of higher education,
nonprofit organizations, States, local governments, and Indian tribes.
Greatly increased uniformity across the Department's approximately
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100 offices will help to lessen administrative burdens and costs for
recipients, especially those that receive awards from multiple DoD
Components and enhance the productivity of projects and programs
supported by DoD awards.
Any added administrative burdens and associated costs to recipients
due to this regulatory action are primarily existing burdens resulting
from the Governmentwide guidance to agencies that OMB issued in 2 CFR
part 200. In the NPRM, DoD invited input on any area in which potential
recipients of DoD awards perceive an increase in burden relative to the
OMB guidance that is not justified by the commensurate value of an
improvement in DoD's ability to carry out its responsibilities for good
stewardship of Federal taxpayers' dollars. Any area where a commenter
indicated the potential for an increase in burden or costs is addressed
in the responses in Section III, ``Comments and Responses.''
Alternatives
No action--If no action was taken DoD would not be compliance with
OMB requirements to move all financial assistance regulations to 2 CFR.
B. Congressional Review Act (5 U.S.C. 801, et seq.)
Under the Congressional Review Act, a major rule may not take
effect until at least 60 days after submission to Congress of a report
regarding the rule. A major rule is one that would have an annual
effect on the economy of $100 million or more or have certain other
impacts. This rule is not a major rule under the Congressional Review
Act.
C. Impact on Small Entities
The Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980, 5 U.S.C. 601-612, as
amended, requires Federal agencies to consider the potential impact of
regulations on small entities during rulemaking. The term ``small
entities'' comprises small businesses, not-for-profit organizations
that are independently owned and operated and are not dominant in their
fields, and governmental jurisdictions with populations of less than
50,000. This rule will not impose any impacts on any entities. This
means that there will be no economic impacts on any entities.
Therefore, the Department of Defense under 5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.
certifies that this rule will not have a significant economic impact on
a substantial number of small entities.
D. Assistance for Small Entities
Under section 213(a) of the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement
Fairness Act of 1996, Public Law 104-121, we want to assist small
entities in understanding this rule so that they can better evaluate
its effects on them and participate in the rulemaking. If the rule
would affect your small business, organization, or governmental
jurisdiction and you have questions concerning its provisions or
options for compliance, please contact the person in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section of this rule.
Small businesses may send comments on the actions of Federal
employees who enforce, or otherwise determine compliance with, Federal
regulations to the Small Business and Agriculture Regulatory
Enforcement Ombudsman and the Regional Small Business Regulatory
Fairness Boards. The Ombudsman evaluates these actions annually and
rates each agency's responsiveness to small business.
E. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act
The Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995, 2 U.S.C. 1531-1538,
requires Federal agencies to assess the effects of their discretionary
regulatory actions. In particular, the Act addresses actions that may
result in the expenditure by a State, local, or tribal government, in
the aggregate, or by the private sector of $100,000,000 (adjusted for
inflation) or more in any 1 year. Although this rule will not result in
such an expenditure, we do discuss the effects of this rule elsewhere
in this preamble.
F. Collection of Information
The Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520) applies to
collections of information using identical questions posed to, or
reporting or recordkeeping requirements imposed on, ten or more members
of the public. This rule does not call for a new collection of
information under the PRA.
G. Federalism
Executive Order 13132 establishes certain requirements that an
agency must meet when it promulgates a proposed rule (and subsequent
final rule) that imposes substantial direct requirement costs on State
and local governments, preempts State law, or otherwise has Federalism
implications. This proposed rule does not have federalism implications
that warrant the preparation of a federalism assessment in accordance
with Executive Order 13132.
List of Subjects
2 CFR Part 1126
Cooperative agreements, Grant programs, Grants administration.
2 CFR Part 1128
Accounting, Business and Industry, Cooperative agreements, Grants
administration, Hospitals, Indians, Nonprofit organizations, Reporting
and recordkeeping requirements, Small business, State and local
governments.
2 CFR Part 1130
Cooperative agreements, Grants administration, Hospitals, Indians,
Nonprofit organizations, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements,
Small business, State and local governments.
2 CFR Part 1132
Business and Industry, Cooperative agreements, Grants
administration, Hospitals, Indians, Nonprofit organizations, Reporting
and recordkeeping requirements, Small business, State and local
governments.
2 CFR Part 1134
Cooperative agreements, Grants administration, Hospitals, Indians,
Nonprofit organizations, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements,
Small business, State and local governments.
2 CFR Part 1136
Cooperative agreements, Grants administration, Hospitals, Indians,
Nonprofit organizations, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements,
Small business, State and local governments.
2 CFR Part 1138
Accounting, Business and Industry, Cooperative agreements, Grants
administration, Hospitals, Indians, Nonprofit organizations, Reporting
and recordkeeping requirements, Small business, State and local
governments.
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Accordingly, under the authority of 5 U.S.C. 301 and 10 U.S.C. 113, 2
CFR chapter XI, subchapter D, is amended by adding parts 1126, 1128,
1130, 1132, 1134, 1136, and 1138 to read as follows:
PART 1126--SUBCHAPTER D OVERVIEW
Sec.
1126.1 Purposes of this subchapter.
1126.2 Applicability of this subchapter.
1126.3 Exceptions from requirements in this subchapter.
1126.4 Relationship to other portions of the DoD grant and agreement
regulations.
1126.5 Organization of this subchapter.
1126.6 Organization of the other parts of this subchapter.
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301 and 10 U.S.C. 113.
Sec. 1126.1 Purposes of this subchapter.
This subchapter of the DoD Grant and Agreement Regulations:
(a) Addresses general terms and conditions governing administrative
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requirements for use by DoD Components when awarding cost-type grants
and cooperative agreements to institutions of higher education,
nonprofit organizations, States, local governments, and Indian tribes.
It does so by providing:
(1) A standard organization of the administrative requirements into
articles of general terms and conditions, each of which is in a
specific subject area.
(2) Standard wording for those articles; and
(3) Associated prescriptions for DoD Component's use of the
standard wording to construct their general terms and conditions, which
allow for adding, omitting, or varying in other ways from the standard
wording in certain situations.
(b) Thereby implements OMB guidance in 2 CFR part 200 as it relates
to general terms and conditions of grants and cooperative agreements to
institutions of higher education, nonprofit organizations, States,
local governments, and Indian tribes.
Sec. 1126.2 Applicability of this subchapter.
(a) Entities. This subchapter:
(1) Applies to DoD Components that award cost-type grants and
cooperative agreements to institutions of higher education, nonprofit
organizations, States, local governments, and Indian tribes.
(2) Does not directly impose requirements on a recipient of a DoD
Component's award but does do so indirectly, through the DoD
Component's compliance with this subchapter when it constructs its
general award terms and conditions. The terms and conditions delineate
the rights and responsibilities of the recipient and the Federal
Government under the award.
(b) Awards. This subchapter applies to DoD Components' cost-type
grants and cooperative agreements to types of entities identified in
paragraph (a)(1) of this section, other than Technology Investment
Agreements that are addressed in 32 CFR part 37.
Sec. 1126.3 Exceptions from requirements in this subchapter.
(a) Exceptions that are not permitted. A DoD Component may not
grant any exception to the requirements in this subchapter if the
exception is:
(1) Prohibited by statute, executive order, or regulation;
(2) Inconsistent with the OMB implementation of the Single Audit
Act in Subpart F of 2 CFR part 200.
(b) Other exceptions. Other exceptions are permitted from
requirements in this subchapter for institutions of higher education,
nonprofit organizations, States, local governments, and Indian tribes
as follows:
(1) Statutory or regulatory exceptions. A DoD Component's general
terms and conditions may incorporate a requirement that is inconsistent
with the requirements in this subchapter if that requirement is
specifically authorized or required by a statute or regulation adopted
in the Code of Federal Regulations after opportunity for public
comment.
(2) Individual exceptions. The Head of the DoD Component or his or
her designee may approve an individual exception affecting only one
award in accordance with procedures stated in 32 CFR 21.340.
(3) Small awards. A DoD Component's terms and conditions for small
awards may apply less restrictive requirements than those specified in
this subchapter (a small award is an award for which the total value of
obligated funding through the life of the award is not expected to
exceed the simplified acquisition threshold).
(4) Other class exceptions. The Assistant Secretary of Defense for
Research and Engineering or his or her designee may approve any class
exception affecting multiple awards other than small awards, with OMB
concurrence if the class exception is for a requirement that is
inconsistent with OMB guidance in 2 CFR part 200. Procedures for DoD
Components' requests for class exceptions are stated in 32 CFR 21.340.
Sec. 1126.4 Relationship to other portions of the DoD grant and
agreement regulations.
The administrative requirements specified in this subchapter
complement:
(a) Provisions of 32 CFR part 34 that address administrative
requirements for DoD Components' grants and cooperative agreements to
for-profit entities; and
(b) Requirements in 32 CFR part 37 for technology investment
agreements.
Sec. 1126.5 Organization of this subchapter.
This subchapter is organized into six parts in addition to this
overview part. Each part provides standard wording and prescriptions
for articles of general terms and conditions that address
administrative requirements in a particular subject area. Table 1 shows
the subject area and articles corresponding to each part:
Table 1 to Sec. 1126.5
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Of this subchapter, you will find terms and
conditions with associated prescriptions
In . . . for the following articles related to . . .
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Part 1128.................. Recipient financial and program management
(designated as ``FMS'' when referring to
articles prescribed by this part):
--FMS Article I--Financial management
system standards.
--FMS Article II--Payments.
--FMS Article III--Allowable costs,
period of availability of funds, and
fee or profit.
--FMS Article IV--Revision of budget and
program plans.
--FMS Article V--Non-Federal audits.
--FMS Article VI--Cost sharing or
matching.
--FMS Article VII--Program income.
Part 1130.................. Property administration (designated as
``PROP'' when referring to articles
prescribed by this part):
--PROP Article I--Title to property.
--PROP Article II--Property management
system.
--PROP Article III--Use and disposition
of real property.
--PROP Article IV--Use and disposition
of equipment and supplies.
--PROP Article V--Use and disposition of
federally owned property.
--PROP Article VI--Intangible property.
Part 1132.................. Recipient procurement procedures
(designated as ``PROC'' when referring to
articles prescribed by this part):
--PROC Article I--Procurement standards
for States.
--PROC Article II--Procurement standards
for institutions of higher education,
nonprofit organizations, local
governments, and Indian tribes.
--PROC Article III--Contract provisions
for recipient procurements.
Part 1134.................. Financial, programmatic, and property
reporting (designated as ``REP'' when
referring to articles prescribed by this
part):
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--REP Article I--Performance management,
monitoring, and reporting.
--REP Article II--Financial reporting.
--REP Article III--Reporting on
property.
--REP Article IV--Reporting on subawards
and executive compensation.
--REP Article V--Other reporting.
Part 1136.................. Other administrative requirements
(designated as ``OAR'' when referring to
articles prescribed by this part):
--OAR Article I--Submitting and
maintaining recipient information.
--OAR Article II--Records retention and
access.
--OAR Article III--Remedies and
termination.
--OAR Article IV--Claims, disputes, and
appeals.
--OAR Article V--Collection of amounts
due.
--OAR Article VI--Closeout.
--OAR Article VII--Post[dash]closeout
adjustments and continuing
responsibilities.
Part 1138.................. Requirements related to subawards
(designated as ``SUB'' when referring to
articles prescribed by this part):
--SUB Article I--Distinguishing
subawards and procurements.
--SUB Article II--Pre-award and time of
award responsibilities.
--SUB Article III--Informational content
of subawards.
--SUB Article IV--Financial and program
management requirements for subawards.
--SUB Article V--Property requirements
for subawards.
--SUB Article VI--Procurement procedures
to include in subawards.
--SUB Article VII--Financial,
programmatic, and property reporting
requirements for subawards.
--SUB Article VIII--Other administrative
requirements for subawards.
--SUB Article IX--National Policy
Requirements for Subawards.
--SUB Article X--Subrecipient monitoring
and other post[dash]award
administration.
--SUB Article XI--Requirements
concerning subrecipients'
lower[dash]tier subawards.
--SUB Article XII--Fixed[dash]amount
subawards.
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Sec. 1126.6 Organization of the other parts of this subchapter.
(a) Each of parts 1128 through 1138 of this subchapter is organized
into subparts and appendices.
(1) Each appendix provides the standard wording of general terms
and conditions for one of the articles of general terms and conditions
that the part addresses.
(2) For each appendix addressing a particular article, the part has
an associated subpart that provides the prescription for DoD
Components' use of the standard wording for that article.
(b) For example, Table 1 to Sec. 1126.5 indicates that 2 CFR part
1128 provides the standard wording of general terms and conditions for
FMS Articles I through VII and the prescriptions for DoD Components'
use of that standard wording.
(1) FMS Article I on financial management system standards is the
first of the articles that 2 CFR part 1128 covers. Appendix A to 2 CFR
part 1128 provides the standard wording of general terms and conditions
for FMS Article I. The associated subpart of 2 CFR part 1128, subpart
A, provides the prescription for DoD Components' use of the standard
wording of that article.
(2) Appendices B through G of 2 CFR part 1128 provide the standard
wording of general terms and conditions for FMS Articles II through
VII, respectively. The associated subparts, Subparts B through G,
provide the corresponding prescriptions for DoD Components.
PART 1128--RECIPIENT FINANCIAL AND PROGRAM MANAGEMENT: GENERAL
AWARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Sec.
1128.1 Purpose of this part.
1128.2 Applicability of this part.
1128.3 Exceptions from requirements of this part.
1128.4 Organization of this part.
Subpart A--Financial Management System Standards (FMS Article I)
1128.100 Purpose of FMS Article I.
1128.105 Content of FMS Article I.
Subpart B--Payments (FMS Article II)
1128.200 Purpose of FMS Article II.
1128.205 Content of FMS Article II.
1128.210 Payment requirements for States.
1128.215 Payment requirements for institutions of higher education,
nonprofit organizations, local governments, and Indian tribes.
1128.220 Electronic funds transfer and other payment procedural
instructions or information.
Subpart C--Allowable Costs, Period of Availability of Funds, and Fee or
Profit (FMS Article III)
1128.300 Purpose of FMS Article III.
1128.305 Content of FMS Article III.
1128.310 Cost principles.
1128.315 Clarification concerning allowability of publication costs.
1128.320 Period of availability of funds.
1128.325 Fee or profit.
Subpart D--Revision of Budget and Program Plans (FMS Article IV)
1128.400 Purpose of FMS Article IV.
1128.405 Content of FMS Article IV.
1128.410 Approved budget.
1128.415 Prior approvals for non-construction activities.
1128.420 Prior approvals for construction activities.
1128.425 Additional prior approval for awards that support both non-
construction and construction activities.
1128.430 Procedures for prior approvals.
Subpart E--Non-Federal audits (FMS Article V)
1128.500 Purpose of FMS Article V.
1128.505 Content of FMS Article V.
Subpart F--Cost Sharing or Matching (FMS Article VI)
1128.600 Purpose of FMS Article VI.
1128.605 Content of FMS Article VI.
1128.610 General requirement for cost sharing or matching.
1128.615 General criteria for determining allowability as cost
sharing or matching.
1128.620 Allowability of unrecovered indirect costs as cost sharing
or matching.
1128.625 Allowability of program income as cost sharing or matching.
1128.630 Valuation of services or property contributed or donated by
recipients or subrecipients.
1128.635 Valuation of third-party in-kind contributions.
Subpart G--Program Income (FMS Article VII)
1128.700 Purpose of FMS Article VII.
1128.705 Content of FMS Article VII.
1128.710 What program income includes.
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1128.715 Recipient obligations for license fees and royalties.
1128.720 Program income use.
1128.725 Program income after the period of performance.
Appendix A to Part 1128--Terms and conditions for FMS Article I,
``Financial management system standards''
Appendix B to Part 1128--Terms and conditions for FMS Article II,
``Payments''
Appendix C to Part 1128--Terms and conditions for FMS Article III,
``Allowable costs, period of availability of funds, and fee or
profit''
Appendix D to Part 1128--Terms and conditions for FMS Article IV,
``Revision of budget and program plans''
Appendix E to Part 1128--Terms and conditions for FMS Article V,
``Non-Federal audits''
Appendix F to Part 1128--Terms and conditions for FMS Article VI,
``Cost sharing or matching''
Appendix G to Part 1128--Terms and conditions for FMS Article VII,
``Program income''
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301 and 10 U.S.C. 113.
Sec. 1128.1 Purpose of this part.
(a) This part specifies standard wording of general terms and
conditions concerning financial and program management, including
recipients' financial management systems, payments, cost sharing or
matching, program income, budget and program revisions, audits,
allowable costs, and periods of availability of funds.
(b) It thereby implements OMB guidance in the following portions of
2 CFR part 200, as they apply to general terms and conditions of grants
and cooperative agreements:
(1) Sections 200.80, 200.209, and 200.302 through 200.309;
(2) Sections 200.301 and 200.328, as they relate to associations
between financial data and performance accomplishments and reporting;
and
(3) Subparts E and F.
Sec. 1128.2 Applicability of this part.
The types of awards and entities to which this part and other parts
in this subchapter apply are described in the subchapter overview at 2
CFR 1126.2.
Sec. 1128.3 Exceptions from requirements of this part.
Exceptions are permitted from the administrative requirements in
this part only as described at 2 CFR 1126.3.
Sec. 1128.4 Organization of this part.
(a) The content of this part is organized into subparts and
associated appendices.
(1) Each subpart provides direction to DoD Components on how to
construct one article of general terms and conditions for grants and
cooperative agreements.
(2) For each subpart, there is a corresponding appendix with
standard wording for terms and conditions of the article addressed by
the subpart. Terms and conditions address rights and responsibilities
of the Federal Government and recipients.
(b) A DoD Component must use the wording provided in each appendix
in accordance with the direction in the corresponding subpart. That
direction may permit DoD Components to vary from the standard wording
in some situations.
(c) Table 1 shows which article of general terms and conditions may
be found in each of appendices A through G to this part (with the
associated direction to DoD Components in Subparts A through G,
respectively):
Table 1 to Paragraph (c)
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You will find terms and
conditions specifying
recipients' rights and That would appear
In . . . responsibilities in an award within
related to . . . FMS Article . . .
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Appendix A................. Financial management I.
system standards.
Appendix B................. Payments............... II.
Appendix C................. Allowable costs, period III.
of availability of
funds, and fee or
profit.
Appendix D................. Revision of budget and IV.
program plans.
Appendix E................. Non-Federal audits..... V.
Appendix F................. Cost sharing or VI.
matching.
Appendix G................. Program income......... VII.
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Subpart A--Financial Management System Standards (FMS Article I)
Sec. 1128.100 Purpose of FMS Article I.
FMS Article I specifies standards for recipients' financial
management systems. It thereby implements OMB guidance in:
(a) 2 CFR 200.302, 200.303, and 200.328; and
(b) 2 CFR 200.301 and 200.328, as they relate to associations
between financial data and performance accomplishments and reporting.
Sec. 1128.105 Content of FMS Article I.
(a) Requirement. A DoD Component's general terms and conditions
must address requirements for recipients' financial management systems.
(b) Award terms and conditions--(1) General. Except as provided in
paragraph (b)(2) of this section, a DoD Component's general terms and
conditions must include the wording appendix A to this part provides
for FMS Article I.
(2) Exceptions. A DoD Component's general terms and conditions may:
(i) Reserve Section A of FMS Article I if the DoD Component
determines that it is not possible that any States will receive:
(A) DoD Component awards using those general terms and conditions;
or
(B) Subawards from recipients of DoD Component awards using those
general terms and conditions.
(ii) Reserve paragraph B.6 of FMS Article I if the DoD Component
determines that it will not require recipients of awards using those
general terms and conditions to relate financial data to performance
accomplishments (e.g., through unit costs). Because the nature of
research makes the use of unit costs and other relationships between
financial data and performance accomplishments generally inappropriate,
DoD Components should reserve paragraph B.6 in general terms and
conditions for awards supporting research.
Subpart B--Payments (FMS Article II)
Sec. 1128.200 Purpose of FMS Article II.
FMS Article II contains requirements related to payments under an
award. It thereby implements OMB guidance in 2 CFR 200.305.
Sec. 1128.205 Content of FMS Article II.
(a) Requirement. A DoD Component's general terms and conditions
must address payment method; payment timing and amounts, which relate
to cash management; frequency of payment requests; and matters related
to recipients' depositories, including interest earned on advance
payments.
(b) Award terms and conditions. A DoD Component's general terms and
conditions must include the wording
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appendix B to this part provides for FMS Article II with appropriate
additions, deletions, and substitutions as described in Sec. Sec.
1128.210 through 1128.220.
Sec. 1128.210 Payment requirements for States.
(a) Policy. Payments to States are subject to requirements in
Department of the Treasury regulations at 31 CFR part 205 that
implement the Cash Management Improvement Act. Those regulations are in
two subparts with distinct requirements that apply to different
programs:
(1) Subpart A of 31 CFR part 205 contains requirements for payments
to States under ``major programs,'' as defined in that part. The
Department of the Treasury negotiates Treasury-State agreements for
major programs. Those agreements specify the appropriate timing and
amounts of payments. They further specify a State's interest liability
if it receives an advance payment too many days before it disburses the
funds for program purposes, as well as the Federal Government's
interest liability if it reimburses the State too many days after the
State disburses the funds. Most DoD awards to States are not under
major programs, so Subpart A applies relatively infrequently.
(2) Subpart B of 31 CFR part 205 applies to all other DoD grants
and cooperative agreements to States--i.e., awards that are not under
major programs.
(b) Award terms and conditions--(1) General. Because few DoD awards
to States are under major programs, appendix B to this part includes
wording for Section A of FMS Article II that specifies the requirements
of Subpart B of 31 CFR part 205. A DoD Component's general terms and
conditions must include this wording for Section A of FMS Article II if
no award using those terms and conditions will be made to a State under
a program designated as a major program in the applicable Treasury-
State agreement.
(2) Exception for awards under major programs. If a DoD Component
is establishing general terms and conditions that will be used for
awards to States, only some of which are subject to requirements for
major programs in Subpart A of 31 CFR part 205, then the DoD Component
should:
(i) Use appendix B's wording for Section A of FMS Article II in its
general terms and conditions; and
(ii) In each award subject to Subpart A of 31 CFR part 205, include
award-specific terms and conditions that make payments to the recipient
subject to the requirements in Subpart A of 31 CFR part 205 and the
applicable Treasury-State agreement, thereby overriding the wording of
Section A of FMS Article II.
Sec. 1128.215 Payment requirements for institutions of higher
education, nonprofit organizations, local governments, and Indian
tribes.
(a) Policy. OMB guidance in 2 CFR 200.305 addresses the use of
three payment methods for grants and cooperative agreements--advance
payments, reimbursement, and working capital advances. Two of the
methods pertain to a DoD Component's general terms and conditions, as
described in paragraphs (a)(1) and (2) of this section.
(1) Advance payments. With the possible exception of construction
awards, as provided in paragraph (a)(2) of this section, a DoD
Component's general terms and conditions must authorize each recipient
to request payments in advance as long as the recipient maintains, or
demonstrates the willingness to maintain, both:
(i) Written procedures that minimize the time elapsing between its
receipt of funds from the Federal Government and its disbursement of
the funds for project or program purposes; and
(ii) Financial management systems that meet the standards for fund
control and accountability specified in the wording of FMS Article I
(see Subpart A and appendix A to this part).
(2) Reimbursement. A DoD Component's general terms and conditions
may specify the reimbursement method if the awards using those terms
and conditions will support construction projects financed in whole or
in part by the Federal Government.
(b) Award terms and conditions--(1) General. Appendix B provides
wording for Section B of FMS Article II that a DoD Component:
(i) Must use in general terms and conditions for non-construction
awards to authorize recipients to request advance payments; and
(ii) May use in general terms and conditions for construction
awards if it elects to authorize recipients of those awards to request
advance payments.
(2) Alternative award terms and conditions. A DoD Component may
develop an alternative to appendix B's wording for Section B of FMS
Article II to use in general terms and conditions for construction
awards, if it elects to specify reimbursement as the payment method for
those awards. The alternative:
(i) Would replace appendix B's wording for paragraph B.1 with
wording to specify the reimbursement method of payment;
(ii) Must include appendix B's wording for paragraphs B.2.b and c,
B.4, and B.5, which may be renumbered as appropriate, because those
paragraphs apply to reimbursements as well as advance payments;
(iii) Should omit appendix B's wording for paragraphs B.2.a, B.3,
and B.6 because those paragraphs apply specifically to advance
payments; and
(iv) Must inform recipients that the DoD payment office generally
makes payment within 30 calendar days after receipt of the request for
reimbursement by the award administration office, unless the request is
reasonably believed to be improper.
Sec. 1128.220 Electronic funds transfer and other payment procedural
instructions or information.
(a) Policy. A DoD Component's general terms and conditions must
specify that payments will be made by electronic funds transfer (EFT)
unless a recipient is excepted in accordance with Department of the
Treasury regulations at 31 CFR part 208 from the Governmentwide
requirement to use EFT.
(b) Award terms and conditions--(1) Electronic funds transfer.
Appendix B provides wording for Section C of FMS Article II that a DoD
Component must use to specify payment by EFT, when awards are not
excepted from the Governmentwide requirement.
(2) Other payment procedures or instructions. A DoD Component may
insert one or more paragraphs in its general terms and conditions in
lieu of the reserved paragraph C.2 in appendix B, to provide procedural
instructions or information regarding payments that is common to awards
using those terms and conditions. For example, it may insert wording to
give detailed instructions on where and how recipients are to submit
payment requests. All forms, formats, and data elements for payment
requests must be OMB-approved information collections.
Subpart C--Allowable Costs, Period of Availability of Funds, and
Fee or Profit (FMS Article III)
Sec. 1128.300 Purpose of FMS Article III.
FMS Article III of the general terms and conditions specifies what
costs are allowable as charges to awards and when they are allowable.
It also specifies restrictions on payment of fee or profit. It thereby
implements OMB guidance in Sec. Sec. 200.209 and 200.309 and Subpart E
of 2 CFR part 200. It also partially implements 2 CFR 200.201(b)(1) and
200.323(c), as those sections apply to the cost principles to
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be used in relation to subawards and contracts, respectively.
Sec. 1128.305 Content of FMS Article III.
(a) Requirement. A DoD Component's general terms and conditions
must address allowability of costs and permissibility of fee or profit.
(b) Award terms and conditions. A DoD Component's general terms and
conditions must include the wording appendix C to this part provides
for FMS Article III with appropriate reservations as described in
Sec. Sec. 1128.310 through 1128.325.
Sec. 1128.310 Cost principles.
(a) Policy. The set of Governmentwide cost principles applicable to
a particular entity type governs the allowability of costs that may be:
(1) Charged to each cost-type:
(i) DoD grant or cooperative agreement to a recipient of that
entity type;
(ii) Subaward to a subrecipient of that entity type at any tier
below a DoD grant or cooperative agreement; and
(iii) Procurement transaction with a contractor of that entity type
awarded by a recipient of a DoD grant or cooperative agreement or a
subrecipient that received a subaward at any tier below that grant or
cooperative agreement.
(2) Considered in establishing the amount of any:
(i) Fixed-amount subaward, at any tier under a grant or cooperative
agreement, to a subrecipient of that entity type; or
(ii) Fixed-price procurement transaction with a contractor of that
entity type that is awarded by either a recipient of a DoD grant or
cooperative agreement or a subrecipient that received a subaward at any
tier below that grant or cooperative agreement.
(b) Award terms and conditions--(1) General. Because almost all DoD
grants and cooperative agreements are cost-type awards, appendix C
includes wording for Section A of FMS Article III that specifies use of
the applicable Governmentwide cost principles in the determination of
the allowability of costs.
(2) Exception. A DoD Component may reserve any paragraph of
appendix C's wording for Section A of FMS Article III in its general
terms and conditions if the Component is certain that no entities of
the type to which the paragraph applies could be recipients of awards
using those general terms and conditions or recipients of subawards or
procurement transactions at any tier under those awards.
Sec. 1128.315 Clarification concerning allowability of publication
costs.
(a) Requirement. A DoD Component's general terms and conditions
must clarify that a recipient must charge publication costs
consistently as either direct or indirect costs in order for those
costs to be allowable charges to DoD grants and cooperative agreements.
(b) Award terms and conditions--(1) General. To clarify the
allowability of publication costs, a DoD Component's general terms and
conditions must include the wording appendix C to this part provides
for Section B of FMS Article III.
(2) Exception. A DoD Component may instead reserve Section B of FMS
Article III in its general terms and conditions if the DoD Component
determines that there will be no publication costs under any of the
awards using those general terms and conditions.
Sec. 1128.320 Period of availability of funds.
(a) Requirement. A DoD Component's general terms and conditions
must specify the period during which Federal funds are available for
obligation by recipients for project or program purposes.
(b) Award terms and conditions. A DoD Component's general terms and
conditions must include the wording appendix C to this part provides
for Section C of FMS Article III to specify the period of availability
of funds.
Sec. 1128.325 Fee or profit.
(a) Requirement. A DoD Component's general terms and conditions
must specify that recipients may neither receive fee or profit nor pay
fee or profit to subrecipients.
(b) Award terms and conditions. A DoD Component must use the
wording appendix C to this part provides for Section D of FMS Article
III to specify the limitation on payment of fee or profit.
Subpart D--Revision of Budget and Program Plans (FMS Article IV)
Sec. 1128.400 Purpose of FMS Article IV.
FMS Article IV of the general terms and conditions specifies
requirements related to changes in recipients' budget and program
plans. It thereby implements OMB guidance in Sec. 200.308 of 2 CFR
part 200 and partially implements Sec. 200.209 and Subpart E of that
part.
Sec. 1128.405 Content of FMS Article IV.
(a) Requirement. A DoD Component's general terms and conditions
must specify the changes in budget and program plans for which a
recipient is required to request DoD Component prior approval and the
procedures for submitting those requests.
(b) Award terms and conditions. A DoD Component's general terms and
conditions must include as FMS Article IV the Sec. wording appendix D
to this part provides, with any revisions to the wording that are
authorized by Sec. Sec. 1128.410 through 1128.430.
Sec. 1128.410 Approved budget.
(a) OMB guidance. As described in 2 CFR 200.308(a), the approved
budget for a grant or cooperative agreement may include both the
Federal and non-Federal shares of funding under the award or only the
Federal share.
(b) DoD implementation. For DoD grants and cooperative agreements,
the approved budget includes the Federal share and any cost sharing or
matching that the recipient is required to provide under the award.
(c) Award terms and conditions. A DoD Component's general terms and
conditions therefore must include the wording appendix D to this part
provides for Section A of FMS Article IV.
Sec. 1128.415 Prior approvals for non-construction activities.
(a) OMB guidance. OMB guidance in 2 CFR 200.308(c) through (e)
addresses prior approval requirements for revisions of a recipient's
budget and program plans under a non-construction grant or cooperative
agreement, which includes, for the purposes of this section, non-
construction activities under an award that supports both construction
and non-construction.
(b) DoD implementation of the guidance. The following paragraphs
(c) through (g) of this section provide details of the DoD
implementation of the guidance in 2 CFR 200.308(c) through (e) and
paragraph (h) specifies the corresponding award terms and conditions. A
DoD Component's general terms and conditions for non-construction
awards may require additional prior approvals for budget and program
revisions (i.e., prior approvals other than those authorized by this
subpart) only in accordance with the exceptions provisions of 2 CFR
1126.3.
(c) Scope or objective, cost sharing or matching, and additional
Federal funds. A DoD Component's general terms and conditions for non-
construction awards must require that a recipient obtain DoD Component
prior approval:
(1) For a change in scope or objective of the project or program,
as described in 2 CFR 200.308(c)(1)(i).
(2) For any change in the cost sharing or matching included in the
approved
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budget for which FMS Article VI requires prior approval, as described
in OMB guidance at 2 CFR 200.308(c)(1)(vii).
(3) If the need arises for additional Federal funds to complete the
project or program, as described in 2 CFR 200.308(c)(1)(viii).
(d) Personnel changes, disengagements, or reductions in time. A DoD
Component must include the following prior approval requirements in
general terms and conditions of research awards and may include them in
general terms and conditions of other non-construction awards:
(1) A change in a key person, as described in 2 CFR
200.308(c)(1)(ii).
(2) A principal investigator's or project director's disengagement
from, or reduction in time devoted to, the project or program, as
described in 2 CFR 200.308(c)(1)(iii).
(e) Costs requiring prior approval under the cost principles. With
respect to waivers of prior approvals required by the cost principles,
as described in 2 CFR 200.308(c)(1)(iv):
(1) Any waiver of a cost principles requirement for prior approval
by a recipient entity's cognizant agency for indirect costs is
appropriately addressed in award-specific terms and conditions, rather
than general terms and conditions, because the general terms and
conditions must be appropriate for use in awards to multiple recipient
entities.
(2) A DoD Component may waive requirements in the cost principles
for recipients to request prior approval before charging certain costs
as direct costs to awards. However, the DoD Component should carefully
consider each prior approval requirement individually and decide:
(i) Which, if any, to waive; and
(ii) Whether to make the waiver of the prior approval requirement
contingent on specified conditions (e.g., a DoD Component might waive
the prior approval required for direct charging of special purpose
equipment purchases under an award but elect to waive it only up to a
certain dollar value).
(f) Transfers of funds and subawards. A DoD Component's general
terms and conditions for non-construction awards may include prior
approval requirements for:
(1) Transfers of funds for participant support costs, as described
in 2 CFR 200.308(c)(1)(v).
(2) Subawarding of work under an award, as described in 2 CFR
200.308(c)(1)(vi).
(3) Transfers of funds among direct cost categories, as described
in 2 CFR 200.308(e), but the wording in the general terms and
conditions must make clear that the prior approval requirement applies
only to awards using those terms and conditions if the Federal share of
the total value is in excess of the simplified acquisition threshold.
As a matter of DoD policy, requiring prior approvals for transfers
among direct cost categories generally is not appropriate for the
general terms and conditions of grants and cooperative agreements that
support research.
(g) Pre-award costs, carry forward of unobligated balances, and no-
cost extensions. (1) A DoD Component's general terms and conditions may
authorize recipients to incur project costs up to 90 calendar days
prior to the beginning date of the period of performance, at their own
risk, as described in 2 CFR 200.308(d)(1). OMB guidance in 2 CFR
200.308(d)(4) makes that authorization the default policy for research
awards. Therefore, a DoD Component must use this policy in general
terms and conditions for research awards unless exceptional
circumstances provide the basis for overriding that policy.
(2) If a DoD Component's general terms and conditions are used for
awards that have multiple periods of performance, the DoD Component
should authorize recipients to carry forward unobligated balances to
subsequent periods of performance, as described in 2 CFR 200.308(d)(3),
unless there are compelling reasons not to do so.
(3) A DoD Component's general terms and conditions may authorize
recipients to initiate one-time extensions in the periods of
performance of their awards by up to 12 months, subject to the
conditions described in 2 CFR 200.308(d)(2), but only if the DoD
Component judges that authorizing no-cost extensions for awards using
the general terms and conditions will not cause the DoD Component to
fail to comply with DoD funding policies (e.g., the incremental program
budgeting and execution policy for research funding) contained in
Volume 2A of the DoD Financial Management Regulation, DoD 7000.14-R.
(h) Award terms and conditions. Appendix D to this part provides
wording for inclusion in Section B of a DoD Component's general terms
and conditions in accordance with paragraphs (c) through (g) of this
section. Specifically:
(1) In accordance with paragraph (c) of this section, a DoD
Component's general terms and conditions for non-construction awards
must include the wording that appendix D provides for paragraphs B.1.a
and B.1.i of FMS Article IV and, if there will be cost sharing or
matching required under any awards using the general terms and
conditions, paragraph B.1.g.
(2) In accordance with paragraph (d) of this section, a DoD
Component's general terms and conditions for research awards must
include the wording that appendix D provides for paragraphs B.1.b and
B.1.c of FMS Article IV. A DoD Component also may include paragraphs
B.1.b and B.1.c in general terms and conditions for other non-
construction awards.
(3) In accordance with paragraph (e) of this section, a DoD
Component's general terms and conditions for non-construction awards
must include the wording that appendix D provides for paragraph B.1.d
of FMS Article IV unless the DoD Component decides to waive any
requirements in the applicable cost principles for recipients to obtain
prior approval before including certain types of costs as direct
charges to awards. If a DoD Component elects to waive any of those
prior approval requirements, it must add wording to paragraph B.1.d to
identify the specific types of costs for which recipients need not
obtain DoD Component prior approval (thereby leaving in place the other
prior approval requirements in the cost principles).
(4) In accordance with paragraphs (f) and (g) of this section, a
DoD Component's general terms and conditions for non-construction
awards may include the wording that appendix D provides for paragraphs
B.1.e, B.1.f, and B.1.h (except as noted for research awards in
paragraph (f)(3) of this section) and Section C of FMS Article IV. A
DoD Component may modify the wording as specified in paragraphs (f) and
(g) of this section (e.g., to limit the authorization for pre-award
costs in non-construction awards other than research to a period of
less than 90 calendar days prior to the beginning date of the period of
performance).
(5) If no awards using a DoD Component's general terms and
conditions will support non-construction activities, the DoD Component
may reserve section B.1 of the wording that appendix D provides for FMS
Article IV.
Sec. 1128.420 Prior approvals for construction activities.
(a) OMB guidance. OMB guidance in 2 CFR 200.308(g)(1) through (4)
addresses prior approval requirements for revisions of a recipient's
budget and program plans under a construction grant or cooperative
agreement or construction activities under an award
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that supports both construction and non-construction activities.
(b) DoD implementation of the guidance. DoD implements the guidance
in 2 CFR 200.308(g)(1) through (4) through terms and conditions of
awards for construction. A DoD Component's general terms and conditions
for construction awards may require additional prior approvals for
budget and program revisions (i.e., prior approvals other than those
authorized by this subpart) only in accordance with the exceptions
provisions of 2 CFR 1126.3.
(c) Award terms and conditions. In a DoD Component's general terms
and conditions for construction awards or awards supporting
construction activities, the DoD Component:
(1) Must include the wording that appendix D to this part provides
for paragraph B.2 of FMS Article IV.
(2) May reserve or remove the wording appendix D to this part
provides for paragraph B.1 and Section C of FMS Article IV unless some
awards using the general terms and conditions will also support non-
construction activities (if the DoD Component elects to remove Section
C, it should redesignate Section D in the article as Section C).
Sec. 1128.425 Additional prior approval for awards that support both
non-construction and construction activities.
(a) OMB guidance. Guidance on an additional prior approval
requirement for grants or cooperative agreements that support both
construction and non-construction activities is contained in 2 CFR
200.308(g)(5).
(b) DoD implementation of the guidance. DoD implements the guidance
in 2 CFR 200.308(g)(5) through terms and conditions for awards that
support both non-construction and construction activities.
(c) Award terms and conditions. If a DoD Component establishes
general terms and conditions for awards that support both non-
construction and construction activities, the DoD Component may add the
prior approval requirement for funding or budget transfers between
construction and non-construction activities that is described in OMB
guidance in 2 CFR 200.308(g)(5). The wording that appendix D to this
part provides for Section B of FMS Article IV includes a reserved
paragraph B.3 in which the DoD Component may add appropriate wording to
include that prior approval requirement.
Sec. 1128.430 Procedures for prior approvals.
(a) OMB guidance. Guidance on procedures related to recipient
requests for prior approval is contained in 2 CFR 200.308(h) and (i).
(b) DoD implementation of the guidance. DoD implements the guidance
in 2 CFR 200.308(h) and (i) for prior approval requests through award
terms and conditions.
(c) Award terms and conditions. A DoD Component must:
(1) Include the wording appendix D to this part provides for
paragraph D.1 of FMS Article IV of its general terms and conditions.
(2) Insert appropriate wording in lieu of the reserved paragraph
D.2 that appendix D to this part includes in FMS Article IV to specify:
(i) The format the recipient must use when it requests approval for
budget revisions. As described in 2 CFR 200.308(h), the award term may
allow the recipient to submit a letter of request or otherwise must
specify that the recipient use the same format it used for budget
information in its application or proposal.
(ii) Any other procedural instructions related to requests for
prior approvals for budget or program revisions (e.g., to whom requests
must be submitted) that are common to the awards using the general
terms and conditions. For procedural instructions that will vary from
one award to another, it is appropriate to include wording that points
to the award-specific terms and conditions as the source of the
information.
Subpart E--Non-Federal Audits (FMS Article V)
Sec. 1128.500 Purpose of FMS Article V.
FMS Article V of the general terms and conditions specifies
requirements related to audits required under the Single Audit Act, as
amended (31 U.S.C., chapter 75). The article thereby implements for
grants and cooperative agreements the OMB guidance in Subpart F of 2
CFR part 200.
Sec. 1128.505 Content of FMS Article V.
(a) Requirement. A DoD Component's general terms and conditions
must address audit requirements.
(b) Award terms and conditions--(1) General. A DoD Component's
general terms and conditions must include the wording appendix E to
this part provides for FMS Article V.
(2) Exception. A DoD Component may reserve Section B of the wording
in appendix E if there will be no subawards to for-profit entities
under any award using those terms and conditions.
Subpart F-Cost Sharing or Matching (FMS Article VI)
Sec. 1128.600 Purpose of FMS Article VI.
FMS Article VI sets forth requirements concerning recipients' cost
sharing or matching under awards. It thereby implements OMB guidance
in:
(a) 2 CFR 200.306 and 200.308(c)(1)(vii); and
(b) 2 CFR 200.434, in conjunction with FMS Article III in appendix
C to this part.
Sec. 1128.605 Content of FMS Article VI.
(a) Requirement. A DoD Component's general terms and conditions for
awards under which there may be required cost sharing or matching must
specify the criteria for determining allowability, methods for
valuation, and requirements for documentation of cost sharing or
matching.
(b) Award terms and conditions--(1) General. A DoD Component's
general terms and conditions must include as FMS Article VI the wording
appendix F to this part provides, with any revisions to the wording
that are authorized by Sec. Sec. 1128.610 through 1128.635.
(2) Exception. A DoD Component may reserve FMS Article VI of its
general terms and conditions if it determines that there will be no
cost sharing or matching required under any of the awards using those
terms and conditions.
Sec. 1128.610 General requirement for cost sharing or matching.
(a) Requirement. (1) FMS Article VI of the general terms and
conditions must tell a recipient that:
(i) It may find the amount or percentage of cost sharing or
matching required under its award in the award cover pages.
(ii) The cost sharing or matching amount or percentage identified
in the award includes all required (but not voluntary uncommitted)
contributions to the project or program by the recipient and its
subrecipients, including any that involve third-party contributions or
donations to the recipient and subrecipients.
(iii) It must obtain the DoD Component's prior approval for any
change in the required amount or percentage of cost share or match.
(2) At a DoD Component's option, FMS Article VI also may require a
recipient to obtain the DoD Component's prior approval if it wishes to
substitute alternative cost sharing or matching contributions in lieu
of specific contributions included in the approved budget (e.g., to use
a third-party in-kind contribution not included in the approved
budget).
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(b) Award terms and conditions. To implement paragraph (a) of this
section, a DoD Component's general terms and conditions must include
the wording appendix F to this part provides as Section A of FMS
Article VI. A DoD Component may insert wording in lieu of the reserved
paragraph A.2.b if it elects to require recipients to obtain prior
approval before substituting alternative cost sharing or matching
contributions, as described in paragraph (a)(2) of this section.
Sec. 1128.615 General criteria for determining allowability as cost
sharing or matching.
(a) OMB guidance. The OMB guidance in 2 CFR 200.306(b) lists the
basic criteria for the allowability of cost sharing or matching under
grants and cooperative agreements.
(b) Award terms and conditions--(1) General. A DoD Component's
general terms and conditions must include the wording appendix F to
this part provides as Section B of FMS Article VI to specify the
allowability of cash or third-party in-kind contributions as cost
sharing or matching.
(2) Exception. A DoD Component may reserve paragraph B.4 of Section
B of FMS Article VI in its general terms and conditions, or replace it
with appropriate alternative wording, if the DoD Component has
statutory authority to accept costs reimbursed by other Federal awards
as cost sharing or matching under the awards using its general terms
and conditions.
Sec. 1128.620 Allowability of unrecovered indirect costs as cost
sharing or matching.
(a) OMB guidance. The OMB guidance in 2 CFR 200.306(c) provides
that unrecovered indirect costs may only be included as part of cost
sharing and matching with the prior approval of the Federal awarding
agency.
(b) DoD implementation. DoD Components must allow any recipient
that either has an approved negotiated indirect cost rate or is using
the de minimis rate described in 2 CFR 200.414(f) to count unrecovered
indirect costs toward any required cost sharing or matching under
awards. The basis for this policy is that recipients' indirect costs
that are allowable and allocable to DoD projects and programs are
legitimate costs of carrying out those projects and programs.
(c) Award terms and conditions. To implement the policy in
paragraph (b) of this section, a DoD Component's general terms and
conditions must include the wording appendix F to this part provides as
Section C of FMS Article VI unless a statute requires otherwise.
Sec. 1128.625 Allowability of program income as cost sharing or
matching.
(a) OMB guidance. OMB guidance in 2 CFR 200.307(e)(3) specifies
that, with the prior approval of the Federal awarding agency,
recipients may use program income to meet cost sharing or matching
requirements of their awards.
(b) Award terms and conditions--(1) General. A DoD Component's
general terms and conditions must include the wording appendix F to
this part provides as Section D of FMS Article VI if, in FMS Article
VII of those terms and conditions, the DoD Component specifies that
recipients dispose of program income using either:
(i) The cost sharing or matching alternative described in paragraph
(b)(1)(iii) of Sec. 1128.720; or
(ii) A combination alternative, as described in paragraph
(b)(1)(iv) of Sec. 1128.720, that includes use of at least some
program income as cost sharing or matching.
(2) Exception. A DoD Component may reserve Section D of FMS Article
VI if FMS Article VII of those terms and conditions does not provide
that recipients will use any program income as cost sharing or
matching.
Sec. 1128.630 Valuation of services or property contributed or
donated by recipients or subrecipients.
(a) OMB guidance. OMB guidance in 2 CFR 200.306(d) specifies:
(1) That values for recipients' and subrecipients' contributions of
services or property toward cost sharing or matching must be
established in accordance with the cost principles in Subpart E of 2
CFR part 200; and
(2) Types of projects or programs under which recipients' or
subrecipients' donations of buildings or land are allowable as cost
sharing or matching, with the prior approval of the Federal awarding
agency, and how the donations are to be valued in those cases.
(b) DoD implementation. DoD implements the guidance in 2 CFR
200.306(d) through award terms and conditions, with the following
clarifications:
(1) Cost principles to be used for valuation. (i) Values for
recipients' and subrecipients' contributions of services or property
toward cost sharing or matching must be established in accordance with
the cost principles applicable to the entity making the contribution.
(ii) Consistent with the cost principles, what generally should be
charged to awards for real property and equipment is depreciation
rather than allowing a recipient's or subrecipient's donation of the
property (i.e., counting the full value of the property toward cost
sharing or matching). However, depreciation included in a recipient's
or subrecipient's indirect costs is not appropriate for counting as
cost sharing or matching under an individual award.
(2) Donations of property to projects or programs under awards. (i)
In addition to donations of buildings or land described in 2 CFR
200.306(d), recipients and subrecipients may, with the prior approval
of the DoD Component, donate other capital assets described in the cost
principles in 2 CFR 200.439(b)(1) through (3). The basis for clarifying
that recipients may donate other capital assets to projects or programs
under awards is that, with the DoD Component's approval:
(A) Capital expenditures to acquire those types of capital assets
are allowable as direct charges to awards; and
(B) The costs therefore satisfy the allowability criterion in 2 CFR
200.306(b)(4) and can qualify as cost sharing or matching if they meet
the other criteria listed in 2 CFR 200.306(b).
(ii) However, when there are alternative ways for recipients to
meet requirements for cost sharing or matching, DoD Components should
not approve donations of capital assets to projects or programs under
awards. Inclusion of the full value of a donated asset as project costs
in the approved budget of an award is analogous to inclusion of the
acquisition cost for an asset that is purchased under the award.
Through the donation, the Federal Government acquires an interest in
the donated asset that must be resolved at time of disposition of the
asset, which is best avoided if possible.
(iii) Whenever a DoD Component permits a recipient to donate a
capital asset to a project or program under an award, the DoD Component
should inform the cognizant Federal agency that negotiates the indirect
cost rate for that recipient. Doing so enables the cognizant agency to
take the donation into account when it establishes the recipient's
indirect cost rate, given that the recipient may not include
depreciation for the donated asset as indirect costs that enter into
the computation of that rate.
(c) Award terms and conditions--(1) General. A DoD Component's
general terms and conditions must use the wording appendix F to this
part provides as Section E of FMS Article VI.
(2) Exception. A DoD Component's general terms and conditions may
reserve paragraph E.2 of the wording appendix F to this part provides
if the DoD Component does not allow
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recipients to donate buildings, land, or other capital assets to
projects or programs under awards using those terms and conditions.
Sec. 1128.635 Valuation of third-party in-kind contributions.
(a) OMB guidance. OMB guidance in 2 CFR 200.306(e) through (j) and
2 CFR 200.434(b) through (g) specifies how to value and document
various types of third-party in-kind contributions for cost sharing or
matching purposes.
(b) Award terms and conditions--(1) General. To implement the OMB
guidance described in paragraph (a) of this section as it applies to
valuation and documentation of third-party in-kind contributions, a DoD
Component's general terms and conditions must use the wording Section
VI of appendix F to this part provides as Section F of FMS Article VI.
(2) Exception. A DoD Component's general terms and conditions may
reserve any paragraph of the wording appendix F to this part provides
for Section F of FMS Article VI if the DoD Component determines that
there will be no possibility of third-party in-kind contributions under
awards using those terms and conditions.
Subpart G-Program Income (FMS Article VII)
Sec. 1128.700 Purpose of FMS Article VII.
FMS Article VII of the general terms and conditions specifies
requirements for program income that recipients earn. The article
thereby implements OMB guidance in 2 CFR 200.80 and 200.307.
Sec. 1128.705 Content of FMS Article VII.
(a) Requirement. A DoD Component's general terms and conditions
must address the kinds of income included as program income, the way or
ways in which a recipient may use it, the duration of the recipient's
accountability for it, and related matters.
(b) Award terms and conditions. A DoD Component's general terms and
conditions must include as FMS Article VII the wording appendix G to
this part provides, unless, as authorized by Sec. Sec. 1128.710
through 1128.725, there are revisions to the wording of Sections A and
E of the article or Section D is reserved.
Sec. 1128.710 What program income includes.
(a) OMB guidance. Under the definition of ``program income'' at 2
CFR 200.80 and related OMB guidance at 2 CFR 200.307, an agency's
regulations or terms and conditions of grants and cooperative
agreements may include as program income:
(1) Rebates, credits, discounts, and interest earned on any of
them; and
(2) Taxes, special assessments, levies, fines and other similar
revenue raised by a governmental recipient.
(b) DoD implementation. Unless a statute or program regulation
adopted in the Code of Federal Regulations after opportunity for public
comment specifies otherwise, each DoD Component must exclude the types
of income listed in paragraphs (a)(1) and (2) of this section from
program income for which recipients are accountable to the Federal
Government.
(c) Award terms and conditions -- (1) General. Except as provided
in paragraph (c)(2) of this section, a DoD Component must use the
wording provided in appendix G to this part as Section A of FMS Article
VII in its general terms and conditions. Doing so excludes the types of
income listed in paragraphs (a)(1) and (2) of this section from program
income for which recipients are accountable to the Federal Government.
(2) Exceptions. If a DoD Component has a statutory or regulatory
basis for including either or both types of income described in
paragraphs (a)(1) and (2) of this section, it may do so by
appropriately revising the wording appendix G provides for Section A of
FMS Article VII. For example, to include as program income:
(i) Rebates, credits, discounts, and interest earned on them, a DoD
Component would reserve paragraph A.3.c and insert the wording of that
paragraph as a new paragraph at the end of section A.2, thereby adding
them to the list of items included as program income subject to FMS
Article VII.
(ii) Taxes, special assessments, levies, fines and other similar
revenue raised by a governmental recipient, a DoD Component would
reserve paragraph A.3.d and insert that wording as a new paragraph at
the end of section A.2, thereby adding them to the list of items
included as program income subject to FMS Article VII.
Sec. 1128.715 Recipient obligations for license fees and royalties.
(a) Policy. Unless a statute or program regulation adopted in the
Code of Federal Regulations after opportunity for public comment
provides otherwise, a DoD Component's general terms and conditions may
not specify that recipients have obligations to the Federal Government
with respect to program income from license fees and royalties for
patents or patent applications, copyrights, trademarks, or inventions
produced under DoD awards.
(b) Award terms and conditions--(1) General. Except as provided in
paragraph (b)(2) of this section, a DoD Component's general terms and
conditions must implement the policy in paragraph (a) of this section
by including the wording provided in appendix G to this part as Section
D of FMS Article VII.
(2) Exception. If a DoD Component has a statutory or regulatory
basis for establishing recipient obligations for the license fees and
royalties described in paragraph (a) of this section, it may reserve
Section D of FMS Article VII in its general terms and conditions.
Sec. 1128.720 Program income use.
(a) OMB guidance. OMB guidance in 2 CFR 200.307(e) identifies
alternative ways that a Federal agency might specify that recipients
use program income they earn.
(b) DoD implementation. A DoD Component's general terms and
conditions must specify how recipients are to use program income under
awards using those terms and conditions.
(1) The terms and conditions may specify one of the following ways
for recipients to use program income:
(i) Addition. A recipient under this alternative adds program
income to the total amount of the approved budget, which consists of
the Federal share of funding and any required matching or cost sharing.
(ii) Deduction. A recipient using this alternative subtracts
program income from total allowable costs to determine net allowable
costs for purposes of determining the Federal share of funding and any
required cost sharing or matching.
(iii) Cost sharing or matching. Under this alternative, a recipient
counts program income toward its required cost sharing or matching.
(iv) Combination. The fourth alternative is a combination of any of
the three alternatives described in paragraphs (b)(1)(i) through (iii)
of this section. For example, an agency might specify one alternative
to be used for program income up to a dollar limit and a second
alternative for any program income beyond that amount.
(2) For research awards, absent compelling reasons to do otherwise
for a specific set of general terms and conditions, a DoD Component
must specify the addition alternative described in paragraph (b)(1)(i)
of this section.
(3) For general terms and conditions of other awards, a Component
may
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specify any of the alternatives described in paragraph (a) of this
section. However, the cost sharing or matching alternative is best used
as part of a combination alternative, as described in paragraph
(b)(1)(iv) of this section, unless the DoD Component knows at the time
awards are made how much program income recipients will earn in
relation to the amounts of their required cost sharing or matching.
(c) Award terms and conditions. (1) Default--addition alternative.
In accordance with the DoD implementation in paragraph (b) of this
section, a DoD Component must use the wording provided in appendix G to
this part as Section E of FMS Article VII in:
(i) Research awards; and
(ii) Other awards for which it elects to specify the addition
alternative for use of program income.
(2) Deduction alternative. A DoD Component electing to specify the
deduction alternative for use of program income must modify the wording
appendix G to this part provides for Section E by:
(i) Substituting the following wording for the wording of paragraph
E.1: ``1. You must use any program income that you earn during the
period of performance under this award as a deduction from the total
approved budget of this award. The program income must be used for the
purposes and in accordance with the terms and conditions of the
award.''
(ii) Including an additional paragraph E.4, such as the following,
to inform recipients how the award will change if program income is
deducted: ``If you report program income on the Federal Financial
Report (SF-425), we will recalculate the Federal share of the budget
and the non-Federal share if there is one. We also will modify the
award to reflect the recalculated share or shares and the amount of
program income you must spend on the project, which is the difference
between the originally approved and recalculated budget amounts.''
(3) Cost-sharing or matching alternative. A DoD Component electing
to specify the cost-sharing or matching alternative for use of program
income must replace the wording appendix G to this part provides for
Section E with the following wording: ``You must use any program income
that you earn during the period of performance under this award to meet
any cost-sharing or matching requirement under this award. The program
income must be used for the purposes and in accordance with the terms
and conditions of the award.''
(4) A combination of alternatives. A DoD Component electing to
specify some combination of addition, deduction, and cost-sharing or
matching alternatives must use wording in Section E of FMS Article VII
that specifies requirements for each alternative in the combination
that is consistent with the requirements specified for that alternative
in paragraphs (c)(1), (2), or (3) of this section.
Sec. 1128.725 Program income after the period of performance.
(a) OMB guidance. OMB guidance in 2 CFR 200.307(f) provides that an
agency may specify in agency regulations, grant or cooperative
agreement terms and conditions, or agreements negotiated with
recipients during the closeout process that a recipient is accountable
to the Federal Government for program income earned after the end of
the period of performance.
(b) DoD implementation. A DoD Component should rarely, if ever,
establish a requirement for a recipient to be accountable to the
Federal Government for program income earned after the end of the
period of performance.
(c) Award terms and conditions. A DoD Component's general terms and
conditions must include as Section F of FMS Article VII the wording for
that section that is provided in appendix G to this part. That wording
specifies that recipients are not accountable to the Federal Government
for program income earned after the end of the performance period. If
an exception is warranted for an individual award, the exception is
properly addressed at the time of award in the award-specific terms and
conditions.
Appendix A to Part 1128--Terms and Conditions for FMS Article I,
``Financial Management System Standards''
Unless any part of this appendix is reserved, as provided in
Sec. 1128.105, a DoD Component's general terms and conditions must
include the following wording for FMS Article I.
FMS Article I. Financial Management System Standards. (DECEMBER 2014)
Section A. System standard for States. As a State, you must
expend and account for funds under this award in accordance with:
1. Applicable State laws; and
2. To the extent they comply with the requirements of Section B
of this Article, your procedures for expending and accounting for
your own State funds.
Section B. System standards for all recipients. Your financial
management system must provide for:
1. Inclusion, in your accounts, of the following information
about each DoD grant or cooperative agreement that you receive:
a. That you received the award from DoD;
b. The number and title listed in the Catalog of Federal
Domestic Assistance for the DoD program under which the award was
made;
c. The DoD award number; and
d. The year (your fiscal year) in which you received the award.
2. Accurate, current, and complete disclosure of the financial
results of the award needed to comply with financial and
programmatic reporting requirements that are specified in REP
Articles I and II of these general terms and conditions, as
supplemented by any award-specific terms and conditions of this
award concerning reporting requirements. If you are asked at any
time under this award to report financial information on an accrual
basis, you:
a. Need not establish an accrual accounting system if you
maintain your records on a different basis; and
b. May develop the accrual data based on an analysis of the data
you have on hand.
3. Records that identify adequately the sources of funds for all
activities funded by DoD awards, including any required cost sharing
or matching, and the application of those funds. This includes
funding authorizations; your obligations and expenditures of the
funds; unobligated balances; property and other assets under the
award; program income; and interest.
4. Effective control over, and accountability for, all funds,
property, and other assets under this award. You must adequately
safeguard all assets and ensure they are used solely for authorized
purposes (see Section C of this article for additional requirements
concerning internal controls).
5. Comparison of expenditures under this award for project or
program purposes with amounts in the approved budget for those
purposes.
6. The ability to relate financial data to performance
accomplishments under this award if you are required to do so by the
programmatic reporting requirements in REP Article I of these
general terms and conditions, as supplemented by any award-specific
terms and conditions of this award concerning reporting
requirements.
7. Written procedures:
a. To implement requirements specified in FMS Article II,
``Payments;''
b. For determining the allowability of costs, which for this
award are determined in accordance with FMS Article III, ``Allowable
costs, period of availability of funds, and fee or profit,'' of
these general terms and conditions, as supplemented by any award-
specific terms and conditions of this award that relate to
allowability of costs.
Section C. Internal controls. Your system of internal controls
must conform to OMB guidance in 2 CFR 200.303. With respect to
paragraph (e) of 2 CFR 200.303, your internal control system must
include measures to safeguard any information that Federal statute,
Executive order, or regulation requires to be protected (e.g.,
personally identifiable or export controlled information), whether
generated under the
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award or provided to you and identified as being subject to
protection.
Appendix B to Part 1128--Terms and Conditions for FMS Article II,
``Payments''
Unless a DoD Component adds, deletes, or modifies wording, as
permitted by Sec. Sec. 1128.210 through 1128.220, a DoD Component's
general terms and conditions must include the following wording for
FMS Article II.
FMS Article II. Payments. (DECEMBER 2014)
Section A. Awards to States. If the award-specific terms and
conditions of this award do not identify it as an award subject to
Subpart A of 31 CFR part 205 (Department of the Treasury regulations
implementing the Cash Management Improvement Act), then this award
is subject to Subpart B of that part. Consistent with Subpart B of
31 CFR part 205:
1. Payment method, timing, and amounts. You must:
a. Minimize the time between your receipt of a payment under
this award and your disbursement of those funds for program
purposes.
b. Limit the amount of each advance payment request to the
minimum amount you need to meet your actual, immediate cash
requirements for carrying out the program or project.
c. Submit each advance payment request approximately 10 days
before you anticipate disbursing the requested amount for program
purposes, so that your receipt of the funds will be as close in time
as is administratively feasible to your actual cash outlay for
direct project costs and the proportionate share of any allowable
indirect costs.
2. Interest. Unlike awards subject to Subpart A of 31 CFR part
205, neither you nor we will incur any interest liability due to a
difference in timing between your receipt of payments under this
award and your disbursement of those funds for project or program
purposes.
Section B. Awards to institutions of higher education, nonprofit
organizations, local governments, and Indian tribes.
1. Payment method. Unless the award-specific terms and
conditions of this award provide otherwise, you are authorized to
request advance payments under this award. That authorization is
contingent on your continuing to maintain, or demonstrating the
willingness to maintain, written procedures that minimize the time
elapsing between your receipt of each payment and your disbursement
of the funds for program purposes. Note that you are not required to
request advance payments and may instead, at your option, request
reimbursements of funds after you disburse them for project or
program purposes.
2. Amounts requested. You must:
a. Limit the amount of any advance payment request to the
minimum amount needed to meet your actual, immediate cash
requirements for carrying out the purpose of the approved program or
project, including direct project costs and a proportionate share of
any allowable indirect costs.
b. Exclude from any payment request amounts you are withholding
from payments to contractors to assure satisfactory completion of
the work. You may request those amounts when you make the payments
to the contractors or to escrow accounts established to ensure
satisfactory completion of the work.
c. Exclude from any payment request amounts from any of the
following sources that are available to you for program purposes
under this award: program income, including repayments to a
revolving fund; rebates; refunds; contract settlements; audit
recoveries; and interest earned on any of those funds. You must
disburse those funds for program purposes before requesting
additional funds from us.
3. Timing of requests. For any advance payment you request, you
should submit the request approximately 10 days before you
anticipate disbursing the requested amount for project or program
purposes. With time for agency processing of the request, that
should result in payment as close as is administratively feasible to
your actual disbursements for project or program purposes.
4. Frequency of requests. You may request payments as often as
you wish unless you have been granted a waiver from requirements to
receive payments by electronic funds transfer (EFT). If you have
been granted a waiver from EFT requirements, the award-specific
terms and conditions of this award specify the frequency with which
you may submit payment requests.
5. Withholding of payments. We will withhold payments for
allowable costs under the award at any time during the period of
performance only if one or more of the following applies:
a. We suspend either payments or the award, or disallow
otherwise allowable costs, as a remedy under OAR Article III due to
your material failure to comply with Federal statutes, regulations,
or the terms and conditions of this award. If we suspend payments
and not the award, we will release withheld payments upon your
subsequent compliance. If we suspend the award, then amounts of
payments are subject to adjustment in accordance with the terms and
conditions of OAR Article III.
b. You are delinquent in a debt to the United States as defined
in OMB Circular A-129, ``Policies for Federal Credit Programs and
Non-Tax Receivables,'' in which case we may, after reasonable
notice, inform you that we will not make any further payments for
costs you incurred after a specified date until you correct the
conditions or liquidate the indebtedness to the Federal Government.
c. The award-specific terms and conditions of this award include
additional requirements that provide for withholding of payments
based on conditions identified during our pre-award risk evaluation,
in which case you should have been notified about the nature of
those conditions and the actions needed to remove the additional
requirements.
6. Depository requirements.
a. There are no eligibility requirements for depositories you
use for funds you receive under this award.
b. You are not required to deposit funds you receive under this
award in a depository account separate from accounts in which you
deposit other funds. However, FMS Article I requires that you be
able to account for the receipt, obligation, and expenditure of all
funds under this award.
c. You must deposit any advance payments of funds you receive
under this award in insured accounts whenever possible and, unless
any of the following apply, you must deposit them in interest-
bearing accounts:
i. You receive a total of less than $120,000 per year under
Federal grants and cooperative agreements.
ii. You would not expect the best reasonably available interest-
bearing account to earn interest in excess of $500 per year on your
cash balances of advance payments under Federal grants and
cooperative agreements.
iii. The best reasonably available interest-bearing account
would require you to maintain an average or minimum balance higher
than it would be feasible for you to do within your expected Federal
and non-Federal cash balances.
iv. A foreign government or banking system precludes your use of
interest-bearing accounts.
d. You may retain for administrative expenses up to $500 per
year of interest that you earn in the aggregate on advance payments
you receive under this award and other Federal grants and
cooperative agreements. You must remit annually the rest of the
interest to the Department of Health and Human Services, Payment
Management System, using the procedures set forth in OMB guidance in
2 CFR 200.305(b)(9).
Section C. Electronic funds transfer and other payment
procedural instructions or information.
1. Electronic funds transfer. Unless the award-specific terms
and conditions of this award provide otherwise, you will receive
payments under this award by electronic funds transfer.
2. [Reserved].
Appendix C to Part 1128--Terms and Conditions for FMS Article III,
``Allowable Costs, Period of Availability of Funds, and Fee or Profit''
Unless a DoD Component reserves sections or paragraphs of this
article, as permitted by Sec. Sec. 1128.310 through 1128.325, a DoD
Component's general terms and conditions must include the following
wording for FMS Article III.
FMS Article III. Allowable Costs, Period of Availability of Funds, and
Fee or Profit (December 2014)
Section A. Allowable costs. This section, with the clarification
provided in Section B, specifies which Federal cost principles must
be used in determining the allowability of costs charged to this
award, a subrecipient's costs charged to any cost-type subaward that
you make under this award, and a contractor's costs charged to any
cost-type procurement transaction into which you enter under this
award. These cost principles also govern the allowable costs that
you or a subrecipient of a subaward at any tier
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below this award may consider when establishing the amount of any
fixed-amount subaward or fixed-price procurement transaction at the
next lower tier. The set of cost principles to be used in each case
depends on the type of entity incurring the cost under the award,
subaward, or contract.
1. General case. If you, your subrecipient, or your contractor
is:
a. An institution of higher education, the allowability of costs
must be determined in accordance with provisions of Subpart E of OMB
guidance in 2 CFR part 200 other than 2 CFR 200.400(g), supplemented
by appendix III to that part.
b. A hospital, the allowability of costs must be determined in
accordance with provisions of appendix IX to 2 CFR part 200, which
currently specifies the cost principles in appendix IX to 45 CFR
part 75 as the applicable cost principles.
c. A nonprofit organization other than a hospital or institution
of higher education, the allowability of costs must be determined in
accordance with provisions of Subpart E of OMB guidance in 2 CFR
part 200 other than 2 CFR 200.400(g), supplemented by appendices IV
and VIII to that part. In accordance with guidance in 2 CFR
200.401(c), a nonprofit organization listed in appendix VIII to 2
CFR part 200 is subject to the cost principles for for-profit
entities specified in paragraph 1.e of this section.
d. A State, local government, or Indian tribe, the allowability
of costs must be determined in accordance with applicable provisions
of Subpart E of OMB guidance in 2 CFR part 200 other than 2 CFR
200.400(g), supplemented by appendices V through VII to that part.
e. A for-profit entity (other than a hospital) or a nonprofit
organization listed in appendix VIII to 2 CFR part 200:
i. The allowability of costs must be determined in accordance
with:
(A) The cost principles for commercial organizations in the
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) at Subpart 31.2 of 48 CFR part
31, as supplemented by provisions of the Defense Federal Acquisition
Regulation Supplement (DFARS) at Subpart 231.2 of 48 CFR part 231;
and
(B) For a for-profit entity, the additional provisions on
allowability of audit costs, in 32 CFR 34.16(f).
ii. The indirect cost rate to use in that determination is:
(A) The for-profit entity's federally negotiated indirect cost
rate if it has one.
(B) Subject to negotiation between you and the for-profit entity
if it does not have a federally negotiated indirect cost rate. The
rate that you negotiate may provide for reimbursement only of costs
that are allowable in accordance with the cost principles specified
in paragraph A.1.e.i of this article.
2. Exception. You may use your own cost principles in
determining the allowability of a contractor's costs charged to a
cost-type procurement transaction under this award--or in pricing
for a fixed-price contract based on estimated costs--as long as your
cost principles comply with the Federal cost principles that
paragraph A.1 of this section identifies as applicable to the
contractor.
Section B. Clarifications concerning charges for professional
journal publications. For an entity that Section A of this article
makes subject to the cost principles in Subpart E of 2 CFR part 200:
1. Costs of publishing in professional journals are allowable
under 2 CFR 200.461(b) only if they are consistently applied across
the organization. An organization may not charge costs of journal
publications as direct costs to this award if it charges any of the
same type of costs for other journal publications as indirect costs.
2. ``Costs of publication or sharing of research results'' in 2
CFR 200.461(b)(3) are the ``charges for professional journal
publications'' described in 2 CFR 200.461(b) and subject to the
conditions of 2 CFR 200.461(b)(1) and (2).
Section C. Period of availability of funds. You may charge to
this award only:
1. Allowable costs incurred during the period of performance
specified in this award, including any subsequent amendments to it;
2. Any pre-award costs that you are authorized (by either the
terms and conditions of FMS Article IV or the DoD awarding official)
to incur prior to the start of the period of performance, at your
own risk, for purposes of the project or program under this award;
and
3. Costs of publishing in professional journals incurred after
the period of performance, as permitted under 2 CFR 200.461(b)(3),
if:
a. We receive the request for payment for such costs no later
than the date on which REP Article II requires you to submit the
final financial report to us (or, if we grant your request for an
extension of the due date, that later date on which the report is
due); and
b. Your reported expenditures on the final financial report
include the amount you disbursed for those costs.
Section D. Fee or profit.
1. You may not receive any fee or profit under this award.
2. You may not use funds available to you under this award to
pay fee or profit to an entity of any type to which you make a
subaward.
3. You may pay fee or profit to an entity with which you enter
into a procurement transaction to purchase goods or general support
services for your use in carrying out the project or program under
the award.
Appendix D to Part 1128--Terms and Conditions for FMS Article IV,
``Revision of Budget and Program Plans''
Unless a DoD Component reserves a section or paragraph or adds
or modifies wording, as permitted by Sec. Sec. 1128.410 through
1128.430, a DoD Component's general terms and conditions must
include the following wording for FMS Article IV.
FMS Article IV. Revision of Budget and Program Plans (DECEMBER 2014)
Section A. Approved budget. The approved budget of this award:
1. Is the most recent version of the budget that you submitted,
and we approved (either at the time of the initial award or a more
recent amendment), to summarize planned expenditures for project or
program purposes.
2. Includes all Federal funding that we make available to you
under this award to use for project or program purposes and any cost
sharing or matching that you are required to provide under this
award for those same purposes.
Section B. Revisions requiring prior approval.
1. Non-construction activities. You must request prior approval
from us for any of the following program or budget revisions in non-
construction activities:
a. A change in the scope or objective of the project or program
under this award, even if there is no associated budget revision
that requires our prior approval.
b. A change in a key person identified in the award cover pages.
c. The approved principal investigator's or project director's
disengagement from the project for more than three months, or a 25
percent reduction in his or her time devoted to the project.
d. The inclusion of direct costs that require prior approval in
accordance with the applicable cost principles, as identified in FMS
Article III.
e. The transfer to other categories of expense of funds included
in the approved budget for participant support costs, as defined at
2 CFR 200.75.
f. A subaward to another entity under which it will perform a
portion of the substantive project or program under the award, if it
was not included in the approved budget. This does not apply to your
contracts for acquisition of supplies, equipment, or general support
services you need to carry out the project or program.
g. Any change in the cost sharing or matching you provide under
the award, as included in the approved budget, for which FMS Article
VI requires prior approval.
h. A transfer of funds among direct cost categories or programs,
functions, and activities, if the Federal share of the total value
for your award exceeds the simplified acquisition threshold and the
cumulative amount of the transfers exceeds or is expected to exceed
10 percent of the approved budget.
i. The need arises for additional Federal funds to complete the
project or program.
2. Construction activities. You must request prior approval from
us for any of the following program or budget revisions in
construction activities:
a. A change in the scope or objective of the project or program
under this award, even if there is no associated budget revision
that requires our prior approval.
b. The need arises for additional Federal funds to complete the
project or program.
c. The inclusion of direct costs that require prior approval in
accordance with the applicable cost principles, as identified in FMS
Article III.
3. Funding transfers between construction and non-construction
activities. [Reserved.]
Section C. Pre-award costs, carry forward of unobligated
balances, and one-time no-cost extensions. You are authorized,
without requesting prior approval from us, to:
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1. Charge to this award after you receive it pre-award costs
that you incurred, at your own risk, up to 90 calendar days before
the start date of the period of performance, as long as they are
costs that would be allowable charges to the project or program
under the terms and conditions of FMS Article III if they were
incurred during the period of performance.
2. Carry forward an unobligated balance to a subsequent period
of performance under this award.
3. Initiate a one-time extension of the period of performance by
up to 12 months, as long as:
a. You notify us in writing with the supporting reasons and
revised end date of the period of performance at least 10 calendar
days before the current end date.
b. The extension does not require any additional Federal
funding.
c. The extension does not involve any change in the scope or
objectives of the project or program.
Section D. Procedures.
1. We will review each request you submit for prior approval for
a budget or program change and, within 30 calendar days of our
receipt of your request, we will respond to you in writing to
either:
a. Notify you whether your request is approved; or
b. Inform you that we still are considering the request, in
which case we will let you know when you may expect our decision.
2. [Reserved.]
Appendix E to Part 1128--Terms and Conditions for FMS Article V, ``Non-
Federal Audits''
Unless a DoD Component reserves Section B, as permitted by Sec.
1128.605, a DoD Component's general terms and conditions must use
the following wording for FMS Article V.
FMS Article V. Non-Federal Audits (DECEMBER 2014)
Section A. Requirements for entities subject to the Single Audit
Act. You and each subrecipient under this award that is an
institution of higher education, nonprofit organization, State,
local government, or Indian tribe must comply with the audit
requirements specified in Subpart F of 2 CFR part 200, which is the
OMB implementation of the Single Audit Act, as amended (31 U.S.C.
chapter 75).
Section B. Requirements for for-profit entities. Any for-profit
entity that receives a subaward from you under this award is subject
to the audit requirements specified in 32 CFR 34.16. Your subaward
terms and conditions will require the subrecipient to provide the
reports to you if it is willing to do so, so that you can resolve
audit findings that pertain specifically to your subaward (e.g.,
disallowance of costs). If the for-profit entity is unwilling to
agree to provide the auditor's report to you, contact the grants
officer for this award to discuss an alternative approach for
carrying out audit oversight of the subaward. If the grants officer
does not provide an alternative approach within 30 days of receiving
your request, you may determine an approach to ensure the for-profit
subrecipient's compliance with the subaward terms and conditions, as
described in OMB guidance at 2 CFR 200.501(h).
Appendix F to Part 1128--Terms and Conditions for FMS Article VI,
``Cost Sharing or Matching''
Unless a DoD Component reserves FMS Article VI in its entirety,
reserves one or more paragraphs within sections of the article, or
includes added or alternate wording, as permitted by Sec. Sec.
1128.610 through 1128.635, a DoD Component's general terms and
conditions must use the following wording for FMS Article VI.
FMS Article VI. Cost Sharing or Matching (DECEMBER 2014)
Section A. Required cost sharing or matching.
1. If any cost sharing or matching is required under this award,
the total amount or percentage required is shown in the award cover
pages and included in the approved budget. That cost sharing or
matching includes all:
a. Cash contributions to the project or program either made by
or through (if made by a third party) you and any subrecipients.
b. Third-party in-kind contributions to the project or program.
2. You must obtain our prior approval if you wish to:
a. Change the amount or percentage of cost sharing or matching
required under this award.
b. [Reserved].
Section B. Allowability as cost sharing or matching. Each cash
or third party in-kind contribution toward any cost sharing or
matching required under this award, whether put forward by you or a
subrecipient under a subaward that you make, is allowable as cost
sharing or matching if:
1. You (or the subrecipient, if it is a subrecipient
contribution) maintain records from which one may verify that the
contribution was made to the project or program and, if it is a
third-party in-kind contribution, its value.
2. The contribution is not counted as cost sharing or matching
for any other Federal award.
3. The contribution is:
a. Allowable under the cost principles applicable to you (or the
subrecipient, if it is a subrecipient contribution) under FMS
Article III of these terms and conditions; and
b. Allocable to the project or program and reasonable.
4. The Government does not pay for the contribution through
another Federal award, unless that award is under a program that has
a Federal statute authorizing application of that program's Federal
funds to other Federal programs' cost sharing or matching
requirements.
5. The value of the contribution is not reimbursed by the
Federal share of this award as either a direct or indirect cost.
6. The contribution conforms to the other terms and conditions
of this award, including the award-specific terms and conditions.
Section C. Allowability of unrecovered indirect costs as cost
sharing or matching. You may use your own or a subrecipient's
unrecovered indirect costs as cost sharing or matching under this
award. Unrecovered indirect costs means the difference between the
amount of indirect costs charged to the award and the amount that
you and any subrecipients could have charged in accordance with your
respective approved indirect cost rates, whether those rates are
negotiated or de minimis (as described in 2 CFR 200.414(f)).
Section D. Allowability of program income as cost sharing or
matching. If FMS Article VII of these general terms and conditions
or the award-specific terms and conditions of this award specify
that you are to use some or all of the program income you earn to
meet cost-sharing or matching requirements under the award, then
program income is allowable as cost sharing or matching to the
extent specified in those award terms and conditions.
Section E. Valuation of services or property that you or
subrecipients contribute or donate. You must establish values for
services or property contributed or donated toward cost sharing or
matching by you or subrecipients in accordance with the provisions
of this section. These contributions or donations are distinct from
third-party in-kind contributions to you or subrecipients, which are
addressed in Section F of this article.
1. Usual valuation of services or property that you or
subrecipients contribute or donate. Values established for
contributions of services or property by you or a subrecipient must
be the amounts allowable in accordance with the cost principles
applicable to the entity making the contribution (i.e., you or the
subrecipient), as identified in FMS Article III. For property, that
generally is depreciation.
2. Needed approvals for, and valuation of, property that you or
subrecipients donate.
a. Types of property that may be donated.
i. Buildings or land. If the purposes of this award include
construction, facilities acquisition, or long-term use of real
property, you may donate buildings or land to the project if you
obtain our prior approval. Donation of property to the project, as
described in PROP Article I, means counting the value of the
property toward cost sharing or matching, rather than charging
depreciation.
ii. Other capital assets. If you obtain our prior approval, you
may donate to the project other capital assets identified in 2 CFR
200.439(b)(1) through (3).
b. Usual valuation of donated property. Unless you obtain our
approval as described in paragraph E.2.c of this article, the value
for the donated property must be the lesser of:
i. The value of the remaining life of the property recorded in
your accounting records at the time of donation, or
ii. The current fair market value.
c. Approval needed for alternative valuation of property. If you
obtained our approval in the approved budget, you may count as cost
sharing or matching the current fair market value of the donated
property even if it exceeds the value of the remaining life of the
property recorded in your accounting records at the time of
donation.
d. Federal interest in donated property. Donating buildings,
land, or other property to
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the project, rather than charging depreciation, results in a Federal
interest in the property in accordance with PROP Article I of these
terms and conditions.
Section F. Valuation of third-party in-kind contributions.
1. General. If a third party furnishes goods or services to you
or subrecipients that are to be counted toward cost sharing or
matching under this award, the entity to which the third party
furnishes the goods or services (i.e., you or a subrecipient) must
document the fair market value of those in-kind contributions and,
to the extent feasible, support those values using the same methods
the entity uses internally.
2. Valuation of third-party services. You must establish values
for third-party volunteer services and services of third parties'
employees furnished to you or subrecipients as follows:
a. Volunteer services. Volunteer services furnished by third-
party professional and technical personnel, consultants, and other
skilled and unskilled labor must be valued in accordance with 2 CFR
200.306(e).
b. Services of third parties' employees. When a third-party
organization furnishes the services of its employees to you or a
subrecipient, values for the contributions must be established in
accordance with 2 CFR 200.306(f).
c. Additional requirement for donations to nonprofit
organizations. For volunteer services or services of third parties'
employees furnished to a nonprofit organization:
i. OMB guidance in 2 CFR 200.434(e) also applies and may require
the nonprofit organization to allocate a proportionate share of its
applicable indirect costs to the donated services.
ii. The indirect costs that the nonprofit organization allocates
to the donated services in that case must be considered project
costs and may be either reimbursed under the award or counted toward
required cost sharing or matching, but not both.
3. Valuation of third-party property. You must establish values
for third-party property furnished to you or subrecipients as
follows:
a. Supplies donated by third parties. When a third-party
organization donates supplies (e.g., office, laboratory, workshop,
or classroom supplies), the value that may be counted toward cost
sharing or matching may not exceed the fair market value of the
supplies at the time of donation.
b. Equipment, buildings, or land donated by third parties.
i. The value of third-party donations of equipment, buildings,
or land that may be counted toward cost sharing or matching when the
third party transferred title to you or a subrecipient depends on
the purpose of the award in accordance with the following:
(A) If one of the purposes of the award is to assist you or the
subrecipient in the acquisition of equipment, buildings, or land,
you may count the aggregate fair market value of the donated
property toward cost sharing or matching.
(B) If the award's purposes instead include only the support of
activities that require the use of equipment, buildings, or land,
you may only charge depreciation unless you obtain our prior
approval to count as cost sharing or matching the fair market value
of equipment or other capital assets and fair rental charges for
land.
ii. The values of the donated property must be determined in
accordance with the usual accounting policies of the entity to which
the third party transferred title to the property, with the
qualifications specified in 2 CFR 200.306(i)(1) and (2) for donated
land and buildings and donated equipment, respectively.
c. Use of space donated by third parties. If a third party makes
space available for use by you or a subrecipient, the value that you
may count toward cost sharing or matching may not exceed the fair
rental value of comparable space as established by an independent
appraisal, as described in 2 CFR 200.306(i)(3).
d. Equipment loaned by third parties. If a third party loans
equipment for use by you or a subrecipient, the value that you may
count toward cost sharing or matching may not exceed its fair rental
value.
Appendix G to Part 1128--Terms and Conditions for FMS Article VII,
``Program Income''
Unless a DoD Component revises the wording of Section A or E or
reserves Section D, as permitted by Sec. Sec. 1128.710 through
1128.725, a DoD Component's general terms and conditions must use
the following wording for FMS Article VII.
FMS Article VII. Program Income (December 2014)
Section A. Definition. The term ``program income'' as used in
this award:
1. Is gross income that:
a. You earn that is directly generated by a supported activity
or earned as a result of this award; or
b. A subrecipient earns as a result of a subaward you make under
this award.
2. Includes, but is not limited to, income earned under this
award from:
a. Fees for services performed;
b. The use or rental of real or personal property acquired under
any Federal award and currently administered under this award;
c. The sale of commodities or items fabricated under this award;
d. License fees and royalties on patents and copyrights; and
e. Payments of principal and interest on loans made with Federal
award funds.
3. Does not include for purposes of this award any:
a. Interest earned on advance payments, disposition of which is
addressed in FMS Article II;
b. Proceeds from the sale of real property, equipment or
supplies, which is addressed in PROP Articles III and IV;
c. Rebates, credits, discounts, and interest earned on any of
them; and
d. Governmental revenues, including any taxes, special
assessments, levies, fines and similar revenues you raise.
Section B. Encouragement to earn program income. You are
encouraged to earn program income under this award when doing so
does not interfere with the program or project the award supports.
Section C. Costs of generating program income. You may deduct
costs incidental to the generation of program income from the amount
that you use in accordance with Section E of this Article, as long
as those costs are not charged to this award (which includes their
being counted toward any cost sharing or matching you are required
to provide).
Section D. License fees and royalties. You have no obligations
to the Federal Government with respect to program income earned
under this award from license fees and royalties for patents or
patent applications, copyrights, trademarks, or inventions developed
or produced under the award.
Section E. Use of program income.
1. You must use any program income that you earn during the
period of performance under this award to increase the amount of the
award (the sum of the Federal share and any cost sharing or matching
you are required to provide), thereby increasing the amount budgeted
for the project. The program income must be used for the purposes
and under the terms and conditions of the award.
2. Your use of the additional funding is subject to the terms
and conditions of this award, including:
a. FMS Article II concerning your use of balances of program
income before you request additional funds from us; and
b. FMS Article III concerning allowability of costs for which
the funds may be used.
3. You must report on each Federal Financial Report (SF-425)
that you submit in accordance with REP Article II the program income
that you earn and any that you use during the reporting period
covered by that SF-425.
Section F. Duration of accountability for program income. The
requirements concerning disposition of program income in Section E
of this Article apply only to program income you earn during the
period of performance. There are no requirements under this award
applicable to program income you earn after the end of the period of
performance.
PART 1130--PROPERTY ADMINISTRATION: GENERAL AWARD TERMS AND
CONDITIONS
Sec.
1130.1 Purpose of this part.
1130.2 Applicability of this part.
1130.3 Exceptions from requirements of this part.
1130.4 Organization of this part.
Subpart A--Title to Property (PROP Article I)
1130.100 Purpose of PROP Article I.
1130.105 Title to property acquired under awards.
1130.110 Property trust relationship.
1130.115 Title to federally owned property.
1130.120 Federal interest in donated property.
1130.125 Federal interest in property improved under awards.
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Subpart B--Property Management System (PROP Article II)
1130.200 Purpose of PROP Article II.
1130.205 Insurance coverage for real property and equipment.
1130.210 Other property management system standards for States.
1130.215 Other property management system standards for institutions
of higher education, nonprofit organizations, local governments, and
Indian tribes.
Subpart C--Use and Disposition of Real Property (PROP Article III)
1130.300 Purpose of PROP Article III.
1130.305 Use of real property.
1130.310 Disposition of real property.
Subpart D--Use and Disposition of Equipment and Supplies (PROP Article
IV)
1130.400 Purpose of PROP Article IV.
1130.405 Property subject to PROP Article IV.
1130.410 Requirements for a State's use and disposition of
equipment.
1130.415 Use of equipment by an institution of higher education,
nonprofit organization, local government, or Indian tribe.
1130.420 Disposition of equipment by an institution of higher
education, nonprofit organization, local government, or Indian
tribe.
1130.425 Use and disposition of supplies.
Subpart E--Use and Disposition of Federally Owned Property (PROP
Article V)
1130.500 Purpose of PROP Article V.
1130.505 Content of PROP Article V.
Subpart F--Intangible Property (PROP Article VI)
1130.600 Purpose of PROP Article VI.
1130.605 Copyrights asserted in works developed or otherwise
acquired under awards.
1130.610 Inventions developed under awards.
1130.615 Data produced under awards.
1130.620 Intangible property acquired, but not developed or
produced, under awards.
Appendix A to Part 1130--Terms and conditions for PROP Article I,
``Title to property''
Appendix B to Part 1130--Terms and conditions for PROP Article II,
``Property management system''
Appendix C to Part 1130--Terms and conditions for PROP Article III,
``Use and disposition of real property''
Appendix D to Part 1130--Terms and conditions for PROP Article IV,
``Use and disposition of equipment and supplies''
Appendix E to Part 1130--Terms and conditions for PROP Article V,
``Use and disposition of federally owned property''
Appendix F to Part 1130--Terms and conditions for PROP Article VI,
``Intangible property''
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301 and 10 U.S.C. 113.
Sec. 1130.1 Purpose of this part.
(a) This part specifies standard wording of general terms and
conditions concerning equipment, supplies, and real, intangible, and
federally owned property.
(b) It thereby implements OMB guidance in 2 CFR 200.310 through
200.316, as that guidance applies to general terms and conditions of
grants and cooperative agreements.
Sec. 1130.2 Applicability of this part.
The types of awards and entities to which this part and other parts
in this subchapter apply are described in the subchapter overview at 2
CFR 1126.2.
Sec. 1130.3 Exceptions from requirements of this part.
Exceptions are permitted from the administrative requirements in
this part only as described at 2 CFR 1126.3.
Sec. 1130.4 Organization of this part.
(a) The content of this part is organized into subparts and
associated appendices.
(1) Each subpart provides direction to DoD Components on how to
construct one article of general terms and conditions for grants and
cooperative agreements.
(2) For each subpart, there is a corresponding appendix with
standard wording for terms and conditions of the article addressed by
the subpart. Terms and conditions address rights and responsibilities
of the Federal Government and recipients.
(b) A DoD Component must use the wording provided in each appendix
in accordance with the direction in the corresponding subpart. That
direction may permit DoD Components to vary from the standard wording
in some situations.
(c) Table 1 shows which article of general terms and conditions may
be found in each of appendices A through F to this part (with the
associated direction to DoD Components in Subparts A through F,
respectively):
Table 1 to Paragraph (c)
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You will find terms and
conditions specifying
recipients' rights and That would appear
In . . . responsibilities in an award within
related to . . . PROP Article . . .
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Appendix A................. Title to property...... I.
Appendix B................. Property management II.
system.
Appendix C................. Use and disposition of III.
real property.
Appendix D................. Use and disposition of IV.
equipment and supplies.
Appendix E................. Use and disposition of V.
federally owned
property.
Appendix F................. Intangible property.... VI.
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Subpart A--Title to Property (PROP Article I)
Sec. 1130.100 Purpose of PROP Article I.
PROP Article I specifies in whom and under what conditions title to
property vests under the award. It thereby implements OMB guidance for
grants and cooperative agreements:
(a) Pertaining to vesting of title to property, in 2 CFR
200.311(a), 200.312(a), 200.313(a), 200.314(a), and 200.315(a).
(b) Pertaining to the property trust relationship in 2 CFR 200.316.
Sec. 1130.105 Title to property acquired under awards.
(a) General policy. Title to tangible property that a recipient
acquires under an award (whether by purchase, construction or
fabrication, development, or otherwise), and title to intangible
property that a recipient acquires other than by developing or
producing it under an award, generally vests in the recipient subject
to the conditions in PROP Articles II-IV and Section D of PROP Article
VI, which protect the Federal interest in the property.
(b) Exceptions to the general policy when there is statutory
authority--(1) Exempt property in general. If a DoD Component has
statutory authority to do so, it may vest title in recipients to
property acquired under awards either unconditionally or subject to
fewer conditions than those in PROP Articles II-IV and VI. This subpart
refers to acquired property for which a DoD Component has such
statutory authority--and elects to use it--as ``exempt property.''
(2) Research awards. (i) Under 31 U.S.C. 6306, a DoD Component may
vest
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title to tangible personal property (i.e., equipment and supplies) in a
nonprofit institution of higher education or nonprofit organization
whose primary purpose is conducting scientific research--without
further obligation to the Federal Government or subject to conditions
the DoD Component deems appropriate--if the property is bought with
amounts provided under a grant or cooperative agreement for basic or
applied research.
(ii) As a matter of policy, to enhance the university
infrastructure for future performance of defense research and research-
related education and training, DoD Components must make maximum use of
the authority of 31 U.S.C. 6306 to vest title to equipment in nonprofit
institutions of higher education subject to only the following three
conditions:
(A) The recipient uses the equipment for the authorized purposes of
the project or program until the property is no longer needed for those
purposes.
(B) The recipient manages the equipment as provided in PROP Article
II of the general terms and conditions (see Subpart B of this part).
This includes maintaining property records that include the percentage
of Federal participation in the costs of the project or program under
which the recipient acquired the exempt property, so that the recipient
may deduct the Federal share if it wishes to use the property in future
contributions for cost sharing or matching purposes on Federal awards.
(C) The DoD Component reserves the right to transfer title to the
equipment to another recipient entity if the Principal Investigator
relocates his or her research program to that entity.
(c) Award terms and conditions--(1) General. Unless a DoD Component
has a statute authorizing it to identify acquired property as exempt
property, as described in paragraph (b) of this section, it must use
the wording appendix A to this part provides for Section A of PROP
Article I.
(2) Exceptions. (i) If a DoD Component has statutory authority such
as described in paragraph (b) of this section, and elects to use that
authority for awards subject to its general terms and conditions, it
must insert wording in paragraph A.2 of PROP Article I to:
(A) Identify the type or types of property it is exempting from the
standard requirements for title vesting, use, and disposition contained
in PROP Articles II through IV and VI and reporting requirements
contained in REP Article III of the general terms and conditions.
(B) If it is exempting the property from some, but not all, of the
standard requirements, identify the requirements to which the exempt
property will be subject.
(ii) Paragraph A.2 of PROP Article I in general terms and
conditions used for research awards to institutions of higher education
and nonprofit organizations whose primary purpose is conducting
scientific research generally should provide for vesting of title to
acquired equipment and supplies in those types of entities when they
are conducting basic or applied research subject only to the three
conditions described in paragraph (b)(2)(ii) of this section.
Sec. 1130.110 Property trust relationship.
(a) OMB guidance. OMB guidance in 2 CFR 200.316 describes the
property trust relationship. It states that:
(1) Recipients must hold real property, equipment, and intangible
property acquired or improved under grants or cooperative agreements in
trust for the beneficiaries of the projects or programs under which the
property was acquired or improved; and
(2) A Federal agency may require a recipient to record liens or
other appropriate notices of record to indicate that personal or real
property was acquired or improved under a grant or cooperative
agreement, making the property's use and disposition subject to the
award terms and conditions.
(b) DoD implementation. A DoD Component's general terms and
conditions must specify that recipients hold title to real property,
equipment, and intangible property acquired or improved under DoD
grants and cooperative agreements in trust for the beneficiaries of the
projects or programs carried out under those awards.
(c) Award terms and conditions. A DoD Component's general terms and
conditions:
(1) Must include the wording appendix A to this part provides for
paragraph B.1 of PROP Article I, except that a DoD Component may
instead reserve Section B if there will be no acquisition or
improvement of real property, equipment, or intangible property under
awards using those general terms and conditions or subawards under
those awards.
(2) May add wording to the reserved paragraph B.2 of the wording of
Section B of PROP Article I to require recipients to record liens or
other notices of record, as described in paragraph (a) of this section.
Sec. 1130.115 Title to federally owned property.
(a) Requirement. A DoD Component's general terms and conditions
must inform recipients that title to federally owned property remains
with the Federal Government and include the wording appendix A to this
part provides for Section C of PROP Article I.
(b) Award terms and conditions. A DoD Component's general terms and
conditions must either:
(1) Include the wording appendix A to this part provides for
Section C of PROP Article I to indicate that title to federally owned
property remains with the Federal Government; or
(2) Reserve Section C if it provides no federally owned property
under its awards.
Sec. 1130.120 Federal interest in donated property.
(a) Requirement. A DoD Component's general terms and conditions
must inform recipients that the Federal Government acquires an interest
in any real property or equipment for which the value of the remaining
life of the property in the recipient's accounting records or the fair
market value of the property is counted toward required cost sharing or
matching, rather than charging depreciation.
(b) Award terms and conditions. A DoD Component's general terms and
conditions therefore must either:
(1) Include the wording appendix A to this part provides for
Section D of PROP Article I to specify the Federal interest in donated
real property or equipment; or
(2) Reserve Section D of PROP Article I if the DoD Component does
not permit recipients to count the fair market value of real property
or equipment toward cost sharing or matching.
Sec. 1130.125 Federal interest in property improved under awards.
(a) Requirement. A DoD Component's general terms and conditions
must address the Federal interest in improvements to real property or
equipment that results if a recipient directly charges the costs of the
improvements to an award.
(b) Award terms and conditions. A DoD Component's general terms and
conditions therefore must either:
(1) Include the wording appendix A to this part provides for
Section E of PROP Article I to specify the Federal interest in improved
real property or equipment; or
(2) Reserve Section E of PROP Article I if there will be no
improvements to real property or equipment under awards using those
general terms and conditions or subawards under those awards.
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Subpart B--Property Management System (PROP Article II)
Sec. 1130.200 Purpose of PROP Article II.
(a) PROP Article II prescribes standards for:
(1) Insurance coverage for real property and equipment acquired or
improved under awards;
(2) The system that a recipient uses to manage both equipment that
is acquired or improved in whole or in part under awards and federally
owned property.
(b) It thereby implements OMB guidance in 2 CFR 200.310 and
200.313(d)(1) through (4), and partially implements 2 CFR 200.313(b).
Sec. 1130.205 Insurance coverage for real property and equipment.
(a) OMB guidance. OMB guidance in 2 CFR 200.310 includes a
requirement for recipients' insurance coverage for real property and
equipment acquired or improved under grants and cooperative agreements
and states that federally owned property need not be insured unless
required by Federal award terms and conditions.
(b) DoD implementation. A DoD Component's general terms and
conditions must require recipients to provide insurance coverage for
real property and equipment acquired or improved under awards. However,
unless a statute or program regulation adopted in the Code of Federal
Regulations after opportunity for public comment specifies otherwise,
DoD awards will not require recipients to insure federally owned
property.
(c) Award terms and conditions. A DoD Component's general terms and
conditions therefore must either:
(1) Include the wording appendix B to this part provides for
Section A of PROP Article II; or
(2) Reserve Section A of PROP Article II if there will be no real
property or equipment acquired or improved under awards using those
terms and conditions or subawards under those awards.
Sec. 1130.210 Other property management system standards for States.
(a) Requirement. A DoD Component's general terms and conditions
must address the standards for States' property management systems.
(b) Award terms and conditions. A DoD Component's general terms and
conditions therefore must either:
(1) Include the wording appendix B to this part provides for
Section B of PROP Article II; or
(2) Reserve Section B of PROP Article II if no State will acquire
or improve equipment, in whole or in part, or be accountable for
federally owned property under awards using those general terms and
conditions or subawards under those awards.
Sec. 1130.215 Other property management system standards for
institutions of higher education, nonprofit organizations, local
governments, and Indian tribes.
(a) Requirement. A DoD Component's general terms and conditions
must address the standards for property management systems of
institutions of higher education, nonprofit organizations, local
governments, and Indian tribes.
(b) Award terms and conditions. A DoD Component's general terms and
conditions therefore must either:
(1) Include the wording appendix B to this part provides for
Section C of PROP Article II; or
(2) Reserve Section C of PROP Article II if no institution of
higher education, nonprofit organization, local government, or Indian
tribe will acquire or improve equipment, in whole or in part, or be
accountable for federally owned property under awards using those
general terms and conditions or subawards under those awards.
Subpart C--Use and Disposition of Real Property (PROP Article III)
Sec. 1130.300 Purpose of PROP Article III.
PROP Article III specifies requirements for recipients' use and
disposition of real property acquired or improved under an award. It
thereby implements OMB guidance in 2 CFR 200.311(b) and (c).
Sec. 1130.305 Use of real property.
(a) OMB guidance. OMB guidance in 2 CFR 200.311(b) states that,
except as otherwise provided by Federal statute or the Federal awarding
agency, a recipient must use real property acquired or improved under a
grant or cooperative agreement for the originally authorized purpose as
long as needed for that purpose, during which time the recipient must
not dispose of the property or encumber its title or other interests.
(b) DoD implementation. Unless a statute or program regulation
adopted in the Code of Federal Regulations after opportunity for public
comment specifies otherwise, DoD awards must permit recipients to do
the following:
(1) While real property acquired or improved under an award still
is needed for the authorized purpose, also use it for other projects or
programs that either are supported by DoD Components or other Federal
agencies or not federally supported, as long as that use does not
interfere with the property's use for the authorized purpose.
(2) After the real property no longer is needed for the authorized
purpose, with the written approval of the award administration office,
use the property on other federally supported projects or programs that
have purposes consistent with those authorized for support by the DoD
Component that made the award under which the property was acquired or
improved.
(c) Award terms and conditions. A DoD Component's general terms and
conditions must either:
(1) Include the wording appendix C to this part provides for
Section A of PROP Article III; or
(2) If a statute or program regulation in the Code of Federal
Regulations specifies different requirements for recipients' use of
real property, substitute alternative wording for Section A to specify
those requirements.
Sec. 1130.310 Disposition of real property.
(a) OMB guidance. OMB guidance in 2 CFR 200.311(c):
(1) Addresses the recipient's responsibility to request disposition
instructions for real property when the recipient no longer needs it
for the originally authorized purpose; and
(2) Identifies three alternative disposition methods those
instructions may specify.
(b) DoD implementation. DoD implements the guidance in 2 CFR
200.311(c) through award terms and conditions that govern disposition
of real property acquired or improved under awards.
(c) Award terms and conditions. A DoD Component's general terms and
conditions must include the wording appendix C to this part provides
for Section B of PROP Article III to specify requirements concerning
disposition of real property acquired or improved under awards.
Subpart D--Use and Disposition of Equipment and Supplies (PROP
Article IV)
Sec. 1130.400 Purpose of PROP Article IV.
PROP Article IV specifies requirements for recipients' use and
disposition of equipment and supplies in which there is a Federal
interest. It thereby implements OMB guidance in:
(a) 2 CFR 200.313(a) through (c), 200.313(d)(5), and 200.313(e) as
that guidance applies to requirements for use and disposition of
equipment; and
(b) 2 CFR 200.314, as that guidance applies to requirements for use
and disposition of supplies.
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Sec. 1130.405 Property subject to PROP Article IV.
(a) Requirement. A DoD Component's general terms and conditions
must identify the types of non-exempt property to which requirements
for use and disposition of equipment and supplies apply.
(b) Award terms and conditions. To implement the requirement in
paragraph (a) of this section, a DoD Component's general terms and
conditions must use the wording appendix D to this part provides for
Section A of PROP Article IV. That wording identifies the categories of
equipment and supplies in which there is a Federal interest.
Sec. 1130.410 Requirements for a State's use and disposition of
equipment.
(a) OMB guidance. OMB guidance in:
(1) 2 CFR 200.313(a) sets forth basic conditions for use of
equipment acquired under a grant or cooperative agreement that apply
when title to the equipment is vested in a recipient conditionally,
because the awarding agency either does not have statutory authority to
vest title in the equipment unconditionally or elects not to do so.
(2) 2 CFR 200.313(b) provides that a State must use, manage, and
dispose of equipment in accordance with State laws and procedures.
(b) DoD implementation. DoD implements 2 CFR 200.313(a) and (b)
through award terms and conditions that govern States' use and
disposition of equipment.
(c) Award terms and conditions. A DoD Component's general terms and
conditions must use the wording appendix D to this part provides for
Section B of PROP Article IV to specify the requirements for a State's
use and disposition of equipment in which there is a Federal interest.
Sec. 1130.415 Use of equipment by an institution of higher
education, nonprofit organization, local government, or Indian tribe.
(a) OMB guidance. OMB guidance in:
(1) 2 CFR 200.313(a) sets forth basic conditions for use of
equipment acquired under a grant or cooperative agreement that apply
when title to the equipment is vested in a recipient conditionally,
because the awarding agency either does not have statutory authority to
vest title in the equipment unconditionally or elects not to do so.
(2) 2 CFR 200.313(c) provides the parameters for use of equipment
by an institution of higher education, nonprofit organization, local
government, or Indian tribe.
(3) 2 CFR 200.313(d)(5) calls for use of sales procedures to ensure
highest possible return when selling equipment.
(b) DoD implementation. For equipment in which there is a Federal
interest under awards to institutions of higher education, nonprofit
organizations, local governments, or Indian tribes, DoD implements
through award terms and conditions the following portions of 2 CFR part
200 as they apply to use of equipment prior to the time of its
disposition:
(1) 2 CFR 200.313(a) and (c); and
(2) 2 CFR 200.313(d)(5), as it applies to equipment sales prior to
the time of disposition, to offset the acquisition cost of replacement
equipment.
(c) Award terms and conditions. A DoD Component's general terms and
conditions must use the wording appendix D to this part provides for
Section C of PROP Article IV to specify the requirements for use of
equipment described in paragraph (b) of this section.
Sec. 1130.420 Disposition of equipment by an institution of higher
education, nonprofit organization, local government, or Indian tribe.
(a) OMB guidance. OMB guidance in 2 CFR 200.313(e) addresses
disposition of original or replacement equipment acquired under a grant
or cooperative agreement by an institution of higher education,
nonprofit organization, local government, or Indian tribe.
(b) DoD implementation. DoD implements 2 CFR 200.313(e) through
award terms and conditions that govern disposition of original or
replacement equipment acquired under an award by an institution of
higher education, nonprofit organization, local government, or Indian
tribe when there is a Federal interest in the equipment.
(c) Award terms and conditions. A DoD Component's general terms and
conditions must use the wording appendix D to this part provides for
Section D of PROP Article IV to specify the requirements for
disposition of equipment described in paragraph (b) of this section.
Sec. 1130.425 Use and disposition of supplies.
(a) OMB guidance. OMB guidance in 2 CFR 200.314 sets forth
requirements for use and disposition of supplies acquired under a grant
or cooperative agreement.
(b) DoD implementation. DoD implements 2 CFR 200.314 through award
terms and conditions that govern use and disposition of supplies
acquired under awards either by purchase or by donation as cost sharing
or matching.
(c) Award terms and conditions. A DoD Component's general terms and
conditions must use the wording appendix D to this part provides for
Section E of PROP Article IV to specify the requirements for use and
disposition of acquired supplies.
Subpart E--Use and Disposition of Federally Owned Property (PROP
Article V)
Sec. 1130.500 Purpose of PROP Article V.
PROP Article V specifies requirements for recipients' use and
disposition of federally owned property. It implements the portion of
OMB guidance in 2 CFR 200.312(a) that applies to disposition of
federally owned property.
Sec. 1130.505 Content of PROP Article V.
A DoD Component's general terms and conditions must either:
(a) Include the wording appendix E to this part provides for PROP
Article V to specify requirements for use and disposition of federally
owned property; or
(b) Reserve PROP Article V if there is no possibility of recipients
or subrecipients being accountable for federally owned property under
awards using those terms and conditions.
Subpart F--Intangible Property (PROP Article VI)
Sec. 1130.600 Purpose of PROP Article VI.
PROP Article VI sets forth the rights and responsibilities of
recipients and the Federal Government with respect to intangible
property. It thereby implements OMB guidance in 2 CFR 200.315.
Sec. 1130.605 Copyrights asserted in works developed or otherwise
acquired under awards.
(a) OMB guidance. OMB guidance in 2 CFR 200.315(b) addresses
recipients' and the Federal Government's rights related to works that
recipients may copyright under grants and cooperative agreements.
(b) DoD implementation. DoD implements 2 CFR 200.315(b) through
award terms and conditions that specify recipient and DoD rights with
respect to copyrightable works.
(c) Award terms and conditions. A DoD Component's general terms and
conditions must use the wording appendix F to this part provides for
Section A of PROP Article VI to affirm the recipient's right to assert
copyright in works it develops or otherwise acquires under an award, as
well as DoD's right to use the works for Federal purposes.
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Sec. 1130.610 Inventions developed under awards.
(a) OMB guidance. OMB guidance in 2 CFR 200.315(c) states that
recipients of grants and cooperative agreements are subject to
applicable regulations concerning patents and inventions, including
Department of Commerce regulations at 37 CFR part 401.
(b) DoD implementation. In implementing 2 CFR 200.315(c) for awards
for the performance of experimental, developmental, or research work,
DoD:
(1) Extends to other entities the patent rights provisions of
chapter 18 of Title 35 of the U.S. Code and 37 CFR part 401 that
directly apply to small business firms and nonprofit organizations.
This broadened applicability is in accordance with the February 18,
1983, Presidential memorandum on Government patent policy, referred to
in Executive Order 12591, ``Facilitating Access to Science and
Technology.''
(2) Establishes a requirement for recipients to provide final
reports listing all subject inventions under their awards or stating
there were none, a requirement that 37 CFR 401.5(f)(1) provides as an
agency option.
(3) Incorporates the prohibition in 35 U.S.C. 212 on asserting
Federal Government rights in inventions made by recipients of
scholarships, fellowships, training grants, or other awards made
primarily for educational purposes.
(c) Award terms and conditions. (1) Awards for research,
developmental, or experimental work. A DoD Component's general terms
and conditions for awards for the performance of experimental,
developmental, or research work funded in whole or in part by the
Federal Government must include the wording appendix F to this part
provides for Section B of PROP Article VI, with one permitted
exception. The exception is that a DoD Component may reserve or
substitute alternative wording for paragraph B.2.b of Section B of PROP
Article VI, as appropriate, if it elects to:
(i) Omit the requirement for final invention reports;
(ii) Substitute ``120 calendar days'' for ``90 calendar days'' to
provide an additional 30 days for recipient's submissions of final
reports after the end date of the period of performance; or
(iii) Include a requirement for recipients to submit information
about each patent application they submit for a subject invention,
interim listings of all subject inventions, or both, which the
Department of Commerce regulations at 37 CFR 401.5(f)(2) and (3) permit
agencies to require.
(2) Awards for primarily educational purposes. A DoD Component's
general terms and conditions for awards to support scholarships or
fellowships, training grants, or other awards for primarily educational
purposes must replace the wording appendix F to this part provides for
Section B of PROP Article VI with an alternative award provision
stating that the Federal Government will have no rights to inventions
made by recipients.
(3) Awards for other purposes. A DoD Component developing general
terms and conditions for awards other than those described in
paragraphs (c)(1) and (2) of this section should:
(i) Consult its intellectual property counsel if it anticipates
that recipients may develop patentable inventions under its awards, to
identify any applicable statutes or regulations and determine an
appropriate substitute for the wording appendix F to this part provides
for Section B of PROP Article VI; or
(ii) Reserve Section B of PROP Article VI if it does not expect
development of any patentable inventions under those awards.
Sec. 1130.615 Data produced under awards.
(a) OMB guidance. OMB guidance in 2 CFR 200.315(d) and (e)
addresses rights in data under grants and cooperative agreements.
(b) DoD implementation. DoD implements 2 CFR 200.315(d) and (e)
through award terms and conditions.
(c) Award terms and conditions--(1) General. A DoD Component's
general terms and conditions must include the wording appendix F to
this part provides for Section C of PROP Article VI.
(2) Exception. A DoD Component may reserve paragraph C.2 of Section
C of PROP Article VI in its general terms and conditions if:
(i) Those terms and conditions will not be used for research
awards; and
(ii) The DoD Component determines that no research data as defined
in 2 CFR 200.315 will be generated under the awards using those terms
and conditions.
Sec. 1130.620 Intangible property acquired, but not developed or
produced, under awards.
(a) OMB guidance. OMB guidance in 2 CFR 200.315(a) addresses use
and disposition of intangible property that is acquired under grants
and cooperative agreements (in addition to vesting of title, which is
implemented in Sec. 1130.105 and appendix A to this part).
(b) DoD implementation. DoD implements 2 CFR 200.315(a) through
award terms and conditions that govern use and disposition of
intangible property that is acquired, but not developed or produced,
under awards.
(c) Award terms and conditions. A DoD Component's general terms and
conditions must include the wording appendix F to this part provides
for Section D of PROP Article VI.
Appendix A to Part 1130--Terms and Conditions for PROP Article I,
``Title to Property''
Unless a DoD Component inserts or adds wording or reserves
sections of the article, as provided in Sec. Sec. 1130.105 through
1130.125, a DoD Component's general terms and conditions must use
the following wording for PROP Article I.
PROP Article I. Title to Property. (December 2014)
Section A. Title to property acquired under this award.
1. General. Other than any property identified in paragraph A.2
of this section as exempt property:
a. Title to real property, equipment, and supplies that you
acquire (whether by purchase, construction or fabrication,
development, or otherwise) and charge as direct project costs under
this award vests in you, the recipient. Title to intangible property
that you acquire (other than by developing or producing it) under
this award also vests in you.
b. That title is a conditional title, subject to the terms and
conditions in PROP Articles II-IV, Section D of PROP Article VI, and
REP Article III of this award.
c. There is a Federal interest in the property, other than
intangible property that you develop or produce under the award. For
real property, equipment, and intangible property, we retain this
Federal interest until final disposition of the property under PROP
Article III (for real property), PROP Article IV (for equipment and
supplies), or Section D of PROP Article VI (for intangible property
that is acquired, other than by developing or producing it), a
period that in some cases may extend beyond closeout of this award.
2. Exempt property. [Reserved].
Section B. Property trust relationship.
1. Basic requirement. Other than intangible property that you
develop or produce under the award, you hold any real property,
equipment, or intangible property that you acquire or improve under
this award in trust for the beneficiaries of the project or program
that you are carrying out under the award.
2. Notices of record. [Reserved].
Section C. Federally owned property. Title to any federally
owned property that we provide to you under this award (or for which
accountability is transferred to this award from another Federal
award) remains with the Federal Government.
Section D. Federal interest in donated real property or
equipment. If real property or equipment is acquired under this
award through your donation of the property to the project or
program (i.e., counting the value of the remaining life of the
property recorded in your accounting records or the fair market
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value as permitted under FMS Article VI of this award as part of
your share of project costs to meet any cost sharing or matching
requirements, rather than charging depreciation):
1. The Federal Government acquires through that donation an
interest in the real property or equipment, the value of which at
any given time is the product of:
a. The Federal share of the project costs under this award; and
b. The current fair market value of the property at that time.
2. The real property or equipment is subject to Section B of
this article and the terms and conditions of PROP Articles II-IV and
REP Article III that are applicable to property acquired under the
award.
3. The Federal interest in the real property or equipment must
be addressed at the time of property disposition.
Section E. Federal interest in property improved under the
award.
1. The Federal Government has an interest in improvements (as
distinct from ordinary repairs and maintenance) you make to an item
of real property or equipment if you charge the costs of the
improvements as direct costs to this award.
2. We thereby acquire an interest in the property if the
Government did not previously have one. If the Government already
had an interest in the property, the value of that Federal interest
in the property increases by the amount of the Federal interest in
the improvements.
3. The property is subject to Section B of this article and the
terms and conditions of PROP Articles II-IV and REP Article III that
are applicable to real property or equipment acquired under the
award.
4. The Federal interest must be addressed at the time of
property disposition.
Appendix B to Part 1130--Terms and Conditions for PROP Article II,
``Property Management System''
Unless a DoD Component reserves sections of the article, as
provided in Sec. Sec. 1130.205 through 1130.215, a DoD Component's
general terms and conditions must use the following wording for PROP
Article II.
PROP Article II. Property Management System. (December 2014)
Section A. Insurance coverage for real property and equipment.
You must, at a minimum, provide the equivalent insurance coverage
for real property and equipment acquired or improved under this
award as you provide for real property and equipment that you own.
Section B. Other property management system standards for a
State.
1. Equipment. Your property management system for equipment
acquired or improved in whole or in part under this award must be in
accordance with your State laws and procedures.
2. Federally owned property. You may use your own property
management system for any federally owned property for which you are
accountable, as long as it meets the following minimum standards:
a. Records. Your records must include for each item of federally
owned property:
i. A description of the item.
ii. The location of the item.
iii. The serial or other identification number.
iv. Which Federal agency holds title.
v. The date you received the item.
vi. Any data on the ultimate disposition of the item, such as
the date of disposal.
vii. The Federal award identification number of the award under
which you are accountable for the item.
b. Inventory. You must take a physical inventory of federally
owned property annually.
c. Control system. You must:
i. Maintain an internal property control system with adequate
safeguards to prevent loss, damage, or theft of federally owned
property.
ii. Investigate any loss, damage, or theft of federally owned
property and promptly notify the award administration office.
d. Maintenance. You must maintain the property in good
condition.
Section C. Other property management system standards for an
institution of higher education, nonprofit organization, local
government, or Indian tribe. Your procedures for managing equipment
(including replacement equipment) acquired or improved in whole or
in part under this award and any federally owned property for which
you are accountable under this award must, as a minimum, meet the
requirements in this section.
1. Records. You must maintain records that include for each item
of equipment or federally owned property:
a. A description of the item.
b. The serial or other identification number.
c. Who holds title (e.g., you or the Federal Government and, if
the latter, which Federal agency).
d. The source of funding for the equipment, including the
Federal award identification number, or the source of the federally
owned property, including the award number of the award under which
you are accountable for the property.
e. The acquisition date and cost of the equipment (or
improvement to the equipment) or the date you received the federally
owned property.
f. The location, use, and condition of the equipment or
federally owned property.
g. Information from which one can calculate the amount of the
Federal interest in the acquisition or improvement of the item (this
amount is zero after you compensate us for the Federal interest in
the item or improvement).
h. Any data on the ultimate disposition of the item including
the date of disposal and sale price.
2. Labelling. You must ensure that property owned by the Federal
Government is labeled to identify it as federally owned property.
3. Inventory.
a. You must take a physical inventory of equipment in which
there is a Federal interest and reconcile the results with your
records at least once every 2 years.
b. You must take an annual inventory of any federally owned
property for which you are accountable under this award.
4. Control system. You must:
a. Maintain an internal property control system with adequate
safeguards to prevent loss, damage, or theft of equipment and
federally owned property.
b. Investigate any loss, damage, or theft and notify the award
administration office if it involved equipment in which there is a
Federal interest under the award or federally owned property.
5. Maintenance. You must maintain equipment acquired or improved
in whole or in part under the award and federally owned property in
good condition.
Appendix C to Part 1130--Terms and Conditions for PROP Article III,
``Use and Disposition of Real Property''
Unless a DoD Component substitutes wording in Section A, as
provided in Sec. 1130.305, a DoD Component's general terms and
conditions must use the following wording for PROP Article III.
PROP Article III. Use and Disposition of Real Property. (December 2014)
Section A. Use of real property.
1. You must use real property acquired or improved under this
award for the originally authorized purpose as long as needed for
that purpose. During that time, you may not:
a. Dispose of the property except, with the approval of the
award administration office, to acquire replacement property under
this award, in which case you must use the proceeds from the
disposition as an offset to the cost of the replacement property; or
b. Encumber the title or other interests in the property without
the approval of the award administration office identified in this
award.
2. During the time that the real property is used for the
originally authorized purpose, you may make the property available
for use on other projects or programs, but only if that use will not
interfere with the property's use as needed for its originally
authorized purpose.
a. First preference must be given to other projects or programs
supported by DoD Components and second preference to those supported
by other Federal agencies.
b. Third preference is for other projects or programs not
currently supported by the Federal Government. You should charge
user fees for use of the property in those cases, if it is at all
practicable.
3. When the real property is no longer needed for the originally
authorized purpose, with the written approval of the award
administration office, you may delay final disposition of the
property to use it on other federally sponsored projects or
programs. A condition for the award administration office's approval
is that the other projects or programs have purposes consistent with
those authorized for support by the DoD Component that made the
award under which the property was acquired or improved.
Section B. Disposition of real property. When you no longer need
real property for the originally authorized purpose, you must obtain
disposition instructions from the award administration office,
except as provided in paragraph A.3 of this article.
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Those instructions will provide for one of the following three
alternatives, which are that you:
1. Retain title after compensating us for the Federal interest
in the property, which is to be computed as specified in the
definition of ``Federal interest.''
2. Sell the property and compensate us for the Federal interest
in the property, as described in 2 CFR 200.311(c)(2).
3. Transfer title to us or a third party we designate, as
described in 2 CFR 200.311(c)(3).
Appendix D to Part 1130--Terms and Conditions for PROP Article IV,
``Use and Disposition of Equipment and Supplies''
As specified in Sec. Sec. 1130.405 through 1130.425, a DoD
Component's general terms and conditions must use the following
wording for PROP Article IV.
PROP Article IV. Use and Disposition of Equipment and Supplies.
(December 2014)
Section A. Property subject to this article. This article
specifies requirements for use and disposition of equipment and
supplies. If a provision of PROP Article I identifies any type of
equipment or supplies as exempt property, requirements of this
Article apply to that exempt property only to the extent specified
in that provision of PROP Article I or an award-specific term or
condition. The types of non-exempt property to which this article
applies are:
1. Supplies that you acquire either by purchase or by donation
as cost sharing or matching under this award; and
2. Equipment for which title is vested conditionally in you.
That includes equipment with a conditional title resulting from your
having, either under this award or under a previous award from which
you transferred accountability for the equipment to this award:
a. Directly charged as project costs, in whole or in part, the
acquisition (by purchase, construction or fabrication, or
development) of equipment;
b. Donated the equipment to the project or program by counting
the value of the remaining life of the property recorded in your
accounting records or the fair market value toward any cost sharing
or matching requirements under the award, rather than charging
depreciation (see PROP Article I, Section D); or
c. Directly charged as project costs improvements to the
equipment that meet the criteria given in paragraph E.1 of PROP
Article I.
Section B. Requirements for a State's use and disposition of
equipment. You:
1. Must use the equipment for the authorized purposes of the
project or program during the period of performance, or until the
property is no longer needed for those purposes.
2. May not encumber the property without the prior written
approval of the award administration office.
3. Must use and dispose of the equipment in accordance with your
State laws and procedures.
Section C. Use of equipment by an institution of higher
education, nonprofit organization, local government, or Indian
tribe. You:
1. Must use the equipment for the authorized purposes of the
project or program under this award until the equipment is no longer
needed for those purposes, whether or not the project or program
continues to be supported by this award.
2. May not encumber the equipment without the prior written
approval of the award administration office.
3. During the time that the equipment is used for the project or
program under this award:
a. You must make the equipment available for use on other
projects or programs but only if that use will not interfere with
the equipment's use as needed for the project or program supported
by this award.
i. First preference must be given to other projects or programs
supported or previously supported by DoD Components
ii. Second preference to projects or programs supported or
previously supported by other Federal agencies.
iii. Third preference is for other projects or programs not
supported by the Federal Government. You should charge user fees for
use of the equipment in those cases, if it is at all practicable.
b. You may use the equipment, if you need to acquire replacement
equipment, as a trade-in or sell it (using sales procedures designed
to ensure the highest possible return) and use the proceeds from the
sale to offset the cost of the replacement equipment.
4. When the equipment is no longer needed for the project or
program under this award, you may defer final disposition of the
equipment and continue to use it on other federally sponsored
projects or programs. You must give first priority to other projects
or programs supported by DoD Components.
5. Notwithstanding the encouragement in FMS Article VII to earn
program income, you may not use equipment in which there currently
is a Federal interest--whether you acquired it under this award or
are otherwise accountable for it under this award--to provide
services for a fee that is less than private companies charge for
equivalent services.
Section D. Disposition of equipment by an institution of higher
education, nonprofit organization, local government, or Indian
tribe. You must request disposition instructions from the award
administration office when either original or replacement equipment
acquired under this award with a current fair market value that
exceeds $5,000 is no longer needed for the original project or
program or for other federally sponsored activities as described in
paragraph C.4 of this article. For each item of equipment with a
current fair market value of $5,000 or less, you may retain, sell,
or otherwise dispose of the item with no further obligation to the
Federal Government.
1. We may issue disposition instructions that:
a. Allow you to retain or sell any item of equipment after
compensating us for the Federal interest in the property, which is
to be computed as specified in the definition of ``Federal
interest;'' or
b. Require you to transfer title to the equipment to a Federal
agency or a third party, in which case you are entitled to
compensation from us for the non-Federal interest in the equipment,
plus any reasonable shipping or interim storage costs incurred.
2. If we fail to provide disposition instructions for any item
of equipment within 120 calendar days of receiving your request, you
may retain or sell the equipment, but you must compensate us for the
amount of the Federal interest in the equipment.
3. If you sell the equipment:
a. You must use sales procedures designed to ensure the highest
possible return; and
b. You may deduct and retain for selling and handling expenses
either $500 or ten percent of the proceeds, whichever is less.
Section E. Use and disposition of supplies acquired under this
award.
1. Use. As long as we retain a Federal interest in supplies
acquired under this award either by purchase or by donation as cost
sharing or matching, you may not use the supplies to provide
services to other organizations for a fee that is less than private
companies charge for equivalent services, notwithstanding the
encouragement in FMS Article VII to earn program income.
2. Disposition. If you have a residual inventory of unused
supplies with aggregate value exceeding $5,000 at the end of the
period of performance under this award, and the supplies are not
needed for any other Federal award, you must retain the supplies or
sell them but must in either case compensate us for the amount of
the Federal interest in the supplies. You may deduct and retain for
selling and handling expenses either $500 or ten percent of the
proceeds, whichever is less.
Appendix E to Part 1130--Terms and Conditions for PROP Article V, ``Use
and Disposition of Federally Owned Property''
Unless a DoD Component reserves the article, as specified in
Sec. 1130.505, a DoD Component's general terms and conditions must
use the following wording for PROP Article V.
PROP Article V. Use and Disposition of Federally Owned Property.
(December 2014)
Section A. Use. During the time that federally owned property
for which you are accountable under this award is used for the
project or program supported by the award, you:
1. Also may make the property available for use on other
federally supported projects or programs, but only if that use will
not interfere with the property's use for the project or program
supported by this award. You must give first priority to other
projects or programs supported by DoD Components.
2. May use the property for purposes other than federally
supported projects or programs only with the prior approval of the
awarding office or, if you request approval after the award is made,
the award administration office.
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Section B. Disposition. You must request disposition
instructions from the award administration office for any federally
owned property under this award, including any property for which a
subrecipient is accountable under a subaward you make under this
award, either:
1. At any time during the period of performance if the property
is no longer needed for the project or program supported by this
award; or
2. At the end of the period of performance.
Appendix F to Part 1130--Terms and Conditions for PROP Article VI,
``Intangible Property''
Except for Section B, whose language must be tailored or
reserved based on the type of award as specified in Sec. 1130.610,
and Section D if reserved as provided in Sec. 1130.615, a DoD
Component's general terms and conditions must use the following
wording for PROP Article VI.
PROP Article VI. Intangible Property. (December 2014)
Section A. Assertion of copyright.
1. You may assert copyright in any work that is eligible for
copyright protection if you acquire ownership of it under this
award, either by developing it or otherwise.
2. With respect to any work, you developed or otherwise acquired
under this award, DoD reserves a royalty-free, nonexclusive and
irrevocable license to:
a. Reproduce, publish, or otherwise use the work for Federal
Government purposes; and
b. Authorize others to reproduce, publish, or otherwise use the
work for Federal Government purposes.
Section B. Inventions developed under the award.
1. Applicability of Governmentwide clause for research awards.
You must comply with the Governmentwide patent rights award clause
published at 37 CFR 401.14, with the modifications described in
paragraph B.2 of this section. DoD adopts that Governmentwide clause
for the following entities, thereby broadening the applicability
beyond types of entities included in the definition of
``contractor'' in 37 CFR part 401:
a. Any governmental or nonprofit entity (the types of entities
subject to these general terms and conditions) receiving a DoD award
for the performance of experimental, research, or developmental
work;
b. Any governmental, nonprofit, or for-profit entity receiving a
subaward to perform experimental, research, or developmental work
under an award described in paragraph B.1.a of this section.
2. Modifications to the wording of the Governmentwide clause.
DoD adopts the Governmentwide clause at 37 CFR 401.14, as described
in paragraph B.1 of this section, with the following modifications:
a. Terminology. Throughout the Governmentwide clause:
i. Insert the terms ``recipient'' and ``subrecipient (or
contractor to the recipient or to a subrecipient)'' to replace the
terms ``contractor'' and ``subcontractor,'' respectively.
ii. Insert the terms ``award'' and ``subaward (or contract under
either the award or a subaward)'' to replace the terms ``contract''
and ``subcontract,'' respectively.
b. Final report. Add a new subparagraph (f)(5) to read, ``The
recipient must submit a final report listing all subject inventions
made under the award or stating that there were none. The final
report is due 90 calendar days after the end date of the period of
performance unless you request, and we grant, an extension of the
due date.''
c. Broadening applicability to all entities. Delete paragraphs
(g)(2) and (3) of the Governmentwide clause, redesignate paragraph
(g)(1) as paragraph (g) and delete the phrase ``to be performed by a
small business firm or domestic nonprofit organization'' from
paragraph (g) as redesignated.
Section C. Data produced under the award.
1. Data in general. The Federal Government has the right to:
a. Obtain, reproduce, publish, or otherwise use the data
produced under this award; and
b. Authorize others to receive, reproduce, publish, or otherwise
use the data produced under this award for Federal Government
purposes.
2. Research data requested under the Freedom of Information Act
(FOIA).
a. If we receive a request under the FOIA for ``research data''
that are related to ``published research findings'' produced under
this award and that were ``used by the Federal Government in
developing an agency action that has the force and effect of law,''
you must provide the data to us within a reasonable time after we
request it from you, so that the data can be made available to the
public through procedures established under the FOIA.
b. For purposes of the requirement in paragraph C.2.a of this
section, 2 CFR 200.315(e) provides definitions of the phrases
``published research findings,'' ``used by the Federal Government in
developing an agency action that has the force and effect of law,''
and ``research data.''
Section D. Use and disposition of intangible property acquired,
but not developed or produced, under the award.
1. Applicability. This section applies to a patent, patent
application, copyright, or other intangible property acquired, but
not developed or produced, under this award.
2. Use. You:
a. Must use the intangible property for the authorized purpose
under this award until the intangible property is no longer needed
for that purpose, whether or not that purpose is still being
supported by this award.
b. May not encumber the intangible property without the prior
written approval of the award administration office.
3. Disposition. When the intangible property is no longer needed
for the originally authorized purpose, you must contact the award
administration office to arrange for disposition in accordance with
the procedures specified for disposition of equipment in either
section B or D of PROP Article IV, as applicable.
PART 1132--RECIPIENT PROCUREMENT PROCEDURES: GENERAL AWARD TERMS
AND CONDITIONS
Sec.
1132.1 Purpose of this part.
1132.2 Applicability of this part.
1132.3 Exceptions from requirements of this part.
1132.4 Organization of this part.
Subpart A--Procurement Standards for States (PROC Article I)
1132.100 Purpose of PROC Article I.
1132.105 Content of PROC Article I.
Subpart B--Procurement Standards for Institutions of Higher Education,
Nonprofit Organizations, Local Governments, and Indian Tribes (PROC
Article II)
1132.200 Purpose of PROC Article II.
1132.205 Procurement procedures.
1132.210 Procurement of recovered materials.
1132.215 Review of recipient procurement documents.
1132.220 Bonding requirements.
Subpart C--Contract Provisions for Recipient Procurements (PROC Article
III)
1132.300 Purpose of PROC Article III.
1132.305 Administrative requirements.
1132.310 National policy requirements.
Appendix A to Part 1132--Terms and conditions for PROC Article I,
``Procurement standards for States''
Appendix B to Part 1132--Terms and conditions for PROC Article II,
``Procurement standards for institutions of higher education,
nonprofit organizations, local governments, and Indian tribes''
Appendix C to Part 1132--Terms and conditions for PROC Article III,
``Contract provisions for recipient procurements''
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301 and 10 U.S.C. 113.
Sec. 1132.1 Purpose of this part.
(a) This part specifies standard wording of general terms and
conditions concerning recipients' purchases of property (supplies,
equipment, and real property) and services.
(b) It thereby implements OMB guidance in 2 CFR 200.317 through
200.326, and appendix II to 2 CFR part 200, as those portions of 2 CFR
part 200 apply to general terms and conditions of grants and
cooperative agreements. It also partially implements 2 CFR 200.205(d),
200.213, and 200.517.
Sec. 1132.2 Applicability of this part.
The types of awards and entities to which this part and other parts
in this subchapter apply are described in the subchapter overview at 2
CFR 1126.2.
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Sec. 1132.3 Exceptions from requirements of this part.
Exceptions are permitted from the administrative requirements in
this part only as follows:
(a) As described in 2 CFR 1126.3, and
(b) Based on any language in 2 CFR 200.110(a) regarding the
applicability of the procurement standards in 2 CFR part 200.
Sec. 1132.4 Organization of this part.
(a) The content of this part is organized into subparts and
associated appendices.
(1) Each subpart provides direction to DoD Components on how to
construct one article of general terms and conditions for grants and
cooperative agreements.
(2) For each subpart, there is a corresponding appendix with
standard wording for terms and conditions of the article addressed by
the subpart. Terms and conditions address rights and responsibilities
of the Federal Government and recipients.
(b) A DoD Component must use the wording provided in each appendix
in accordance with the direction in the corresponding subpart. That
direction may permit DoD Components to vary from the standard wording
in some situations.
(c) Table 1 shows which article of general terms and conditions may
be found in each of appendices A through C to this part (with the
associated direction to DoD Components in Subparts A through C,
respectively):
Table 1 to paragraph (c)
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You will find terms
and conditions That would
specifying recipients' appear in an
In . . . rights and award within
responsibilities PROC Article . .
related to . . . .
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Appendix A.................... Procurement standards I.
for States.
Appendix B.................... Procurement standards II.
for institutions of
higher education,
nonprofit
organizations, local
governments, and
Indian tribes.
Appendix C.................... Contract provisions III.
for recipient
procurements.
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Subpart A-Procurement Standards for States (PROC Article I)
Sec. 1132.100 Purpose of PROC Article I.
PROC Article I of the general terms and conditions specifies
requirements for a State's procurement of property and services under
grants or cooperative agreements. It thereby implements OMB guidance in
2 CFR 200.317 and partially implements the guidance in 2 CFR 200.205(d)
and 200.213.
Sec. 1132.105 Content of PROC Article I.
(a) Requirement. A DoD Component's general terms and conditions
must address requirements for States' procurement systems.
(b) Award terms and conditions--(1) General. Except as provided in
paragraph (b)(2) of this section, a DoD Component's general terms and
conditions must use the wording appendix A to this part provides for
PROC Article I.
(2) Exception. A DoD Component's general terms and conditions may
instead reserve PROC Article I if the DoD Component determines that it
is not possible that any States will receive:
(i) DoD Component awards using those general terms and conditions;
or
(ii) Subawards from recipients of DoD Component awards using those
general terms and conditions.
Subpart B--Procurement Standards for Institutions of Higher
Education, Nonprofit Organizations, Local Governments, and Indian
Tribes (PROC Article II)
Sec. 1132.200 Purpose of PROC Article II.
PROC Article II of the general terms and conditions specifies
procurement procedures for a recipient of a grant or cooperative
agreement other than a State or for-profit entity. It thereby:
(a) Implements OMB guidance in 2 CFR 200.318 through 200.323,
200.324(a) and (b), and 200.325;
(b) Partially implements 2 CFR 200.205(d) and 200.213; and
(c) Implements, in conjunction with PROC Article III, 2 CFR
200.326.
Sec. 1132.205 Procurement procedures.
(a) Requirement. A DoD Component's general terms and conditions
must address requirements for procurement systems of institutions of
higher education, nonprofit organizations, local governments, and
Indian tribes.
(b) Award terms and conditions. In order to implement the
requirement described in paragraph (a) of this section, a DoD
Component's general terms and conditions must use the wording that
appendix B provides for Sections A through F of PROC Article II.
Sec. 1132.210 Procurement of recovered materials.
(a) Requirement. A DoD Component's general terms and conditions
must address requirements for procurement of recovered materials if
State agencies or agencies of a political subdivision of a State may
receive awards using those terms and conditions or be subrecipients
under those awards.
(b) Award terms and conditions. A DoD Component's general terms and
conditions must either:
(1) Use the wording that appendix B provides for Section G of PROC
Article II, to specify requirements for a local government or other
political subdivision of a State to comply with Resource Conservation
and Recovery Act requirements; or
(2) Reserve Section G if the DoD Component determines that it is
not possible that a political subdivision of a State will receive
either:
(i) An award using those terms and conditions; or
(ii) A subaward under an award using those terms and conditions.
Sec. 1132.215 Review of recipient procurement documents.
(a) Requirements. A DoD Component's general terms and conditions
must:
(1) Include a requirement for recipients to make technical
specifications for proposed procurements available upon the DoD
Component's request, as described in 2 CFR 200.324(a).
(2) Reserve the DoD Component's right to review a recipient's pre-
procurement documents when any of the conditions described in 2 CFR
200.324(b)(1) through (5) apply and the recipient is not exempted from
the requirement in accordance with 2 CFR 200.324(c).
(b) Award terms and conditions. To implement the requirements
described in paragraph (a) of this section, a DoD
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Component's general terms and conditions must use the wording that
appendix B to this part provides for Section H of PROC Article II.
Sec. 1132.220 Bonding requirements.
(a) Requirements. A DoD Component's general terms and conditions
must require each recipient to meet minimum bonding requirements if it
awards any construction or facility improvement contract with a value
in excess of the simplified acquisition threshold. A recipient would
instead use its own bonding requirements if the DoD Component
determined that the recipient's bonding policy and requirements are
adequate to protect Federal interests.
(b) Award terms and conditions--(1) General. To implement the
requirements in paragraph (a) of this section, a DoD Component's
general terms and conditions must use the wording that appendix B to
this part provides for Section I of PROC Article II. The DoD Component
may include a provision in the award-specific terms and conditions to
override Section I of PROC Article II in each award to a recipient for
which it made the determination about the recipient's bonding policy
and requirements, as described in paragraph (a) of this section.
(2) Exceptions. A DoD Component's general terms and conditions may
reserve Section I if the DoD Component determines that there will be no
construction or facility improvement contracts with values in excess of
the simplified acquisition threshold under awards using its general
terms and conditions.
Subpart C--Contract Provisions for Recipient Procurements (PROC
Article III)
Sec. 1132.300 Purpose of PROC Article III.
PROC Article III of the general terms and conditions specifies
provisions that recipients must include in contracts under their
awards, as applicable. It thereby:
(a) Implements, in conjunction with PROC Articles I and II, OMB
guidance concerning recipients' contract provisions under grants and
cooperative agreements in 2 CFR 200.317 and 200.326;
(b) Partially implements the OMB guidance in 2 CFR 200.205(d) and
200.213 concerning suspension and debarment requirements; and
(c) Partially implements the OMB guidance in 2 CFR 200.517
concerning retention and access of auditors' records.
Sec. 1132.305 Administrative requirements.
(a) Requirement. A DoD Component's general terms and conditions
must require recipients to include in their contracts standard
administrative requirements related to remedies, termination, allowable
costs, rights in copyrights and data, records access and retention, and
reporting.
(b) Award terms and conditions. To implement the requirement
described in paragraph (a) of this section, a DoD Component's general
terms and conditions must use the wording that appendix C to this part
provides for Section A of PROC Article III.
Sec. 1132.310 National policy requirements.
(a) Requirement. A DoD Component's general terms and conditions
must require recipients to include provisions in their contracts that
require the contractors to comply with applicable national policy
requirements.
(b) Award terms and conditions--(1) General. To implement the
requirement in paragraph (a) of this section, a DoD Component's general
terms and conditions must use the wording that appendix C to this part
provides for Section B of PROC Article III.
(2) Exceptions. (i) The Wage Rate Requirements (Construction)
statute (40 U.S.C. 3141-44, 3146, and 3147) does not apply to a program
carried out through grants or cooperative agreements unless another
statute makes it apply to that program. A DoD Component's general terms
and conditions therefore may not include the provision that appendix C
to this part includes as paragraph B.2 of PROC Article III unless
another statute makes the Wage Rate Requirements statute apply to the
program using those general terms and conditions.
(ii) If a DoD Component determines that any of the other national
policy requirements in Section B will not apply to any of the awards
subject to its general terms and conditions, the DoD Component may
reserve the paragraphs of Section B addressing those requirements.
Should a future need arise to include the requirements in a given
award, the DoD Component may include them as award-specific terms and
conditions.
Appendix A to Part 1132--Terms and Conditions for PROC Article I,
``Procurement Standards for States''
Unless a DoD Component reserves the article, as specified in
Sec. 1132.105, a DoD Component's general terms and conditions must
use the following wording for PROC Article I.
PROC Article I. Procurement Standards for States. (December 2014)
Section A. Use of State procurement system. Subject only to the
conditions in Sections B through D of this article, you must use the
same policies and procedures to procure supplies, equipment, real
property, and services under this award that you use when you
procure those items for State purposes using non-Federal funds.
Section B. Procurement of recovered materials. You must comply
with the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act requirements
described in OMB guidance in 2 CFR 200.322.
Section C. Debarment and suspension. You must comply with
restrictions on awarding procurement transactions to excluded or
disqualified parties and other requirements specified by OMB
guidelines on nonprocurement debarment and suspension at 2 CFR part
180, as implemented by DoD at 2 CFR part 1125.
Section D. Contract provisions. You must include provisions in
your procurement transactions under this award to require the
contractors' compliance with the requirements specified in PROC
Article III, as applicable.
Appendix B to Part 1132--Terms and Conditions for PROC Article II,
``Procurement Standards for Institutions of Higher Education, Nonprofit
Organizations, Local Governments, and Indian Tribes''
With the exception of Sections G and I, which may be reserved as
specified in Sec. Sec. 1132.210 and 1132.220, a DoD Component's
general terms and conditions must use the following wording for PROC
Article II.
PROC Article II. Procurement Standards for Institutions of Higher
Education, Nonprofit Organizations, Local Governments, and Indian
Tribes. (December 2014)
Section A. General procurement standards.
1. For procurement under this award, you must comply with the
following paragraphs of OMB guidance in 2 CFR 200.318:
a. 200.318(a) concerning documented procurement procedures;
b. 200.318(b) concerning oversight of contractors;
c. 200.318(c) concerning standards of conduct and conflicts of
interest;
d. 2 CFR 200.318(d) concerning purchases of unnecessary or
duplicative items;
e. 200.318(e) concerning intergovernmental or inter-entity
agreements;
f. 200.318(g) concerning value engineering;
g. 200.318(i) concerning procurement records;
h. 200.318(j) concerning time and material type contracts; and
i. 200.318(k) concerning settlement of issues arising out of
procurements.
2. You must do business only with responsible contractors who
are able to perform, as described in OMB guidance in 2 CFR
200.318(h). Related to that, you must comply with restrictions on
awarding procurement transactions to excluded or disqualified
parties and other requirements
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specified by OMB guidelines on nonprocurement debarment and
suspension at 2 CFR part 180, as implemented by DoD at 2 CFR part
1125.
Section B. Competition. You must award procurement transactions
under this DoD award in accordance with the competition requirements
described in OMB guidance in 2 CFR 200.319.
Section C. Procurement methods. You must award procurement
transactions under this award using methods described in OMB
guidance in 2 CFR 200.320.
Section D. Contracting with small and minority businesses,
women's business enterprises, and labor surplus area firms. You must
take the affirmative steps described in OMB guidance in 2 CFR
200.321 when awarding procurement transactions under this award.
Section E. Contract cost and price. When awarding a contract
under this award, you must follow the procedures related to costs
and price that are described in OMB guidance in 2 CFR 200.323, using
the applicable cost principles specified in FMS Article III.
Section F. Contract provisions. You must include provisions in
your procurement transactions under this award to require the
contractors' compliance with the requirements of PROC Article III,
as applicable.
Section G. Procurement of recovered materials. If you are a
political subdivision of a State, you must comply with the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act requirements described in OMB guidance
in 2 CFR 200.322.
Section H. Review of procurement documents. Upon our request,
you must make available:
1. Technical specifications on proposed procurements, as
described in 2 CFR 200.324(a).
2. Pre-procurement documents for our review, as described in 2
CFR 200.324(b) unless you are exempt from that requirement under 2
CFR 200.324(c).
Section I. Bonding requirements. If you award a construction or
facility improvement contract under this award with a value in
excess of the simplified acquisition threshold, you must comply with
at least the minimum requirements for bidders' bid guarantees and
contractors' performance and payment bonds described in 2 CFR
200.325(a) through (c), unless a provision in the award-specific
terms and conditions of this award excepts you from the requirement
based on our determination that your bonding policy and requirements
are adequate to protect Federal interests.
Appendix C to Part 1132--Terms and Conditions for PROC Article III,
``Contract Provisions for Recipient Procurements''
Unless a DoD Component reserves one or more paragraphs of
Section B, as specified in Sec. 1132.310, a DoD Component's general
terms and conditions must use the following wording for PROC Article
III.
PROC Article III. Contract Provisions for Recipient Procurements.
(December 2014)
Section A. Contract provisions for administrative requirements.
1. Remedies. In any contract under this award for an amount in
excess of the simplified acquisition threshold, you must provide for
administrative, contractual, or legal remedies, including any
appropriate sanctions and penalties, when the contractor violates or
breaches the contract terms.
2. Termination. In any contract for an amount in excess of
$10,000, you must specify conditions under which you may terminate
the contract for cause or convenience; the procedures for
termination; and the basis to be used for settlement.
3. Allowable costs under cost-type contracts. In any cost-type
contract with an entity, you must include a clause to permit the
entity to charge to the contract only costs that are allowable under
the cost principles that FMS Article III identifies as applicable to
that type of entity, as supplemented by any award-specific terms and
conditions related to allowability of costs that are included in
this award. Your contract clause may permit the contractor to use
its own cost principles in determining the allowability of its costs
charged to the contract, as long as its cost principles comply with
those Federal cost principles supplemented by any award-specific
terms and conditions of this award.
4. Rights in copyright and data. You must include in each
contract under this award a provision requiring that the contractor:
a. Grant the Federal Government a royalty-free, nonexclusive and
irrevocable right to:
i. Reproduce, publish, or otherwise use for Federal purposes any
work that is subject to copyright and that the contractor develops,
or acquires ownership of, under this award;
ii. Authorize others to reproduce, publish, or otherwise use
such work for Federal purposes; and
b. Grant the Federal Government the right to:
i. Obtain, reproduce, publish, or otherwise use data produced
under this award;
ii. Authorize others to receive, reproduce, publish, or
otherwise use such data for Federal purposes; and
c. Include the Federal Government rights described in
subparagraphs 4.a. and 4.b. of this section in any subcontracts.
5. Access to records.
a. In any negotiated, cost-type or time and materials contract
for an amount in excess of the simplified acquisition threshold, you
must provide for access to any of the contractor's books, documents,
papers, and records that are directly pertinent to that contract to
enable and support audits, examinations, excerpts, and
transcriptions. The contract provision must provide access to those
records for all of the following and their duly authorized
representatives:
i. You;
ii. Us as the Federal awarding agency, including our Inspector
General; and
iii. The Comptroller General of the United States.
b. In any audit services contract for performance of an audit
required by the Single Audit Act, as implemented by OMB in Subpart F
of 2 CFR part 200, you must provide for the access to audit
documentation described in 2 CFR 200.517(b).
6. Records retention.
a. In any negotiated, cost-type or time and materials contract
for an amount in excess of the simplified acquisition threshold, you
must provide for retention of all records that are directly
pertinent to that contract for 3 years after you make final payment
and all pending matters are closed.
b. In any audit services contract for performance of an audit
required by the Single Audit Act, as implemented by OMB in Subpart F
of 2 CFR part 200, you must provide for the retention of audit
documentation described in 2 CFR 200.517(a).
7. Reporting. In any contract awarded under this award, you must
include any provision for the contractor's reporting to you that may
be needed in order for you to meet your requirements under this
award to report to us.
Section B. Contract provisions for national policy requirements.
1. Equal employment opportunity. You must include the clause
provided in 41 CFR 60-1.4(b) in any ``federally assisted
construction contract'' (as defined in 41 CFR 60-1.3) under this
award, unless provisions of 41 CFR part 60-1 exempt the contract
from the requirement.
2. Wage Rate Requirements (Construction), formerly the Davis-
Bacon Act. With respect to each construction contract for more than
$2,000 to be awarded using funding provided under this award, you
must:
a. Place in the solicitation under which the contract will be
awarded a copy of the current prevailing wage determination issued
by the Department of Labor;
b. Condition the decision to award the contract upon the
contractor's acceptance of that prevailing wage determination;
c. Include in the contract the clauses specified at 29 CFR
5.5(a) in Department of Labor regulations at 29 CFR part 5, ``Labor
Standards Provisions Applicable to Contracts Governing Federally
Financed and Assisted Construction,'' to require the contractor's
compliance with the Wage Rate Requirements (Construction), as
amended (40 U.S.C. 3141-44, 3146, and 3147); and
d. Report all suspected or reported violations to the award
administration office identified in this award.
3. Copeland Act prohibition on kickbacks. In each contract under
this award that is subject to the Wage Rate requirements in
paragraph 2 of these provisions, you must:
a. Include a provision requiring the contractor to comply with
the anti-kickback provisions of the Copeland Act (18 U.S.C. 874 and
40 U.S.C. 3145), as supplemented by Department of Labor regulations
at 29 CFR part 3, ``Contractors and Subcontractors on Public
Building or Public Work Financed in Whole or in Part by Loans or
Grants from the United States.''
b. Report all suspected or reported violations to the award
administration office identified in the award notice cover sheet of
this award.
4. Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act for work
involving mechanics
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or laborers. In each contract for an amount greater than $100,000
that involves the employment of mechanics or laborers and is not a
type of contract excepted under 40 U.S.C. 3701, you must include the
clauses specified in Department of Labor (DoL) regulations at 29 CFR
5.5(b) to require use of wage standards that comply with the
Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act (40 CFR, Subtitle II,
Part A, Chapter 37), as implemented by DoL at 29 CFR part 5, ``Labor
Standards Provisions Applicable to Contracts Governing Federally
Financed and Assisted Construction.''
5. Patents and inventions. If you procure the services of a
nonprofit organization, small business firm, or other entity for the
performance of experimental, developmental or research work, you
must include in the contract the clause prescribed in Section B of
PROP Article VI to establish contractual requirements regarding
subject inventions resulting from the contract and provide for
Federal Government rights in those inventions.
6. Clean air and water requirements. You must:
a. In each contract for an amount greater than $150,000 under
this award, include a clause requiring the contractor to comply with
applicable provisions of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401-7671q),
Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251-1387), and
standards, orders, or regulations issued under those acts; and
b. Report any violations of the Acts, standards, orders, or
regulations to both the award administration office identified in
this award and the appropriate regional office of the Environmental
Protection Agency.
7. Nonprocurement suspension and debarment. Unless you have an
alternate method for requiring the contractor's compliance, you must
include a clause in each contract for an amount equal to or greater
than $25,000 for other than federally required audit services and in
each contract for federally required audit services regardless of
dollar value to require the contractor to comply with OMB guidance
on nonprocurement suspension and debarment in 2 CFR part 180, as
implemented by DoD regulations at 2 CFR part 1125.
8. Byrd Amendment anti-lobbying requirements. In each contract
for an amount exceeding $100,000, you must include a clause
requiring the contractor to submit to you the certification and any
disclosure forms regarding lobbying that are required under 31
U.S.C. 3152, as implemented by the DoD at 32 CFR part 28.
9. Purchase of recovered materials by States or political
subdivisions of States. In each contract under which the contractor
may purchase items designated in Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) regulations in 40 CFR part 247, subpart B, you must include a
clause requiring the contractor to comply with applicable
requirements in those EPA regulations, which implement Section 6002
of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, as amended
(42 U.S.C. 6962).
10. Fly America requirements. In each contract under which funds
provided under this award might be used for international air travel
for the transportation of people or property, you must include a
clause requiring the contractor to:
a. Comply with the International Air Transportation Fair
Competitive Practices Act of 1974 (49 U.S.C. 40118, also known as
the ``Fly America'' Act), as implemented at 41 CFR 301-10.131
through 301-10.143. The statute and regulations provide that U.S.
Government-financed international air travel of passengers and
transportation of personal effects or property must use a U.S. Flag
air carrier or be performed under a cost-sharing arrangement with a
U.S. carrier, if such service is available; and
b. Include the requirements of the Fly America Act in all
subcontracts that might involve international air transportation.
11. Cargo preference for United States flag vessels. In each
contract under which equipment, material, or commodities may be
shipped by oceangoing vessels, you must include the clause specified
in Department of Transportation regulations at 46 CFR 381.7(b) to
require that at least 50 percent of equipment, materials or
commodities purchased or otherwise obtained with Federal funds under
this award, and transported by ocean vessel, be transported on
privately owned U.S.-flag commercial vessels, if available.
PART 1134--FINANCIAL, PROGRAMMATIC, AND PROPERTY REPORTING: GENERAL
AWARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Sec.
1134.1 Purpose of this part.
1134.2 Applicability of this part.
1134.3 Exceptions from requirements in this part.
1134.4 Organization of this part.
Subpart A--Performance Management, Monitoring, and Reporting (REP
Article I)
1134.100 Purpose of REP Article I.
1134.105 Performance reporting for construction awards.
1134.110 Performance reporting for non-construction awards.
1134.115 Content and forms, formats, or data elements for interim
and final performance reporting under non-construction awards.
1134.120 Frequency, reporting periods, and due dates for interim
performance reporting under non-construction awards.
1134.125 Due dates and reporting periods for final performance
reports under non-construction awards.
1134.130 Requesting extensions of due dates for performance reports.
1134.135 Reporting significant developments.
1134.140 Performance reporting procedures.
1134.145 Site visits.
Subpart B--Financial Reporting (REP Article II)
1134.200 Purpose of REP Article II.
1134.205 Reporting forms, formats, or data elements.
1134.210 Content of REP Article II.
Subpart C--Reporting on Property (REP Article III)
1134.300 Purposes of REP Article III.
1134.305 Real property: reports, notifications, requests, and
accounting.
1134.310 Equipment and supplies: reports, notifications, requests,
and accounting.
1134.315 Federally owned property: inventory, notifications, and
requests.
1134.320 Intangible property: disclosures, reports, and requests.
Subpart D--Reporting on Subawards and Executive Compensation (REP
Article IV)
1134.400 Purpose of REP Article IV.
1134.405 Content of REP Article IV.
Subpart E--Other Reporting (REP Article V)
1134.500 Purpose of REP Article V
1134.505 Content of REP Article V.
Appendix A to Part 1134--Terms and conditions for REP Article I,
``Performance management, monitoring, and reporting''
Appendix B to Part 1134--Terms and conditions for REP Article II,
``Financial reporting''
Appendix C to Part 1134--Terms and conditions for REP Article III,
``Reporting on property''
Appendix D to Part 1134--Terms and conditions for REP Article IV,
``Reporting on subawards and executive compensation''
Appendix E to Part 1134--Terms and conditions for REP Article V,
``Other reporting''
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301 and 10 U.S.C. 113.
Sec. 1134.1 Purpose of this part.
(a) This part specifies standard wording of general terms and
conditions concerning recipients' reporting requirements.
(b) It thereby implements OMB guidance on reporting in 2 CFR part
170 and the following portions of 2 CFR part 200, as they relate to
general terms and conditions of grants and cooperative agreements:
(1) 2 CFR 200.301 and 200.327 through 200.329; and
(2) 2 CFR 200.300(b) as it relates to subaward reporting,
200.312(a) as it relates to inventories of federally owned property,
and 200.343(a) as it relates to financial and performance reporting.
Sec. 1134.2 Applicability of this part.
The types of awards and entities to which this part and other parts
in this subchapter apply are described in the subchapter overview at 2
CFR 1126.2.
Sec. 1134.3 Exceptions from requirements of this part.
Exceptions are permitted from the administrative requirements in
this part only as described at 2 CFR 1126.3.
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Sec. 1134.4 Organization of this part.
(a) The content of this part is organized into subparts and
associated appendices.
(1) Each subpart provides direction to DoD Components on how to
construct one article of general terms and conditions for grants and
cooperative agreements.
(2) For each subpart, there is a corresponding appendix with
standard wording for terms and conditions of the article addressed by
the subpart. Terms and conditions address rights and responsibilities
of the Federal Government and recipients.
(b) A DoD Component must use the wording provided in each appendix
in accordance with the direction in the corresponding subpart. That
direction may permit DoD Components to vary from the standard wording
in some situations.
(c) Table 1 shows which article of general terms and conditions may
be found in each of appendices A through D to this part (with the
associated direction to DoD Components in Subparts A through D,
respectively):
Table 1 to Paragraph (c)
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You will find terms and
conditions specifying
recipients' rights and That would appear
In . . . responsibilities in an award within
related to . . . REP Article . . .
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Appendix A................. Performance management, I.
monitoring, and
reporting.
Appendix B................. Financial reporting.... II.
Appendix C................. Reporting on property.. III.
Appendix D................. Reporting on subawards IV.
and executive
compensation.
Appendix E................. Other reporting........ V.
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Subpart A--Performance Management, Monitoring, and Reporting (REP
Article I)
Sec. 1134.100 Purpose of REP Article I.
REP Article I of the general terms and conditions specifies
requirements related to recipient reporting on program performance. It
thereby implements OMB guidance for grants and cooperative agreements
in:
(a) 2 CFR 200.328; and
(b) Portions of 2 CFR 200.301 and 200.343(a) that relate to
performance reporting.
Sec. 1134.105 Performance reporting for construction awards.
(a) OMB guidance. OMB guidance in 2 CFR 200.328(c) notes that
agencies rely heavily on onsite technical inspections and certified
percentage of completion data to monitor progress under construction
grants and cooperative agreements and states that agencies may require
additional performance reports only when considered necessary.
(b) DoD implementation. DoD Components may require performance
reports under construction awards only when necessary and, to reduce
recipient burdens, should coordinate the performance reporting with
financial reporting to the maximum extent practicable.
(c) Award terms and conditions. (1) If a DoD Component has general
terms and conditions specifically for construction awards and does not
need performance reports for those awards, it:
(i) Should reserve Sections A through D of REP Article I in those
terms and conditions;
(ii) Must follow the specifications in Sec. Sec. 1134.135 and
1134.145 to include the wording appendix A to this part provides for
Sections E and G of REP Article I in those terms and conditions, in
order to require recipients to promptly report significant developments
and reserve the DoD Component's right to make site visits.
(iii) Must follow the specifications in Sec. 1134.140 to insert
wording in Section F of REP Article I in those terms and conditions, to
tell recipients where and how to submit any reports of significant
developments.
(2) If a DoD Component has general terms and conditions
specifically for construction awards and determines that it needs
performance reports for those awards:
(i) It may tailor the template and content that appendix A to this
part provides for Sections A through D of REP Article I in those terms
and conditions, as needed to specify the reporting requirements or, as
appropriate, instead integrate those requirements into REP Article II
on financial reporting. The form, format, or data elements that the DoD
Component specifies for any of those performance reports must comply
with requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, as
implemented by OMB at 5 CFR part 1320, to use OMB-approved information
collections if more than 9 recipients will be subject to the reporting
requirement.
(ii) It must follow the specifications in Sec. Sec. 1134.135
through 1134.145 concerning Sections E through G of REP Article I in
those terms and conditions, as described in paragraphs (c)(1)(ii) and
(iii) of this section.
Sec. 1134.110 Performance reporting for non-construction awards.
(a) OMB guidance. OMB guidance in 2 CFR 200.328(f) states that an
agency may waive any performance report that it does not need.
(b) DoD implementation--(1) Interim reports. DoD Components should
waive requirements for interim performance reports under non-
construction awards, including research awards, only when program
managers have an alternative source for the information that the
reports provide in support of the need for technical program oversight
during the period of performance.
(2) Final reports--(i) Research. DoD Components may not waive
requirements for final performance reports under research awards, even
when program managers have other sources of the information they
contain. A primary purpose of a final report under a research award is
to document the overall project or program well enough to serve as a
long-term reference from which others may understand the purpose,
scope, approach, results or outcomes, and conclusions or
recommendations of the research.
(ii) Non-construction awards other than research. DoD Components
should consider the long-term value of final performance reports for
documenting program outcomes, as well as any near-term value, before
waiving requirements for final reports under other non-construction
awards.
(c) Award terms and conditions. Appendix A to this part provides a
template for REP Article I of the general terms and conditions of
research awards or other non-construction awards under which
performance reports are required. A DoD Component must either use the
wording that appendix A provides or insert wording into the template,
in accordance with Sec. Sec. 1134.115 through 1134.145, to:
(1) Specify the content and form, format, or data elements
recipients must
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use for interim and final performance reporting (see Sec. 1134.115);
(2) Specify the reporting frequency, reporting periods, and due
dates for interim performance reports (see Sec. 1134.120);
(3) Specify the due dates and reporting periods for final
performance reports (see Sec. 1134.125);
(4) Specify that recipients may request extensions of due dates for
performance reports (see Sec. 1134.130);
(5) Require recipients to report significant developments (see
Sec. 1134.135);
(6) Specify reporting procedures (see Sec. 1134.140); and
(7) Reserve the DoD Component's right to make site visits (see
Sec. 1134.145).
Sec. 1134.115 Content and forms, formats, or data elements for
interim and final performance reporting under non-construction awards.
(a) OMB guidance. OMB guidance in:
(1) 2 CFR 200.301 and 200.328(b)(2) state that Federal awarding
agencies must require recipients to use standard OMB-approved
information collections for reporting performance information.
(2) 2 CFR 200.328(b)(2)(i) through (iii) list types of information
that performance reports under non-construction grants and cooperative
agreements will contain, as appropriate, unless other collections are
approved by OMB.
(b) DoD implementation. (1) The content of the information
collections that a DoD Component's general terms and conditions specify
for non-construction awards must include the elements listed in 2 CFR
200.328(b)(2)(i) through (iii) that are appropriate to the projects or
programs subject to those general terms and conditions.
(2) Forms, formats, and data elements that a DoD Component's
general terms and conditions specify for performance reporting under
non-construction awards must comply with requirements of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 to use OMB-approved information collections, as
implemented by OMB at 5 CFR part 1320.
(3) To the maximum extent practicable, a DoD Component's general
terms and conditions for non-construction awards must specify that
recipients use Governmentwide standard forms, formats, and data
elements that also are used by other Federal agencies for similar
programs, recipients, and types of awards (e.g., the Research
Performance Progress Report format or any successor to it that OMB
clears for interim performance progress reports under research awards
to institutions of higher education and nonprofit organizations).
(c) Award terms and conditions. To implement the provisions of
paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section, a DoD Component must insert
wording in lieu of the reserved Section A of REP Article I of its
general terms and conditions for non-construction awards to specify the
form, format, or data elements that recipients must use for interim and
final performance reports. Section A of REP Article I may specify a
different requirement for final performance reports than interim
reports.
Sec. 1134.120 Frequency, reporting periods, and due dates for
interim performance reporting under non-construction awards.
(a) OMB guidance. OMB guidance in 2 CFR 200.328(b)(1) addresses
performance reporting frequency under grants and cooperative agreements
and due dates.
(1) Reporting frequency. The OMB guidance states that interim
performance reports should be no less frequent than annually, nor more
frequent than quarterly except in unusual circumstances (e.g., when
more frequent reporting is necessary for effective program monitoring).
(2) Due dates. The OMB guidance states that due dates for interim
performance reports must be:
(i) 30 calendar days after the end of the reporting period if
interim reports are required quarterly or semiannually; and
(ii) 90 calendar days after the end of the reporting period if
interim reports are required annually, unless the agency elects to
require the annual reports before the anniversary dates of multiyear
awards.
(b) DoD implementation. DoD implements the OMB guidance in 2 CFR
200.328(b)(1) concerning frequency and due dates of interim performance
reports through award terms and conditions, with the following
clarifications and added specifications concerning reporting periods:
(1) Reporting frequency. DoD Components rarely, if ever, should
require recipients to submit interim performance reports more often
than annually for basic research awards. Before requiring interim
performance reports more frequently than annually for other research
awards, DoD Components should carefully consider whether the benefits
of more frequent reporting are sufficient to offset the potential for
slowing the rate of research progress, due to diversion of researchers'
time from research performance to report preparation.
(2) Reporting periods. For research awards, a DoD Component should
not require any recipient to submit interim performance reports on a
cumulative basis--i.e., the second and any subsequent performance
report should address only the most recent reporting period and not
also address previous reporting periods covered by earlier interim
performance reports.
(3) Due dates. If a DoD Component requires an interim report more
frequently than quarterly due to unusual circumstances, as described in
2 CFR 200.328(a)(1) and paragraph (a)(1) of this section, the DoD
Component must specify that the due date for the report is 30 days
after the end of the reporting period. For all other interim reports,
DoD Components must specify due dates in accordance with paragraph
(a)(2) of this section.
(c) Award terms and conditions. A DoD Component must insert wording
in lieu of the reserved Section B of REP Article I of its general terms
and conditions for non-construction awards to specify:
(1) The frequency with which recipients must submit interim
performance reports;
(2) The reporting period each interim performance report must
cover; and
(3) The due date for each interim performance report, stated as the
number of calendar days after the end of the reporting period.
Sec. 1134.125 Due dates and reporting periods for final performance
reports under non-construction awards.
(a) OMB guidance. OMB guidance in 2 CFR 200.328(b)(1) states that
each final performance report will be due 90 calendar days after the
end date of the period of performance. It also states that an agency
may extend the due date if a recipient submits a justified request.
(b) DoD implementation--(1) Due dates. Consistent with 2 CFR
200.328(b)(1):
(i) General. A DoD Component's general terms and conditions must
specify that the due date for each recipient's submission of its final
performance report is:
(A) 90 calendar days after the end of the period of performance for
non-construction awards other than research.
(B) 120 calendar days after the end of the period of performance
for research awards.
(ii) Exception. A DoD Component may pre-approve a 30-day extension
to the due date in its general terms and conditions for non-
construction awards other than research by specifying that each
recipient's final performance report is due 120 calendar days after the
end of the period of performance. Doing so would be especially helpful
to
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recipients that have subawards and need time to assimilate subrecipient
inputs into the final report for the project or program as a whole.
(2) Reporting periods--(i) Non-construction awards other than
research. A DoD Component's general terms and conditions for non-
construction awards other than research may require each recipient to
submit a final report that is cumulative and covers the entire period
of performance, as that may more effectively document the project or
program for future reference.
(ii) Research. Final reports for research awards must be cumulative
(i.e., each final report must cover the entire period of performance
under the award and not just the period since the previous interim
performance report) because a primary purpose of a final report for a
research award is to document the overall project or program, as
described in Sec. 1134.110(b)(2).
(c) Award terms and conditions. To implement the provisions of
paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section, a DoD Component in its general
terms and conditions for non-construction awards:
(1) Must either:
(i) Specify that the due date for final performance reports is
either 90 or 120 calendar days after the end of the period of
performance, as indicated in paragraph (b)(1)(i), by including the
wording that appendix A to this part provides for paragraph C.1 of REP
Article I and modifying the bracketed language in that wording by
removing the brackets and showing only the number of days (i.e., 90 or
120 calendar days) appropriate for the type of awards; or
(ii) Pre-approve a 30-day extension to the 90 calendar day due
date, as described in paragraph (b)(1)(ii) of this section for non-
construction awards other than research, by including the wording that
appendix A to this part provides for paragraph C.1 of REP Article I and
modifying the bracketed language in that wording by removing the
brackets and showing only ``120 calendar days'' in lieu of ``90
calendar days.''
(2) Must insert wording in lieu of the reserved paragraph C.2 of
REP Article I, to specify the reporting period for final reports (e.g.,
that research awards require cumulative final reports).
Sec. 1134.130 Requesting extensions of due dates for performance
reports.
(a) OMB guidance. OMB guidance in 2 CFR 200.328(b)(1) states that,
if a recipient submits a justified request for an extension in the due
date for any interim or final performance report under a grant or
cooperative agreement, an agency may extend the due date.
(b) DoD implementation. A DoD Component's general terms and
conditions for non-construction awards must specify that a recipient
may request an extension of the due date for interim or final
performance reports. DoD Components should grant requests that provide
adequate justification. For a DoD Component that pre-approves a 30-day
extension of due dates for final performance reports in its general
terms and conditions, as described in Sec. 1134.125(b)(1)(ii) and
(c)(1)(ii), any award-specific extensions would be beyond the pre-
approved 30-day extension.
(c) Award terms and conditions. To implement the provisions of
paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section, a DoD Component's general terms
and conditions for non-construction awards must include the wording
that appendix A to this part provides for Section D of REP Article I on
extensions of performance reporting due dates.
Sec. 1134.135 Reporting significant developments.
(a) OMB guidance. OMB guidance in 2 CFR 200.328(d) states that a
recipient must promptly notify the awarding agency about significant
developments under grants and cooperative agreements.
(b) DoD implementation. A DoD Component's general terms and
conditions must require recipients to report significant developments,
as described in 2 CFR 200.328(d).
(c) Award terms and conditions. A DoD Component's general terms and
conditions must include the wording that appendix A to this part
provides for Section E of REP Article I on reporting of significant
developments.
Sec. 1134.140 Performance reporting procedures.
(a) Requirement. A DoD Component's general terms and conditions
must inform recipients about performance reporting procedures.
(b) Award terms and conditions. To implement the requirement of
paragraph (a) of this section, a DoD Component in its general terms and
conditions must insert wording in Section F of REP Article I (which is
reserved in the template for REP Article I that appendix A to this part
provides), to specify:
(1) The office or offices to which a recipient must submit its
interim and final performance reports, any requests in due dates for
those reports, and any reports of significant developments; and
(2) How the recipient is to submit those reports and requests
(e.g., email or other electronic submission method).
(3) For research awards, component must assure that the recipient
final report complies with the distribution and marking requirements of
DoD Manual 3200.14, Volume 1. This includes the requirement that all
significant scientific or technological findings, recommendations, and
results derived from DoD endeavors--which shall include the final
performance report at a minimum--are recorded and provided to Defense
Technical Information Center (DTIC). Follow guidance in (b)(1) to
inform recipients as the submission and distribution requirements (i.e.
Component may choose to receive the report and submit to DTIC
themselves or provide instructions to recipient on submission to DTIC).
(4) Access to Research Results
(i) For purposes of this term and condition, the following
definition applies:
Final Peer-Reviewed Manuscript: The final version of a peer-
reviewed article for a professional journal publication disclosing the
results of scientific research which is authored or co-authored by the
recipient or funded, in whole or in part, with funds from a DoD award,
that includes all modifications from the publishing peer review
process, and all graphics and supplemental material associated with the
article.
(ii) The recipient shall ensure that any Final Peer-Reviewed
Manuscript is submitted to the Defense Technical Information Center
(DTIC) repository, currently at www.dtic.mil. Ensure that the Final
Peer-Reviewed Manuscript is submitted when it is accepted for
publication, and when the final title and date of publication are
known.
Sec. 1134.145 Site visits.
(a) OMB guidance. OMB guidance in 2 CFR 200.328(e) states that a
Federal awarding agency may make site visits as warranted by program
needs.
(b) DoD implementation. A DoD Component's general terms and
conditions must state that the Federal Government reserves the right to
make site visits as warranted.
(c) Award terms and conditions. A DoD Component's general terms and
conditions must include the wording that appendix A to this part
provides for Section G of REP Article I concerning site visits.
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Subpart B--Financial Reporting (REP Article II)
Sec. 1134.200 Purpose of REP Article II.
REP Article II of the general terms and conditions specifies
requirements related to financial reporting. It thereby implements OMB
guidance in 2 CFR 200.327 and the portions of 2 CFR 200.301 and
200.343(a) that are specific to financial reporting under grants and
cooperative agreements.
Sec. 1134.205 Reporting forms, formats, or data elements.
(a) OMB guidance. OMB guidance in 2 CFR 200.327 states that Federal
awarding agencies may require recipients to use only the standard OMB-
approved Governmentwide data elements for collection of financial
information, unless OMB approves other forms, formats, or data elements
for financial information collection.
(b) DoD implementation. DoD Components must collect financial
information from recipients using OMB-approved forms, formats, or data
elements.
(1) Unless current approvals expire, approved financial information
collections include the Federal Financial Report (SF-425) and Request
for Advance or Reimbursement (SF-270). In the future, they would
include any additional information collections that OMB approves.
(2) For all but the recipient's final financial report, a DoD
Component may rely on financial information the recipient provides on
the SF-270 or other OMB-approved payment request form, format, or data
elements if that financial information is sufficient to meet the DoD
Component's needs. For the final report, the DoD Component must require
the recipient to use the SF-425 or other OMB-approved financial
information collection.
(3) A DoD Component must obtain approval for any variations from
OMB-approved forms or formats, including use of additional or
substitute data elements or modification of the associated instructions
for recipient entities submitting the information.
Sec. 1134.210 Content of REP Article II.
(a) Requirement. A DoD Component's general terms and conditions
must specify what financial information recipients are required to
report and how often, when, where, and how they must report.
(b) Award terms and conditions--(1) General. Appendix B to this
part provides a template into which a DoD Component must insert wording
to specify the form, format, or data elements recipients must use for
financial reporting; the frequency, reporting periods, and due dates
for their financial reports (stated as the number of days after the end
of the reporting period); and where and how they must submit the
information.
(2) Required reporting form, format, or data elements for interim
and final financial reports. In Section A of REP Article II, which is
reserved in appendix B to this part, a DoD Component must insert
wording to specify the OMB-approved form, format, or data elements that
recipients must use for financial reporting and the website where they
can be found. The section may provide a different requirement for final
financial reports than interim reports during the period of performance
if the DoD Component needs less information on interim reports than is
needed on the final report.
(3) Interim financial reports: Frequency, reporting periods, and
due dates. In Section B of REP Article II, which is reserved in
appendix B to this part, a DoD Component must insert wording to specify
the frequency with which recipients must submit interim financial
reports, as well as the reporting period each report must cover and
when it is due. However, this section of the article may waive interim
reporting requirements if the DoD Component relies on information
already provided with payment requests (e.g., on the SF-270).
(i) Consistent with OMB guidance in 2 CFR 200.327, the reporting
frequency may be no less often than annually and no more frequently
than quarterly except in unusual circumstances (e.g., a need for more
frequent reporting for monitoring program performance, in which case
financial reporting should be coordinated with performance reporting).
(ii) The reporting frequency, reporting periods, and due dates must
conform with any guidance on those aspects of financial reporting in
the OMB-approved instructions accompanying the form, format, or data
elements used.
(iii) When a DoD Component's general terms and conditions provide
for advance payments based on predetermined schedules--which is very
rarely if ever appropriate for research awards--the terms and
conditions must provide for quarterly reporting. This will enable post-
award administrators to closely monitor recipients' balances of cash on
hand for compliance with Governmentwide cash management standards.
(4) Final financial report. Appendix B to this part provides
wording for Section C of REP Article II to implement OMB guidance in 2
CFR 200.343(a) as it applies to final financial reports. Given that 2
CFR part 200 provides 90 days for subrecipients to liquidate subaward
obligations and submit their final financial reports to recipients, the
wording in appendix B gives recipients 120 days to submit final
financial reports to DoD post-award administration offices. That
provides a reasonable amount of time for recipients to incorporate any
information they need from final subaward reports. A DoD Component may
alter the wording or supplement it if the DoD Component has a basis to
do so in a statute or a regulation published in the Code of Federal
Regulations.
(5) Extensions of due dates. A DoD Component's general terms and
conditions must include the wording for Section D of REP Article II
that appendix B to this part provides to authorize recipients to
request extensions of due dates for interim or final financial reports.
(6) Where and how to submit financial reports. In Section E of REP
Article II, which is reserved in appendix B to this part, a DoD
Component must insert wording to specify the DoD official or office to
whom a recipient must submit its interim and final financial reports
and the method it must use to do so (e.g., email or other electronic
submission method).
Subpart C--Reporting on Property (REP Article III)
Sec. 1134.300 Purposes of REP Article III.
REP Article III of the general terms and conditions provides a
consolidated source that sets out required reports, notifications,
requests, and accountings related to federally owned property and
property that is acquired or improved under awards. The article is:
(a) The original source of requirements for recipients to:
(1) Submit periodic status reports and notifications of critical
changes for real property (in paragraphs A.1 and A.2 of the article),
which thereby implements OMB guidance in 2 CFR 200.329;
(2) Submit an annual inventory of federally owned property (in
paragraph C.1 of the article), which thereby partially implements OMB
guidance in 2 CFR 200.312(a);
(3) Provide information on request about copyrighted works and data
produced under awards (in paragraph D.2 of the article).
(b) A secondary source provided for the convenience of recipients
and DoD post-award administrators that lists and refers to the original
sources of requirements for recipients to:
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(1) Request disposition instructions and account at closeout for
real property (in paragraphs A.3 and A.4 of the article), the original
sources of which are in PROP Article III and OAR Article VI;
(2) Provide notifications of loss, damage, or theft and requests
for disposition instructions for equipment (in paragraphs B.2 and B.3
of the article), the original sources of which are in PROP Articles II
and IV, respectively;
(3) Account at closeout for equipment and supplies (in paragraph
B.4 of the article), the original sources of which are in OAR Article
VI and PROP Article IV;
(4) Provide notifications of loss, damage, or theft and requests
for disposition instructions for federally owned property (in
paragraphs C.2 and C.3 of the article), the original sources of which
are in PROP Articles II and V, respectively;
(5) Disclose and report on inventions developed under awards (in
paragraph D.1), the original source of which is in PROP Article VI; and
(6) Request disposition instructions for intangible property
acquired, but not developed or produced, under awards (in paragraph D.3
of the article), the original source of which is in PROP Article VI.
Sec. 1134.305 Real property: reports, notifications, requests, and
accounting.
(a) Requirement. A DoD Component's general terms and conditions
must specify the real property reporting requirements described in
Sec. 1134.300(a)(1) and provide references to the related requirements
described in Sec. 1134.300(b)(1).
(b) Award terms and conditions. To implement the requirement
described in paragraph (a) of this section, the wording of Section A of
REP Article III of a DoD Component's general terms and conditions must
comply with either paragraph (b)(1) or (b)(2) of this section.
(1) General. Unless a DoD Component determines that there will be
no acquisition or improvement of real property under awards using its
general terms and conditions, those general terms and conditions must
include the wording appendix C to this part provides for Section A of
REP Article III, to which the DoD Component:
(i) Must add wording in lieu of the reserved paragraph A.1.a to
specify how often a recipient must submit periodic status reports and
how long it is required to do so (which should be the duration of the
Federal interest in the real property). The wording of paragraph A.1.a
must be consistent with OMB guidance in 2 CFR 200.329, which provides
different options for reporting frequency depending on the duration of
the Federal interest in the real property.
(ii) Must add wording in lieu of the reserved paragraph A.1.b to
specify the due date for each periodic status report in terms of the
number of calendar days after the end of the period covered by the
report (e.g., a report on the status of the property as of September 30
might be due 30 calendar days after that date).
(iii) May provide wording in lieu of the reserved paragraph A.1.c
if there are other instructions--e.g., a form, format, or information
elements that a recipient must use (which must be cleared by OMB under
the Paperwork Reduction Act, as implemented by OMB at 5 CFR part 1320)
or a particular office to which reports must be submitted, especially
if reporting will continue beyond closeout of the award under which the
real property was acquired or improved.
(2) Exception. A DoD Component may reserve Section A of REP Article
III if it determines that there will be no acquisition or improvement
of real property under awards using its general terms and conditions.
Sec. 1134.310 Equipment and supplies: reports, notifications,
requests, and accounting.
(a) Requirement. REP Article III of a DoD Component's general terms
and conditions must clarify that there is no requirement for routine
periodic reporting about equipment acquired under an award and provide
the references described in Sec. 1134.300(b)(2) and (3) to
requirements in other articles for notifications, requests, and
accounting related to equipment and supplies.
(b) Award terms and conditions. To implement the requirement
described in paragraph (a) of this section, a DoD Component's general
terms and conditions must use the wording appendix C to this part
provides for Section B of REP Article III.
Sec. 1134.315 Federally owned property: inventory, notifications,
and requests.
(a) Requirement. REP Article III of a DoD Component's general terms
and conditions must specify the reporting requirement described in
Sec. 1134.300(a)(2) and provide the references described in Sec.
1134.300(b)(4) to requirements in other articles for notifications and
requests related to federally owned property.
(b) Policy. (1) Except as provided by statute or in regulations
adopted in the Code of Federal Regulations after opportunity for public
comment, a DoD Component may not specify:
(i) Due dates for the annual inventories of federally owned
property; or
(ii) Forms, formats, or specific data elements for the inventories,
notifications, or requests for disposition instructions. Any form,
format, or data elements that a DoD Component specifies must be cleared
by OMB under the Paperwork Reduction Act, as implemented by OMB at 5
CFR part 1320.
(2) Not specifying due dates, forms, formats, or data elements
provides flexibility for recipients and DoD post-award administrators
to handle these requirements in ways that reduce burdens and costs. For
example, a recipient may arrange with a post-award administration
office to submit one consolidated inventory annually for federally
owned property under all of the awards it receives that are
administered by that office, using a format its property management
system already generates.
(c) Award terms and conditions--(1) General. To implement the
requirement described in paragraph (a) of this section, a DoD
Component's general terms and conditions must use the wording appendix
C to this part provides for Section C of REP Article III. The DoD
Component may add wording on due dates or on forms, formats, or data
elements only as provided in paragraph (b) of this section.
(2) Exception. A DoD Component may reserve Section C of REP Article
III if it determines that no recipients of awards using its general
terms and conditions, or subrecipients of subawards under those awards,
will be accountable for federally owned property under those awards or
subawards.
Sec. 1134.320 Intangible property: disclosures, reports, and
requests.
(a) Requirement. REP Article III of a DoD Component's general terms
and conditions must specify the requirement described in Sec.
1134.300(a)(3) and provide the references described in Sec.
1134.300(b)(5) and (6) to requirements in other articles for
disclosures, reports, and requests related to intangible property.
(b) Award terms and conditions--(1) General. To implement the
requirement described in paragraph (a) of this section, a DoD
Component's general terms and conditions must use the wording appendix
C to this part provides for Section D of REP Article III.
(2) Exceptions. A DoD Component may reserve:
(i) Section D of REP Article III if it determines that no
recipients of awards using its general terms and conditions,
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or subrecipients of subawards under those awards, will have any
intangible property for which they will be accountable to the Federal
Government; or
(ii) Any of paragraphs D.1 through D.3, if it determines that no
recipients of awards using its general terms and conditions, or
subrecipients of subawards under those awards, will be accountable to
the Federal Government for the particular types of intangible property
addressed by those paragraphs.
Subpart D--Reporting on Subawards and Executive Compensation (REP
Article IV)
Sec. 1134.400 Purpose of REP Article IV.
REP Article IV of the general terms and conditions specifies
requirements for recipients to report information about subawards and
executive compensation.
Sec. 1134.405 Content of REP Article IV.
(a) Source of the reporting requirements. The requirements for
recipients to report information about subawards and executive
compensation originate in the Federal Funding Accountability and
Transparency Act of 2006, as amended (31 U.S.C. 6101 note). OMB
guidance at 2 CFR part 170 implements those statutory requirements and
appendix A to that part provides standard Governmentwide wording of an
award provision.
(b) Award terms and conditions. To implement the reporting
requirements described in paragraph (a) of this section, a DoD
Component's general terms and conditions must use the wording appendix
E to this part provides as REP Article IV.
Subpart E--Other Reporting (REP Article V)
Sec. 1134.500 Purpose of REP Article V.
REP Article V of the general terms and conditions specifies
requirements for recipients to provide any type of report not addressed
in REP Articles I-IV.
Sec. 1134.505 Content of REP Article V.
(a) Source of reporting requirement. Any requirement in a DoD
Component's general terms and conditions for recipients to provide a
type of report not addressed in REP Articles I-IV must:
(1) Have a basis in a statute or regulation adopted in the Federal
Register after an opportunity for public comment; and
(2) Use a form/format that has been approved by OMB under the PRA,
as implemented by OMB in 5 CFR part 1320.
(b) Award terms and conditions. (1) To implement any reporting
requirement described in paragraph (a) of this section, a DoD
Component's general terms and conditions must include the following
content in REP Article V, consistent with the PRA approval. Otherwise,
REP Article V must be reserved.
(a) The name of the report and where a recipient can obtain it;
(b) For an interim report, the frequency with which it must be
submitted and due date(s);
(c) For a final report, whether the report is due 90 days or, if
the DoD Component has pre-approved a 30-day extension, 120 days after
the end of the period of performance; and
(d) To what DoD office/official the report(s) must be submitted.
(2) If there is more than one such report, the DoD Component must
show the information for each in separate sections of the article.
Appendix A to Part 1134--Terms and Conditions for REP Article I,
``Performance Management, Monitoring, and Reporting''
For the general terms and conditions of construction awards,
unless a DoD Component reserves any sections or inserts or modifies
wording, as specified in Sec. 1134.105 for Sections A through D of
the article, a DoD Component's general terms and conditions must use
the following wording for REP Article I.
For the general terms and conditions of non-construction awards
(Sec. Sec. 1134.115 through 1134.145), a DoD Component must use the
following wording for REP Article I and, as specified in Sec. Sec.
1134.115 through 1134.125 and Sec. 1134.140, insert or modify
wording, depending on whether the terms and conditions are for
research and/or other non-construction awards.
REP Article I. Performance Management, Monitoring, and Reporting.
(DECEMBER 2014)
Section A. Required reporting form, format, or data elements for
interim and final performance reports. [Reserved.]
Section B. Frequency, reporting periods, and due dates for
interim performance reports. [Reserved.]
Section C. Due date and reporting period for final performance
report.
1. Due date. You must submit the final performance report under
this award no later than [90 calendar days for non-construction
awards other than research or 120 calendar days for research awards]
after the end date of the period of performance unless we approve an
extension of that due date as described in Section D of this
article.
2. Reporting period. [Reserved.]
Section D. Extensions of due dates. You may request extensions
of the due dates that Sections B and C of this Article specify for
interim and final reports, respectively. You must provide the
reasons for your request and we will approve extensions that are
adequately justified.
Section E. Reporting significant developments. You must report
the following information to us as soon as you become aware of it:
1. Problems, delays, or adverse conditions that will materially
impair your ability to meet the objectives of this award. This
disclosure must include a statement of the action taken, or
contemplated, and any assistance needed to resolve the situation.
2. Favorable developments which will enable you to meet
schedules and objectives sooner or at less cost than anticipated or
produce more or different beneficial results than originally
planned.
Section F. Performance reporting procedures. [Reserved.]
Section G. Site visits. We reserve the right to make site visits
as warranted to monitor program performance under this award.
Appendix B to Part 1134--Terms and Conditions for REP Article II,
``Financial Reporting''
A DoD Component must in its general terms and conditions
complete the template provided in this appendix for Sections A, B,
and E of REP Article II by inserting or modifying wording, as
specified in Sec. 1134.210, and use the following wording for
Sections C (unless alternate wording is permitted by Sec. 1134.210)
and D of the article.
REP Article II. Financial Reporting. (DECEMBER 2014)
Section A. Required reporting form, format, or data elements for
interim and final financial reports. [Reserved.]
Section B. Interim financial reports: Frequency, reporting
periods, and due dates. [Reserved.]
Section C. Final financial report. You must submit the final
financial report under this award no later than 120 calendar days
after the end date of the period of performance.
Section D. Extensions of due dates. You may request extensions
of the due dates that Sections B and C of this Article specify for
interim and final reports, respectively. You must provide the
reasons for your request, and we will approve extensions that are
adequately justified.
Section E. Where and how to submit financial reports.
[Reserved.]
Appendix C to Part 1134--Terms and Conditions for REP Article III,
``Reporting on Property''
Unless a DoD Component reserves REP Article III in its entirety
as specified in Sec. 1134.305, or reserves Sections C or D (or any
paragraph in those sections) as specified in Sec. Sec. 1134.315 and
1134.320, a DoD Component's general terms and conditions must
include a completed Section A (as specified in Sec. 1134.305) and
use the following wording for the remainder of REP Article III.
REP Article III. Reporting on Property (DECEMBER 2014)
Section A. Real property. Paragraphs A.1 through A.4 apply to
real property for which you are accountable under this award, for as
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long as there is a Federal interest in the property (whether that
interest is due to you or a subrecipient having acquired or improved
the property under this award, or a transfer of the accountability
for the property to this award from another award).
1. Periodic status reports. You must submit periodic status
reports, as follows:
a. Frequency and duration of reporting requirement. [Reserved.]
b. Due dates. [Reserved.]
c. Other submission instructions. [Reserved.]
2. Notifications of critical changes. You must notify the award
administration office of any critical change in the status of real
property as soon as feasible after you become aware of it. A
critical change is any event with a significant adverse impact on
the condition or value of the property, such as damage due to fire;
flood, hurricane, or other severe weather; earthquake; or accident.
3. Requests for disposition instructions. You must comply with
applicable requirements in PROP Article III to request disposition
instructions, either during the period of performance or at
closeout.
4. Closeout accounting. You must account to the award
administration office for real property at the time of closeout of
the award, as required by Section D of OAR Article VI.
Section B. Equipment and supplies. Paragraphs B.1 through B.4
apply to equipment or supplies for which you are accountable under
this award and in which there is a Federal interest (whether that
interest is due to you or a subrecipient having acquired or improved
the property under this award, or a transfer of the accountability
for the property to this award from another award).
1. Periodic status report. There is no requirement for periodic
reporting during the period of performance.
2. Notifications of loss, damage, or theft. You must comply with
applicable requirements in PROP Article II governing your property
management system to promptly notify the award administration office
of any loss, damage, or theft of equipment.
3. Requests for disposition instructions. You must comply with
applicable requirements in PROP Article IV to request disposition
instructions for equipment, either during the period of performance
or at closeout.
4. Closeout accounting.
a. Equipment. You must account to the award administration
office for equipment at the time of closeout of this award, as
required by Section D of OAR Article VI.
b. Supplies. If you have a residual inventory of unused supplies
that meets the criteria specified in paragraph E.2 of PROP Article
IV, you must as part of your closeout accounting arrange with the
award administration office for the compensation that paragraph
specifies for the Federal interest in the supplies.
Section C. Federally owned property. Paragraphs C.1 through C.3
apply to federally owned property for which you are accountable
under this award.
1. Annual inventory. You must submit annually to the award
administration office an inventory of federally owned property.
2. Notifications of loss, damage, or theft. As provided in PROP
Article II governing your property management system, you must
promptly notify the award administration office of any loss, damage,
or theft of federally owned property.
3. Requests for disposition instructions. You must comply with
requirements in Section B of PROP Article V to request disposition
instructions, either during the period of performance or at
closeout.
4. Closeout accounting. Your requests for disposition
instructions for federally owned property, as described in paragraph
C.3 of this section, satisfy the need to account for federally owned
property at closeout (see Section D of OAR Article VI).
Section D. Intangible property. Paragraphs D.1 through D.3 apply
to intangible property for which you are accountable under this
award.
1. Inventions developed under the award. You must submit all
reports on subject inventions developed under this award that are
required by the modified Governmentwide patent rights award
provision specified in Section B of PROP Article VI, which include a
disclosure of each subject invention and a final report listing all
such subject inventions.
2. Copyrights and data. You are not required to submit periodic
reports about data produced under the award or about works for which
you acquired ownership under this award, either by development or
otherwise, and in which copyright was asserted. However, because of
the DoD/Federal Government's rights in the works and data that
Sections A and C of PROP Article VI specify, you must provide
information about the works and data if we request it.
3. Intangible property acquired, but not developed or produced,
under the award. You must comply with requirements in Section D of
PROP Article VI to request disposition instructions for intangible
property acquired, but not developed or produced, under the award.
Appendix D to Part 1134--Terms and Conditions for REP Article IV,
``Reporting on Subawards and Executive Compensation''
As specified in Sec. 1134.405, a DoD Component's general terms
and conditions must use the following wording for REP Article IV.
REP Article IV. Reporting on Subawards and Executive Compensation
(DECEMBER 2014)
You must report information about subawards and executive
compensation as specified in the award provision in appendix A to 2
CFR part 170, ``Reporting subaward and executive compensation
information,'' modified as follows:
1. To accommodate any future designation of a different
Governmentwide website for reporting subaward information, the
website ``https://www.fsrs.gov'' cited in paragraphs a.2.i. and a.3
of the award provision is replaced by the phrase ``https://www.fsrs.gov or successor OMB-designated website for reporting
subaward information'';
2. To accommodate any future designation of a different
Governmentwide website for reporting executive compensation
information, the website ``https://www.sam.gov'' cited in paragraph
b.2.i. of the award provision is replaced by the phrase ``https://www.sam.gov or successor OMB-designated website for reporting
information on total compensation''; and
3. The reference to ``Sec. _.210 of the attachment to OMB
Circular A-133, `Audits of States, Local Governments, and Non-Profit
Organizations' '' in paragraph e.3.ii of the award provision is
replaced by ``2 CFR 200.330, as implemented in SUB Article I of this
award''.
Appendix E to Part 1134--Terms and Conditions for REP Article V,
``Other Reporting''
In accordance with Sec. 1134.505 of this part, a DoD
Component's general terms and conditions must either reserve REP
Article V or provide the information required by that section for
each applicable report.
REP Article V. Other Reporting. (Date)
[Reserved.]
PART 1136--OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS: GENERAL AWARD TERMS
AND CONDITIONS
Sec.
1136.1 Purpose of this part.
1136.2 Applicability of this part.
1136.3 Exceptions from requirements of this part.
1136.4 Organization of this part.
Subpart A--Submitting and Maintaining Recipient Information (OAR
Article I)
1136.100 Purpose of OAR Article I.
1136.105 Content of OAR Article I.
Subpart B--Records Retention and Access (OAR Article II)
1136.200 Purpose of OAR Article II.
1136.205 Records retention period.
1136.210 Extensions of retention period due to litigation, claim, or
audit.
1136.215 Records for program income earned after the end of the
performance period.
1136.220 Records for joint or long-term use.
1136.225 Methods for collecting, transmitting, and storing
information.
1136.230 Access to records.
Subpart C--Remedies and Termination (OAR Article III)
1136.300 Purpose of OAR Article III.
1136.305 Content of OAR Article III.
Subpart D--Claims, Disputes, and Appeals (OAR Article IV)
1136.400 Purpose of OAR Article IV.
1136.405 Content of OAR Article IV.
Subpart E--Collection of Amounts Due (OAR Article V)
1136.500 Purpose of OAR Article V.
1136.505 Content of OAR Article V.
Subpart F--Closeout (OAR Article VI)
1136.600 Purpose of OAR Article VI.
1136.605 Content of OAR Article VI.
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Subpart G--Post-Closeout Adjustments and Continuing Responsibilities
(OAR Article VII)
1136.700 Purpose of OAR Article VII.
1136.705 Content of OAR Article VII.
Appendix A to Part 1136--Terms and conditions for OAR Article I,
``Submitting and maintaining recipient information''
Appendix B to Part 1136--Terms and conditions for OAR Article II,
``Records retention and access''
Appendix C to Part 1136--Terms and conditions for OAR Article III,
``Remedies and termination''
Appendix D to Part 1136--Terms and conditions for OAR Article IV,
``Claims, disputes, and appeals''
Appendix E to Part 1136--Terms and conditions for OAR Article V,
``Collection of amounts due''
Appendix F to Part 1136--Terms and conditions for OAR Article VI,
``Closeout''
Appendix G to Part 1136--Terms and conditions for OAR Article VII,
``Post-closeout adjustments and continuing responsibilities''
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301 and 10 U.S.C. 113.
Sec. 1136.1 Purpose of this part.
(a) This part specifies standard wording of general terms and
conditions concerning submission and maintenance of recipient
information; records retention and access; remedies for noncompliance
and termination; claims, disputes, and appeals; collection of amounts
due; closeout; and after-the-award requirements.
(b) It thereby implements OMB guidance for grants and cooperative
agreements in multiple portions of 2 CFR part 200, as those portions
apply to general terms and conditions. Specifically, this part
implements:
(1) 2 CFR 200.113 and 200.210(b)(1)(iii);
(2) 2 CFR 200.300(b) as it refers to requirements in 2 CFR part 25;
and
(3) 2 CFR 200.333 through 200.345.
Sec. 1136.2 Applicability of this part.
The types of awards and entities to which this part and other parts
in this subchapter apply are described in the subchapter overview at 2
CFR 1126.2.
Sec. 1136.3 Exceptions from requirements of this part.
Exceptions are permitted from the administrative requirements in
this part only as described at 2 CFR 1126.3.
Sec. 1136.4 Organization of this part.
(a) The content of this part is organized into subparts and
associated appendices.
(1) Each subpart provides direction to DoD Components on how to
construct one article of general terms and conditions for grants and
cooperative agreements.
(2) For each subpart, there is a corresponding appendix with
standard wording for terms and conditions of the article addressed by
the subpart. Terms and conditions address rights and responsibilities
of the Federal Government and recipients.
(b) A DoD Component must use the wording provided in each appendix
in accordance with the direction in the corresponding subpart. That
direction may permit DoD Components to vary from the standard wording
in some situations.
(c) Table 1 shows which article of general terms and conditions may
be found in each of appendices A through G to this part (with the
associated direction to DoD Components in Subparts A through G,
respectively):
Table 1 to Paragraph (c)
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You will find terms and
conditions specifying
recipients' rights and That would appear
In . . . responsibilities in an award within
related to . . . OAR Article . . .
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Appendix A................. Submitting and I.
maintaining recipient
information.
Appendix B................. Records retention and II.
access.
Appendix C................. Remedies and III.
termination.
Appendix D................. Claims, disputes, and IV.
appeals.
Appendix E................. Collection of amounts V.
due.
Appendix F................. Closeout............... VI.
Appendix G................. Post[dash]closeout VII.
adjustments and
continuing
responsibilities.
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Subpart A--Submitting and Maintaining Recipient Information (OAR
Article I)
Sec. 1136.100 Purpose of OAR Article I.
OAR Article I sets forth requirements for recipients to maintain
current information about themselves in the data system the Federal
Government specifies as the repository for standard information about
its business partners, currently the System for Award Management. The
article thereby implements OMB guidance in:
(a) 2 CFR 200.113 and 200.210(b)(1)(iii);
(b) 2 CFR part 25; and
(c) The portion of 2 CFR 200.300(b) that cites 2 CFR part 25 and
the System for Award Management).
Sec. 1136.105 Content of OAR Article I.
To implement the requirement described in Sec. 1136.100, a DoD
Component's general terms and conditions must use the standard wording
appendix A to this part provides as OAR Article I. A DoD Component may
reserve Section B of the article in its general terms and conditions if
it is certain that there will be no award using those general terms and
conditions for which the Federal share of the award's total value will
exceed $500,000.
Subpart B--Records Retention and Access (OAR Article II)
Sec. 1136.200 Purpose of OAR Article II.
OAR Article II addresses rights and responsibilities concerning
retention of records related to awards; access to recipients' records;
and collection, transmission, and storage of information. The article
thereby implements OMB guidance in 2 CFR 200.333 through 200.337.
Sec. 1136.205 Records retention period.
(a) OMB guidance. OMB guidance in:
(1) The lead-in paragraph of 2 CFR 200.333 sets a standard
retention period that is generally applicable to recipient records
pertinent to grants and cooperative agreements.
(2) 2 CFR 200.333(c) and (f) provide different standard retention
periods specifically for records that are related either to real
property and equipment acquired with Federal funds or indirect cost
rate proposals and cost allocation plans.
(b) DoD implementation. A DoD Component's general terms and
conditions must specify the standard retention periods described in
paragraph (a) of this section.
(c) Award terms and conditions--(1) General. A DoD Component's
general terms and conditions must use the wording appendix B to this
part
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provides for Section A of OAR Article II.
(2) Exception. A DoD Component's general terms and conditions may
substitute alternative wording for paragraph A.3 of OAR Article II if
the awards using those terms and conditions will be renewed quarterly
or annually. The alternative wording for awards that will be renewed
quarterly or annually would replace the words ``final financial
report'' in paragraph A.3 with ``quarterly financial report'' or
``annual financial report,'' respectively.
Sec. 1136.210 Extensions of retention period due to litigation,
claim, or audit.
(a) OMB guidance. OMB guidance in:
(1) 2 CFR 200.333(a) provides for an extended retention period for
records involved in a litigation, claim, or audit that begins before
the end of the standard 3-year retention period.
(2) 2 CFR 200.333(b) provides that a recipient also is required to
extend the retention period when a Federal awarding, cognizant, or
oversight agency notifies it in writing to do so.
(b) DoD implementation. (1) A DoD Component's general terms and
conditions must provide for extended retention periods for records
involved in a litigation, claim, or audit that begins before the end of
the standard 3-year retention period, as described in 2 CFR 200.333(a).
(2)(i) Other than the exception described in paragraph (b)(2)(ii)
of this section, DoD Components may not require recipients to extend
the records retention period as described in 2 CFR 200.333(b).
(ii) A DoD Component's general terms and conditions must extend the
``retention period,'' as that term is used in 2 CFR 200.344(a), to
include the entire period during which recipients retain their records,
even if that period extends beyond the standard 3-year retention period
described in Sec. 1136.205. That extension will enable disallowance of
costs and recovery of funds based on an audit or other review of
records a recipient elected to retain beyond the standard retention
period, even if the audit or review began after the end of that
retention period. Without that extension, the ability to disallow costs
and recover funds would be limited by 2 CFR 200.344(a), which states
that an agency must make any disallowance determination about a
recipient's costs and notify the recipient within the record retention
period.
(c) Award terms and conditions. A DoD Component's general terms and
conditions must use the wording appendix B to this part provides for
Section B of OAR Article II.
Sec. 1136.215 Records for program income earned after the end of the
performance period.
(a) OMB guidance. OMB guidance in 2 CFR 200.333(e) provides the
retention period for records related to program income earned under a
grant or cooperative agreement after the end of the period of
performance, if an agency establishes requirements governing the
disposition of program income earned after that time.
(b) DoD implementation. A DoD Component's general terms and
conditions should not establish retention requirements for records
related to program income earned after the end of the period of
performance. Retention requirements for those records in general terms
and conditions would be inconsistent with the statement in 2 CFR
1128.725 that a DoD Component should rarely, if ever, establish a
requirement for a recipient to be accountable for program income earned
after the end of the period of performance. Section 1128.725 provides
for use of general terms and conditions wording in FMS Article VII that
establishes no such requirement. Section 1128.725 further states that
exceptions for individual awards are properly addressed at the time of
award in the award-specific terms and conditions.
(c) Award terms and conditions. A DoD Component's general terms and
conditions must use the wording appendix B to this part provides for
Section C of OAR Article II. If a DoD Component includes a requirement
in the award-specific terms and conditions for the recipient to be
accountable for program income earned after the end of the period of
performance, it also may include a requirement in the award-specific
terms and conditions for the recipient's retention of the associated
records.
Sec. 1136.220 Records for joint or long-term use.
(a) OMB guidance. OMB guidance in:
(1) 2 CFR 200.334 states that a Federal awarding agency must
request that a recipient transfer records to its custody if the agency
determines that the records have value that warrants long-term
retention. It also provides that the agency may instead arrange for the
recipient to retain records that are continuously needed for joint use.
(2) 2 CFR 200.333(d) exempts records transferred to a Federal
agency from the standard records retention requirement.
(b) DoD implementation. A DoD Component's general terms and
conditions must inform recipients that they may be asked to transfer
records, maintain them for joint use, or retain them for a longer
period.
(c) Award terms and conditions. A DoD Component's general terms and
conditions must use the wording appendix B to this part provides for
Section D of OAR Article II.
Sec. 1136.225 Methods for collecting, transmitting, and storing
information.
(a) OMB guidance. OMB guidance in 2 CFR 200.335 addresses the use
of electronic and paper formats in the collection, transmission, and
storage of information related to awards.
(b) DoD implementation. A DoD Component's general terms and
conditions must include provisions consistent with the guidance in 2
CFR 200.335 for recipients' use of electronic and paper formats to
collect, transmit, and store information.
(c) Award terms and conditions. A DoD Component's general terms and
conditions must use the wording appendix B to this part provides for
Section E of OAR Article II.
Sec. 1136.230 Access to records.
(a) OMB guidance. OMB guidance in 2 CFR 200.336 and 200.337
addresses Federal Government and public access to recipient records
related to grants and cooperative agreements.
(b) DoD implementation. A DoD Component's general terms and
conditions must provide for Federal Government access to records
consistent with 2 CFR 200.336 and address public access to records to
implement the guidance in 2 CFR 200.337.
(c) Award terms and conditions. A DoD Component's general terms and
conditions must use the wording appendix B to this part provides for
Section F of OAR Article II.
Subpart C--Remedies and Termination (OAR Article III)
Sec. 1136.300 Purpose of OAR Article III.
OAR Article III addresses remedies for noncompliance, including
suspension and termination of awards. It thereby implements OMB
guidance in 2 CFR 200.338 through 200.340 and 200.342.
Sec. 1136.305 Content of OAR Article III.
(a) Requirement. A DoD Component's general terms and conditions
must specify remedies available for addressing noncompliance with award
terms and conditions, policies and procedures related to termination of
awards, and effects of suspension and termination on allowability of
costs.
(b) Award terms and conditions. To implement the requirement in
paragraph (a) of this section, a DoD Component's general terms and
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conditions must use the wording appendix C to this part provides for
OAR Article III.
Subpart D--Claims, Disputes, and Appeals (OAR Article IV)
Sec. 1136.400 Purpose of OAR Article IV.
OAR Article IV addresses claims, disputes, and appeals under
awards. It thereby provides the award terms and conditions required by
the DoDGARs at 32 CFR 22.815 and also implements OMB guidance in 2 CFR
200.341.
Sec. 1136.405 Content of OAR Article IV.
(a) Requirement. The DoDGARs at 32 CFR 22.815 require DoD
Components' general terms and conditions to incorporate the procedures
set forth in that section for processing claims and disputes and
deciding appeals of grants officer's decisions.
(b) Award terms and conditions--(1) General. To implement the
requirement in paragraph (a) of this section, a DoD Component's general
terms and conditions must use the wording appendix D to this part
provides for OAR Article IV, with wording inserted in lieu of the
reserved paragraph A.2 to identify the Component's cognizant Grant
Appeal Authority and provide his or her mailing or email address.
(2) Exception. A DoD Component may add one or more sections to the
wording appendix D to this part provides for OAR Article IV to state a
requirement that recipients must provide opportunities to subrecipients
for hearings, appeals, or other administrative proceedings with respect
to claims, disputes, remedies for noncompliance, or other matters if:
(i) That requirement is in a statute or regulation adopted in the
Code of Federal Regulations after opportunity for public comment; and
(ii) The statutory or regulatory requirement applies to awards
using the DoD Component's general terms and conditions.
Subpart E--Collection of Amounts Due (OAR Article V)
Sec. 1136.500 Purpose of OAR Article V.
OAR Article V addresses procedures for establishing, appealing, and
collecting debts under DoD awards. It thereby:
(a) Provides requirements for recipients paralleling those for DoD
Components in the DoDGARs at 32 CFR 22.820;
(b) Augments requirements of OAR Article IV in any case in which a
claim leads to a determination that a recipient owes an amount to DoD;
and
(c) Implements OMB guidance in 2 CFR 200.345.
Sec. 1136.505 Content of OAR Article V.
(a) Requirement. A DoD Component's general terms and conditions
must specify how grants officers' decisions establish debts under
awards, when debts become delinquent, how and when recipients may
appeal, and how debts not paid in a timely manner are referred for debt
collection.
(b) Award terms and conditions. To implement the requirement in
paragraph (a) of this section, a DoD Component's general terms and
conditions must use the wording appendix E to this part provides for
OAR Article V.
Subpart F--Closeout (OAR Article VI)
Sec. 1136.600 Purpose of OAR Article VI.
OAR Article VI addresses recipients' responsibilities for closeout
of awards and subawards under them. The article thereby implements OMB
guidance in 2 CFR 200.343.
Sec. 1136.605 Content of OAR Article VI.
(a) Requirement. A DoD Component's general terms and conditions
must specify requirements related to closeout of awards and subawards,
including recipients' liquidations of obligations, refunds of
unobligated balances, and submission of final reports.
(b) Award terms and conditions--(1) General. To implement the
requirement in paragraph (a) of this section, a DoD Component's general
terms and conditions must use the wording appendix F to this part
provides for OAR Article VI.
(2) Exception related to due dates for final reports other than
performance, financial, and invention reports. Consistent with OMB
guidance in 2 CFR 200.343(a), a DoD Component may grant extensions to
due dates for final reports.
(i) To pre-approve a 30-day extension for final reports other than
performance, financial, and invention reports, a DoD Component may
substitute ``120 calendar days'' for ``90 calendar days'' in the
wording appendix F to this part provides for paragraph C.4 of OAR
Article VI. These pre-approved 30-day extensions in the general terms
and conditions are for all awards using those terms and conditions;
they therefore are separate and distinct from any additional extensions
a recipient may later request for an individual award.
(ii) The parallel authorities for pre-approved extensions of due
dates for final performance and invention reports are elsewhere.
DoDGARs provisions in:
(A) 2 CFR 1134.125 authorize a DoD Component to pre-approve a 30-
day extension for due dates of performance reports by an appropriate
substitution of wording in REP Article I of the general terms and
conditions.
(B) 2 CFR 1130.610 authorize a DoD Component to pre-approve a 30-
day extension for due dates of final reports listing subject inventions
under awards by an appropriate substitution of wording in PROP Article
VI of the general terms and conditions.
(C) 2 CFR 1134.505 authorize a DoD Component to pre-approve a 30-
day extension for due dates of other types of final reports by
inclusion of appropriate wording in REP Article V of the general terms
and conditions.
Subpart G--Post-Closeout Adjustments and Continuing
Responsibilities (OAR Article VII)
Sec. 1136.700 Purpose of OAR Article VII.
OAR Article VII addresses post-closeout funding adjustments and
recipients' continuing responsibilities after award closeout. It
thereby implements OMB guidance in 2 CFR 200.344.
Sec. 1136.705 Content of OAR Article VII.
(a) Requirement. A DoD Component's general terms and conditions
must specify the rights and responsibilities of the Federal Government
and recipients with respect to funding adjustments and recipients'
continuing responsibilities after award closeout.
(b) Award terms and conditions. To implement the requirement in
paragraph (a) of this section, a DoD Component's general terms and
conditions must use the wording appendix G to this part provides for
OAR Article VII.
Appendix A to Part 1136--Terms and Conditions for OAR Article I,
``Submitting and Maintaining Recipient Information''
Unless a DoD Component reserves Section B, as specified in Sec.
1136.105, a DoD Component's general terms and conditions must use
the following wording for OAR Article I.
OAR Article I. Submitting and Maintaining Recipient Information.
(DECEMBER 2014)
Section A. System for Award Management.
1. Unless you are exempted from this requirement in accordance
with OMB guidance in 2 CFR 25.110, you must maintain the currency of
information about yourself in the system the Federal Government
specifies as the repository for information about its business
partners (currently the System for Award Management (SAM)).
2. You must maintain the information in that system until you
submit the final financial report required under this award or
receive the final payment, whichever is later.
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3. You must review and update the information at least annually
after your initial registration in the system (unless you are
subject to the requirements in Section B) and more frequently if
required by changes in your information.
Section B. Reporting of Performance and Integrity Information.
1. General reporting requirement. If the total value of your
currently active grants, cooperative agreements, and procurement
contracts from all Federal agencies exceeds $10,000,000 for any
period of time during the period of performance of this award, then
during that period of time you must maintain in SAM the currency of
information required by paragraph B.2 of this section. Note that:
a. This reporting is required under section 872 of Public Law
110-417, as amended (41 U.S.C. 2313).
b. As required by section 3010 of Public Law 111-212, all
performance and integrity information posted in the designated
information system on or after April 15, 2011, except past
performance reviews required for Federal procurement contracts, will
be publicly available.
c. Recipient information is submitted to the OMB-designated
integrity and performance system through the SAM, as described in
paragraph B.3 of this section. The currently designated integrity
and performance information system is the Federal Awardee
Performance and Integrity Information System (FAPIIS).
2. Proceedings about which you must report. Submit the
information that the designated information system requires about
each proceeding that:
a. Is in connection with the award or performance of a grant,
cooperative agreement, or procurement contract from the Federal
Government;
b. Reached its final disposition during the most recent 5-year
period; and
c. Is one of the following:
i. A criminal proceeding that resulted in a conviction, as
defined in paragraph B.5. of this section;
ii. A civil proceeding that resulted in a finding of fault and
liability and payment of a monetary fine, penalty, reimbursement,
restitution, or damages of $5,000 or more;
iii. An administrative proceeding, as defined in paragraph B.5.
of this section, that resulted in a finding of fault and liability
and your payment of either monetary fine or penalty of $5,000 or
more or a reimbursement, restitution, or damages in excess of
$100,000; or
iv. Any other criminal, civil, or administrative proceeding if:
(A) It could have led to an outcome described in paragraph
B.2.c.i, ii, or iii of this section;
(B) It had a different disposition arrived at by consent or
compromise with an acknowledgment of fault on your part; and
(C) The requirement in this section to disclose information
about the proceeding does not conflict with applicable laws and
regulations.
3. Reporting procedures. Submit the information required in
paragraph B.2 of this section to the Entity Management functional
area of the SAM.
a. Current procedures are to submit the information as part of
the maintenance of your information in the SAM that Section A of
this article requires.
b. You do not need to submit the information again under this
award if you already reported current information to the SAM under
another Federal grant, cooperative agreement, or procurement
contract.
4. Reporting frequency. During any period of time when you are
subject to the requirement in paragraph B.1 of this section, you
must report to SAM at least semiannually following your initial
report of any information required in paragraph B.2 of this section,
either to provide new information not reported previously or affirm
that there is no new information to report.
5. Definitions. For purposes of this section:
a. Administrative proceeding means a non-judicial process that
is adjudicatory in nature in order to make a determination of fault
or liability (e.g., Securities and Exchange Commission
Administrative proceedings, Civilian Board of Contract Appeals
proceedings, and Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals
proceedings). This includes proceedings at the Federal and State
level but only in connection with performance of a Federal contract,
grant, or cooperative agreement. It does not include audits, site
visits, corrective plans, or inspection of deliverables.
b. Conviction means a judgment or conviction of a criminal
offense by any court of competent jurisdiction, whether entered upon
a verdict or a plea, and includes a conviction entered upon a plea
of nolo contendere.
c. Total value of currently active grants, cooperative
agreements, and procurement contracts includes:
i. Only the Federal share of the funding under any Federal
agency award with a recipient cost share or match; and
ii. The value of all expected funding increments and options,
even if not yet exercised, under each Federal agency award.
Section C. Disclosure of evidence of integrity-related issues.
1. Disclosure requirement. At any time during the period of
performance of this award, if you have evidence that a covered
person committed a covered action (see paragraphs C.2 and C.3 of
this section) that may affect this award, you must disclose the
evidence in writing to the Office of the Inspector General, DoD,
with a copy to the grants officer identified in the award cover
pages.
2. Covered person. As the term is used in this section,
``covered person'' means a principal, employee, or agent of either
you or a subrecipient under this award, where:
a. ``Principal'' means:
i. An officer, director, owner, partner, principal investigator,
or other person with management or supervisory responsibilities that
relate to this award; or
ii. A consultant or other person, whether or not employed by you
or a subrecipient or paid with funds under this award, who:
(A) Is in a position to handle funds under this award;
(B) Is in a position to influence or control the use of those
funds; or
(C) Occupies a technical or professional position capable of
substantially influencing the development or outcome of an activity
required to perform the project or program under this award.
b. ``Agent'' means any individual who acts on behalf of, or who
is authorized to commit you or the subrecipient, whether or not
employed by you or the subrecipient.
3. Covered action. As the term is used in this section,
``covered action'' means a violation of Federal criminal law in
Title 18 of the United States Code involving fraud, bribery, or a
gratuity violation.
4. Safeguarding of the information.
a. To the extent permitted by law and regulation, we will:
i. Safeguard and treat information you disclose to us as
confidential if you mark the information as ``confidential'' or
``proprietary.''
ii. Not release the information to the public in response to a
Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552) request without notifying
you in advance.
b. We may transfer documents you provide to us to any other
department or agency within the Executive Branch of the Federal
Government if the information relates to matters within that
organization's jurisdiction.
Appendix B to Part 1136--Terms and Conditions for OAR Article II,
``Records Retention and Access''
Unless a DoD Component substitutes alternate wording in
paragraph A.3, a DoD Component's general terms and conditions must
use the following wording for OAR Article II, as specified in
Sec. Sec. 1136.205 through 1136.230.
OAR Article II. Records Retention and Access. (DECEMBER 2014)
Section A. Records retention period. Except as provided in
Sections B through D of this article:
1. You must keep records related to any real property and
equipment acquired, in whole or in part, using Federal funds under
the award for 3 years after final disposition of the property. For
any item of exempt property with a current fair market value greater
than $5,000, and for which final disposition was not a condition of
the title vesting, you must keep whatever records you need for as
long as necessary to ensure that you can deduct the Federal share if
you later use the property in contributions for cost sharing or
matching purposes under any Federal award.
2. You must keep records related to rate proposals for indirect
or facilities and administrative costs, cost allocation plans, and
supporting records such as indirect cost rate computations and any
similar accounting computations of the rate at which a particular
group of costs is chargeable (such as computer usage chargeback or
composite fringe benefit rates) as follows:
a. If you are required to submit a proposal, plan, or other
computations to your Federal cognizant agency for indirect costs, as
the basis for negotiation of a rate, you must keep the submissions
and all supporting records for 3 years from the date on which you
were required to make the submissions.
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b. If you are not required to submit a proposal, plan, or other
computation as the basis for negotiation, you must keep the
proposal, plan, other computation, and supporting records for 3
years from the end of the fiscal year or other accounting period
covered by the proposal, plan, or other computation.
3. You must keep other financial records, supporting documents,
statistical records, and other records pertinent to this award for a
period of 3 years from the date you submit your final financial
report under the award.
Section B. Extensions of retention period due to litigation,
claim, or audit.
1. If any litigation, claim, or audit begins before the end of
the 3-year retention period specified in Section A of this article
and the final action related to the litigation, claim, or audit is
not taken before the end of that 3-year period, you must retain all
records related to this award that may be involved in the
litigation, claim, or audit until all findings involving the records
have been resolved and final action taken.
2. We may disallow costs and recover funds under this award
based on an audit or other review of records you elected to retain
beyond the retention period required by this article, even if the
audit or review begins after the end of the 3-year retention period
specified in Section A of this article. Thus, the ``retention
period,'' as that term is used in OMB guidance in 2 CFR
200.344(a)(1), is extended, as described in 2 CFR 200.333(b), to
include the entire period during which we and our authorized
representatives continue to have access to those records under
paragraph F.2 of this article.
Section C. Records for program income earned after the end of
the performance period. In accordance with Section F of FMS Article
VII, there are no requirements under this award applicable to
program income you earn after the end of the period of performance
and therefore no associated records retention requirements.
Section D. Records for joint or long-term use.
1. Joint use. To avoid duplicate recordkeeping for records that
you and we both need to use on a continuous basis, we may ask you to
make special arrangements with us, by mutual agreement, to make
records available for joint and continuous use.
2. Long-term use. If we determine that some records will be
needed longer than the 3-year period specified in Section A of this
article, we may request that you either:
a. Retain the records for a longer period of time; or
b. Transfer the records to our custody for long-term retention.
3. Retention requirements for transferred records. For any
records transferred to our custody, you are not subject to the
records retention requirements in Section A of this article.
Section E. Methods for collecting, transmitting, and storing
information.
1. You should, whenever practicable, collect, transmit, and
store information related to this award in open and machine-readable
formats rather than in closed formats or on paper. However, if you
request it, we will:
a. Provide award related-information to you on paper; and
b. Accept award related-information from you on paper. In that
case, we will not require more than an original and two copies.
2. When your original records are in an electronic form that
cannot be altered, you do not need to create and retain paper copies
of those records.
3. When your original records are on paper, you may substitute
electronic versions produced through duplication or using other
forms of electronic media, provided that:
a. You conduct periodic quality control reviews of the records;
b. You provide reasonable safeguards against alteration of the
records; and
c. The records remain readable.
Section F. Access to records.
1. Scope of Federal Government access rights.
a. We as the awarding agency, the Federal Government Inspectors
General, the Comptroller General of the United States, and any of
our authorized representatives have the right of access to any
documents, papers, or other records you have that are pertinent to
this award, in order to make audits, examinations, excerpts, and
transcripts.
b. This right also includes timely and reasonable access to your
personnel for the purposes of interview and discussion related to
the records.
c. As described in OMB guidance at 2 CFR 200.336(b), the access
to records described in this section will include access to the true
name of a victim of a crime only under extraordinary and rare
circumstances.
i. You are required to provide that access only in response to a
court order or subpoena pursuant to a bona fide confidential
investigation, or in response to a request duly authorized by the
head of the DoD Component or his or her designee; and
ii. You must take appropriate steps to protect this sensitive
information.
2. Duration of Federal Government access rights. We have the
access rights described in paragraph F.1 of this section as long as
you retain the records.
3. Public access.
a. You must comply with requirements to protect information that
Federal statute, Executive order, or regulation requires to be
protected (e.g., personally identifiable or export controlled
information), to include both information generated under this award
and information provided to you and identified as being subject to
protection. Other than those limitations on dissemination of
information, we place no restrictions on you that limit public
access to your records pertinent to this award.
b. We do not place any requirements on you to permit public
access to your records separate from any Federal, State, local, or
tribal statute that may require you to do so.
c. The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA, 5 U.S.C. 552) does not
apply to records in your possession but records you provide to us
generally will be subject to FOIA, with the applicable exemptions.
Appendix C to Part 1136--Terms and Conditions for OAR Article III,
``Remedies and Termination''
As required by Sec. 1136.305, a DoD Component's general terms
and conditions must use the following wording for OAR Article III.
OAR Article III. Remedies and Termination. (DECEMBER 2014)
Section A. Non-compliance with award terms and conditions. If
you fail to comply with a term or condition of this award or an
applicable Federal statute or regulation, we may amend this award to
impose award-specific conditions, as described in OMB guidance in 2
CFR 200.207. If imposing award-specific conditions, we will notify
you before modifying the award and, once you have corrected the non-
compliance, promptly remove the award-specific conditions. If we
determine that the imposition of award-specific conditions is
insufficient to correct the non-compliance or the non-compliance
remains uncorrected despite the use of award-specific conditions, we
may consider taking one or more of the remedies specified in Section
B of this article.
Section B. Remedies for noncompliance.
1. If you fail to comply with a term or condition of this award
or an applicable Federal statute or regulation, we may take one or
more of the following actions that we deem appropriate to the
circumstances:
a. Temporarily withhold cash payments pending:
i. Your correction of the deficiency; or
ii. Our taking more severe enforcement action.
b. Disallow (that is, deny both use of funds and any applicable
cost-sharing or matching credit for) all or part of the cost of the
activity or action not in compliance;
c. Suspend or, in accordance with paragraph C.1.a.i of this
article, terminate this award, in whole or in part (suspension of an
award is a separate and distinct action from suspension of a person
under 2 CFR parts 180 and 1125, as noted in paragraph B.3 of this
article);
d. Withhold further awards to you for the project or program
that is not in compliance;
e. Take any other action legally available to us under the
circumstances.
2. You may raise an objection to our taking any remedy we take
under paragraph B.1 of this section and will be given an opportunity
to provide information and documentation challenging the action. The
procedures are those specified in OAR Article IV for claims and
disputes.
3. Our use of any remedy under paragraph B.1 of this section,
including suspension or termination of the award, does not preclude
our referring the noncompliance to a suspension and debarment
official and asking that official to consider initiating a
suspension or debarment action under 2 CFR part 1125, the DoD
implementation of OMB guidance at 2 CFR part 180.
Section C. Termination.
1. This award may be terminated in whole or in part as follows:
a. Unilaterally by the Federal Government. We will provide a
notice of termination if we
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unilaterally terminate this award in whole or in part, which we may
do for either of the following reasons:
i. Your material failure to comply with the award terms and
conditions. If we terminate the award for that reason, we will
report the termination to the OMB-designated integrity and
performance system (currently FAPIIS). In accordance with 41 U.S.C.
2313, each Federal awarding official must review and consider the
information in the OMB-designated integrity and performance system
with regard to any proposal or offer before awarding a grant or
contract.
ii. The program office does not have funding for an upcoming
increment if this award is incrementally funded. In that case, the
Federal Government's financial obligation does not exceed the amount
currently obligated under the award.
b. By mutual agreement. With your consent, we may terminate this
award, in whole or in part, for any reason. In that case, you and we
must agree to:
i. The termination conditions, including the effective date; and
ii. In the case of a partial termination, the portion to be
terminated.
c. Unilaterally by the recipient. You may unilaterally terminate
this award, in whole or in part, by sending us written notification
that states:
i. The reasons for the termination;
ii. The effective date; and
iii. In the case of partial termination, the portion to be
terminated. In that case, however, we may terminate the award in its
entirety if we determine that the remaining portion of the award
will not accomplish the purposes for which we made the award.
2. If this award is terminated in its entirety before the end of
the performance period, you must complete the closeout actions for
which you are responsible under OAR Article VI. The due date for
each action is to be measured relative to the date of termination.
3. If this award is only partially terminated before the end of
the performance period, with a reduced or modified portion of the
award continuing through the end of the performance period, then
closeout actions will occur at the end of the performance period as
specified in OAR Article VI.
4. You will continue to have all of the post-closeout
responsibilities that OAR Article VII specifies for you if this
award is wholly or partially terminated before the end of the
performance period.
Section D. Effects of suspension or termination of the award on
allowability of costs. If we suspend or terminate this award prior
to the end of the period of performance, costs resulting from
obligations that you incurred:
1. Before the effective date of the suspension or termination
are allowable if:
a. You properly incurred those obligations;
b. You did not incur the obligations in anticipation of the
suspension or termination;
c. In the case of termination, the costs resulted from
obligations that were noncancellable after the termination; and
d. The costs would have been allowable if we had not suspended
or terminated the award and it had expired normally at the end of
the period of performance.
2. During the suspension or after the termination are not
allowable unless we expressly authorize them, either in the notice
of suspension or termination or subsequently.
Appendix D to Part 1136--Terms and Conditions for OAR Article IV,
``Claims, Disputes, and Appeals''
As specified in Sec. 1136.405, a DoD Component's general terms
and conditions must use the following wording for OAR Article IV,
with the required insertion in paragraph A.2 of the article, along
with any additional wording permitted by that section.
OAR Article IV. Claims, Disputes, and Appeals. (DECEMBER 2014)
Section A. Definitions.
1. Claim. The definition of the term ``claim,'' as it is used in
this article, is in the definitions section of the preamble to these
general terms and conditions.
2. Grant Appeal Authority. [Reserved.]
Section B. Submission of claims.
1. Your claims. To submit a claim arising out of this award, you
must submit it in writing to the grants officer for decision,
specify the nature and basis for the relief you are requesting, and
include all data that supports your claim.
2. Federal Government claims. You will receive a written grants
officer's decision if a DoD claim arises out of this award.
Section C. Alternative dispute resolution.
1. We encourage resolution of all issues related to this award
by mutual agreement between you and the grants officer.
2. If you and the grants officer are unable to resolve an issue
through unassisted negotiations, we encourage use of Alternative
Dispute Resolution (ADR) procedures to try to do so. ADR procedures
are any voluntary means, such as mini-trials or mediation, used to
resolve issues in controversy. ADR procedures may be used prior to
submission of a claim or at any other time prior to the Grant Appeal
Authority's decision on any appeal you submit.
Section D. Grants officer decisions for claims you submit.
1. Within 60 calendar days of receiving your claim, the grants
officer will either:
a. Transmit a written decision that:
i. Identifies data on which the decision is based; and
ii. Identifies and provides the mailing address for the Grant
Appeal Authority to whom you would submit an appeal of the decision
if you elect to do so; or
b. If more time is required to render a written decision, notify
you of a specific date when he or she will render the decision and
inform you of the reason for delaying it.
2. The grants officer's decision will be final unless you decide
to appeal, in which case we encourage use of ADR procedures as noted
in Section C of this article.
Section E. Formal administrative appeals.
1. Right to appeal. You have the right to appeal a grants
officer's decision to the Grant Appeal Authority identified in
Section A of this article.
2. Notice of appeal. You may appeal a grants officer's decision
within 90 calendar days of receiving the decision by submitting a
written notice of appeal to the Grant Appeal Authority and grants
officer. If you elect to use ADR procedures, you are allowed an
additional 60 calendar days to submit the written notice of appeal.
3. Appeal file. Within 30 calendar days of the grants officer's
receipt of your notice of appeal, you should receive the appeal file
with copies of all documents relevant to the appeal. You may
supplement the file with other documents you deem relevant and with
a memorandum in support of your position for the Grant Appeal
Authority's consideration. The Grant Appeal Authority may request
additional information from you.
4. Decision. Unless the Grant Appeal Authority decides to
conduct fact-finding procedures or an oral hearing on the appeal,
the appeal will be decided solely on the basis of the written
record. Any fact-finding or hearing will be conducted using
procedures that the Grant Appeal Authority deems appropriate.
Section F. Representation. You may be represented by counsel or
any other designated representative in any claim, appeal, or ADR
proceeding, as long as the representative is not otherwise
prohibited by law or regulation from appearing before the DoD
Component concerned.
Section G. Effect of Grant Appeal Authority's decision. The
Grant Appeal Authority's decision is the final administrative
decision of DoD and cannot be further appealed within DoD.
Section H. Non-exclusivity of remedies. Nothing in this article
is intended to limit your right to any remedy under the law.
Appendix E to Part 1136--Terms and Conditions for OAR Article V,
``Collection of Amounts Due''
As required by Sec. 1136.505, a DoD Component's general terms
and conditions must use the following wording for OAR Article V.
OAR Article V. Collection of Amounts Due. (DECEMBER 2014)
Section A. Establishing a debt.
1. Any amount paid to you in excess of the amount to which you
are determined to be entitled under the terms and conditions of this
award constitutes a debt to the Federal Government.
2. A grants officer will attempt to resolve any claim of your
indebtedness arising out of this award by mutual agreement.
3. If the grants officer fails to resolve the claim in that
manner, you will receive a written notice of the grants officer's
decision formally determining the debt, as described in paragraph
B.2 of OAR Article IV. The notice will describe the debt, including
the amount, name and address of the official who determined the
debt, and a copy of that official's determination.
Section B. Debt delinquency and appeals.
1. Within 30 calendar days of the grants officer's decision, you
must either pay the amount owed to the address provided in the
written notice or inform the grants officer that you intend to
appeal the decision. Appeal procedures are described in OAR Article
IV.
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2. If you elect not to appeal, any amounts not paid within 30
calendar days of the grants officer's decision will be a delinquent
debt.
3. If you elect to appeal the grants officer's decision, you
will have 90 calendar days after receipt of the grants officer's
decision to file your appeal unless Alternative Dispute Resolution
(ADR) procedures are used, as described in section C of OAR Article
IV, in which case you will have 150 calendar days.
Section C. Demand letter, interest, and debt collection.
1. If within 30 calendar days of the grants officer's decision,
you neither pay the amount due nor provide notice of your intent to
appeal the grants officer's decision, the grants officer will send
you a demand letter identifying a payment office that will be
responsible for any further debt collection activity.
2. If you do not pay by the due date specified in the written
demand letter, the Federal Government may collect part or all of the
debt by:
a. Making an administrative offset against your requests for
reimbursements under Federal awards;
b. Withholding advance payments otherwise due to you; and
c. Any other action permitted by Federal statute.
3. The debt will bear interest, and may include penalties and
other administrative costs, in accordance with applicable provisions
of the DoD Financial Management Regulation (DoD 7000.14-R), which
implements the Federal Claims Collection Standards. The date from
which interest is computed is not extended by litigation or the
filing of any form of appeal.
Appendix F to Part 1136--Terms and Conditions for OAR Article VI,
``Closeout''
As required by Sec. 1136.605, a DoD Component's general terms
and conditions must use the following wording for OAR Article VI but
may make a substitution in paragraph C.4 of the article as provided
in that section.
OAR Article VI. Closeout. (DECEMBER 2014)
Section A. Liquidation of obligations. Unless the award
administration office authorizes an extension of the due date, you
must liquidate all obligations that you incurred under this award
not later than 120 calendar days after the end date of the period of
performance.
Section B. Refunds of unobligated balances. You must promptly
refund to the award administration office any balances of
unobligated cash that we have advanced or paid to you and not
authorized you to use on other projects or programs.
Section C. Final reports. You must submit the:
1. Final performance report under this award no later than the
date specified in Section C of REP Article I, subject to any
extensions granted under Section D of that article;
2. Final financial report under this award no later than the
date specified in Section C of REP Article II, subject to any
extensions granted under Section D of that article;
3. Final report listing subject inventions made under the award
no later than the date specified in Section B of PROP Article VI;
and
4. Other final reports that are required under this award no
later than 90 calendar days after the end date of the period of
performance, unless you request an extension of the due date and the
award administration office approves the request.
Section D. Accounting for property. You must account for any
real property, equipment, supplies, and intangible property that you
and any subrecipients acquired or improved under the award, in
accordance with PROP Articles I through IV and VI. Your requests for
disposition instructions for any federally owned property, as
required by PROP Article V, meet the need described in OMB guidance
at 2 CFR 200.343(f) to account for that property at closeout.
Appendix G to Part 1136--Terms and Conditions for OAR Article VII,
``Post-Closeout Adjustments and Continuing Responsibilities''
As required by Sec. 1136.705, a DoD Component's general terms
and conditions must use the following wording for OAR Article VII.
OAR Article VII. Post-Closeout Adjustments and Continuing
responsibilities. (DECEMBER 2014)
Section A. Adjustments. The closeout of this award does not
affect:
1. Our right to disallow costs and recover funds on the basis of
a later audit or other review, as long as we make the determination
that the costs are disallowed and notify you about that
determination within the extended records retention period specified
in paragraph B.2 of OAR Article II of these terms and conditions.
2. Your obligation to return any funds due to the Federal
Government as a result of later refunds, corrections, or other
transactions (to include any adjustments in final indirect cost
rates).
Section B. Continuing responsibilities. After closeout of this
award, you must continue to comply with terms and conditions of this
award that have applicability beyond closeout, including
requirements concerning:
1. Audits, as specified in FMS Article V that cover periods of
time during which you expended funds under this award.
2. Management, use, and disposition of any real property or
equipment acquired or improved under this award in which we continue
to have a Federal interest after closeout, as specified in PROP
Articles I through IV.
3. Retention of, and access to, records related to this award,
as specified in OAR Article II.
PART 1138--REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO SUBAWARDS: GENERAL AWARD TERMS
AND CONDITIONS
Sec.
1138.1 Purpose of this part.
1138.2 Applicability of this part.
1138.3 Exceptions from requirements of this part.
1138.4 Organization of this part.
1138.5 Authority to omit or reserve portions of SUB Articles I
through XII.
Subpart A-Distinguishing Subawards and Procurements (SUB Article I)
1138.100 Purpose of SUB Article I.
1138.105 Content of SUB Article I.
Subpart B-Pre-Award and Time of Award Responsibilities (SUB Article II)
1138.200 Purpose of SUB Article II.
1138.205 Content of SUB Article II.
Subpart C-Informational Content of Subawards (SUB Article III)
1138.300 Purpose of SUB Article III.
1138.305 Content of SUB Article III.
Subpart D-Financial and Program Management Requirements for Subawards
(SUB Article IV)
1138.400 Purpose of SUB Article IV.
1138.405 Content of SUB Article IV.
Subpart E-Property Requirements for Subawards (SUB Article V)
1138.500 Purposes of SUB Article V in relation to other articles.
1138.505 Title to property under subawards.
1138.510 Property management system requirements for subawards.
1138.515 Use and disposition of real property, equipment, supplies,
and federally owned property under subawards.
1138.520 Intangible property under subawards.
Subpart F-Procurement Procedures to Include in Subawards (SUB Article
VI)
1138.600 Purpose of SUB Article VI.
1138.605 Content of SUB Article VI.
Subpart G-Financial, Programmatic, and Property Reporting Requirements
for Subawards (SUB Article VII)
1138.700 Purposes of SUB Article VII in relation to other articles.
1138.705 Performance reporting requirements for subawards.
1138.710 Financial reporting requirements for subawards.
1138.715 Reporting on property under subawards.
1138.720 Other reporting under subawards.
Subpart H-Other Administrative Requirements for Subawards (SUB Article
VIII)
1138.800 Purpose of SUB Article VIII.
1138.805 Content of SUB Article VIII.
Subpart I-National Policy Requirements for Subawards (SUB Article IX)
1138.900 Purpose of SUB Article IX.
1138.905 Content of SUB Article IX.
Subpart J-Subrecipient Monitoring and Other Post-Award Administration
(SUB Article X)
1138.1000 Purpose of SUB Article X.
1138.1005 Content of SUB Article X.
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Subpart K-Requirements Concerning Subrecipients' Lower-Tier Subawards
(SUB Article XI)
1138.1100 Purpose of SUB Article XI.
1138.1105 Content of SUB Article XI.
Subpart L-Fixed-Amount Subawards (SUB Article XII)
1138.1200 Purpose of SUB Article XII.
1138.1205 Content of SUB Article XII.
Appendix A to Part 1138--Terms and conditions for SUB Article I,
``Distinguishing subawards and procurements''
Appendix B to Part 1138--Terms and conditions for SUB Article II,
``Pre-award and time of award responsibilities''
Appendix C to Part 1138--Terms and conditions for SUB Article III,
``Informational content of subawards''
Appendix D to Part 1138--Terms and conditions for SUB Article IV,
``Financial and program management requirements for subawards''
Appendix E to Part 1138--Terms and conditions for SUB Article V,
``Property requirements for subawards''
Appendix F to Part 1138--Terms and conditions for SUB Article VI,
``Procurement procedures to include in subawards''
Appendix G to Part 1138--Terms and conditions for SUB Article VII,
``Financial, programmatic, and property reporting requirements for
subawards''
Appendix H to Part 1138--Terms and conditions for SUB Article VIII,
``Other administrative requirements for subawards''
Appendix I to Part 1138--Terms and conditions for SUB Article IX,
``National policy requirements for subawards''
Appendix J to Part 1138--Terms and conditions for SUB Article X,
``Subrecipient monitoring and other post-award administration''
Appendix K to Part 1138--Terms and conditions for SUB Article XI,
``Requirements concerning subrecipients' lower-tier subawards''
Appendix L to Part 1138--Terms and conditions for SUB Article XII,
``Fixed-amount subawards''
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301 and 10 U.S.C. 113.
Sec. 1138.1 Purpose of this part.
(a) This part specifies standard wording of general terms and
conditions concerning recipients' award and administration of subawards
under DoD grants and cooperative agreements.
(b) It thereby implements OMB guidance in Subparts A through F of 2
CFR part 200 and 2 CFR parts 25, 170, and 180, as they apply to
subawards.
Sec. 1138.2 Applicability of this part.
The types of awards and entities to which this part and other parts
in this subchapter apply are described in the subchapter overview at 2
CFR 1126.2.
Sec. 1138.3 Exceptions from requirements of this part.
Exceptions are permitted from the administrative requirements in
this part only as described at 2 CFR 1126.3.
Sec. 1138.4 Organization of this part.
(a) The content of this part is organized into subparts and
associated appendices.
(1) Each subpart provides direction to DoD Components on how to
construct one article of general terms and conditions for grants and
cooperative agreements.
(2) For each subpart, there is a corresponding appendix with
standard wording for terms and conditions of the article addressed by
the subpart. Terms and conditions address rights and responsibilities
of the Federal Government and recipients.
(b) A DoD Component must use the wording provided in each appendix
in accordance with the direction in the corresponding subpart and the
authorization in Sec. 1138.5, which permit a DoD Component to vary
from the standard wording in some situations.
(c) Table 1 shows which article of general terms and conditions may
be found in each of appendices A through L to this part (with the
associated direction to DoD Components in Subparts A through L,
respectively, as supplemented by the authorization in Sec. 1138.5):
Table 1 to Paragraph (c)
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You will find terms and
conditions specifying
recipients' rights and That would appear
In . . . responsibilities in an award within
related to . . . SUB Article . . .
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Appendix A................. Distinguishing I.
subawards and
procurements.
Appendix B................. Pre-award and time of II.
award responsibilities.
Appendix C................. Informational content III.
of subawards.
Appendix D................. Financial and program IV.
management
requirements for
subawards.
Appendix E................. Property requirements V.
for subawards.
Appendix F................. Procurement procedures VI.
to include in
subawards.
Appendix G................. Financial, VII.
programmatic, and
property reporting
requirements for
subawards.
Appendix H................. Other administrative VIII.
requirements for
subawards.
Appendix I................. National policy IX.
requirements for
subawards.
Appendix J................. Subrecipient monitoring X.
and other
post[dash]award
administration.
Appendix K................. Requirements concerning XI.
subrecipients'
lower[dash]tier
subawards.
Appendix L................. Fixed[dash]amount XII.
subawards.
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Sec. 1138.5 Authority to omit or reserve portions of SUB Articles I
through XII.
A DoD Component's general terms and conditions may:
(a) Omit SUB Articles II through XII that are the subject of this
part if the DoD Component does not allow recipients to make subawards
under awards using those terms and conditions. The DoD Component also
may amend SUB Article I in that case, to state the prohibition on
making subawards and limit the recipient's responsibility to ensuring
that any transaction it awards at the next tier is a procurement
transaction.
(b) Reserve portions of SUB Articles I through XII that do not
apply to the DoD Component's awards using those terms and conditions.
For example, the DoD Component may reserve paragraphs in SUB Articles
IV through IX specifying administrative requirements that flow down
solely to subawards to States if it determines that there is no
possibility of a subaward to a State under any of the awards using its
general terms and conditions. Similarly, it may reserve SUB Article XII
if it does not permit any fixed-amount subawards under its awards.
Subpart A-Distinguishing Subawards and Procurements (SUB Article I)
Sec. 1138.100 Purpose of SUB Article I.
SUB Article I specifies requirements for a recipient to determine
whether each transaction it makes at the next tier below a DoD grant or
cooperative agreement is a subaward or a procurement transaction. It
thereby
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implements OMB guidance in 2 CFR 200.201(a) and 200.330.
Sec. 1138.105 Content of SUB Article I.
(a) Requirement. A DoD Component's general terms and conditions
must:
(1) Require the recipient to determine the nature of transactions
it makes under its award; and
(2) Inform the recipient about the effect of that determination on
the procedures for awarding the transaction and the transaction's terms
and conditions.
(b) Award terms and conditions. A DoD Component's general terms and
conditions must use the wording appendix A to this part provides for
SUB Article I.
Subpart B-Pre-Award and Time of Award Responsibilities (SUB Article
II)
Sec. 1138.200 Purpose of SUB Article II.
SUB Article II specifies requirements concerning subrecipients'
unique entity identifiers and pre-award risk assessments. It also
references requirements in REP Article IV to report on subawards and
subrecipients' executive compensation. It thereby partially implements
OMB guidance in:
(a) 2 CFR parts 25 and 170;
(b) 2 CFR 200.207; 200.300(b), as it applies to subaward reporting;
and 200.331(b); and
(c) Subpart C of 2 CFR part 180, as implemented by DoD at 2 CFR
part 1125.
Sec. 1138.205 Content of SUB Article II.
(a) Requirement. A DoD Component's general terms and conditions
must require the recipient to:
(1) Obtain an entity's unique entity identifier before making a
subaward to the entity;
(2) Notify potential subrecipients in advance about that
requirement; and
(3) Conduct a pre-award risk assessment of an entity before making
a subaward to the entity and adjust subaward terms and conditions if
warranted by the results of the assessment.
(b) Award terms and conditions. A DoD Component's general terms and
conditions must use the wording appendix B to this part provides for
SUB Article II.
Subpart C-Informational Content of Subawards (SUB Article III)
Sec. 1138.300 Purpose of SUB Article III.
SUB Article III specifies information that recipients must include
in subawards they make under DoD grants and cooperative agreements. It
thereby implements OMB guidance in 2 CFR 200.331(a)(1).
Sec. 1138.305 Content of SUB Article III.
(a) Requirement. A DoD Component's general terms and conditions
must require recipients to include certain information items in each
subaward they make.
(b) Award terms and conditions. A DoD Component's general terms and
conditions must use the wording appendix C to this part provides for
SUB Article III.
Subpart D-Financial and Program Management Requirements for
Subawards (SUB Article IV)
Sec. 1138.400 Purpose of SUB Article IV.
SUB Article IV specifies the financial and program management
requirements that recipients must include in subawards they make under
DoD grants and cooperative agreements. It thereby implements OMB
guidance in the following portions of 2 CFR part 200, as they apply to
subawards:
(a) Sections 200.209 and 200.302 through 200.309; and (b) Subparts
E and F.
Sec. 1138.405 Content of SUB Article IV.
(a) Requirement. A DoD Component's general terms and conditions
must require recipients to include pertinent requirements concerning
financial and program management in each subaward they make.
(b) Award terms and conditions. A DoD Component's general terms and
conditions must use the wording appendix D to this part provides for
SUB Article IV.
Subpart E-Property Requirements for Subawards (SUB Article V)
Sec. 1138.500 Purposes of SUB Article V in relation to other
articles.
(a) Purposes. SUB Article V specifies requirements concerning
equipment, supplies, and real, intangible, and federally owned property
that recipients must include in subawards they make under DoD grants
and cooperative agreements. It thereby:
(1) Specifies which of the requirements in PROP Articles I through
VI of the award flow down to subawards; and
(2) Implements OMB guidance in 2 CFR 200.310 through 200.316, as
those sections apply to subawards.
(b) Award terms and conditions. A DoD Component's general terms and
conditions must use the wording appendix E to this part provides as
Section A of SUB Article V to inform recipients about the relationship
between requirements for the recipient in PROP Articles I through VI
and requirements for subawards in SUB Article V.
Sec. 1138.505 Title to property under subawards.
(a) Requirement. A DoD Component's general terms and conditions
must specify requirements related to title to property under subawards.
(b) Award terms and conditions--(1) General. A DoD Component's
general terms and conditions must use the wording appendix E to this
part provides as Section B of SUB Article V to specify the requirements
concerning title to property that recipients must include in their
subawards.
(2) Exception. If a DoD Component has the necessary statutory
authority to do so and includes provisions in paragraph A.2 of PROP
Article I to identify any property acquired under the award as exempt
property, as described in 2 CFR 1130.105, the DoD Component may at its
option insert wording in paragraph B.1.b of SUB Article V to allow
recipients to pass through those provisions to subrecipients.
(i) It is critical, however, that the DoD Component ensures that
the wording of paragraph B.1.b is consistent with the statutory
authority.
(ii) For example, if the statutory authority is 31 U.S.C. 6306--as
described in 2 CFR 1130.105(b)(2)(i)--the wording of paragraph B.1.b of
SUB Article V may permit a recipient to flow down the substance of the
exempt property provision in paragraph A.2 of PROP Article I only to a
subrecipient that is a nonprofit institution of higher education or
nonprofit organization whose primary purpose is conducting scientific
research.
Sec. 1138.510 Property management system requirements for subawards.
(a) Requirement. A DoD Component's general terms and conditions
must address the standards for property management systems that apply
to subawards.
(b) Award terms and conditions. To specify the property management
system standards that recipients must include in their subawards, a DoD
Component's general terms and conditions must use the wording appendix
E to this part provides as Section C of SUB Article V.
Sec. 1138.515 Use and disposition of real property, equipment,
supplies, and federally owned property under subawards.
(a) Requirement. A DoD Component's general terms and conditions
must specify the requirements concerning use and disposition of real
property, equipment, supplies, and federally
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owned property that recipients must include in subawards.
(b) Award terms and conditions. A DoD Component's general terms and
conditions must use the wording appendix E to this part provides for
Sections D through F of SUB Article V.
Sec. 1138.520 Intangible property under subawards.
(a) Requirement. A DoD Component's general terms and conditions
must address the provisions concerning intangible property that
recipients must include in subawards.
(b) Award terms and conditions--(1) General. To specify the
intangible property provisions that recipients must include in their
subawards, a DoD Component's general terms and conditions must use the
wording appendix E to this part provides as Section G of SUB Article V.
(2) Exception. A DoD Component's general terms and conditions may
delete the reference to ``Section B of PROP Article VI'' in the wording
appendix E to this part provides for paragraph G.2 of SUB Article V and
provide alternative wording if:
(i) Those general terms and conditions will be used in awards for
purposes other than research or education, as described in 2 CFR
1130.610(c)(3); and
(ii) The DoD Component wants to specify that nonprofit and
governmental recipients include either:
(A) No provisions concerning inventions in subawards to for-profit
entities; or
(B) Provisions in subawards to for-profit entities that differ from
those the DoD Component's general terms and conditions specify for
nonprofit and governmental recipients.
Subpart F-Procurement Procedures to Include in Subawards (SUB
Article VI)
Sec. 1138.600 Purpose of SUB Article VI.
SUB Article VI of the general terms and conditions specifies
procurement provisions recipients must include in their subaward terms
and conditions. It thereby:
(a) Specifies which of the requirements in PROC Articles I through
III of the award flow down to subawards; and
(b) Implements OMB guidance in 2 CFR 200.317 through 200.326 and
appendix II to 2 CFR part 200, as those portions of 2 CFR part 200
apply to subawards; and
(c) Partially implements OMB guidance in 2 CFR 200.205(d), 200.213,
and 200.517, as those sections of 2 CFR part 200 apply to subawards.
Sec. 1138.605 Content of SUB Article VI.
(a) Requirement. A DoD Component's general terms and conditions
must specify that recipients' subawards include requirements for
subrecipients' procurement procedures.
(b) Award terms and conditions. To specify the requirements for
procurement procedures that a recipient must include in its subawards,
a DoD Component's general terms and conditions must use the wording
appendix F to this part provides for SUB Article VI.
Subpart G--Financial, Programmatic, and Property Reporting
Requirements for Subawards (SUB Article VII)
Sec. 1138.700 Purposes of SUB Article VII in relation to other
articles.
(a) Purposes. SUB Article VII of the general terms and conditions
specifies provisions concerning reporting that recipients must include
in their subaward terms and conditions, as applicable. It thereby
implements OMB guidance in the following sections of 2 CFR part 200, as
they apply to subawards:
(1) 2 CFR 200.301 and 200.327 through 200.329; and
(2) 2 CFR 200.315(c), as it relates to invention reporting; and
(3) 2 CFR 200.343(a), as it relates to financial and performance
reporting.
(b) Award terms and conditions. A DoD Component's general terms and
conditions must use the wording appendix G to this part provides as
Section A of SUB Article VII to inform recipients about the
relationship between requirements for the recipient in REP Articles I
through III and requirements for subawards in SUB Article VII.
Sec. 1138.705 Performance reporting requirements for subawards.
(a) Requirement. A DoD Component's general terms and conditions
must specify performance reporting requirements for subawards.
(b) Award terms and conditions. A DoD Component's general terms and
conditions must use the wording appendix G to this part provides as
Section B of SUB Article VII to specify the performance reporting
requirements that recipients must include in their subawards.
Sec. 1138.710 Financial reporting requirements for subawards.
(a) Requirement. A DoD Component's general terms and conditions
must specify financial reporting requirements for subawards.
(b) Award terms and conditions. A DoD Component's general terms and
conditions must use the wording appendix G to this part provides for
Section C of SUB Article VII to specify the financial reporting
requirements that recipients must include in their subawards.
Sec. 1138.715 Reporting on property under subawards.
(a) Requirement. A DoD Component's general terms and conditions
must specify the requirements for reporting on property that recipients
must include in their subawards.
(b) Award terms and conditions. To implement the requirement
described in paragraph (a) of this section, a DoD Component's general
terms and conditions must use the wording appendix G to this part
provides as Section D of SUB Article VII.
Sec. 1138.720 Other reporting under subawards.
(a) Requirement. A DoD Component's general terms and conditions
must specify any requirements for other reporting that recipients must
include in their subawards.
(b) Award terms and conditions. To implement the requirement
described in paragraph (a) of this section, a DoD Component's general
terms and conditions must:
(1) Include in Section E of SUB Article VII any reporting
requirement included in REP Article V that may flow down to
subrecipients, and
(2) Indicate whether the recipient must require the subrecipient to
provide any specific information or can comply by ensuring that the
recipient meets its responsibilities to DoD.
Subpart H--Other Administrative Requirements for Subawards (SUB
Article VIII)
Sec. 1138.800 Purpose of SUB Article VIII.
SUB Article VIII of the general terms and conditions:
(a) Specifies provisions that a recipient must include in its
subaward terms and conditions concerning submission and maintenance of
subrecipient information; records retention and access; remedies and
termination; disputes, hearings, and appeals; collection of amounts
due; closeout; and post-closeout adjustments and continuing
responsibilities.
(b) It thereby implements OMB guidance in 2 CFR 200.113 and 200.333
through 200.345, as those sections apply to subawards.
Sec. 1138.805 Content of SUB Article VIII.
(a) Requirement. A DoD Component's general terms and conditions
must specify the administrative requirements
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that a recipient must include in its subaward terms and conditions in
areas covered by OAR Articles I through VII of the recipient's prime
award.
(b) Award terms and conditions--(1) General. To implement the
requirement in paragraph (a) of this section, a DoD Component's general
terms and conditions must use the wording appendix H to this part
provides for SUB Article VIII.
(2) Exception. A DoD Component's general terms and conditions may
add one or more sections to the wording that appendix H to this part
provides for SUB Article VIII if the DoD Component added requirements
to OAR Article IV of its general terms and conditions, in accordance
with paragraph 2 CFR 1136.405(b)(2), because a statute or regulation
requires recipients to provide opportunities to subrecipients for
hearings, appeals, or other administrative proceedings with respect to
claims, disputes, remedies for noncompliance, or other matters. The
additional wording in SUB Article VIII would address the flow down to
subrecipients of the added requirements in OAR Article IV.
Subpart I--National Policy Requirements for Subawards (SUB Article
IX)
Sec. 1138.900 Purpose of SUB Article IX.
SUB Article IX addresses national policy requirements that
recipients must include in their subaward terms and conditions. It
thereby partially implements OMB guidance in 2 CFR 200.331(a)(2).
Sec. 1138.905 Content of SUB Article IX.
(a) Requirement. A DoD Component's general terms and conditions
must specify which of the national policy requirements in NP Articles I
through IV of the award flow down to subawards.
(b) Award terms and conditions. A DoD Component's general terms and
conditions:
(1) Must use the wording appendix B to this part provides for SUB
Article IX if the DoD Component did not add, delete, or otherwise
modify any of the wording that appendices A through D of 2 CFR part
1122 provided for NP Articles I through IV of the award (as permitted
in accordance with DoDGARs provisions at 2 CFR 1122.115 and 1122.120).
(2) May make corresponding alterations to the wording appendix I to
this part provides for SUB Article IX if the DoD Component did modify
the wording of NP Articles I through IV, in order to conform the
national policy requirements in SUB Article IX to the requirements in
those modified articles.
Subpart J--Subrecipient Monitoring and Other Post-Award
Administration (SUB Article X)
Sec. 1138.1000 Purpose of SUB Article X.
SUB Article X specifies the requirements for recipients' monitoring
of subrecipients and related post-award administration of subawards
they make under DoD grants and cooperative agreements. It thereby
implements OMB guidance in 2 CFR 200.331(d) through (h) and 2 CFR
200.340(a).
Sec. 1138.1005 Content of SUB Article X.
(a) Requirement. A DoD Component's general terms and conditions
must specify requirements for recipients' monitoring of subrecipients
and related post-award administration of subawards.
(b) Award terms and conditions. A DoD Component's general terms and
conditions must use the wording appendix J to this part provides for
SUB Article X of its general terms and conditions.
Subpart K--Requirements Concerning Subrecipients' Lower-Tier
Subawards (SUB Article XI)
Sec. 1138.1100 Purpose of SUB Article XI.
SUB Article XI specifies requirements that a recipient must include
in any subaward under which it judges that the subrecipient may make
lower-tier subawards. It thereby implements OMB guidance in 2 CFR
200.331(a) through (c) and other portions of 2 CFR part 200 as they
apply to lower-tier subawards.
Sec. 1138.1105 Content of SUB Article XI.
(a) Requirement. A DoD Component's general terms and conditions
must address requirements that recipients must include in subawards to
entities that may make lower-tier subawards.
(b) Award terms and conditions. A DoD Component's general terms and
conditions must use the wording appendix K to this part provides for
SUB Article XI.
Subpart L--Fixed-Amount Subawards (SUB Article XII)
Sec. 1138.1200 Purpose of SUB Article XII.
SUB Article XII specifies policy and procedures concerning
recipients' use of fixed-amount subawards under DoD grants and
cooperative agreements. It thereby implements OMB guidance in 2 CFR
200.201(b) and 200.332 and other portions of 2 CFR part 200 as they
apply to fixed-amount subawards.
Sec. 1138.1205 Content of SUB Article XII.
(a) Requirement. A DoD Component's general terms and conditions
must address how a recipient may use a fixed-amount type of subaward,
when it requires the Component's prior approval to do so, and what
requirements the recipient must include in those subawards.
(b) Award terms and conditions -- (1) General. A DoD Component's
general terms and conditions must use the wording appendix L to this
part provides for SUB Article XII.
(2) Exceptions.
(i) In addition to the authorities provided in Sec. 1138.5 to omit
or reserve all or portions of the wording appendix L to this part
provides for SUB Article XII, a DoD Component's general terms and
conditions may add wording to Section B of the article to authorize
recipients to use fixed-amount subawards without obtaining the
Component's prior approval in other situations for which it would be
appropriate to do so, given the nature of the program or programs that
use its general terms and conditions.
(ii) However, a DoD Component's general terms and conditions should
never authorize recipients' use of fixed-amount subawards for basic or
applied research, for the reason given in paragraph B.2.a.ii of the
wording appendix L provides for SUB Article XII. It is unrealistic to
have a subrecipient commit in advance to accomplishing specific, well-
defined, and observable research outcomes. Doing so subjects the
subrecipient to undue risk of not being reimbursed for research costs
it incurred if it fails to fully accomplish the outcomes.
Appendix A to Part 1138--Terms and Conditions for SUB Article I,
``Distinguishing Subawards and Procurements''
Unless modified as provided in Sec. 1138.5, a DoD Component's
general terms and conditions must use the following wording for SUB
Article I.
SUB Article I. Distinguishing Subawards and Procurements. (DECEMBER
2014)
Section A. Required recipient determination. For each
transaction into which you enter with another entity at the next
tier below this award, you must determine whether the transaction is
a subaward or a procurement.
Section B. Considerations in making the determination.
1. The primary purpose of the transaction between you and the
other entity is the key factor you must use to determine whether the
transaction is a subaward or a procurement.
a. The transaction is a subaward and the other entity therefore
a subrecipient if the transaction's primary purpose is for you to
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transfer--for performance by the other entity--a portion of the
substantive program for which we are providing financial assistance
to you through this award. You will continue to be accountable to us
for performance of the project or program under the award, including
portions performed by any subrecipients.
b. The transaction is a procurement and the other entity
therefore your contractor if the transaction's primary purpose is
for you to purchase goods or services that you need to perform the
substantive program supported by this award. The distinction from a
subaward is the contractor is not performing a portion of the
substantive program as a result of the transaction.
2. What you call the transaction is not a factor in
distinguishing a subaward from a procurement. If the transaction
meets the criterion in paragraph B.1.a of this article, it is a
subaward for purposes of the requirements of this award even if you
call and consider the transaction a ``contract.''
Section C. Effect of the determination on the next-tier
transaction.
1. Process for awarding the transaction. One important
consequence of your determining whether a next-tier transaction is a
subaward or a procurement is that there are different requirements
governing the pre-award and time of award processes that you use to
award the transaction.
a. SUB Article II of this award specifies pre-award and time of
award responsibilities for subawards.
b. PROC Articles I and II of this award govern pre-award and
time of award processes for awarding procurement transactions.
2. Transaction terms and conditions. A second important
consequence of your determining whether a next-tier transaction is a
subaward or a procurement is that the terms and conditions you
include in a subaward differ from those you include in a procurement
transaction.
a. Section C of SUB Article II of this award addresses
requirements you must include in subaward terms and conditions.
Those requirements generally are either identical or directly
related to requirements in the general terms and conditions of this
award. They include national policy requirements as well as
administrative requirements in areas such as financial and
programmatic management, property administration, procurement, and
reporting.
b. PROC Article III of this award lists requirements you must
include in a procurement transaction when applicable to the
procurement.
Appendix B to Part 1138--Terms and Conditions for SUB Article II,
``Pre-Award and Time of Award Responsibilities''
Unless modified as provided in Sec. 1138.5, a DoD Component's
general terms and conditions must use the following wording for SUB
Article II.
SUB Article II. Pre-Award and Time of Award Responsibilities. (DECEMBER
2014)
Section A. Requirements for unique entity identifiers.
1. Definition of ``entity.'' For purposes of the unique entity
identifier requirements in paragraphs A.2 and 3 of this section,
``entity'' has the meaning given in paragraph C.3 of appendix A to
OMB guidance in 2 CFR part 25.
2. Pre-notification of potential subrecipients. You must notify
potential subrecipients that no entity may receive a subaward from
you under this award unless it has provided its unique entity
identifier to you.
3. Restriction on making subawards.
a. General. You may not make a subaward to an entity unless the
entity has provided its unique entity identifier to you.
b. Exception. You may make a subaward to an entity that has not
provided its unique entity identifier to you in rare cases in which
you requested, and we approved, an exemption from the requirement
for the entity to provide a unique entity identifier, based on the
criteria in OMB guidance in 2 CFR part 25.110(d).
Section B. Pre-award risk assessment.
1. Before making a subaward to an entity, you must perform a
risk assessment of the prospective subrecipient, as described in 2
CFR 200.331(b). OMB guidance in 2 CFR 200.205(c) provides examples
of factors you may consider in evaluating risk.
2. As part of the risk assessment under paragraph B.1 of this
article, you must:
a. Verify that neither the prospective subrecipient nor its
principals under the subaward are excluded or disqualified from
participating in the transaction, in accordance with requirements in
Subpart C of OMB guidance in 2 CFR part 180, as implemented by DoD
at 2 CFR part 1125; and
b. If warranted by risks you identify, determine whether to
impose award-specific terms and conditions in the subaward to
mitigate the risks.
i. These award-specific terms and conditions may be in addition
to, or differ from, the terms and conditions that SUB Articles IV
through IX of this award require you to include in subawards.
ii. They may include items such as those listed in OMB guidance
in 2 CFR 200.207(b)(1) through (6).
iii. Your procedures for imposing and removing the additional or
different requirements must comply with the procedural guidance in 2
CFR 200.207(c) and (d).
Section C. Subaward content.
1. Cost-type subawards.
a. SUB Article III of this award specifies informational content
that you must include in each cost-type subaward.
b. SUB Articles IV through VIII specify administrative
requirements that you must include:
i. As applicable, in each cost-type subaward to:
(A) A domestic U.S. entity (i.e., an entity other than a foreign
public entity or a foreign organization); or
(B) An organizational unit of a foreign organization if that
unit has a place of business in the United States; and
ii. To the maximum extent practicable in each cost-type subaward
to either a foreign public entity or an organizational unit of a
foreign organization that does not have a place of business in the
United States (regardless of whether another organizational unit of
that foreign organization has one). However, absent our prior
approval, you may not allow that foreign entity or organization to
acquire real property or equipment under a subaward.
c. SUB Article IX of this award specifies national policy
requirements that you must include, as applicable, in each cost-type
subaward.
2. Fixed-amount type subawards.
a. Sections A through F of SUB Article III of this award specify
informational content that you must include in each fixed-amount
subaward.
b. SUB Article IX of this award specifies national policy
requirements that you must include, as applicable, in each fixed-
amount subaward.
c. Section D of SUB Article XII of this award specifies
administrative requirements that you must include, as applicable, in
any fixed-amount subaward to:
i. A domestic U.S. entity (i.e., an entity other than a foreign
public entity or a foreign organization); or
ii. An organizational unit of a foreign organization if that
unit has a place of business in the United States; and
iii. To the maximum extent practicable to either a foreign
public entity or an organizational unit of a foreign organization
that does not have a place of business in the United States
(regardless of whether another organizational unit of that foreign
organization has one). However, absent our prior approval, you may
not allow that foreign entity or organization to acquire real
property or equipment under a subaward.
3. Additional subaward terms and conditions. You may include
other requirements in your subawards that you need in order to meet
your responsibilities under this award for performance of the
project or program (including portions performed by subrecipients)
and compliance with applicable administrative and national policy
requirements.
Section D. Subaward and executive compensation reporting. You
must report subaward obligating actions and information on
subrecipients' executive compensation as required by REP Article IV
of this award.
Appendix C to Part 1138--Terms and Conditions for SUB Article III,
``Informational Content of Subawards''
Unless modified as provided in Sec. 1138.5, a DoD Component's
general terms and conditions must use the following wording for SUB
Article III.
SUB Article III. Informational Content of Subawards. (DECEMBER 2014)
Section A. Informational content in general. You must include in
each subaward (and each subsequent amendment to a subaward that
alters the amount of the subaward) the information specified in OMB
guidance in 2 CFR 200.331(a)(1), ``Federal Award Identification,''
with the clarifications provided in Sections B through G of this
article.
Section B. Federal award identification number and award date.
The ``Federal
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Award Identification Number'' and ``Federal Award Date'' described
in 2 CFR 200.331(a)(1)(iii) and (iv), respectively, are the award
number and award date for this award to you. You must provide the
information in a way that makes it clear that the subaward is under
this DoD award.
Section C. Amount of Federal funds obligated.
1. The ``Amount of Federal Funds Obligated by this action by the
pass-through entity to the subrecipient'' that is described in 2 CFR
200.331(a)(1)(vi) is either:
a. The amount of your obligation to the subrecipient, if the
terms and conditions of this award do not require you to provide any
cost sharing or matching for the project or program the award
supports; or
b. The amount of the Federal share of your subaward obligation
if this award does require cost sharing or matching, which in that
case is the product of:
i. The Federal share of total project costs under this DoD award
to you, as a percentage of those total project costs; and
ii. The total amount of project costs obligated for the subaward
action.
2. Note that the total project costs of the award and subaward,
as used in paragraphs C.1.b.i and ii of this section, include any
cost sharing or matching that you or the subrecipient provides if
you are counting it toward the cost sharing or matching required
under this award.
Section D. Total amount obligated to the subrecipient. The
``Total Amount of Federal Funds Obligated to the Subrecipient by the
pass-through entity including the current obligation,'' as described
in 2 CFR 200.331(a)(1)(vii), is the cumulative amount to date of the
amounts described in Section C of this article.
Section E. Total Amount of the Federal Award. The ``Total Amount
of the Federal Award committed to the subrecipient by the pass-
through entity,'' as described in 2 CFR 200.331(a)(1)(viii), is the
total amount through the end of the subaward that you and the
subrecipient mutually agreed upon, to include: Funding obligated to
date, any future anticipated funding increments, and any options you
may exercise in the future.
Section F. Federal awarding agency, pass-through entity, and
awarding official. The ``Name of Federal awarding agency'' and
``pass-through entity,'' as those terms are used in 2 CFR
200.331(a)(1)(x) are the DoD and the business name associated with
your registration in SAM. In that same paragraph of 2 CFR part 200,
the ``awarding official'' is the individual in your organization who
made the subaward.
Section G. Indirect cost rate. With respect to the requirement
in 2 CFR 200.331(a)(1)(xiii) for the subaward to include the
``Indirect cost rate for the Federal award:''
1. This requirement applies to cost-type subawards only.
2. The rate the subaward must include is the subrecipient's
rate, whether it is a rate set by negotiation with a Federal agency
or you or is the de minimis rate described in 2 CFR 200.414(f).
3. You are required to include the indirect cost rate only if
the subrecipient is willing to share that information with you and
assents that information about its rate is not proprietary. If a
subrecipient is not willing to share information about its indirect
cost rate with you, consult the grants officer for this award to
explore alternative ways to assess the reasonableness of costs of
the subaward.
Appendix D to Part 1138--Terms and Conditions for SUB Article IV,
``Financial and Program Management Requirements for Subawards''
Unless modified as provided in Sec. 1138.5, a DoD Component's
general terms and conditions must use the following wording for SUB
Article IV.
SUB Article IV. Financial and Program Management Requirements for
Subawards. (DECEMBER 2014)
Section A. Purposes of this article in relation to other
articles.
1. This article specifies administrative requirements concerning
financial and program management that you must include in the terms
and conditions of each cost-type subaward that you make under this
award to a domestic entity.
2. It thereby addresses the flow down to subrecipients of
requirements with which you must comply under FMS Articles I through
VII of this award.
3. SUB Article XII of this award addresses which of these
administrative requirements you must include in any fixed-amount
subaward that you make, if you are authorized to make fixed-amount
subawards under this award.
Section B. Financial management system standards. You must
include in any subaward you make under this award the requirements
of:
1. Sections A through C of FMS Article I of this award if the
subrecipient is a State;
2. Sections B and C of FMS Article I if the subrecipient is an
institution of higher education, nonprofit organization, local
government, or Indian tribe; or
3. 32 CFR 34.11 if the subrecipient is a for-profit entity.
Section C. Payments.
1. Subawards to States. You must include the provisions of
Section A of FMS Article II of this award in each subaward you make
to a State;
2. Subawards to institutions of higher education, nonprofit
organizations, local governments, and Indian tribes. The following
paragraphs specify requirements you must include in subawards to
institutions of higher education, nonprofit organizations, local
governments, and Indian tribes.
a. Payment method.
i. If you are authorized to request advance payments under this
award, you must authorize a subrecipient to request advance payments
unless:
(A) The subrecipient does not maintain, or demonstrate the
willingness to maintain, written procedures that minimize the time
elapsing between its receipt of each payment and its disbursement of
the funds for project or program purposes;
(B) You impose a requirement for the subrecipient to be paid by
reimbursement as a result of your risk evaluation of the
subrecipient under SUB Article II of this award.
(C) The subaward is for construction.
ii. If you do not authorize advance payments for one of the
reasons given in paragraph C.2.a.i of this article, you must specify
either reimbursement or working capital advances as the payment
method in accordance with OMB guidance in 2 CFR 200.305(b)(3) and
(4).
b. Payment timing and amount.
i. Advances. You must limit advance payments to the minimum
amounts needed and time the payments to be in accordance with the
subrecipient's actual, immediate cash requirements in carrying out
the project or program under the subaward. The timing and amount of
your advance payments to the subrecipient must be as close as is
administratively feasible to the subrecipient's actual disbursements
for direct project costs and the proportionate share of any
allowable indirect costs. Your subawards also must include the
requirements of paragraphs B.2.b and c of FMS Article II to specify
costs subrecipients must exclude from amounts of their advance
payment requests.
ii. Reimbursements or working capital advances. You must follow
OMB guidance in 2 CFR 200.305(b)(3) and (4) concerning timing and
amount of reimbursements or working capital advances.
c. Frequency of requests. You must allow the subrecipient to
request advance payments or reimbursements, including those
associated with the working capital advance payment method, as often
as it wishes if you pay using electronic funds transfers and at
least monthly otherwise.
d. Other requirements.
i. In any subaward that was subject to our consent, you must
include the requirements of paragraph B.5 of FMS Article II of this
award concerning withholding of payments.
ii. You must include the provisions of paragraph B.6 of FMS
Article II concerning depositories in each subaward that authorizes
the subrecipient to request advance payments.
3. Subawards to for-profit entities. The provision concerning
payments in each subaward you make to a for-profit entity must
conform to the requirements in 32 CFR 34.12.
Section D. Allowable costs, period of availability of funds, and
fee and profit.
1. You must include in each cost-type subaward a requirement
that the allowability of costs under the subaward (and any lower-
tier subawards or procurement transactions into which the
subrecipient enters) must be determined in accordance with the
applicable cost principles identified in Section A of FMS Article
III of this award, as well as the clarification in Section B of that
article if it applies to those cost principles.
2. You must specify in each subaward the period of availability
of funds for any project or program purpose so that the period
neither begins before nor ends after the period during which you may
use funds available to you under this award for that same project or
program purpose.
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3. You must include in each subaward the provisions concerning
fee or profit that are in Section D of FMS Article III of this
award.
Section E. Revision of budget and program plans. You must
include in each subaward provisions requiring the subrecipient to
request your approval for any change in the subaward budget or
program that would cause a budget or program change under this award
for which Section B of FMS Article IV requires you to first obtain
our prior approval. You may not approve any budget or program
revision that is inconsistent with the purpose or terms and
conditions of this award.
Section F. Non-Federal audits. You must include a provision in
each subaward that you make under this award to require the
subrecipient entity to comply with the audit requirements applicable
to that entity, as specified in either Section A or Section B of FMS
Article V.
Section G. Cost sharing or matching requirements. If you make a
subaward under which the subrecipient may provide contributions or
donations of cash or third-party in-kind contributions to be counted
toward any cost sharing or matching that is required under this
award, you must include provisions in that subaward to specify:
1. The criteria governing the allowability as cost sharing or
matching of the types of cash or third-party in-kind contributions
that the subrecipient may contribute or donate. Those criteria are
specified in:
a. Sections B through D of FMS Article VI of this award if the
subaward is to a State, institution of higher education, nonprofit
organization, local government, or Indian tribe.
b. The provisions of 32 CFR 34.13(a) if the subaward is to a
for-profit entity.
2. The methods for determining and documenting the values of
those contributions or donations to be counted as cost sharing or
matching. Those methods are specified in:
a. Sections E and F of FMS Article VI of this award if the
subaward is to a State, institution of higher education, nonprofit
organization, local government, or Indian tribe.
b. The provisions of 32 CFR 34.13(b) if the subaward is to a
for-profit entity.
Section H. Program income. You must include requirements
concerning program income in subawards, as follows:
1. In each subaward to a State, institution of higher education,
nonprofit organization, local government, or Indian tribe:
a. You must require the subrecipient to account to you when it
earns any program income under the subaward or uses it, so that you
can prepare reports you are required to submit to us. If the award-
specific terms and conditions of this award require you to account
for program income earned after the period of performance, you must
include a corresponding requirement in your subawards.
b. You must include the provisions of Sections A through D of
FMS Article VII of this award.
c. You may specify the deduction, addition, or cost-sharing or
matching alternative--described in 2 CFR 1128.720(b)--or a
combination of those alternatives, for the subrecipient's use of any
program income it earns. However, you still must comply with the
alternative specified in Section E of FMS Article VII and any
applicable award-specific terms and conditions for the total amount
of program income earned, which includes amounts earned by you and
your subrecipients. For example, if we require you to use the
deduction alternative, you may authorize a subrecipient to use the
addition alternative if you reduce the funding allocated for
portions of the project or program that you or other subrecipients
perform to make the required reduction in the total award amount.
2. In each subaward to a for-profit entity, you must include the
provisions of 32 CFR 34.14, with the appropriate method specified
for disposition of program income.
Appendix E to Part 1138--Terms and Conditions for SUB Article V,
``Property Requirements for Subawards''
Unless modified as provided in Sec. 1138.5 or either or both of
the exceptions in Sec. 1138.505 and Sec. 1138.520 are applied, a
DoD Component's general terms and conditions must use the following
wording for SUB Article V (as specified in Sec. Sec. 1138.500
through 1138.520).
SUB Article V. Property Requirements for Subawards. (DECEMBER 2014)
Section A. Purposes of this article in relation to other
articles.
1. This article specifies administrative requirements concerning
property that you must include in the terms and conditions of each
cost-type subaward that you make under this award.
2. It thereby addresses the flow down to subrecipients of
requirements with which you must comply under PROP Articles I
through VI of this award.
3. SUB Article XII of this award addresses which of these
administrative requirements you must include in any fixed-amount
subaward that you make, if you are authorized to make fixed-amount
subawards under this award.
Section B. Title to property.
1. Subawards to institutions of higher education, nonprofit
organizations, States, local governments, or Indian tribes.
a. General. You must include terms and conditions in each
subaward to flow down to the subrecipient the provisions of:
i. Paragraph A.1 of PROP Article I concerning vesting of title
to property acquired under the subaward unless paragraph B.1.b of
this section provides otherwise.
ii. Sections B through E of PROP Article I that are applicable
to types of property that the subrecipient may acquire, improve,
donate, or for which it may otherwise be accountable under the
subaward.
b. Exceptions. [Reserved.]
2. Subawards to for-profit entities.
a. Real property and equipment. You must obtain the prior
approval of the grants officer before permitting any for-profit
subrecipient to acquire or improve real property or equipment under
the award.
i. If the grants officer does not grant the approval, you must
include a subaward provision that prohibits the for-profit entity
from acquiring or improving real property or equipment under the
subaward.
ii. If the approval is granted, you must include a subaward
provision specifying that title vesting and Federal interest are
governed by provisions of 32 CFR 34.21(b) and (c).
b. Supplies. You must include a subaward provision specifying
that vesting of title to supplies is governed by provisions of 32
CFR 34.24(a), subject to the use and disposition requirements of 32
CFR 34.24(b).
c. Federally owned property. You must include a provision in any
subaward to a for-profit entity under which the entity may be
accountable for federally owned property, to state that title to
such property will remain vested in the Federal Government.
Section C. Property management system. If you make a subaward
under which the subrecipient either may acquire or improve
equipment, or may be accountable for federally owned property, you
must include in the subaward:
1. If the subrecipient is a State, applicable provisions of:
a. Section A of PROP Article II concerning insurance for real
property and equipment.
b. Section B of PROP Article II concerning other property
management system standards.
2. If the subrecipient is an institution of higher education,
nonprofit organization, local government, or Indian tribe,
applicable provisions of:
a. Section A of PROP Article II concerning insurance for real
property and equipment.
b. Section C of PROP Article II concerning other property
management system standards.
3. If the subrecipient is a for-profit entity, applicable
provisions of 32 CFR 34.22(a) and 34.23 and:
a. The for-profit entity may be accountable under the subaward
for federally owned property; or
b. You obtained the grants officer's prior approval for the for-
profit entity's acquisition of equipment under the subaward.
Section D. Use and disposition of real property. If the
subrecipient of a subaward you make under this award may acquire or
improve real property, then you must include in the subaward:
1. Use. The requirements concerning use of real property:
a. In Section A of PROP Article III if the subaward is to an
institution of higher education, nonprofit organization, State,
local government, or Indian tribe, unless the award-specific terms
and conditions of this award provide otherwise; and
b. In 32 CFR 34.21(d) if the subaward is to a for-profit entity
and you obtained the grants officer's prior approval for the
entity's acquisition of real property under the subaward.
2. Disposition. Provisions to require the subrecipient to
request disposition instructions through you when the property is no
longer needed for its originally authorized purpose, so that you can
meet your responsibilities to us under Section B of PROP Article III
to address the Federal interest in the property.
Section E. Use and disposition of equipment and supplies. If you
make a
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subaward under which the subrecipient may acquire or improve
equipment, or acquire supplies, you must include in the subaward, as
applicable:
1. If the subaward is to a State:
a. The requirements in Sections B and E of PROP Article IV
concerning use and disposition of equipment and supplies; and
b. Provisions such as those in Section A of PROP Article IV that
make clear the applicability of those requirements.
2. If the subaward is to an institution of higher education,
nonprofit organization, local government, or Indian tribe:
a. The requirements in Sections C and E of PROP Article IV
concerning use of equipment and use and disposition of supplies;
b. Provisions such as those in Section A of PROP Article IV that
make clear the applicability of those requirements; and
c. Provisions to require the subrecipient to request disposition
instructions from you when equipment is no longer needed for its
originally authorized purpose, so that you can meet your
responsibilities to us under Section D of PROP Article IV to address
the Federal interest in the equipment.
3. If the subaward is to a for-profit entity:
a. The requirements concerning use and disposition of supplies
in 32 CFR 34.24(b);
b. And you obtained the grants officer's prior approval for the
for-profit entity's acquisition of equipment under the subaward:
i. The requirements concerning use of equipment in 32 CFR
34.21(d); and
ii. Provisions such as those in Section A of PROP Article IV
that make clear the applicability of those requirements; and
iii. Provisions to require the subrecipient to request
disposition instructions from you when equipment is no longer needed
for its originally authorized purpose, so that you can meet your
responsibilities to us under Section B or D of PROP Article IV to
address the Federal interest in the equipment.
Section F. Use and disposition of federally owned property. If
you make a subaward under which the subrecipient may be accountable
for federally owned property, you must include subaward provisions
specifying that the subrecipient:
1. May use the property for purposes specified in paragraph A.1
of PROP Article V;
2. Must submit requests through you for the award administration
office's approval to use the property for other purposes, as
described in paragraph A.2 of PROP Article V;
3. Must request the award administration office's disposition
instructions through you when the property is no longer needed for
subaward purposes or the subaward ends.
Section G. Intangible property. You must include in a subaward
provisions specifying the requirements of:
1. Sections A through D of PROP Article VI if the subaward is to
an institution of higher education, nonprofit organization, State,
local government, or Indian tribe.
2. Section A of PROP Article VI as it applies to works developed
under the subaward, Section B of PROP Article VI, and paragraph C.1
of Section C of PROP Article VI, if the subaward is to a for-profit
entity.
Appendix F to Part 1138--Terms and Conditions for SUB Article VI,
``Procurement Procedures to Include in Subawards''
Unless modified as provided in Sec. 1138.5, a DoD Component's
general terms and conditions must use the following wording for SUB
Article VI.
SUB Article VI. Procurement Procedures To Include in Subawards.
(DECEMBER 2014)
Section A. Purposes of this article in relation to other
articles.
1. This article specifies administrative requirements concerning
procurement procedures that you must include in the terms and
conditions of each cost-type subaward that you make under this
award.
2. It thereby addresses the flow down to subrecipients of
requirements with which you must comply under PROC Articles I
through III of this award.
3. SUB Article XII of this award addresses which of these
administrative requirements you must include in any fixed-amount
subaward that you make, if you are authorized to make fixed-amount
subawards under this award.
Section B. Subaward to a State. In any subaward that you make to
a State, you must include the requirements of PROC Article I and
applicable sections of PROC Article III of this award.
Section C. Subaward to an institution of higher education,
nonprofit organization, local government, or Indian tribe. In any
subaward that you make to an institution of higher education,
nonprofit organization, local government, or Indian tribe:
1. You must include the requirements of Sections A through G of
PROC Article II and applicable sections of PROC Article III of this
award.
2. You must include the requirement for the subrecipient to make
available to you, upon request:
a. Technical specifications of proposed procurements, under the
conditions described in OMB guidance at 2 CFR 200.324(a); and
b. Other procurement documents for pre-procurement review, under
the conditions described in OMB guidance at 2 CFR 200.324(b).
3. If it is possible that, under a subaward you make, the
subrecipient may award a construction or facility improvement
contract with a value in excess of the simplified acquisition
threshold, you must include provisions in the subaward to require
the subrecipient to comply with at least the minimum requirements
for bidders' bid guarantees and contractors' performance and payment
bonds described in 2 CFR 200.325(a) through (c), unless you
determine that the subrecipient's bonding policy and requirements
are adequate to protect Federal interests.
Section D. Subaward to a for-profit entity. In any subaward you
make to a for-profit entity, you must include the requirements in 32
CFR 34.31.
Appendix G to Part 1138--Terms and Conditions for SUB Article VII,
``Financial, Programmatic, and Property Reporting Requirements for
Subawards''
Unless modified as provided in Sec. 1138.5, a DoD Component's
general terms and conditions must use the following wording for SUB
Article VII (as specified in Sec. Sec. 1138.700 through 1138.715).
SUB Article VII. Financial, Programmatic, and Property Reporting
Requirements for Subawards. (DECEMBER 2014)
Section A. Purposes of this article in relation to other
articles.
1. This article specifies administrative requirements concerning
reporting that you must include in the terms and conditions of each
cost-type subaward that you make under this award.
2. It thereby addresses the flow down to subrecipients of
requirements with which you must comply under REP Articles I through
III of this award.
3. SUB Article XII of this award addresses which of these
administrative requirements you must include in any fixed-amount
subaward that you make, if you are authorized to make fixed-amount
subawards under this award.
Section B. Performance reporting.
1. You must include terms and conditions in each subaward to
require the subrecipient to provide any performance information you
need, by the time you need it, to comply with the performance
reporting requirements in REP Article I and other terms and
conditions of this award.
2. You may specify a form, format, or data elements for use by
the subrecipient to provide the information to you (you need not
require the subrecipient to use the same form, format, or data
elements that REP Article I specifies for your reporting to us).
Section C. Financial reporting.
1. You must include terms and conditions in each subaward to
require the subrecipient to provide any financial information you
need, by the time you need it, to comply with the financial
reporting requirements in REP Article II and other terms and
conditions of this award.
2. You may specify a form, format, or data elements for use by
the subrecipient to provide the information to you (you need not
require the subrecipient to use the same form, format, or data
elements that REP Article II specifies for your reporting to us).
Section D. Reporting on property.
1. Each subaward you make under this award must include
provisions concerning property reporting as described in paragraph
D.2 of this section if the subrecipient may, under the subaward:
a. Acquire or improve real property or equipment;
b. Acquire supplies or intangible property; or
c. Be accountable for federally owned property.
2. The subaward provisions must require the subrecipient to give
you the information you need about the property in order to meet
your responsibilities to us under Sections A
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through D of REP Article III and PROP Articles II through VI.
Section E. Other reporting
[Reserved].
Appendix H to Part 1138--Terms and Conditions for SUB Article VIII,
``Other Administrative Requirements for Subawards''
Unless modified as provided in Sec. 1138.5, a DoD Component's
general terms and conditions must use the following wording for SUB
Article VIII, as specified in Sec. 1138.805, but may add a
section(s), as appropriate.
SUB Article VIII. Other Administrative Requirements for Subawards.
(DECEMBER 2014)
Section A. Purposes of this article in relation to other
articles.
1. This article specifies other administrative requirements that
you either must or should include in the terms and conditions of
each cost-type subaward that you make under this award.
2. It thereby addresses the flow down to subrecipients of
requirements with which you must comply under OAR Articles I through
VII of this award.
3. SUB Article XII of this award addresses which of these
administrative requirements you must include in any fixed-amount
subaward that you make, if you are authorized to make fixed-amount
subawards under this award.
Section B. Submission and maintenance of subrecipient
information. You must include the substance of the provision in
Section C of OAR Article I in any subaward you make under this
award. The provision must require the subrecipient's disclosure of
any evidence directly to the Inspector General, DoD.
Section C. Records retention and access. In each subaward you
make under this award:
1. If the subaward is to an institution of higher education,
nonprofit organization, State, local government, or Indian tribe:
a. You must include the requirements of Section A of OAR Article
II with the additional condition that, for any subrecipient under
this award that does not have a federally approved rate for indirect
or facilities and administrative costs and that does not use the de
minimis rate described in 2 CFR 200.414(f), you must:
i. Require the subrecipient to keep records that support its
indirect or facilities and administrative costs charged to the
subaward for 3 years from the end of the fiscal year (or other
accounting period) to which the costs apply; and
ii. Keep any plan or computation the subrecipient submits to you
to serve as a basis for your determining the reasonableness and
allowability of indirect or facilities and administrative costs of
the subaward, for 3 years from the end of the fiscal year (or other
accounting period) to which the proposal, plan, or computation
applies.
b. You must include the requirements of Sections B, C, and F of
OAR Article II.
c. You must include provisions that enable you to comply with
the requirements of Section D of OAR Article II concerning records
for joint or long-term use.
d. You must include provisions that establish the same rights
and responsibilities for the subrecipient under the subaward that
Section E of OAR Article II establishes for you under this award.
e. You may not impose any other record retention or access
requirements on the subrecipient.
2. If the subaward is to a for-profit entity, you must include
the records retention and access provisions of 32 CFR 34.42.
Section D. Remedies and termination. The terms and conditions of
each subaward you make under this award should specify your rights
and responsibilities and those of the subrecipient if you take a
remedial action to address a subrecipient's noncompliance with an
applicable Federal statute or regulation or the terms and conditions
of your subaward. Each subaward's terms and conditions should:
1. Identify remedial actions you may take to address the
subrecipient's noncompliance. Available remedies are described in:
a. OMB guidance in 2 CFR 200.338 for a subaward to an
institution of higher education, nonprofit organization, State,
local government, or Indian tribe; and
b. 32 CFR 34.52 for a subaward to a for-profit entity.
2. With respect to termination specifically:
a. Identify conditions under which you, the subrecipient, or
both (by mutual agreement) may terminate the subaward, in whole or
in part, as described in:
i. OMB guidance in 2 CFR 200.339(a) for a subaward to an
institution of higher education, nonprofit organization, State,
local government, or Indian tribe; and
ii. 32 CFR 34.51 for a subaward to a for-profit entity.
b. Inform the subrecipient that you will provide it with a
notice of termination if you unilaterally terminate the award.
c. Specify that you and the subrecipient remain responsible for
applicable requirements addressed in Sections G and H of this
article concerning closeout, post-closeout adjustments, and
continuing responsibilities.
3. With respect to either suspension or termination of the
subaward, inform the subrecipient about the criteria that you will
use to either allow or disallow subaward costs, which are in:
a. Section D of OAR Article III for a subaward to an institution
of higher education, nonprofit organization, State, local
government, or Indian tribe; and
b. 32 CFR 34.52(c) for a subaward to a for-profit entity.
Section E. Disputes, hearings, and appeals. Each subaward's
terms and conditions should specify any rights the subrecipient has
to a hearing, appeal, or other administrative proceeding if it
disputes a decision you render in administering its subaward. You
must comply with any statute or regulation that affords the
subrecipient an opportunity for a hearing, appeal, or other
administrative proceeding and is applicable to the dispute.
Section F. Collection of amounts due. Although your subaward
terms and conditions do not need to include any of the requirements
of OAR Article V because those requirements do not flow down to
subrecipients, you should consider including provisions to specify
what you would need from the subrecipient if you owed a debt to the
Federal Government under this award that is related to its subaward.
Section G. Closeout.
1. In each subaward that you make to an institution of higher
education, nonprofit organization, State, local government, or
Indian tribe, you must include provisions to require the
subrecipient to:
a. Liquidate all obligations that it incurred under the subaward
not later than 90 calendar days after the end date of the period of
performance of either the subaward or this award, whichever is
earlier, unless you grant an extension.
b. Promptly refund to you any balances of unobligated cash that
you advanced or paid to the subrecipient, unless you received
authorization from the DoD award administration office for the
subrecipient's use of those funds on other projects or programs.
c. Submit to you:
i. Any information you need from the subrecipient to meet your
responsibilities to us for an accounting of property, under Section
D of OAR Article VI; and
ii. Not later than 90 calendar days after the end date of the
period of performance of this award, unless you grant the
subrecipient an extension, any information you need to meet your
responsibilities to us for final reports, under Section C of OAR
Article VI.
2. In each subaward that you make to a for-profit entity, you
must include the terms and conditions that you deem necessary for
you to be able to comply with the requirements in OAR Article VI.
Section H. Post-closeout adjustments and continuing
responsibilities.
You must include provisions in each subaward to require the
subrecipient to provide what you need in order to comply with the
requirements of OAR Article VII.
Appendix I to Part 1138--Terms and Conditions for SUB Article IX,
``National Policy Requirements for Subawards''
Unless modified as provided in Sec. 1138.5, a DoD Component's
general terms and conditions must use the following wording for SUB
Article IX, as specified in Sec. 1138.905, or may modify the
wording of the article, consistent with the Component's treatment of
NP Articles I through IV in those terms and conditions.
SUB Article IX. National Policy Requirements for Subawards. (DECEMBER
2014)
Section A. General.
1. You must include provisions in the terms and conditions of
each subaward you make, whether cost-type or fixed-amount type, to
require the subrecipient entity's compliance with each of the
national policy requirements in Sections B through E of this article
that you determine is applicable, given the type of entity receiving
the subaward and activities it will be carrying out under the
subaward.
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2. If an entity to which you are about to make a subaward will
not accept an award provision requiring its compliance with a
national policy requirement that you determine to be applicable, you
must alert the award administration office immediately. You may not
omit an applicable national policy requirement in order to make the
subaward.
3. If at any time during the performance of a subaward, you
learn that--or receive a credible allegation that--the subrecipient
is not complying with an applicable national policy requirement, you
must alert the award administration office immediately.
Section B. Nondiscrimination national policy requirements. You
must include provisions in each subaward to require the
subrecipient's compliance with the nondiscrimination national policy
requirements specified in paragraphs A.1 through A.5 of NP Article
I, as applicable.
Section C. Environmental national policy requirements. You must
include provisions in each subaward to require that:
1. The subrecipient comply with all applicable Federal
environmental laws and regulations, including those specified in
paragraphs A.2, A.3, A.5, and A.6 of NP Article II, as applicable.
2. Provide any information you need, when you need it, in order
to comply with the requirement to immediately notify us of potential
environmental impacts specified in paragraphs A.4, A.5, and A.6 of
NP Article II, as applicable, due to activities under the award
(which includes subaward activities).
Section D. National policy requirements concerning live
organisms. You must include provisions in each subaward to require
the subrecipient's compliance with the national policy requirements
concerning human subjects and animals that are specified in
paragraphs A.1 and A.2 of NP Article III, as applicable.
Section E. Other national policy requirements. You must include
provisions in each subaward to require the subrecipient's compliance
with the national policy requirements in the following portions of
NP Article IV of this award, as applicable:
1. Paragraph A.1.
2. Paragraphs A.3.a and b.
3. Paragraphs A.4 through A.17.
Appendix J to Part 1138--Terms and Conditions for SUB Article X,
``Subrecipient Monitoring and Other Post-Award Administration''
Unless modified as provided in Sec. 1138.5, a DoD Component's
general terms and conditions must use the following wording for SUB
Article X.
SUB Article X. Subrecipient Monitoring and Other Post-Award
Administration. (DECEMBER 2014)
Section A. General requirement for subrecipient monitoring. You
must do the post-award monitoring of the subrecipient's activities
under each subaward that is needed in order for you to ensure that:
1. The subrecipient carries out the portion of the substantive
project or program under this award.
2. The subrecipient is using funds under the subaward (including
any cost sharing or matching the subrecipient provides that is
counted as project costs in the approved budget of this award) for
authorized purposes.
3. The subrecipient's performance under the subaward is in
compliance with applicable Federal statutes and regulations, and the
terms and conditions of your subaward.
Section B. Subrecipient monitoring actions.
1. Required monitoring actions under cost-type subawards. You
must, as part of your post-award monitoring of each subrecipient:
a. Review the financial and programmatic information that your
subaward terms and conditions require the subrecipient to provide,
in accordance with Sections B and C of SUB Article VII of this
award.
b. Follow up and ensure that the subrecipient takes timely and
appropriate action to remedy deficiencies detected through any
means, including audits and on-site reviews.
c. With respect to audits of subrecipients that are required
under FMS Article V of this award:
i. Verify that the subrecipient is audited in accordance with
those requirements, as applicable (note that Section F of SUB
Article IV requires you to include those audit requirements for the
subrecipient in the subaward's terms and conditions).
ii. Resolve and issue a management decision for audit findings
that pertain to your subaward. Doing so is a requirement under
either Section A or B of FMS Article V of this award (Section B
requires that explicitly and Section A does so by implementing OMB
guidance in 2 CFR 200.521, as well as other portions of Subpart F of
that part).
iii. Consider whether you need to adjust your own records
related to this award based on results of audits, on-site reviews or
other monitoring of the subrecipient and, as applicable, notify the
award administration office.
2. Other monitoring actions. OMB guidance in 2 CFR 200.331(e)(1)
through (3) describes other actions that may be useful as part of
your subrecipient monitoring program, depending on the outcomes of
the pre-award risk assessment you conducted in accordance with
Section B of SUB Article II.
Section C. Remedies and subaward suspension or termination. With
respect to any subaward under this award, you must:
1. Consider whether you need to take any remedial action if you
determine that the subrecipient is noncompliant with an applicable
Federal statute or regulation or the terms and conditions of your
subaward, as described in Section D of SUB Article VIII.
2. Provide a notice of termination to the subrecipient if you
terminate its subaward unilaterally for any reason prior to the end
of the period of performance.
3. In the case of suspension or termination of a subaward prior
to the end of the period of performance, allow or disallow subaward
costs in accordance with Section D of OAR Article III.
Section D. Subaward closeout.
1. You will close out each subaward when you either:
a. Determine that the subrecipient has completed its
programmatic performance under the subaward and all applicable
administrative actions; or
b. Terminate the subaward, if you do so prior to the end of the
subaward's period of performance.
2. With respect to the closeout of each subaward:
a. You must pay the subrecipient promptly for allowable and
reimbursable costs.
b. Consistent with the terms and conditions of the subaward, you
must make a settlement for any upward or downward adjustments to the
Federal share of costs after you receive the information you need
from the subrecipient to close out the subaward.
c. You should complete the closeout of the subaward no later
than one year after you receive and accept the final reports and
other information from the subrecipient that you need to close out
the subaward.
Appendix K to Part 1138--Terms and Conditions for SUB Article XI,
``Requirements Concerning Subrecipients' Lower-Tier Subawards''
Unless modified as provided in Sec. 1138.5, a DoD Component's
general terms and conditions must use the following wording for SUB
Article XI.
SUB Article XI. Requirements Concerning Subrecipients' Lower-Tier
Subawards. (DECEMBER 2014)
Section A. Purpose. This article specifies requirements you must
include in any cost-type subaward under which you determine that the
subrecipient of your subaward may make lower-tier cost-type
subawards to other entities. Paragraph G.1 of SUB Article XII
specifies requirements related to fixed-amount type subawards at
lower tiers.
Section B. Requirements for lower-tier subawards. Your cost-type
subaward terms and conditions must require your subrecipient, with
respect to each lower-tier cost-type subaward that it makes, to:
1. Ensure that the lower-tier transaction is a subaward, rather
than a procurement, by making the determination that SUB Article I
of this award requires you to make for your subawards.
2. Conduct the pre-award risk assessment of its intended
subrecipient that Section B of SUB Article II of this award requires
you to make for your subawards.
3. Include in any cost-type subaward it makes at the next tier:
a. The informational content that SUB Article III specifies;
b. The administrative requirements that SUB Articles IV through
VIII of this award specify;
c. The national policy requirements that SUB Article IX of this
award specifies, as applicable; and
d. The requirements of this article if the next-tier
subrecipient may make even lower-tier cost-type subawards to other
entities.
4. Carry out the subrecipient monitoring and other post-award
administration responsibilities specified in SUB Article X of this
award.
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Appendix L to Part 1138--Terms and Conditions for SUB Article XII,
``Fixed-Amount Subawards''
Unless modified as provided in Sec. 1138.5 or 1138.1205, a DoD
Component's general terms and conditions must use the following
wording for SUB Article XII.
SUB Article XII. Fixed-Amount Subawards. (DECEMBER 2014)
Section A. Limitations on use.
1. You may not use a fixed-amount subaward:
a. If the total value over the life of the subaward will exceed
the simplified acquisition threshold.
b. Unless the project or program scope is specific, with
definite outcomes, and you are able to establish a reasonable
estimate of the actual costs of accomplishing those outcomes.
c. If you will predetermine a set amount or percentage of cost
sharing or matching that the subrecipient must provide under the
subaward.
d. If the subrecipient will acquire any real property or
equipment under the subaward.
2. For fixed-amount subawards not prohibited by paragraph 1 of
this section and except as provided in Section B of this article,
you must obtain our prior approval before making a fixed-amount type
of subaward.
a. If Section B of FMS Article IV requires you to obtain our
prior approval before you make any subaward, and you do not identify
the subaward as a fixed-amount subaward when you obtain that
approval, then you must subsequently request separate approval
before awarding it as a fixed-amount type of subaward.
b. If a subaward is identified as a fixed-amount type of
subaward in the budget you submit for our approval, then our
approval of the budget is the required prior approval.
Section B. Fixed-amount subawards that do not require prior
approval. You are not required to obtain our prior approval before
using a fixed-amount type of subaward if:
1. The subaward is to either:
a. A foreign public entity; or
b. An organizational unit of a foreign organization, if that
unit does not have a place of business in the United States,
regardless of whether another organizational unit of that foreign
organization has one.
2. You determine that the portion of the project or program
under this award which the subrecipient will be carrying out under
the subaward has one or more specific outcomes with the following
characteristics:
a. You can define the outcomes well enough to specify them at
the time you make the subaward. Note that:
i. Outcomes are distinct from inputs needed to achieve the
outcomes, such as amounts or percentages of time that subrecipient
employees or other participants will spend on the project or
program.
ii. The inherently unpredictable nature of basic or applied
research makes it rarely, if ever, possible to define specific
research outcomes in advance, which makes fixed-amount subawards
inappropriate for research. Note that technical performance reports
serve to document research outcomes but are not themselves outcomes,
notwithstanding the definition of ``performance goals'' in OMB
guidance at 2 CFR 200.76.
b. The accomplishment of each outcome will be observable and
verifiable by you when it occurs, so that you will not need to rely
solely on the subrecipient's assurance of that accomplishment.
c. The subrecipient associates its estimated costs with outcomes
in the proposal it submits to you, and you are confident that the
costs of accomplishment of the outcomes will equal or exceed the
subaward amount. This requires either that you have a high degree of
confidence:
i. In your estimate of the costs associated with accomplishing
the well-defined and observable outcomes, based on the prospective
subrecipient's proposal (and using the applicable cost principles in
FMS Article III as a guide); or
ii. That those costs will be within a finite range, rather than
a specific amount, so that you may provide an amount of funding
under the subaward that does not exceed the lower end of the range,
with the provision that the subrecipient agrees to provide any
balance above that amount that ultimately is needed to accomplish
the outcomes. Your subaward then would include a term or condition
to reflect the subrecipient's agreement to provide that balance
(which would be in an amount to be post-determined, when the
outcomes are accomplished). Note that this is distinct from a
situation in which you predetermine a set amount or percentage of
cost sharing or matching that the subrecipient must provide under
its subaward, a situation in which paragraph A.1.c of this article
prohibits use of a fixed-amount subaward.
3. a. The subaward is based on a fixed rate per unit of outcome
(or ``unit cost'') and you have both the confidence:
i. That is described in paragraph B.2.c of this article in the
estimated costs associated with each unit of outcome; and
ii. In the subrecipient's guarantee that it can accomplish at
least the number of units of outcome on which your total subaward
amount will be based (i.e., the product of the unit cost and the
number of units of outcome the subrecipient guarantees to
accomplish).
b. Note, however, that not every fixed rate subaward is also a
fixed-amount subaward. If you have confidence in the unit cost but
not also in the subrecipient's ability to guarantee the number of
units of outcome that it will accomplish, then you should set a not-
to-exceed award amount based on the number of units desired and
reduce the subaward amount at the end if the subrecipient
accomplishes fewer than that number. Examples of activities for
which it may be appropriate to award this type of fixed rate
subaward that is not a fixed-amount subaward include:
i. A clinical trial for which the unit cost is the cost of
treating each participant. The not-to-exceed amount would be based
on the number of participants the subrecipient planned to recruit
and the final award on the number who actually participated,
documentation for which would be subject to audit.
ii. Labor costs for performance of a portion of the project or
program under this award by a for-profit entity that treats its
indirect cost rate as proprietary information. The unit cost in that
case may be ``loaded'' labor rates for the entity's employees that
include indirect costs. The final award amount would depend on the
number of labor hours the entity's employees expended under the
subaward, documentation for which may be audited without exposing
proprietary details associated with the actual costs.
Section C. Informational content of fixed-amount subawards. You
must include in each fixed-amount subaward the informational
content, other than the indirect cost rate, that is described in SUB
Article III of this award.
Section D. Terms and conditions addressing administrative
requirements.
1. General. This section:
a. Specifies the minimum set of terms and conditions (in lieu of
the more extensive set specified in SUB Articles IV through X for
cost-type subawards) addressing administrative requirements that you
must include in each fixed-amount subaward:
i. To an entity other than a foreign organization, as
applicable; and
ii. To the maximum extent practicable, to a foreign
organization.
b. Does not preclude the inclusion of other requirements that
you need in order to meet your responsibilities under this award for
performance of the project or program and compliance with applicable
administrative and national policy requirements.
2. Financial and program management requirements.
a. Financial management system standards. For a subaward to
other than a for-profit entity, your subaward must require the
subrecipient to include the information specified in paragraph B.1
of FMS Article I in its financial management system, for the
purposes of the non-Federal audits required by paragraph 2.d of this
section.
b. Payments. Your payments must be based on accomplishment of
the outcomes and associated costs that you used to establish the
award amount, rather than on subrecipient expenditures for project
or program purposes. Milestone payments before the end of the
subaward's period of performance may be appropriate if there are
outcomes that the subrecipient will accomplish at different times
during that period.
c. Revision of budget and program plans. If our prior approval
was required under paragraph A.2 of this article for use of a fixed-
amount type of subaward, then you must:
i. Request our prior approval for any change in scope or
objective of the subaward; and
ii. Include a requirement in the subaward for the subrecipient
to request that approval through you.
d. Non-Federal audits. You must include the requirement for non-
Federal audits described in Section F of SUB Article IV. The audits
are intended to focus on compliance with the performance
requirements in the subaward terms and conditions and not to review
actual costs as they would for a cost-type subaward.
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3. Property requirements.
a. Federally owned property. If the subrecipient will be
accountable for federally owned property, you must include the
property management system, use, and disposition requirements
described in Sections C and F of SUB Article V that are applicable
to federally owned property.
b. Intangible property. You must include the applicable
intangible property requirements described in Section G of SUB
Article V.
4. Reporting requirements. You must include requirements for
reporting that you need in order to meet your responsibilities under
this award for reporting to us.
5. Other administrative requirements.
a. Integrity-related information. You must include the substance
of the provision in Section C of OAR Article I in any subaward you
make under this award. The provision must require the subrecipient's
disclosure of any evidence directly to the Inspector General, DoD.
b. Records retention and access.
i. You must include the requirements for records retention and
access in paragraph A.3 and Sections B and F of OAR Article II, as
applicable, if the subaward is to an institution of higher
education, nonprofit organization, State, local government, or
Indian tribe. You may not impose any other records retention or
access requirements on the subrecipient.
ii. You must include the corresponding requirements of 32 CFR
34.42 if the subaward is to a for-profit entity.
c. Remedies and termination. You must include:
i. The requirements concerning remedies and termination that are
described in paragraphs D.1 and 2 of SUB Article VIII;
ii. Provisions addressing any hearing and appeal rights the
subrecipient has, as described in Section E of SUB Article VIII; and
iii. Terms and conditions addressing adjustment of the amount of
the subaward if it is terminated before the subrecipient
accomplishes all of the specified outcomes.
d. Continuing responsibilities. You must include requirements
concerning continuing responsibilities for audits and records
retention and access that are described in paragraphs B.1 and 3 of
OAR Article VII.
e. Collection of amounts due. You should consider including
requirements concerning collection of amounts due, as described in
Section F of SUB Article VIII.
Section E. National policy requirements for fixed-amount
subawards. You must include in the terms and conditions of each
fixed-amount subaward the national policy requirements that SUB
Article IX of this award specifies, as applicable.
Section F. Subrecipient monitoring and other post-award
administration. You must carry out the subrecipient monitoring and
post-award administration actions specified in SUB Article X, as
applicable.
Section G. Fixed-amount subawards at lower tiers.
1. Authority.
a. If Section B of this article authorizes you to use a fixed-
amount type of subaward without our prior approval in some
situations, a cost-type subaward that you make may authorize the
subrecipient to use fixed-amount subawards at the next lower tier in
those same situations without our prior approval.
b. If you wish to allow a subrecipient of a cost-type subaward
to use fixed-amount subawards at the next tier in other situations
(i.e., situations in which this article requires you to obtain our
prior approval before using a fixed-amount type of subaward), your
subaward terms and conditions must require the subrecipient to
submit a request through you to obtain our prior approval for use of
that type of subaward.
2. Subaward requirements. If your subrecipient is authorized to
use lower-tier fixed-amount subawards, as described in paragraphs
1.a and b of this section, your subaward's terms and conditions
must:
a. Require the subrecipient, before it makes any lower-tier
fixed-amount subaward, to:
i. Ensure that the lower-tier transaction is a subaward, rather
than a procurement, by making the determination that SUB Article I
of this award requires you to make for your subawards.
ii. Conduct the pre-award risk assessment of its intended
subrecipient that Section B of SUB Article II of this award requires
you to make for your subawards.
b. Include the requirements specified in Sections A through F of
this article.
Dated: July 24, 2020.
Aaron T. Siegel,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
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