Re: Federal Acquistion Regulations (FAR) Herbert B. Chermside 11 Feb 2004 13:48 EST
A-110, and the individual agency implementations, discuss subawards and subrecipients of grants, cooperative agreements and other assistance Under definitions, see subaward and subrecipient Note that allowable costs, at ---.27, depend on the business nature of the subrecipient Also at ---.51 there are requirements for monitoring subrecipients. Each major agency will have expanded information on subawards. NIH and NSF have good guidelines that should be models. Generally, subawards are planned for in the application budget. Subawards are, explicitly NOT procurement. Because they are entered into with the knowing approval of the sponsoring agency, they are not subject to the competitive requirements of the Procurement section ( ---.40ff), but the good business practices therein should be a guide. ALWAYS flow down all the regulatory requirements the sponsor placed upon you, except a) contact is with you, not with the agency, and b) do not flow down those "expanded authorities" which would allow the subrecipient to affect your responsibilities to your sponsor without your knowledge/permission, e.g., automatic/subrecipient no cost extensions or carry over of funds; require they get your permission. Don't have FAR ref's for subcontracts under federal contracts, but that DOES fall precisely under procurement, and the flow-downs must be looked at on a case by case basis. Don't let some unknowing auditor get confused and try to tell you that the regs and procedures for subs are same for federal assistance and for federal procurement; the difference is HUGE. Chuck At 07:51 AM 2/11/2004, you wrote: >Good Morning, All: > > I need to find a regulation that discusses subcontract/subrecipient > activities and clauses as they pertain to Federal Grants, Cooperative > agreements and contracts. > > Could someone steer me in the right direction to find this information > in the FAR? > > Thank you very much. > Eleanor Cicinsky > Temple University > > >====================================================================== >Instructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including >subscription information and a web-searchable archive, are available via >our web site at http://www.hrinet.org (click on "Listserv Lists") >====================================================================== Herbert B. Chermside, CRA Virginia Commonwealth University PO BOX 980568 Richmond, VA 23298-0568 Voice: 804-827-6036 Fax 804-828-2051 e-mail xxxxxx@vcu.edu ====================================================================== Instructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including subscription information and a web-searchable archive, are available via our web site at http://www.hrinet.org (click on "Listserv Lists") ======================================================================