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1 including financial reports, through the month f'or which reimbursement is being requested. At no time shall the Grantee request or have on hand funds in excess of the amount necessary for expenditure within the next ninety days. The balance of grant funds remainingafter the completion of a project. as authorized in the approved application will automatically revert to the NCDOCCJPP account for unrestricted reallocation by the NCDOCCJPP as provided for in the Criminal Justice Partnership Act. E. Grant Adjustment: The Grantee must obtain prior written approval from the NCDOCCJPP for major project changes. These include, but are not limited to the follo~vina: a) changes . of substance in project activities, designs, or research plans set forth in the approved application; b) changes or deviations which might alter the project scope or intent; c) changes in the project director and/or key professional personnel identified in the approved application; d) changes in the approved budget with the exception of those changes permitted __ in acc_ordance.with provisions cited later in this section, and e) changes in the length of the grant period. Requests for budget amendments are to be submitted on the NCDOCCJPP Budget Amendment Forms. No equipment purchases or salary increases not inchided in the approved budget may be made without prior approval of NCDOCCJPP. The Grantee may deviate from quantities of equipment items in the approved budget as~ long as the total dollar amount of the equipment budget is not exceeded and the equipment is being purchased at the lowest possible reasonable price, provided written notification is submitted to the NCDOCCJPP prior to purchase. This notification shall be maintained in the project file by both the NCDOCCJPP and the Grantee. In changing the approved budget in the course of a grant year, the Grantee may not transfer a cumulative total of more than $10,000 or 10% of the total awazd amount, whichever is less, without prior approval of the NCDOCCJPP. This applies to transfers between, among or within the major budget categories. All changes in the approved budget must comply with CJPP policy and requirements in the grant award, and all portions of the grant contract. Requests for approval of budget amendments shall be made in time to allow ten working days for staff review and consideration. Budget amendments may not be made after Vlay 15 of the annual grant period. Transfers not requiring approval must be reported in regularly required financial reports. F. Procurement Standards and Procedures: Grantees shall meet the minim~un requirements for procurement standards and procedures contained in State law as further limited in this paragraph. All items procured with NCDOCCJPP grant funds must be the property of the Grantee, not any of its employees or contractors. All procurement shall be accomplished by obtaining adequate and effective competition to the maximum practicable extent consistent with the value and specification of supplies and services to be produced. Publicly advertised procurement with sealed bids and public openings shall be the preferred method. A system of contract administration shall be maintained to assure the following: 1) contractor conformity with the terms, conditions, and specifications of the contract purchase order and 2) adequate follow up of all deliveries. The Grantee must maintain procurement records Page 6---July 1, 2003 to June 30, 2004