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10 Admir~rstratiye Condition. 't. PROCUREMENT FQta_ENGtN~EftiNd AND QT[iEti pROFESSIQIVAL SF.RV(GE5 XP - 86465411- 0 Page 4 " The costs of professianafengrneering and any-0ther professbnal services contracts procured fn oompliarrce with the-mit;imtgrt standards for procurement render grants (see 40 CFR 31.36] are allowable costs for relmtwrsement with grant funds, hio grant fuixis may bs used to reimburse the federal share of any engineering or other professions) services oontract(sj found to be fn• noncampllance with the grant procurement regulations. ZNete: a1i project expenditures are de~ned t~ fndtxie both the Federal and nonfederal shares. The recipient agrees to conduct all procurement for enyneetfng and oti5er professional services In compliance with 40 CFR 31.36(b)-(k). T-he recipient:-a~ agrees to st~mitto EPA fOrpre-award and/or post award review procurement documents dncluding, but not limEted to: sefeotion pnx:edures, requests foc.quaitficatlons and/or preposais, evaluation metiiodology and results, memorandum of review or rte9.atiatlott, rest analyses, proposed contract documents, etc. No payments rrlay bs made Under this gran[ urti~ EPA has received and.ret+ieuved the procurement doctnttertts for compliance with the minimtgn standards for. procurement. ~. PROGUREMF~7~t?R Ct}IQSTRUCTiON The-cost Of construction contracts procured Irt camp>Fatlce with the minimum standands for procutement tender-grartts (see 40 CFR 31.36] are aNowab[e costa for reimbursement with grant funds. Nogrent bards tray be used to relmlwtse the federal share-oEany ccrtstnx~lott contract(s) found to be in nortr~trtpllance wish the ~rartt procurement regulations. (iVote: aA ptx>ject expertdfttxes are deemed th krcluda both the federa(-and nonfederal stiares~ - The na;ipienta~ees tac~rtduct a4 proct~ement f~ construction. fn ootrtplianoe witi~r 40 CFR 3i.36(bj~ and include the "EPA Supptemenfal-t;3eneral Conditlorrs for Federaliy Assisted Constructfori Contracts` (ano~sed) inoiudbug Mlnorityr Business En~ptfise and Women's Rusfness FltterpriseCoais In any bidding~toctmtertts. The recipient also agrees to sUbmttte EPA for pre-av~rd- arx!/or post award review pror~entenf docunrenfs &tdtxfwg, brit net thafted to: hflr[tatlorrs for bids. Independent cast estimates, b1d dootunetrts, d!sadvantagad business enterprise doctsrtetrtation, arse. No payments may be made under this grant units SPA has reviewed the oor~trtrdton procurement docrxrtents for compllanoe_with _the mh-imrmt standards for procurerneht 3, I,OBBYItit<: - AiL RECII~t ')-Ile reo~lent agrees to comply with T{tIa +t0 GFt3 Part 34, New Res67ctlans orr•Lobbylrrgr. The recipient shall include the language 01 this ptovGsian ~ award documents for all subawards exceeding $100,000, and require that subreclpiehts sulxnR certlticaticn and disdostx~e forms aacordtngly. [n accordance with the ByrctArrtt-LobbyEng Amendment, any recipient who makes a proh~fted expenditure under Title 4o CFR G'art 3¢ or fails to fJ[e the required oertttkation or lobbying forms shah be sut~ect m a civil penalty of not Jess than $10,060 and noE more than $100,000 for each such expenditure. 4. LdBeYtl'tQ AfdD LRTGATION At.i., RECIPti~ Tt1e chief executive officer of this rec~lent agency strdli ensure that no grant funds awarded under this assistance agreement are used to engag® hi lobbying of rite Federal Government or irr litigation against the united States unless au8rorized trnitet existing law The raoipferlt shat! abide by its respective OM8 Circular (A-21, A-87, or A-122), which proh~ils the use of ledetai grantfunds for llttgation against the United Stales or for lobbying or other political activ]ttes. . 5. RECYCt_INC~'T~RdA ANIT.WN1N7idtri -1n aa;ardanee vYtth EPA OMer i 000.25 and Executive Order 13101, Qreerting the Govemtnelrt 7i-votxJh Waste t~trent+on, Aecyc!irrg, and Federaf Acquisition, the recipient agrees th use recycled paper for aU reports which are prepared as a part of this agreement and delivered to EPA. This requirement does trot apply to reports pn~ared on fiorms supplied by EPA, or to Standard Faints, which are printed on recycled paper and are auailable through the {3eneral SenricasAdminisbration. Please Hots that Sectioon 901 of EO. 73101, dated September 14, 19913, revoked E.O.12873, Federal Acquisr~ion, Recyc!rng, arrd Vlfaste PreverKion in its entirety. Any State agency or agency of a poiitlcai subdiv(sion of a State whict- is using appropriated Federal funds shalt comply ~th the requirements set forth in Section 8002 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA} 142 U.S.C, s9s2j. Regulations issued tinder RCRA Section 13002 apply to any acquisition of an item where the punthase price exceeds $10,000 eY where the quantity of sudr items acquired in the course of the precedktg fiscal year was $10,000 or more. RCRA Section 6002 requires that preference be given in procurement programs to the purchase of specific products coniatning recycled materials fdentTied'at guidelines developed by EPA. These guidelines are •]lsted in 40 CFR 247.