1996 S Ornge/Chatham Criminal Justice Partnership Program Grant Acceptance $181,941

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made to Grantee during any period of time within which the Grantee is in default on filing any informational or financial reports required by the NCDOCCJPP. The balance of grant funds remaining after 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 following: 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 accordance 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 Form. Equipment not included in the approved budget may not be purchased 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,the Grantee may not transfer a cumulative total of more than$2,500.00 in the course of a grant year, between, among or within the major budget categories, without prior approval of the NCDOCCJPP. Budget changes may not be made in the final forty-five days of the annual grant period, and requests for approval of budget changes shall be made in time to allow ten working days for staff review and consideration. Transfers not requiring approval must be reported in regularly required financial reports. F. Procurement Standards and Procedures: Grantees shall meet the minimum requirements for procurement standards and procedures contained in State law as further limited in this paragraph. All items procured with NCDOCCJPP grant fimds 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 Page 6 — FY 1996-97