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- -- Department of Justice (DOJ) r'v j Office oPJustice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance PRO113Cf NUMBER 2020-VD-EX 0949 AWARD CONTINUATION SHEET Grant . AWARD DATE 0512812020 SPECIAL CONDMON,S 13. Unreasonable restrictions on competition under the award; association with federal government PAGE a Or t5 SCOPE, This condition applies with respect to any procurement of property or services that is funded (it) whole or in part) by this award, whether by the recipient or by any subrecipient at any tier, and regardless of the dollar amount of the purchase or acquisition, the method of procurement, or the nature crony legal insumnent used. The provisions of this condition must be among those included in any subaward (at any tier). 1. No discrimination, in procurement transactions, against associates of the federal government Consistent with the (DOJ) Part 200 Uniform Requirements — including as set out at 2 C.P.R, 200.300 (requiring awards to be "manage[(i) and administer[edj in a mannor so as to entire that Federal hording is expended and associated programs are implemented in till accordance with U.S, statutory and public policy requirements") and 20C3 t9(a) (generally requiring "[all procurement transactions [o] no conducted in amanner providing hill and open competition" and forbidding practices "restrictive of competition," such as "ip]Iacing unreasonable requirements on firms in order for them to qualify to do business" and. taking "fa]ny arbitrary action in the procurement process") --no recipient (or subrecipient, at any tier) may (ha any procurement transaction) discriminate against any person or entity on the basis ofsneh person or entity's status as an "associate of the ltdcral gcvormnonf' (or on the basis ofsuch person or entity's status as a parent, affiliate, or subsidiary -'`such an associate), except as expressly set out in 2 C'.F.R, 200319(a) or as specifically authorized by USDO1. 2. Monitoring The recipient's monitoring responsibilities include monitoring orsubrecipientcompliance with this condition. 3. Allowable costs To tire extentthat such costs are not reimbursed under any other federal program, award funds may be obligated for the reasonable, necessary, and allocable costs (if any) of actions designed, to ousure, compliance with this condition. 4. Rules of construction A. The term "associate of the federal government" means any person or entity engaged or employed (in the pastor ar present) by or on behalf of the Federal government — as an employee, contractor or subcontractor (at any tier), grant recipient or-subrecipient (at any tier), agent, or otherwise -- in undertaking any work, project, creativity for or on behalf of (or inproviding goods or services to or on behalf of) the federal government, and includes any applicant for such employment or engagement, and any person or cntity committed by legal intru font to undertake any such work, project, or activity (or to provide such goads or services) in future. B. Nothing in this condition shell be understood to authorize or require may recipient, any subrecipient at may tier, or any person or other entity, to violate any rederai law, including any applicable civil rights or nondiscrimination law. OJP FORM 4002 (REV. 4.38) y