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From: BVP Email Account <ojp@public.govdelivery.com> <br />Date: September 21, 2022 at 9:21:16 AM PDT <br />To: "Valentin, David" <DValentin@santa-ana.org> <br />Subject: Bulletproof Vest Partnership (BVP) – FY 2022 Award Announcement <br />Reply-To: ojp@public.govdelivery.com <br /> <br />Dear BVP applicant, <br />The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) is pleased to inform you that your jurisdiction <br />will receive an award under the Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 Patrick Leahy Bulletproof Vest <br />Partnership (BVP) solicitation. These funds have been posted to your account in the <br />BVP System. A complete list of FY 2022 BVP awards is available at: <br />https://www.ojp.gov/program/bulletproof-vest-partnership/overview. <br /> <br />Important: Jurisdictions must be registered in the SAM system <br />(https://www.sam.gov/SAM/) in order to be paid for any 2022 BVP funds. Please ensure <br />the banking information in SAM is up to date. For more information about renewing and <br />updating your existing SAM registration, or registering in SAM as a new entity, please <br />visit https://sam.gov/content/status-tracker. The SAM Helpdesk can be reached at 866- <br />606-8220. <br />The FY 2022 award may be used for National Institute of Justice (NIJ) compliant <br />armored vests which were ordered after April 1, 2022. The deadline to request <br />payments from the FY 2022 award is August 31, 2024, or until all available funds have <br />been requested. Awards will not be extended past that date, and any unused funds will <br />be forfeited. <br /> <br />Please see the following website for a list of NIJ compliant vests: <br />https://cjtec.org/compliance-testing-program/compliant-product-lists/. As a <br />reminder, all jurisdictions that applied for FY 2022 BVP funding certified that a <br />mandatory wear policy was in place for their jurisdiction. BJA will be conducting reviews <br />of the mandatory wear policies as funds are requested from the BVP System. For more <br />information on the BVP mandatory wear policy, please see the BVP Frequently Asked <br />Questions document: <br />https://www.ojp.gov/sites/g/files/xyckuh241/files/media/document/FAQsBVPMand <br />atoryWearPolicy_0.pdf. <br />