Item 17 - AA - Amend Agreement for Landscape Services

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Page 47 of 51 b. Conviction, for purposes of this award term and condition, means a judgment or conviction of a criminal offense by any court of competent jurisdiction, whether entered upon a verdict or a plea, and includes a conviction entered upon a plea of nolo contendere. Total value of currently active grants, cooperative agreements, and procurement contracts includes— (1) Only the Federal share of the funding under any Federal award with a recipient cost share or match; and (2) The value of all expected funding increments under a Federal award and options, even if not yet exercised. [80 FR 43310, July 22, 2015, as amended at 85 FR 49582, Aug. 13, 2020] 22. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST (a) Applicability. (1) This section intends to ensure that non -Federal entities and their employees take appropriate steps to avoid conflicts of interest in their responsibilities under or with respect to Federal financial assistance agreements. (2) In the procurement of supplies, equipment, construction, and services by recipients and by subrecipients, the conflict of interest provisions in 2 CFR 200.318 apply. (b) Requirements. (1) Non -Federal entities must avoid prohibited conflicts of interest, including any significant financial interests that could cause a reasonable person to question the recipient's ability to provide impartial, technically sound, and objective performance under or with respect to a Federal financial assistance agreement. (2) In addition to any other prohibitions that may apply with respect to conflicts of interest, no key official of an actual or proposed recipient or subrecipient, who is substantially involved in the proposal or project, may have been a former Federal employee who, within the last one (1) year, participated personally and substantially in the evaluation, award, or administration of an award with respect to that recipient or subrecipient or in development of the requirement leading to the funding announcement. (3) No actual or prospective recipient or subrecipient may solicit, obtain, or use non-public information regarding the evaluation, award, or administration of an award to that recipient or subrecipient or the development of a Federal financial assistance opportunity that may be of competitive interest to that recipient or subrecipient. (c) Notification. (1) Non -Federal entities, including applicants for financial assistance awards, must disclose in writing any conflict of interest to the DOI awarding agency or pass -through entity in accordance with 2 CFR 200.112, Conflicts of Interest. R22AP00055 Agreement Template City of Santa Ana (0112021)