ORANGE, COUNTY OF - SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT- JAG - 2015

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Department of Justice - Office of Justice Programs AWARD CONTINUATION i Bureau of Justice Assistance SHEET PAGE 7 OF 10 i Grant PROJECTNUMBER 2015 -DJ -BX -0226 AWARD DATE 08/13/2015 SPECIAL CONDITIONSI, 32. All procurement (contract) transactions under this award must be conducted in a manner that is consistent with applicable Federal and State law, and with Federal procurement standards specified in regulations governing Federal awards to non - Federal entities. Procurement (contract) transactions should be competitively awarded unless circumstances preclude competition. Noncompetitive (e.g., sole source) procurements by the award recipient in excess li of the Simplified Acquisition Threshold (currently $150,000) set out in the Federal Acquisition Regulation must receive prior approval from the awarding agency, and must otherwise comply with rates governing such procurements found in the current edition of the OJP Financial Guide. 33. Approval of this award does not indicate approval of any consultant rate in excess of $650 per day. A detailed justification must be submitted to and approved by the Office of Justice Programs (OR) program office prior to obligation or expenditure of such funds. 34. Award recipients must submit quarterly a Federal Financial Report (SF425) and annual performance reports through GMS (https: / /grants.ojp.usdoj,gov). Consistent with the Department's responsibilities under the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA), P.L. 103 -62, applicants who receive funding under this solicitation must provide data that measure the results of their work, Therefore, quarterly performance metrics reports must be submitted through BJA's Performance Measurement Tool (PMT) website (www.bjaperfonnancetools.org). For more detailed information on reporting and other JAG requirements, refer to the JAG reporting requirements webpage. Failure to submit required JAG reports by established deadlines may result in the freezing of grant finds and fume High Risk designation. 35. The recipient agrees that funds received under this award will not be used to supplant Slate or local funds, but will be used to increase the amounts of such funds that would, in the absence of Federal funds, be made available for law enforcement activities. 36. The recipient agrees to monitor subawards under this JAG award in accordance with all applicable statutes, regulations, OMB circulars, and guidelines, including the OJP Financial Guide, and to include the applicable conditions of this award in any subaward. The recipient is responsible for oversight of subrecipient spending and monitoring of specific outcomes and benefits attributable to use of JAG funds by subrecipients. The recipient agrees to submit, upon request, documentation of its policies and procedures for monitoring of subawards under this award. 37. The recipient agrees to submit a signed certification that that all law enforcement agencies receiving vests purchased with JAG funds have a written "mandatory wear" policy in effect. Fiscal agents and state agencies must keep signed certifications on file for any subrecipients planning to utilize JAG funds for ballistic - resistant and stab- resistant body armor purchases. This policy must be in place for at least all uniformed officers before any JAG funding can be used by the agency for body armor. There are no requirements regarding the nature of the policy other than it being a mandatory wear policy for all uniformed officers while on duty. 38. Ballistic- resistant and stab- resistant body armor purchased with JAG funds may be purchased at any threat level, make or model, from any distributor or manufacturer, as long as the vests have been tested and found to comply with applicable National Institute of Justice ballistic or stab standards and are listed on the NIJ Compliant Body Armor Model List (hRp: / /nij.gov), In addition, ballistic- resistant and stab - resistant body armor purchased must be American - made, The latest NIJ standard information can be found here: hUp://www.nii.gov/ topics /technology/body- armor /safety- initiative.htm. 39. JAG [funds maybe used to purchase vests for an agency, but they may not be used as the 50% match for purposes of the Bulletproof Vest Partnership (BVP) program. OR FORM 4000/2 IREV. 4-88)