Common use of Project Specific Conditions Clause in Contracts

Project Specific Conditions. In addition to the above, unless otherwise agreed by the Director, Grant Funds will not be disbursed under this Agreement until the following Project-specific conditions have been fulfilled to the full satisfaction of the Director: A. Ecological: B. Legal: C. Financial: D. Other: Binding purchase agreement Appraisal Environmental site assessment Resolution of title matters Survey and legal description Confirmation of legal and sufficient access Baseline inventory documentation Water rights analysis Final conservation easement Respond to any DOJ requests for revisions of project materials Allow up to 6 weeks for final DOJ review of Project materials Proforma title insurance policy Fiscal documentation Allow up to 2 weeks for fiscal review Closing Management plan Site stabilization Project progress report Salaries, Wages and Fringe Benefits $0.00 Contracted Services $0.00 Travel $0.00 Materials/Supplies $0.00 Other $0.00 Other (Purchase Price of Property) $0.00 Indirect Costs $0.00 Project expenses incurred no earlier than [INSERT date 18 months prior to grant application deadline] and no later than [INSERT date up to 24 months after Closing, if site stabilization funds are included in the Grant Funds] may be eligible for reimbursement. Grantee may be required to comply with Oregon’s prevailing wage rate law. ORS 279C.800- 279C.870. This law requires that entities using public funds for public works must pay not less than the prevailing rate of wage for an hour’s work, including fringe benefits, in the same trade in the locality where the work is performed. Contracts not exceeding $50,000 are exempt from prevailing wage rate laws and nonprofit organizations are exempt for work other than construction. Public works is defined as including “roads, highways, buildings, structures and improvements of all types, the construction, reconstruction, major renovation or painting of which is carried on or contracted for by any public agency to serve the public interest . . .” ORS 279C.800(6)(a). Construction is defined as “the initial construction of buildings and other structures, or additions thereto, and of highways and roads.” OAR 839-025-0004(5) Failure to comply with prevailing wage rate laws could result in Grantee being liable to the workers affected in the amount of their unpaid minimum wages, including all fringe benefits, and in an additional amount equal to unpaid wages as liquidated damages. Information regarding prevailing wage rate law can be found on the Bureau of Labor and Industries website at ▇▇▇▇▇://▇▇▇.▇▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇/BOLI/WHD/PWR/Pages/W_PWR_Pwrbk.aspx [INSERT IF FEDERAL FUNDS ARE BEING USED] 1) Enhancement of Grantee employee whistleblower protection for grants of $150,000 or more (41 USC 4712): A. This award and related sub-awards and contracts over the simplified acquisition threshold and all employees working on this award and related sub-awards and contracts over the simplified acquisition threshold are subject to the whistleblower rights and remedies established at 41 USC 4712. B. Grantee and Grantee’s sub-recipients and contractors awarded contracts over the simplified acquisition threshold related to this award, shall inform their employees in writing, in the predominant language of the workforce, of the employee whistleblower rights and protections under 41 USC 4712. C. Grantee shall insert this clause, including this paragraph (c), in sub-awards and contracts over the simplified acquisition threshold related to this award. 2) Grantee certifies compliance with the following: A. Where applicable, the cost principles of 2 CFR Part 200, Subpart E – Cost Principles will apply to this award, including that use of federal grant funds for litigation against the United States is prohibited and that use of federal grant funds to participate in various forms of lobbying or other political activities is prohibited. B. That all conference, meeting, convention, or training space funded in whole or in part with federal grant funds, complies with the Hotel and Motel Fire Safety Act of 1990.