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Question
Article 21 refers to property and equipment. It appears that title to the equipment shall vest with the performing party or any subgrant recipient. However, Article 21.4 specifies that HARC has the right to require disposition of the property when it is no longer needed for the originally authorized purpose. Does this imply that the "originally authorized purpose" is the period of performance specified in the contract? Or, can the performing party/subawardee retain capital equipment for continuing work on the same general area, even though the original performance period has ended and the continuation work may not be funded through HARC?
Answer
It appears that the draft grant agreement document that you are referencing is not the current template. The current draft agreement has been posted to the NTRD RFGA-11 web site for your review. In this document, HARC retains title, on behalf of TCEQ, to any equipment purchased with NTRD funding unless specified otherwise in writing. If your proposal anticipates the need to purchase equipment (defined as having a purchase value of more than $5,000 and a useful life of more than one year) and you wish to retain title to that equipment after the expiration of the NTRD project, you should note that in your proposal. The decision as to whether or not your organization will be allowed to retain the equipment after the project ends will be at the sole discretion of TCEQ. You should be aware that, under the NTRD program, TCEQ has historically discouraged grantees from using grant funds to purchase equipment. Instead, equipment purchases have been counted toward required cost sharing obligations, or else grantees have opted to lease the equipment with grant funds.
Question
We would like to partner with, or subcontract to, researchers at Sandia National Lab. Can contract funds be used for this purpose?
Answer
There is no prohibition against entering into a subcontract with any of the federal labs.
Question
We are working closely with an industrial partner who will be subcontracting to us for many of the proposal tasks. Their participation is clearly stated in the proposal. Do we need a formal letter of intent or support from them?
If not necessary, is it viewed as helpful?
Answer
If the subcontractor will be responsible for a significant portion of the scope of work during the project, your proposal should include a letter of commitment from the subcontractor. This will confirm to the reviewers that the subcontractor is aware of and prepared to handle that portion of the work of the project should it be awarded.
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