Final
Issued by: Administration for Children and Families (ACF)
Issue Date: November 21, 2019
Terms and Conditions
Grantees must adhere to the following terms and conditions:
In addition, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Grants Policy Statement (GPS) is the policy guide for discretionary grants and cooperative agreements. It became effective October 1, 2006 and is applicable to all Operating Divisions (OPDIVS), such as ACF, except the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The GPS covers basic grants processes, standard terms and conditions and points of contact as well as important OPDIV-specific requirements.
For grantees that have awards that involve property, the following terms and conditions must be adhered to:
Please also review the Notice of Award (NoA) and NoA Remarks to familiarize yourself with the specific Terms and Conditions that apply to your particular grant program. The NoA is the legal document issued from ACF to the receiving organization that indicates an award has been made.
Update
The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 increased the micro-purchase threshold to $10,000 and the Simplified Acquisition Threshold (SAT) to $250,000. In addition, the NDAA FY2017 enables research institutions to request micro-purchase thresholds above $10,000. However, these changes have not been codified in the FAR. As a result, through Memorandum M-18-18,Visit disclaimer page OMB issued an exception that allows the increased thresholds to be used pending codification in the FAR, effective June 20, 2018.
Federal agencies are required to implement the procurement threshold changes in the Notice of Award (NoA) Terms and Conditions, and recipients may implement the changes in their internal procedures. The Award Term for Micro-Purchase and Simplified Acquisition Threshold Exception explains the provisions of NDAA FY18 and FY17, and applies to all ACF awardees.
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