(a) Except as otherwise provided under §14.8 of this title
(relating to Direct Award), the executive director shall prepare and issue
a formal request for proposal (RFP) for each proposed grant or series of grants.
The RFP must specify the following:
(1) the purpose and objective of the proposed grant or grants;
(2) the agency's authority to offer and award the proposed
grant or grants;
(3) the applicable recipient eligibility requirements;
(4) the grant recipient activities allowable or required
to be performed;
(5) the anticipated start date and end date of the proposed
grant or grants;
(6) the recipient selection criteria to be used;
(7) an indication as to whether the agency expects to
award more than one grant, and if so how the recipient selection criteria
provide for selection of multiple recipients;
(8) instructions concerning materials and information
required to be submitted by potential grant recipients, including layout and
format, required signatures, and number of copies;
(9) the submission deadline and the required address or
delivery location for proposals;
(10) information as to whether grant recipients will be
required to contribute matching funds, or other labor or material resources,
as a condition of receiving a grant;
(11) information as to whether, and if so how, the executive
director proposes to adjust or waive any RFP-contained matching funds requirement
as authorized under Texas Government Code, §783.009, Matching Fund Waiver
for Economically Disadvantaged County or Census Track;
(12) information as to how grant payments will be made;
(13) information concerning requests for additional, pre-submittal
information;
(14) the time and location of any pre-submittal meetings,
together with an indication as to whether attendance is mandatory; and
(15) a requirement that successful recipients must enter
into a signed grant agreement or contract with the agency following award
announcement.
(b) RFPs may indicate the amount of grant funding available
to be awarded, but are not required to do so.
|