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5. General Conditions Applications must be delivered to the following address.- State ddress: State of Florida E911 Board ATTN: E911 Board Administrative Staff 4030 Esplanade Way, Suite 135 Tallahassee, FL 32399-0950 Or electronically to E911 Board Electron icGrantReports(d)dms.fl.gov Electronic receipt of the -grant application and all attachments is preferred. 5.1. The applicant shall provide Application Form items 1 through 14 and the applicable procurement documents. The grant application package must be postmarked or delivered on or before the submission date specified in the E911 Board notification of an E911 Grant Programs published in the Florida Administrative Register. Failure to timely provide these documents will result in a rejection of the grant application. 5.2. Pursuant to sections 365.172(6), 365.172(l 0), and 365.173(2) Florida Statutes, grant funds must only be used for the following items/services: to upgrade or replace 911 systems; to develop and maintain statewide or regional 911 routing; geographic information and management information systems (GIS and MIS); to develop and maintain Next -Generation 911 (NG911) services and equipment, and remotely provided hosted 911 answering point call -taking equipment and network services directly attributable to establishing and provisioning E911 or NG911 services. Warranty costs shall be calculated to account for only the first-year warranty. 5.3. GIS grant funding will be limited once the county, group or region has achieved the minimum 98% accuracy rate as identified in the NENA GIS Data Model. Additional funding limitations for annual GIS database maintenance will be limited as stated in Addendum 1. 5.4. Although a Next Generation 911 Regional Project can -be awarded for up to five years, the cost shall be accounted for on a yearly basis. 5.5. The Board recommends for any Next Generation 911 (NG911) grant projects, counties must certify in writing that the proposed systems are interoperable with existing or proposed bordering counties', regions', and/or adjacent state NG911 systems. Certification must also affirm compliance with current NENA NG911 standards or NG91 1 certification programs established by federal programs. all vendors for next generation 911 projects vendors certify in writing that their systems are interoperable with bordering counties, regions, and adjacent state lines, if applicable, consistent with current NENA NG911 standards. Application and instructions for 911 Grant Programs, revised May 2023 W Form 3A, incorporated by reference in Fla. Admin. Code R. 60FF1-5.003 911 Grant Programs 6 154