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Attachment F <br /> Warranties and Representations <br /> Financial Management <br /> Recipient's financial management system shall provide for the following: <br /> ( 1 ) Accurate, current and complete disclosure of the financial results of this project or program <br /> (2) Records that adequately identify the source and application of funds for all activities. These <br /> records shall contain information pertaining to grant awards, authorizations, obligations, <br /> unobligated balances, assets, outlays, income and interest. <br /> (3) Effective control over and accountability for all funds, property and other assets. Recipient <br /> shall adequately safeguard all such assets and assure that they are used solely for <br /> authorized purposes. <br /> (4) Written procedures for determining the reasonableness, allocability and allowability of costs <br /> in accordance with the provisions of the applicable cost principles and the terms and <br /> conditions of this grant. <br /> (5) Accounting records, including cost accounting records that are supported by source <br /> documentation . <br /> Competition. <br /> All procurement transactions shall be conducted in a manner to provide, to the maximum extent practical, <br /> open and free competition . The Recipient shall be alert to conflicts of interest as well as noncompetitive <br /> practices among contractors that may restrict or eliminate competition or otherwise restrain trade. In order <br /> to ensure objective contractor performance and eliminate unfair competitive advantage, contractors that <br /> develop or draft specifications, requirements, statements of work, invitations for bids and/or requests for <br /> proposals shall be excluded from competing for such procurements. Awards shall be made to the bidder <br /> or offeror whose bid or offer is responsive to the solicitation and is most advantageous to the Recipient, <br /> price, quality and other factors considered. Solicitations shall clearly set forth all requirements that the <br /> bidder or offeror shall fulfill in order for the bid or offer to be evaluated by the Recipient. Any and all bids <br /> or offers may be rejected when it is in the Recipient's interest to do so. <br /> Codes of Conduct <br /> The Recipient shall maintain written standards of conduct governing the performance of its employees <br /> engaged in the award and administration of contracts. No employee, officer, or agent shall participate in <br /> the selection , award , or administration of a contract supported by public grant funds if a real or apparent <br /> conflict of interest would be involved. Such a conflict would arise when the employee, officer, or agent, <br /> any member of his or her immediate family, his or her partner, or an organization which employs or is <br /> about to employ any of the parties indicated herein , has a financial or other interest in the firm selected for <br /> an award. The officers, employees, and agents of the Recipient shall neither solicit nor accept gratuities , <br /> favors, or anything of monetary value from contractors, or parties to subcontracts. The standards of <br /> conduct shall provide for disciplinary actions to be applied for violations of such standards by officers, <br /> employees, or agents of the recipient. <br /> 31 <br />