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Harris County Community Services Department <br /> Affordable Housing Project Design Standards <br /> <br />3%oftheprojectbudget.Thisamountwillbeincludedinthemaximumsubsidycalculationand, <br />ifmatchisrequired,intherequiredmatchprovidedbythesubrecipient. <br />1.9ProcurementRequirements <br />HCCSDrequiresthatapplicantsselectedtoreceivefederalfundscomplywiththeawardof <br />contracttothelowestandmostresponsivebidderintheCountyPurchasingAct,V.T.C.A.,Local <br />GovernmentCode262.021 etseq.,concerningcontractsof$25,000ormoreasoutlinedinthe <br />grantagreement.TheSubrecipientshallensurethatallcontractsletintheperformanceofthis <br />Agreementareawardedinafair,open,andcompetitivemanner.Executedcopiesofall <br />contractsshallbeforwardedtotheGrantee,alongwithdocumentationconcerningthe <br />selectionprocess,ifnotcompletedincoordinationwithHarrisCountystaff.TheSubrecipient <br />mustadoptandutilizewrittenselectioncriteriaforuseintheselectionofsubcontractors, <br />whichselectioncriteriamustconformtotheProcurementrequirementsof24C.F.R.92.356and <br />24C.F.R.85.36ifsubrecipientisagovernmentalorforprofitentityand24C.F.R.84.44AND <br />84.84ifsubrecipientisanonprofitentity. <br />IfproposedprojectisalsoapplyingforLowIncomeHousingTaxCreditsandsubrecipienthas <br />preselectedageneralcontractoraspartofthedevelopmentteam,allsubcontractorsmustbe <br />procuredasnotedabove. <br />1.10IdentityofInterestTransactions <br />IdentityofInterestreferstosituationswheretheowner,developer,orprojectsponsorcontrol <br />orowntheservicestobeprovidedinaproject,includingbutnotlimitedtothegeneral <br />contractor,subcontractor,propertymanagerorotherserviceprovider.Adeclarationof <br />subcontractorsorsuppliersforwhichthereisanidentityofinterestthroughjointownership <br />withtheownerordevelopermustbedeclaredintheapplicationforfundingsubmittedtothe <br />HCCSD,anddisclosedatcompletionoftheproject.FailuretodeclareIdentifyofInterest <br />situationsmaydeemaprojectineligible.Acostcertificationshallalsoberequiredwhensuch <br />transactionsareproposedtoensurethatservicesareprovidedatareasonablemarketcost. <br />HCCSDreservestherighttoadjustdeveloperprofitand/ortheamountoffundsprovidedtoa <br />projectwhenanIdentifyofInterestsituationexists. <br />1.11ConflictofInterest <br />ThestandardsinOMBCircularA110,SubpartC,providethatnoemployee,officer,oragent <br />shallparticipateintheselection,award,oradministrationofacontractsupportedbyFederal <br />fundsifarealorapparentconflictofinterestwouldbeinvolved.Suchaconflictwouldarise <br />whenanemployee,officer,oragent,anymemberofhisorherimmediatefamily,hisorher <br />Harris County Community Services Department 10 <br />Affordable Housing Project Design Standards <br />Revised May 2011 <br /> <br />