10 CCR s 5471

Cal. Admin. Code tit. 10, s 5471

CALIFORNIA CODE OF REGULATIONS
TITLE 10. INVESTMENT
CHAPTER 7.71. DEFENSE CONVERSION MATCHING GRANT PROGRAM
This database is current through 01/05/07, Register 2007, No. 1.
s 5471. Solicitation Process.

(a) The Office shall prepare a Solicitation each time it proposes to award
Grant funds, which shall include the deadline for submission of Proposals.
The Office shall be authorized in a Solicitation to limit the amount for
which the Office shall provide matching funds.

(b) A Solicitation shall be mailed to every Person requesting a copy.

(c) All Proposals received by the due date and place specified in the
Solicitation shall be reviewed to determine eligibility pursuant to
section 5472. Applicants shall include in the Proposal package both a
signed original and five copies of the Proposal. Only eligible Proposals
shall be scored.

(d) The Solicitation shall describe the Region covered by each Alliance.
The Proposal shall be mailed to the Alliance covering the Region where the
Applicant's Project will take place. If a Project will take place in a
Region not covered by an Alliance, or is statewide in nature, the proposal
shall be mailed to the Office. As used in this subsection, "statewide in
nature" means that a substantial portion of the Project will take place in
more than one Region.

(e) The Alliances and Office shall review the Proposals assigned to each
for eligibility, and evaluate and score the eligible Proposals according
to the Section 5474 criteria. No two proposals shall receive the same
score. Alliances and Funding Agencies shall be included as nonvoting
participants in the Office review, and theOffice and Funding Agencies
shall be included as nonvoting participants in the Alliance reviews.

(f) The Alliances and the Office shall forward to the Office all eligible
Proposals scoring a minimum of 25 points.

(g) The Office shall establish review panels approved by the Council,
including a nonvoting representative from each Alliance and two or more
voting members, including one or more representatives from Funding
Agencies. The review panels shall review the Proposals forwarded by the
Alliances and the Office and make a single, consolidated, ranked list of
Proposals complying with Section 5475(a) and is ranked according to
Section 5475(b) criteria. The list shall only include Proposals for which
funding is available, based upon Proposals scoring the most points. If two
or more proposals near the bottom of the ranking have identical scores and
if there is money to fund some but not all identically ranked proposals,
then there shall be oral interviews. The purpose of the oral interviews is
to re-rank the tied proposals.

(h) The Office shall forward to the Council and the Alliances the proposed
funding list, with a short description of each Proposal on that list. The
description shall address each of the subsection (i)(1) through (3) items.
Proposals will be sent to the Council upon request.

(i) No later than 60 days following the deadline for submitting Proposals,
the Council shall recommend funding for those Proposals receiving the
highest ranking from the review panel, unless the Council finds that
changes to the ranking are necessary due to:

(1) Failure of the Proposal to score sufficient Section 5475 points
to receive funding;

(2) Conflict of interest as defined by Government Code Sections
1090 or 87100 et seq. ; or

(3) Lack of geographic diversity.

(j) The Council shall remove from the ranking any Proposal which: lacks
geographic diversity, includes a conflict of interest or fails to score
sufficient Section 5475 points to receive funding. The Council shall
specify which standard has not been met and shall fund the next highest
ranking proposal(s) which meet the subsection (i)(1) through (3) criteria.

(k) The Council shall make the recommendation in writing by mailing
notification to the Applicant, the Office, the Funding Agency and the
Alliances.

(l) Following the Council recommendation of a Proposal which requested
Office funding, the Office and the successful Applicant shall enter into a
Grant Agreement on terms mutually acceptable to all parties.

(m) At the Council funding meeting, an Alliance shall be authorized to
appeal to the Council a review panel Proposal ranking or finding of
eligibility. The Council shall overturn the ranking only if it finds clear
and convincing evidence that the finding or ranking was unsubstantiated.

Note: Authority cited: Section 8456, Government Code. Reference:
Sections 8447, 8449, 8450, 8451, 8452, 8453 and 8454, Government
Code.

HISTORY

1. New section filed 3-7-94 as an emergency; operative 3-7-94 (Register
94,
No. 10). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 9-6-94
or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the
following
day.

2. Repealed by operation of Government Code section 11346.1(g) (Register
95, No. 7).

3. New section filed 4-10-95; operative 4-10-95 pursuant to
Government Codesection 11343.4(d) (Register 95, No. 15).

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