GJN4657 4664 2010-00220 PBS Engineering

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AMERICAN RECOVERY & REINVESTMENT ACT (ARRA) REQUIREMENTS Consultant's Reporting Obligations under 2009 ARRA Federal Stimulus Funding [Note: The Monthly Employment Report form and Reporting Instructions are incorporated from the Internet at the hyperlinks provided below in these ARRA related provisions. Agency may revise the form and/or reporting instructions if revisions are determined necessary by the federal funding agency or other federal agency responsible for production of the form and instructions; and they shall become part of the WOC when revised and posted by Agency without an amendment to the WOC. Consultant shall report using the most current form and reporting instructions provided by Agency.] This project includes American Recovery & Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funding. States must collect and analyze certain employment data for each ARRA funded contract. The prime Consultant shall complete a separate Monthly Employment Report for each ARRA project once each month from the date of the Notice to Proceed until completion of the WOC. Consultant shall provide, aggregated on one form per project, the required information for their own workforce as well as the workforce of all subcontractors (including all sub-tiers) that were active on their ARRA funded project(s) for the reporting month. Consultant's timely, complete, accurate, and truthful compliance with the reporting obligations constitutes a material component of the Consultant's performance of this WOC. Agency may withhold any amounts otherwise due to the Consultant under this WOC until the Consultant has submitted any report that is late. Due date: Reports are due within 10 calendar days after the end of every month until project completion or until September 2012, which ever is sooner. Due to: Reports must be emailed to ARRAreportina@odot.state.or.us with a copy to the Project Manager, Project Leader, or Local Agency Liaison. (Agency may require report submittal via website interface if a web-based interface is established.) Monthly Employment Report Form and Instructions The monthly ARRA Employment report for each project must include all required information as stated on the Reporting Instructions. The monthly ARRA Employment Report form and Reporting Instructions, which may be revised from time to time, are available for download from the Internet (at the hyperlinks provided below) and are incorporated into this WOC with the same force and effect as if fully set forth herein. For each monthly report, it is the Consultant's responsibility to confirm they are using the then most current form and instructions by reviewing them at the following hyperinks: o Employment Report Form - ftp://ftp.odot.state.or. us/techserv/construction/Construction%20Forms/ARRA/2763(ARRA .xls o Reporting Instructions - ftp://ftp.odot.state.or. us/techserv/construction/Construction%20Form s/ARRA/2763(ARRA ) Instruction.pdf U.S. Comptroller and Inspector General Authority Section 902 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009 requires that each contract awarded using ARRA funds must include a provision that provides the U.S. Comptroller General and his representatives with the authority to: "(1) to examine any records of the Consultant or any of its subcontractors, or any State or local agency administering such contract, that directly pertain to, and involve transactions relating to, the contract or subcontract; and (2) to interview any officer or employee of the Consultant or any of its subcontractors, or of any State or local government agency administering the contract, regarding such transactions."