RECOVERY - Travel for Calendar Year 2011 ARRA On-Site Reviews

This contract allocates $58,050 to support travel expenses for on-site financial management reviews of EPA grant recipients during the calendar year 2011. The performance period spans from December 20, 2010, to December 31, 2011, covering visits to a wide range of states including California, Texas, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Georgia, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Washington D.C., New Mexico, Kansas, Utah, North Dakota, and Arizona. These reviews focus on limited scope financial oversight to ensure compliance with EPA policies and procedures in administering assistance agreements. The effort addresses a longstanding agency weakness identified under the Federal Financial Managers Integrity Act related to oversight of assistance agreements. This task order is exclusive to the existing EPA contract holder associated with the subject contract and serves to enhance the EPA’s monitoring capabilities of its grants and funding recipients. The contract falls under NAICS code 541219 and is managed through the Headquarters Acquisition Division of the Environmental Protection Agency based in Washington, D.C. The contact person for this contract is Nicole Humphrey. The contract emphasizes the continuing effort by the EPA to strengthen financial management oversight and improve accountability in grant administration.