13-071 - EXHIBITS A-I - Tukwila Transit Center Design, Construction and Management

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PART 18 - UNIFORM ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS FOR GRANTS AND COOPER... Page 3 of 38 such as kinds of activities that can be supported by grants under a particular program. Awarding agency means (1) with respect to a grant, the Federal agency, and (2) with respect to a subgrant, the party that awarded the subgrant. Cash contributions means the grantee's cash outlay, including the outlay of money contributed to the grantee or subgrantee by other public agencies and institutions, and private organizations and individuals. When authorized by Federal legislation, Federal funds received from other assistance agreements may be considered as grantee or subgrantee cash contributions. Contract means (except as used in the definitions for "grant" and "subgrant" in this section and except where qualified by "Federal ") a procurement contract under a grant or subgrant, and means a procurement subcontract under a contract. Cost sharing or matching means the value of the third party in - -kind contributions and the portion of the costs of a federally assisted project or program not borne by the Federal Government. Cost -type contract means a contract or subcontract under a grant in which the contractor or subcontractor is paid on the basis of the costs it incurs, with or without a fee. Equipment means tangible, nonexpendable, personal property having a useful life of more than one year and an acquisition cost of $5,000 or more per unit. A grantee may use its own definition of equipment provided that such definition would at least include all equipment defined above. Expenditure report means: (1) For nonconstruction grants, the SF -269 "Financial Status Report" (or other equivalent report); (2) for construction grants, the SF271 "Outlay Report and Request for Reimbursement" (or other equivalent report). Federally recognized Indian tribal government means the governing body or a governmental agency of any Indian tribe, band, nation, or other organized group or community (including any Native village as defined in section 3 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, 85 Stat 688) certified by the Secretary of the Interior as eligible for the special programs and services provided by him through the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Government means a State or local government or a federally recognized Indian tribal government. Grant means an award of financial assistance, including cooperative agreements, in the form of money, or property in lieu of money, by the Federal Government to an eligible grantee. The term does not include technical assistance which provides services instead of money, or other assistance in the form of revenue sharing, loans, loan guarantees, interest subsidies, insurance, or direct appropriations. Also, the term does not include assistance, such as a fellowship or other lump sum award, which the grantee is not required to account for. Grantee means the government to which a grant is awarded and which is accountable for the use of the funds provided. The grantee is the entire legal entity even if only a particular component of the entity is designated in the grant award document. Local government means a county, municipality, city, town, township, local public authority (including any public and Indian housing agency under the United States Housing Act of 1937) school district, special district, intrastate district, council of governments (whether or not incorporated as a nonprofit corporation under state law), any other regional or interstate government entity, or any agency or instrumentality of a local government. Obligations means the amounts of orders placed, contracts and subgrants awarded, goods and services received, and similar transactions during a given period that will require payment by the grantee during the same or a http: / /www. dot .gov /ost/m60 /grant/49cfr18.htm 8/30/2012