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DOE CONTRACTS, GRANTS, AND COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS

WE’RE EXPERTS IN 10 CFR PART 600, SUBPART D.

DOE Financial Awards are subject to 10 CFR Part 600, subpart D.

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The Department of Energy (DOE*) is concerned with policies regarding energy and safety in handling nuclear materials. It sponsors more research in the physical sciences than any other U.S. federal agency, largely through its system of National Laboratories. Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E*) is charged with promoting and funding research and development (R&D) of advanced energy technologies, modeled after the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA*).

DoE awards come in two variations:

Federal Contract awards

Include procurement contracts used to buy goods or services (which are very similar to DOD* contracts)

Federal Financial Assistance awards

Include grants, cooperative agreements and sub-awards (which are very similar to NIH* grants). ARPA-Es, EEREs and SBIR*/STTRs which are awarded as grants or cooperative agreements may or may not contain cost sharing provisions.

DOE AWARD OVERSIGHT – 10 CFR PART 600, SUBPART D

Annual Indirect Cost Proposal

All of DOE’s funding vehicles require this report, which is identical to the DOD annual incurred cost* submission.
Once the annual incurred cost report is submitted, any over-billing for indirect costs may be re-budgeted and spent on direct expenses on the project or must be repatriated. Unlike DOD or NIH, funds are generally not provided for indirect cost* overruns, so it is critical to monitor indirect cost and total award spending.

Contract and Cooperative Agreements

Invoicing must be done through the Vendor Invoicing Payments Electronic Reporting System (VIPERS*) administered from Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Federal Financial Assistance provided by a grant award are subject to:

FINANCIAL REPORTS
Funds drawn down from the Automatic Standard Application for Payments (ASAP*) system must be reconciled to actual project funding earned and reported on Federal Financial Report (FFR) aka SF-425 on a quarterly basis.

ANNUAL AUDIT OF FOR-PROFIT RECIPIENTS – 2 CFR 200, Subpart F and Part 910
Under Regulation 10 CFR 600.316, when a for-profit recipient has DOE financial assistance awards of $750,000 or more, a Uniform Guidance Audit (UGA*) must be performed. This audit is identical to a NIH Uniform Guidance Audit and includes compliance tests, tests of internal controls, and audit follow-up on prior audit findings. The audit report is due nine months after the recipient’s fiscal year end.

ANNUAL PROPERTY INVENTORIES
Similar to an NIH grant, the determination of ownership and disposition of property acquired with government funding, and charged as a direct cost, must be accounted for on an annual basis on the Financial Assistance Property Closeout Certification report.

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