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Mississippi Vendors &
the American Recovery
and
Reinvestment Act
MAGPPA Reverse Tradeshow
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Department of Finance and Administration
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Agenda
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American Recovery and Reinvestment Act – An
Overview
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Who Reports What
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What is a Vendor?
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Contract Terms and Conditions
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State of MS Business Partnerships
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Mississippi’s Visibility and Transparency
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Q&A
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American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
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What is it?
Direct response by the Congress and the President to the economic
crisis
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When effective?
Passed by Congress February 13, 2009
Signed by the President February 17, 2009
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What are the immediate goals of the Act?
Create new jobs as well as save existing ones
Spur economic activity and invest in long-term economic growth
Foster unprecedented levels of accountability and transparency in
government spending
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American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
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How are these goals to be accomplished?
Provides $288B in tax cuts and benefits for millions of working
families and businesses
Increased federal funds for education and health care as well as
for entitlement programs (Medicaid, Unemployment Benefits) by
$224B
Made $275B available for federal contracts, grants, and loans
Requires recipients of Recovery Act funds to report quarterly on
the amount of monies spent, the status of the projects, the
number of jobs affected by the Recovery Act
Posts, pretty much in raw data form, all the quarterly reporting
details on Recovery.gov so the public can track the spending of
the $787B
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American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
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What are some specific areas of focus?
Broadband internet access – reaching out to the areas of the US
that are presently not covered
Infrastructure – road and bridge repair; high speed rail projects;
airport and other transportation hub projects
Computerization of health information records to reduce errors and
reduce health care costs
Energy focus – weatherization of homes and businesses and
government facilities; “greening” of America through use of
renewable energy sources
Education support – Local Education Agencies (LEAs) and
Institutions of Higher Education (IHEs) and other entities
Law Enforcement
General government support
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ARRA 1512 Reporting Model
Federal Agency
Prime Recipient (Lead Agency)
Sub-allocated to state agency
(Reports Data to Lead Agency as
Part of Prime Recipient)
Sub-recipients
Vendors
Vendors
Sub-recipients
Vendors
Vendors
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What Is a Vendor?
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A vendor is defined as a dealer, distributor, merchant or other seller
providing goods or services that are required for the conduct of a
Federal program. Prime recipients or sub-recipients may purchase
goods or services needed to carry out the project or program from
vendors. Vendors are not awarded funds by the same means as subrecipients and are not subject to the terms and conditions of the Federal
financial assistance award.
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A vendor:
(1) Provides the goods and services within normal business operations
(2) Provides similar goods or services to many different purchasers
(3) Operates in a competitive environment
(4) Provides goods or services that are ancillary to the operation of the
Federal program
(5) Is not subject to compliance requirements of the Federal program
(6) Is required to provide information to the prime or sub-recipient to meet
reporting requirements
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What Vendor Information is Reported?
All vendor payments must be reported. Individual
payments greater than $25,000 must be reported
separately with the following data elements for each
payment:
Vendor identity either through DUNS number (Dun and
Bradstreet Data Universal Numbering System OR the Vendor
Name and the zip + 4 digit code of the vendor’s headquarters.
To register for a DUNS: http://www.dnb.com
Payment description and payment amount (required to be
reported by prime recipients; optional for subrecipients)
Jobs created or retained
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Contract Terms and Conditions
Vendors are subject to the some of the terms and
conditions of the Federal financial assistance award.
Examples:
Wage Rate Requirements (Davis-Bacon Act, Section 1606)
Use of American Iron, Steel, and Manufactured Goods (Section 1605)
Jobs Reporting – includes jobs or employees directly charged to
Recovery Act supported projects/activities paid for with Stimulus
funds
Section 902 Review of contractor, sub-contractors, and associated
contracts and transactions
Section 1553 Whistleblower Protection
Compliance with Anti-Discrimination and Equal Opportunity Statutes
OPEN ENDED REQUIREMENT to comply with any other ARRA
requirements when notified
E-verify (under State statute)
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Contract Terms and Conditions
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DFA posted an “ARRA Award Terms Exhibit” (Memo
#12) at www.mmrs.state.ms.us on the Stimulus page.
All Ts and Cs won’t apply to each project.
Ts and Cs can be edited, but, state entities can choose
to be “safe” and include all of them on a contract.
If a contract was negotiated prior to Stimulus, but will
now include Stimulus funding, the contract must be
amended to include the ARRA Ts and Cs.
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State of MS Business Partnerships
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DFA/Office of Purchasing, Travel & Fleet Management
http://www.dfa.state.ms.us/Purchasing/Home.html
Department of Information Technology Services
http://www.its.ms.gov/
MS State Personnel Board/Personal Services Contract
Review Board http://www.mspb.ms.gov
State Agencies
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What Is Our Status?
Mississippi – Federal Agency Reported
Source: Recovery.gov 2/15/2010
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What Is Our Status?
Mississippi – Recipient Reported
Mississippi
Congressional Districts
110th Congress
Source: Recovery.gov 2/15/2010
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What Is Our Status?
Mississippi – Recipient Reported
Source: Recovery.gov 2/15/2010
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Stimulus360 Transparency
The Stimulus360 solution will be used to provide transparency reporting for ARRA
expenditures.
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Stimulus360 Transparency
The Stimulus360 solution will be used to provide transparency reporting for ARRA expenditures.
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ARRA Expenditure and Vendor Data on
MERLIN.net
www.merlin.state.ms.us
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Q&A
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Mississippi Vendors &
the American Recovery
and
Reinvestment Act
Gayle Chittom
Chief Systems Information Officer
Department of Finance and Administration
Office of the Mississippi Management and Reporting System
[email protected]
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