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<br /> underestimate of the unobligated balance in a prior period; (2) withdrawal of the unobligated balance as <br /> of the expiration of a grant; (3) refusal to extend a grant or award additional funds, to make a competing <br /> or noncompeting continuation, renewal, extension, or supplemental award; or (4) voiding of a grant upon <br /> determination that the. award was obtained fraudulently, or was otherwise illegal or invalid from <br /> inception; <br /> B. suspend all or part of the contract. Suspension is, depending on the context, either (1) the temporary <br /> withdrawal of the PERFORMING AGENCY's authority to obligate funds pending corrective action by <br /> the PERFORMING AGENCY or its subrecipient(s) or pending a decision to terminate or amend the <br /> contract, or (2) an action taken by a suspending official in accordance with agency regulations <br /> implementing Executive Order 12549 to immediately exclude a person from participating in grant <br /> transactions for a period, pending completion of an investigation and such legal or debarment <br /> proceedings as may ensue. PERFORMING AGENCY costs resulting from obligations incurred by the <br /> PERFORMING AGENCY during a suspension are not allowable unless expressly authorized by the <br /> notice of suspension; <br /> C. disallow (deny both use of funds and matching credit for) all or part of the activities or action not in <br /> compliance; <br /> D. temporarily withhold cash payments. Temporarily withholding cash payments means the temporary <br /> withholding of advances or reimbursements to PERFORMING AGENCY or its subrecipient(s) for <br /> proper charges or obligations incurred, pending resolution of issues of noncompliance with grant <br /> conditions or indebtedness to the United States or to the State of Texas; <br /> E. permanently withhold cash payments.. Permanently withholding of cash payment means that <br /> RECEIVING AGENCY retains funds billed by the PERFORMING AGENCY or its subrecipient(s) for <br /> a) un~llowable, undocumented, disputed, inaccurate, improper, or erroneous claims; b) failure to comply <br /> with grant award conditions; or c) indebtedness to the United States or to the State of Texas; <br /> F. deny contract renewal or future contract awards to a PERFORMING AGENCY for a certain period of <br /> time not to exceed five years; <br /> G. delay contract execution with the PERFORMING AGENCY while other proposed sanctions are pending <br /> resolution; <br /> H. place the PERFORMING AGENCY on probation. Probation means that the PERFORMING AGENCY <br /> will be placed on accelerated monitoring for a period not to exceed six months at which time items of <br /> noncompliance must be resolved or substantial improvement shown by the PERFORMING AGENCY; <br /> I. conduct accelerated monitoring of the PERFORMING AGENCY. Accelerated monitoring means more <br /> frequent or more extensive monitoring will be performed by RECEIVING AGENCY than would <br /> routinely be accomplished; <br /> J. require the PERFORMING AGENCY to obtain technical or managerial assistance; <br /> K. disallow requests for payments by disapproving costs or fees submitted for payment or reimbursement <br /> by PERFORMING AGENCY; <br /> (F ee-for-Service) 1999 GENERAL PROVISIONS Page 14 4/98 <br />