District Business Office – Grants & Contracts
Procedures for Grants, Contracts and Agreements
CONTRACTS & AGREEMENTS
- All Contracts, Memorandum of Understanding, or Agreements must be forwarded to the Grants and Contracts Office (GCO), MS 1006, or emailed to Kathleen Roberson at kroberson@ccs.spokane.edu for review, including:
- New, renewal, continuation, addendums and revisions.
- Clinical, affiliation, and SBCTC contracts/agreements.
- The GCO assigns a contract number and maintains a log of all contracts received. The contracts are recorded on a monthly report presented to the VP Council and e-mailed to the contract administrators.
- The GCO will review the terms and conditions of the contract for legal requirements. The GCO will respond to the contract administrator regarding modifications, if necessary, and/or approval to proceed. All contracts must be signed within the CCS Delegation of Authority.
- If the GCO sends the contract out for signature, it will provide a signed copy to the contract administrator.
- If the contract administrator sends the contract out for signature, the contract administrator must provide one signed copy to the GCO.
- If a contract is rejected, the contract administrator must notify the GCO that it is no longer active.
GRANTS
- An Intent to Apply for External Funding form must be completed for all grant applications, including:
- New, renewal, continuation, supplemental, or revision.
- SBCTC grants.
- Grants through the CCS Foundation.
- Sections A, B, & C of the Intent to Apply form should be completed with appropriate approvals and forwarded to the Grants and Contracts Office (GCO) at MS 1006, or e-mailed to Kathleen Roberson at kroberson@ccs.spokane.edu.
- E-mail and/or hardcopy forms should include the names of the individuals who will approve the grant.
- All approvals must be within the CCS Delegation of Authority.
- The GCO will contact the contract administrator for missing information.
- The GCO assigns an application number and maintains a log of all Intent to Apply forms received. The information is recorded on a monthly report presented to the VP Council and e-mailed to the contract administrators.
- The GCO will review the Intent to Apply for consistency, to ensure there is no duplication of effort within the district, match requirements, and other fiscal/resource obligations that would result from receiving the grant. The GCO will respond to the contract administrator regarding modifications, if necessary.
- All grant applications must be signed within the CCS Delegation of Authority. Upon submission, a signed copy of the grant application must be sent to the GCO.
- Contract administrators must notify the GCO when a grant application is approved or denied.