District Business Office – Grants & Contracts Procedures for Grants, Contracts and Agreements

CONTRACTS & AGREEMENTS

  1. 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:
    1. New, renewal, continuation, addendums and revisions.
    2. Clinical, affiliation, and SBCTC contracts/agreements.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
    1. If the GCO sends the contract out for signature, it will provide a signed copy to the contract administrator.
    2. If the contract administrator sends the contract out for signature, the contract administrator must provide one signed copy to the GCO.
  4. If a contract is rejected, the contract administrator must notify the GCO that it is no longer active.

GRANTS

  1. An Intent to Apply for External Funding form must be completed for all grant applications, including:
    1. New, renewal, continuation, supplemental, or revision.
    2. SBCTC grants.
    3. Grants through the CCS Foundation.
  2. 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.
    1. E-mail and/or hardcopy forms should include the names of the individuals who will approve the grant.
    2. All approvals must be within the CCS Delegation of Authority.
    3. The GCO will contact the contract administrator for missing information.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. Contract administrators must notify the GCO when a grant application is approved or denied.