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50 Pa.B. 3744
Pennsylvania Wine Marketing and Research Board; Grant Solicitation and Application Procedures for Act 39 of 2016 Funding
PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 20-994
[50 Pa.B. 3744]
1. Introduction. The Pennsylvania Wine Marketing and Research Program Board annually, or more frequently as the availability of fund permits, solicits applications for grants to conduct promotion, marketing and research projects to increase the quality, profitability, production and sale of wines, enhance the wine industry and benefit wine producers of this Commonwealth. The Pennsylvania Wine Marketing and Research Program Board was established by the Department of Agriculture (Department) under 3 Pa.C.S. §§ 4501—4513 (relating to Agricultural Commodities Marketing Act) (ACMA). Its composition, funding and duties were subsequently expanded by section 488.1 of the Liquor Code (47 P.S. § 4-488.1). The Pennsylvania Wine Marketing and Research Program Board makes recommendations for the awarding of grants by the Liquor Control Board from funds provided through the Liquor Code (47 P.S. §§ 1-101—10-1001) for Liquor Control Board Act 39 of 2016 funding. This notice establishes the procedures by which grant applications will be solicited, reviewed and grants awarded. Priority is being given to projects that will help support the Pennsylvania Wine Industry's recovery as it navigates and emerges from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Applicants with projects aligned to COVID-19 recovery, with an outcome that would benefit Pennsylvania's wine and beer industries, and where the scope is warranted are encouraged to submit proposals to both the Pennsylvania Wine Marketing and Research Program Board and the Pennsylvania Malt and Brewed Beverage Industry Promotion Board for joint funding. Projects submitted jointly to both boards will be reviewed and must be approved by each board independently.
2. Grant Solicitation. The Pennsylvania Wine Marketing and Research Program Board will be accepting grant applications for the purposes, in the form and according to the schedule set forth herein for not less than 30 days beginning on the date of publication of this notice in the Pennsylvania Bulletin. Additional publication and dissemination of this notice shall be made and may include direct dissemination to State universities and State-supported universities located in this Commonwealth, universities with colleges of agricultural science located in this Commonwealth and individuals or entities who have requested notification from the Department of Agriculture or the Pennsylvania Wine Marketing and Research Program Board of grant availability.
3. Process Overview. The Pennsylvania Wine Marketing and Research Program Board will employ the review process described as follows to select projects and funding levels to recommend to the Liquor Control Board for the making of a grant. In the event of a recommendation to the Liquor Control Board to make and fund a grant, the decision as to whether to award a grant will be made by the Liquor Control Board.
b. The Liquor Control Board grant agreement follows hereto as Addendum 1 and incorporated by reference. The terms are non-negotiable; therefore, applicants shall carefully review the Liquor Control Board grant agreement to ensure that proposed projects are compliant with agreement requirements. Applicants who submit proposals to both the Pennsylvania Wine Marketing and Research Program Board and the Pennsylvania Malt and Brewed Beverage Industry Promotion Board for joint funding will be required to enter into a separate agreement for funding from each board, with separate purchase orders for each funding source, and split invoices for reimbursement to reflect a 50/50 allocation of expenses to each funding source.
4. Application. Applicants shall submit a Project Proposal and Grant Application, in the form set forth in paragraph 5 of this notice, to the Pennsylvania Wine Marketing and Research Program Board by 4 p.m. on Friday, August 21, 2020. Proposals should be sent electronically to RA-AGCommodities@pa.gov. Applications should be addressed and delivered to the Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Market Development, Attn: Agricultural Commodity Board Grant Program, 2301 North Cameron Street, Harrisburg, PA 17110-9408.
a. A cover page, titled Pennsylvania Wine Marketing and Research Program—Project Proposal and Grant Application, providing: the title of the proposed project; the full legal name and street address of the applicant; the name, address, telephone number and e-mail address of the applicant's principal contact person for matters relating to the application; and the total maximum grant amount sought for the proposed project or program.
b. Section 1, titled Statement of Purpose, explaining or presenting: the purpose for which the grant funds would be utilized and identifying methods for measuring and reporting outcomes; details of the proposed project, including a statement of expected impact of outcomes, staffing for the project, and objectives and methodologies; and whether, how and to what anticipated extent, the proposed marketing or research project increases the quality, profitability, production and sale of wines, enhances the wine industry and benefits wine producers of this Commonwealth.
d. Section 3, titled Budget, presenting a detailed budget for the proposed project or program, including any other matching funds and the value of any noncash resources that will be included in the project. In the case of a proposal submitted jointly to the Pennsylvania Wine Marketing and Research Program Board and the Pennsylvania Malt and Brewed Beverage Industry Promotion Board, the budget must reflect a 50/50 allocation of expenses to each program throughout. Each and every item of direct expense to be incurred in the project shall be separately set forth, including all purchases of consumable or nonconsumable goods or equipment, listing the disposition of all nonconsumable goods or equipment upon completion of the project; all travel by dates, purpose, destination, mode of transportation and rate; a full breakdown of other costs, if any, and the method used to calculate those costs. See also paragraph 11.
v. Contractual—If contractual work will be involved with carrying out the work of the project, identify the total contractual expenses. When determining the total cost for this category, include the fees for the professional services, travel costs, lodging expenses, indirect costs as provided in paragraph 11, and any other related contractual expenses.
e. Section 5, titled Industry Support, describing the extent of any support, participation and funding from the Commonwealth's wine industry, including any written confirmation of that support, participation or funding.
f. Due to limitations of Commonwealth equipment and considering that all Liquor Control Board grant communications will be conducted electronically, applicants should not use color in any tables, graphs, charts or other material elements of the proposals. Black and white or gray-scale should be used in such elements to ensure ongoing document integrity.
6. Scoring of Applications. The Pennsylvania Wine Marketing and Research Program Board will evaluate each complete and timely-filed project proposal and grant application it receives, which shall include a 100-point scale assessing:
If any joint funding proposals are received per paragraph 1, the Pennsylvania Wine Marketing and Research Program Board and the Pennsylvania Malt and Brewed Beverage Industry Promotion Board will each independently evaluate and score based on each board's criteria. For a recommendation for funding a joint proposal to be made to the Liquor Control Board, each board must independently approve the proposal for recommendation and then agree to joint funding with the other.
7. Evaluation, Recommendations and Awards. The Pennsylvania Wine Marketing and Research Program Board reserves the right to request modifications or clarifications, or both, of project proposals and grant applications, including but not limited to additional detail of purpose, reduced or modified budgets, and the like. Upon completion of evaluations, the Pennsylvania Wine Marketing and Research Program Board will prepare a record identifying each complete and timely filed project proposal and grant application received, and the numerical score assigned to each.
In the event of one or more recommendations to the Liquor Control Board to make and fund a grant, the Pennsylvania Wine Marketing and Research Program Board will transmit to the Liquor Control Board the complete and final project proposal and grant application along with the score assigned by the Pennsylvania Wine Marketing and Research Program Board and any other information deemed relevant by the Pennsylvania Wine Marketing and Research Program Board or requested by the Liquor Control Board. Request will be made by the Pennsylvania Wine Marketing and Research Program Board that the Liquor Control Board respond to all recommendations for grant approval within 30 days. The Liquor Control Board's three-member board will vote on these recommendations at a public meeting, and the Liquor Control Board will directly contact those applicants whose proposals/applications are approved. The Liquor Control Board is responsible for notifying applicants whose projects were recommended by the Pennsylvania Wine Marketing and Research Program Board for Liquor Control Board funding, but which the Liquor Control Board determined not to fund.
a. No reimbursements will be made by the Liquor Control Board for any grant activity commencing prior to the Effective Date.
d. A Notice to Proceed, Purchase Orders fully executed agreements, and invoicing instructions will be provided by Liquor Control Board by means of e-mail.
9. Progress Reports. Progress reports are to be delivered by e-mail to RA-AGCommodities@pa.gov no later than October 1, and April 1, every year for the duration of the project, or as requested by the Pennsylvania Wine Marketing and Research Program Board. Final reports should be submitted to RA-AGCommodities@pa.gov within 90 days of contract end date.
10. Grant Agreement. The Liquor Control Board will provide applicants with a grant agreement for Grantee's execution and return within 30 calendar days. The Liquor Control Board will obtain the required signature on the grant agreements, including any other required Commonwealth entities, and return a copy to the applicant. Unless otherwise stated in the executed grant agreement, no grant agreement is effective, and work should not begin until all required signatures have been applied to the grant agreement. Among the terms of the grant agreement shall be a requirement that the grant recipient provide the Pennsylvania Wine Marketing and Research Program Board full and complete access to all records relating to the performance of the project and submit information as the Pennsylvania Wine Marketing and Research Program Board may require.
11. Cost-Reimbursement Grant and Indirect Costs Cap. Grants made hereunder do not require the applicant secure or devote a matching sum to the project. Payment of grant funds will occur on a reimbursement basis only. Grant awards may include an allowance for indirect costs of up to 10%. In the case of graduate student participation, reasonable stipends will be allowed, and tuition will not be allowed.
47 P.S. § 4-488.1
1. Pursuant to sections 488(k) and 448.1 of the Pennsylvania Liquor Code, 47 P.S. §§ 4-488(k) and 4-488.1, the PLCB shall allocate the amount of $1,000,000 annually to be used to award grants to entities for the purpose of increasing the production of Pennsylvania-made wines and enhancing the Pennsylvania wine industry through promotion, marketing and research-based programs and projects.
2. The Pennsylvania Wine Marketing and Research Program Board (''Wine Board'') was established by the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture under the authority of the Pennsylvania Agricultural Commodities Marketing Act at 3 Pa.C.S. §§ 4501—4513. Its composition, funding and duties were subsequently expanded in the Pennsylvania Liquor Code; specifically, at 47 P.S. § 4-488.1.
The Wine Board is statutorily charged with establishing procedures by which an entity may submit an application for grant funding pursuant to 47 P.S. § 4-488(k) and § 4-488.1; reviewing all such grant applications; and making recommendations to the PLCB for the awarding of the grants.
The Wine Board is further statutorily charged with requiring grant recipients to provide full and complete access to all records relating to the performance of the grant; conducting a thorough annual evaluation of each program for which a grant is made; and submitting an annual report to the General Assembly detailing all actions of the Wine Board and the grants awarded pursuant to section 488(k) and 488.1 of the Liquor Code.
3. The PLCB has made the aforementioned allocation; the Wine Board has established the requisite procedures and process; the Grantee has applied for a grant pursuant thereto; the Wine Board has recommended to the PLCB to make a grant to the Grantee as detailed in Appendix G, attached and incorporated by reference; and the PLCB has approved the award of the grant (''the Grant'').
b. In order to be issued an approved Purchase Order and to receive Grant funds, if the Grantee does not have a valid PLCB Oracle Supplier Registration Number (which is different than other Commonwealth supplier/vendor numbers), Grantee is required to register with the PLCB's Supplier Unit using the following linked form which includes instructions: https://www.lcb.pa.gov/JoinOurTeam/Documents/001698.pdf.
a. This Grant Agreement shall become effective on September 1, 2020 or on the date of the last required Commonwealth signature, whichever is later. The Grant Activity Period, defined as the period of performance for which the Grantee can be reimbursed for activity performed in accordance with the Grant, shall be twelve months from the Effective Date for marketing, educational and/or promotions-related projects and eighteen months from the Effective Date for research projects.
d. Grantee is required to file timely progress reports to the Wine Board, including but not limited to a final report. The PLCB reserves the right to withhold payment otherwise due under the terms of this Grant Agreement for Grantee's failure to submit reports to the Wine Board, until the Wine Board advises the PLCB that such reports have been submitted. The Grantee is responsible for ensuring that its required reports are timely submitted directly to the Wine Board and acknowledges that the PLCB has no involvement in the Wine Board's statutory reporting requirements.
PENNSYLVANIA ELECTRONIC PAYMENT
a. The commonwealth may make contract payments through ACH, upon your election. If you so elect, within 10 days of the Grant award, the recipient must submit or must have already submitted its ACH and electronic addenda information, if desired, to the commonwealth's Payable Service Center, Vendor Data Management Unit at 717-214-0140 (FAX) or by mail to the Office of Comptroller Operations, Bureau of Payable Services, Payable Service Center, Vendor Data Management Unit, 555 Walnut Street—9th Floor, Harrisburg, PA 17101. Electronic PEPP enrollment form is available at www.vendorregistration.state.pa.us/cvmu/paper/Forms/ACH-EFTenrollmentform.pdf
CLAUSE (Grants)
7. The Grantee and each subgrantee, contractor and subcontractor represents that it is presently in compliance with and will maintain compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations relating to nondiscrimination and sexual harassment. The Grantee and each subgrantee, contractor and subcontractor further represents that it has filed a Standard Form 100 Employer Information Report (''EEO-1'') with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (''EEOC'') and shall file an annual EEO-1 report with the EEOC as required for employers' subject to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, that have 100 or more employees and employers that have federal government contracts or first-tier subcontracts and have 50 or more employees. The Grantee, any subgrantee, any contractor or any subcontractor shall, upon request and within the time periods requested by the Commonwealth, furnish all necessary employment documents and records, including EEO-1 reports, and permit access to their books, records, and accounts by the granting agency and the Bureau of Diversity, Inclusion and Small Business Opportunities for the purpose of ascertaining compliance with the provisions of this Nondiscrimination/Sexual Harassment Clause.
10. The Commonwealth may cancel or terminate the Grant agreement and all money due or to become due under the Grant agreement may be forfeited for a violation of the terms and conditions of this Nondiscrimination/Sexual Harassment Clause. In addition, the granting agency may proceed with debarment or suspension and may place the Grantee, subgrantee, contractor, or subcontractor in the Contractor Responsibility File.
(5) been, and is not currently, the subject of a criminal investigation by any federal, state or local prosecuting or investigative agency and/or civil anti-trust investigation by any federal, state or local prosecuting or investigative agency.
a. Pursuant to federal regulations promulgated under the authority of The Americans with Disabilities Act, 28 C. F. R. § 35.101 et seq., the contractor understands and agrees that it shall not cause any person with a disability to be excluded from participation in this Contract or from activities provided for under this Contract on the basis of the disability. As a condition of accepting this contract, the Contractor agrees to comply with the ''General Prohibitions Against Discrimination,'' 28 C. F. R. § 35.130, and all other regulations promulgated under Title II of The Americans with Disabilities Act which are applicable to the benefits, services, programs, and activities provided by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania through contracts with outside contractors.
RIGHT TO KNOW LAW—GRANT PROVISIONS—8-K-1580
[Pa.B. Doc. No. 20-994. Filed for public inspection July 24, 2020, 9:00 a.m.]