Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 18 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part 20 - DIVISION OF COMMUNITY SERVICES › Chapter 1 - Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) Weatherization Assistance Program › Rule 18-20-1-1 - Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) State Plan › Section 18-20-1-1-IV - ANNUAL FILE › Section 18-20-1-1-IV.7 - Miscellaneous

Current through June 25, 2024
Recipient Business
									 Officer
Recipient Principal
									 Investigator
Mr. Robert Gilmon Anderson
Tina M. Ruffin, Director
Executive Director
Division of Community Services
Mississippi Dept. of Human Services
Mississippi Dept. of Human Services
P.O. Box 352
P.O. Box 352
200 South Lamar Street
750 North State Street
Jackson, Mississippi 39201
Jackson, Mississippi 39202
(601) 359-4457
(601) 359-4768
MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES DIVISION
						OF COMMUNITY SERVICES
Public Hearing Advertisement Process
:
1. Division Director sets the Public Hearing
					 date, time and location for the CSBG and LIHEAP Programs, and the Staff
					 Officer, I sets the date, time and location for the DOE WX Program.
2. Deputy Director determines the date(s) the
					 state plans have to be filed with the Secretary of State (SOS) Office (30 days
					 before the public hearing).
3.
					 Deputy Director generates Legal Ad Notice for the Public Hearing, a memo
					 requesting publication of Legal Notice (and proof of advertisement), and submit
					 the request (and Word document) to the Division of Budgets & Accounting,
					 Office of Procurement Services contact person for processing.
4. Office of Procurement Services contact
					 person sets up Purchase Order (1343) and submit The requested information to
					 the MS Press Services via email.
5.
					 MS Press Services emails a "draft" of the requested information along with the
					 quote for advertisement to the Office of Procurement Services contact person
					 and from there, Procurement Services emails the "draft" document to Community
					 Services' Deputy Director for proofing.
6. Deputy Director approves documents to run
					 on set date(s) listed in the requested memo and forwards email back to
					 Procurement Services contact person.
7. Procurement Services contact person
					 forwards the email to MS Press Services to move Forward with the
					 advertisement.
8. Deputy Director
					 (CSBG/LIHEAP) or Staff Officer, I (DOE WX) - also verifies advertisement of
					 hearing by checking on-line and/or the papers.
New for WX only:
I. Deputy Director contacts a Court Reporting
					 Company and request a quote for services to transcribe the minutes of the
					 Public Hearing.
II. Deputy Director
					 accepts quote and forward the quote to the Special Projects Officer, II to set
					 up a Purchase Order for payment.
Davis Bacon Act Compliance:
Mississippi DOE BILWeatherization Program understands
						that any BIL-funded weatherization work on multifamily buildings with no fewer
						than 5 units will be required to pay wages to all laborers and mechanics
						engaged in the construction, alteration, or repair of those multifamily
						buildings (whether employed by a contractor or subcontractor) wages "at rates
						not less than those prevailing on similar projects in the locality, as
						determined by the Secretary of Labor."
Subgrantees are required to follow Section 41101 of the
						BIL referenced in subpart (b) when dealing with paying contractors. Subgrantees
						are also required to maintain on file the contractors Labor Invoice, which
						provides the pay rate per hour, productive hrs., amount of labor, fringe
						benefits and total labor cost per employee.
Subgrantees will reference the Department of Labor Wage
						and Hours Division (WHD) to ensure that at least the minimum payment is paid
						per weatherization worker. Ensuring that all laborers and mechanics employed by
						contractors and subcontractors on multifamily building projects with
not
fewer than 5 units funded directly by or assisted in whole
						or in part by and through the Federal Government pursuant to the BIL (Section
						41101 subpart (b)), shall be paid wages at rates not less than those prevailing
						on projects of a character
similar in the
						locality
as determined by the Secretary of Labor.
(See attached Labor Form)
A file review will be conducted by both Division of
						Monitoring, a division within the MDHS and Community Services WAP Staff for
						subgrantee compliance.
Buy American Provisions
Mississippi DOE BIL Weatherization Program understands
						that:
The BIL included a new "Buy America, Build America"
						section which created a number of new responsibilities and requirements,
						including a new permanent Buy American domestic preference requirement for all
						iron, steel, manufactured products, and
construction materials
used in certain financial assistance projects. This new requirement applies to
						"infrastructure projects," as those terms are defined by the act:
"Projects" is defined as the "construction, alteration,
						maintenance, or repair of infrastructure in the United States."
"Infrastructure" includes the structures, facilities, and
						equipment for, in the United States:
* Roads, highways, and bridges;
* Public transportation;
* Dams, ports, harbors, and other maritime
						facilities;
* Intercity passenger and freight railroads;
* Airports;
* Water systems, including drinking water and wastewater
						systems;
* Electrical transmission facilities and systems;
* Utilities;
* Broadband infrastructure; and
* Buildings and real property.
Mississippi DOE BIL Weatherization Program understands
						that this requirement will apply to WAP-funded work. Per DOE Mississippi DOE
						BIL Weatherization Program must start applying this domestic preference
						requirement no later than May 14, 2022. Mississippi DOE BIL Weatherization
						Program understands that a waiver process will be available, but waivers will
						be reviewed on a case-by-case basis and approval will depend on the
						specific-facts and circumstances involved. Mississippi DOE BIL Weatherization
						Program will plan on exhausting all available options before applying for a
						waiver.
Mississippi DOE BIL Weatherization Program will begin
						planning activities, such as ensuring any supplies of iron, steel, manufactured
						goods, or construction materials can certify, in writing, that their products
						are manufactured domestically.
(See Material Certification
						Form)
Fuel Switching:
Misssissippi DOE BIL Weatherization Assistance Program do
						not plan to engage in fuel switching.