FEMA PA APPEAL SHORT SUMMARY & LINKS TO FEMA PA APPEAL WEBSITE

This is in response to a letter from your office dated May 22, 2014, which transmitted the referenced second appeal on behalf of the Martinsville Community Unit School District #C-3 (Applicant). The Applicant is appealing the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) denial of $2,667,274.74 for Public Assistance (PA) funding deobligated as the result of a DHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) audit. As explained in the enclosed analysis, I have determined that the Applicant has not demonstrated that it met the criteria in 44 C.F.R. § 13.36(d)(4) to warrant noncompetitive procurement for its Architecture and Engineering contract. In addition, I have found that FEMA Region V correctly deobligated $1,861,644.74 in unused funds, as the Applicant failed to document that the funding was used for eligible costs. Therefore, I am denying the appeal. Please inform the Applicant of my decision. This determination is the final decision on this matter pursuant to 44 C.F.R. § 206.206, Appeals.