Suspension, termination, and non-renewal.

CFR · 2024-01-01 · US · Title 13

(a) (1) (2) (ii) The notice of suspension will recommend that the recipient organization cease work on the project immediately. The SBA is under no obligation to reimburse any expenses incurred by a recipient organization while its cooperative agreement is under suspension. Where AA/SBDC decides to lift a suspension and reinstate a recipient organization's cooperative agreement, the Agency may, at its discretion, choose to reimburse a recipient organization for some or all of the expenses it incurred in furtherance of project objectives during the period of suspension. However, there is no guarantee that the Agency will elect to accept such expenses, and recipient organizations incurring expenses while under suspension do so at their own risk. (b) (1) Non-performance; (2) Poor performance; (3) Unwillingness or inability to implement changes to improve performance; (4) Disregard or material violation of regulations; (5) Willful or material failure to comply with the terms of the cooperative agreement, including relevant OMB Circulars; (6) Conduct of the SBDC Lead Center Director or other key personnel, reflecting a lack of business integrity or honesty, which is not properly addressed on the part of the recipient organization or sponsoring SBDC organizations; (7) A conflict of interest on the part of the recipient organization, the SBDC service centers, the SBDC Lead Center Director, other key personnel, contractors or volunteers that causes a real or perceived detriment to a

official document · source cfr-2024 · id 13:§ 130.700