N.J. Admin. Code § 7:22-3.29

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 21, November 4, 2024

Section 7:22-3.29 - Project initiation

(a) The recipient shall expeditiously initiate and complete the project in accordance with the project schedule contained in the Fund loan agreement. Failure to promptly initiate and complete a project may result in the imposition of sanctions included in this subchapter.

(b) The recipient shall not advertise any contract or any addendum thereto for the building of the project until authorization to advertise the contract or any addendum thereto has been granted by the Department. Further, the recipient shall be required to execute the engineering agreement for building services prior to, or concurrently with, receipt of authorization to advertise. The recipient shall transmit an executed copy of the engineering agreement for building services to the Department immediately upon its execution.

(c) The recipient shall not award any subagreement(s) until authorization to award has been given by the Department.

(d) The recipient and the contractor to whom the subagreement(s) has been awarded shall attend a preconstruction conference with Department personnel prior to the issuance of a notice to proceed.

(e) The recipient shall award the subagreement(s) and issue notice(s) to proceed, where required, for building all significant elements of the project no later than 12 months after the loan closing, unless a specific extension has been approved by the Department.

(f) Failure to promptly award all subagreement(s) for building the project shall result in a limitation on allowable costs in accordance with 7:22-5.4(d)5.

N.J. Admin. Code § 7:22-3.29

Amended by R.1992 d.42, effective 1/21/1992.
See: 23 New Jersey Register 3282(a), 24 New Jersey Register 246(a).
Requirements added at (b).
Amended by R.2000 d.284, effective 7/3/2000.
See: 32 New Jersey Register 363(a), 32 New Jersey Register 2426(b).
In (f), amended the N.J.A.C. reference.
Amended by R.2003 d.401, effective 10/6/2003.
See: 35 New Jersey Register 1475(a), 35 New Jersey Register 4719(a).
Rewrote (c).