Specifications include, but are not limited to: the provision of professional administration services for eligible infrastructure projects that may be funded with ARP funds distributed by the State. The selected Service Provider will assist the City in the required administrative responsibilities, which might include project selection, as well as compliance, reporting, and close-out.; Provider will assist in developing project scope(s) and complete the required ARP Act documentation. The Provider will work with the local government and Engineer, if applicable, to evaluate potential projects that provide desired benefits and are compliant with any eligibility criteria as established by the US Treasury Department. As currently defined by US Treasury guidance, selected Projects must use the allocated funds in one of the following ways: A. to respond to the public health emergency with respect to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID–19) or its negative economic impacts, including assistance to households, small businesses, and nonprofits, or aid to impacted industries such as tourism, travel, and hospitality; B. to respond to workers performing essential work during the COVID–19 public health emergency by providing premium pay to eligible workers of the metropolitan city, non-entitlement unit of local government, or county that are performing such essential work, or by providing grants to eligible employers that have eligible workers who perform essential work; C. for the provision of government services to the extent of the reduction in revenue of such metropolitan city, non-entitlement unit of local government, or county due to the COVID–19 public health emergency relative to revenues collected in the most recent full fiscal year of the metropolitan city, non-entitlement unit of local government, or county prior to the emergency; or D. to make necessary investments in water, sewer, or broadband infrastructure.
