Purpose: This procedure demonstrates how to review and certify the Responsibility/Qualification Report. The Responsibility/Qualification Report is maintained by SAM.gov and provides a history of the grantee's performance with federal grants and contracts. Program Office staff must review the report to confirm the applicants or grantees do not have active exclusions or any history of negative performance which could impact their ED award(s). This certification must be completed when performing the following actions:
G5 Role: Program Office Staff (as long as their office is associated with the CFDA Subprogram)
Navigation Path: Grant Setup > Discretionary Grants > Budget Data and Abstracts for new Discretionary Awards or Grant Maintenance > Prepare for new Formula awards
Prerequisites: The prerequisites for this topic are:
1. The Discretionary application must be in Received status.
2. Formula awards must be in Approved status.