We want to contract with a consultant to perform services related to the grant. Can the contract extend past the ending date of the grant period?
TEA cannot reimburse the grantee for consultant services performed before or after the ending date of a grant. Therefore, TEA highly recommends that such a contract not extend past the ending date of the current grant period. The contract creates a binding written legal agreement between the grantee and the consultant. Should you not receive grant funds for some reason beyond the current grant period, the grantee is still contractually obligated to receive services from and to pay the consultant. This means the grantee will be paying for consultant services from some other allowable funding source if the grantee for some reason does not receive grant funding in the subsequent year. In addition to possibly resulting in financial difficulties for the grantee in paying the consultant, it may also appear to be a supplant rather than a supplemental expenditure because the grantee is making a commitment beyond the current grant period, which implies other sources of funds will exist after th
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