Who is responsible for ensuring contractor compliance as well as timely and accurate reporting from contractors?
Recipients are responsible for ensuring compliance with DBA requirements by Community Action Agencies, contractors and lower-tier subcontractors. Many of the requirements, including reporting and recordkeeping, flow down to the Community Action Agencies and their contractors and lower-tier subcontractors. Therefore, the Community Action Agencies will also be responsible for ensuring compliance by its contractors and lower- tier subcontractors with DBA requirements, including reporting and recordkeeping requirements. Contractors hired by Community Action Agencies to perform weatherization work also have compliance responsibilities as well as reporting requirements. The specific responsibilities will be set forth in the DBA clauses, which will be included in the weatherization grants and the subawards issued to the Community Action Agencies and local agencies as well as the contracts issued to contractors and lower tier subcontractors. However, DOE is ultimately responsible for ensuring
