Section DHS 199.06 - Grant awards(1) MAKING AWARDS. (a)Initial grants. For a given RFP, the department shall award a grant to the applicant with the highest numerical score pursuant to s. DHS 199.05(6), except that: 1. The department or its designated evaluation committee may reject any application failing to meet the content specifications under s. DHS 199.05(4). Rejection of an application for failure to meet the content specifications under s. DHS 199.05(4) is not subject to appeal.2. The department may negotiate the amount of an award, authorized budget items and programmatic goals and objectives before awarding a grant to an applicant.3. The department or its designated evaluation committee may reject applications submitted by organizations or individuals that have a contractual, corporate, organizational or business responsibility to promote, assist in the promotion of, the use of or the sale of tobacco products for a company involved in the production, distribution or marketing of tobacco products.(b)Continuation grants. The department may negotiate the amount of an award, authorized budget items and programmatic goals and objectives before awarding a continuation grant to an applicant.(c)Intergovernmental procurements. In accordance with s. 16.75(6) (b), Stats., the department may perform an intergovernmental procurement for purchases of supplies, materials, equipment or contractual services other than printing and stationary, from the federal government, from another state, or from any county, city, village, town or other governmental body in the state.(2) NOTIFICATION. The department shall notify all applicants, in writing, within 60 days of the deadline stated in the RFP for an initial grant, or within 30 days of the expiration of an existing grant, of awards for the new funding agreement.(3) APPEAL. Except as provided in s. DHS 199.05(5) (a) 1. And sub. (1) (a) 1., an applicant for either an initial grant or a continuation grant may appeal to the department an adverse decision of the department. The appeal shall be in writing and shall fully identify all contested issues. The appeal shall be filed with the department within 10 working days of the date on which the notice of awards is postmarked. (4) CONTRACT. The department shall make all grant awards through a contract between the department and each applicant selected to receive a grant.(5) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS. (a) The department shall decide in advance of the funding year the amount of funds available for grants from the expected appropriation under s. 20.435(1) (fm), Stats., and shall announce the availability of funds in one or more RFPs.(b) All funding decisions shall be contingent upon availability of funds under s. 20.435(1) (fm), Stats. Any changes in the amount of funds available which were unforeseen at the time of the department's release of an RFP or continuation grant materials shall be accommodated by the department, as appropriate, by means of reduction, elimination or increase in existing awards, by awarding of funds to applicants previously denied due to insufficient funds, or by release of a new RFP or new continuation grant application materials.(c) Any funds that become available due to a denial of an award to a selected grantee as a result of failure of the selected grantee to sign the required agreement or as a result of termination of a project by the department or grantee shall be reallocated by the department at its discretion but within the limits of the intent of the appropriation and this chapter.Wis. Admin. Code Department of Health Services DHS 199.06
Cr. Register, May, 2001, No. 545, eff. 6-1-01; corrections in (5) (a) and (b) made under s. 13.92(4) (b) 7, Stats., Register July 2011 No. 667.Amended by, CR 20-067: am. Register November 2021 No. 792, eff. 1/1/2022