General Agreement between USAID and USACE

Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), have entered into a General Agreement to establish a framework for USACE to provide technical services to USAID and its partners. This Agreement is based on section 632(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, and 10 U.S.C. Sec. 3036(d)(2). The scope of the Agreement includes integrated water resources management studies, sedimentation studies, dam safety analyses, planning methods and tools for water resources managers, and environmental assessments. USACE will furnish technical services to USAID or its partners as requested, and the specific services will be described in an interagency agreement substantially in the form attached to the Agreement. The fiscal terms of the Agreement specify that the Agreement does not constitute an obligation of funds by USAID or USACE. Upon signature by both parties, the interagency agreement will constitute a binding agreement between the parties and an obligation by USAID of the funds specified in the agreement. USACE will furnish the requested services in accordance with the interagency agreement, and USAID will reimburse USACE for the costs incurred. The Agreement also outlines the procedures for payment, including the use of the Intra-governmental Payment and Collection system or submission of a Standard Form 1081. USACE will submit financial reports to the paying office with each billing, itemizing expenditures to the level of detail specified in the budget of the interagency agreement. The Agreement will be in effect indefinitely, unless otherwise agreed upon in writing by the parties. USACE will begin to formally close out an interagency agreement after the physical completion of the agreement or the completion date, whichever occurs first. USACE will cooperate with USAID to expeditiously and properly document the close-out of the agreement. In the event that actual project costs incurred by USACE exceed the total obligated funding, USAID will pay such costs from legally and programmatically available funds, provided that USACE has materially complied with notification requirements. If USAID has no funds available to pay such costs, it will use reasonable efforts to request additional appropriations from the relevant USAID appropriations committees in Congress.