Market Development Cooperator Program

No.	Item/reference	Explanation	When	Approval/ concurrence	Secondary reference (not all details are relevant, refer to only as needed)
1.	Part A of performance progress report (PPR)	ITA export measures	30 days after the end of each quarter	Federal program officer	na
2.	Part B of PPR	Milestones specific to each project		Federal program officer	na
3.	Financial report	SF-425		Grants officer	Financial Report Manual
4.	Reimbursement	Drawing down your award funds	As often as you request it	Grants officer	Contacts for Automated Standard Application for Payment (ASAP)
5.	Use of ITA emblem	Acknowledge ITA support in all project elements	Prior to each proposed use	ITA-MDCP team leader and federal program officer	na
6.	Success stories	Photos help tell the story	As often as warranted		na
7.	Fiscal year operating plan	Helps ITA plan for each federal fiscal year	Mid-August		na
8.	Performance report, final	One-time report in addition to the quarterly PPR	90 days after end of project period		Award Action Request
9.	Financial report, final	SF-425	90 days after end of project period	Grants officer	Financial Report Manual
10.	Special award conditions (SACs)	Stipulations at the beginning of the project	30-90 days after accepting award	Federal program officer	Award Action Request: Special Award Conditions
11.	Fly America Act waiver request	Request to use use a non-U.S. carrier for air travel funded by federal or non-federal share (match)	As soon as practicable (3 weeks prior to travel if possible)	Federal program officer Grants officer	Submitting an Award Action Request: Foreign Travel
12.	Change in project director	Cooperator work assignment changes	As soon as possible but not later than 30 days prior to the end of the award period		Change in Project Director
13.	Change key project personnel	Cooperator work assignment changes			Change to Key Person Specified in the Application
14.	Change in institution name	If legal name of the cooperator changes			Change in Institution Name
15.	No-cost extension to project period	May be extended by up to 12 months			General advice on Award Action Requests
16.	Change in MDCP project scope	Example changes: industry focus, target markets
17.	Rebudget when cumulative transfers between the 8 OMB (SF424A) budget categories:	Exceed 10% of the total project budget (see procedure)
18.		Are less than 10% of the total project budget		Coordinate with ITA-MDCP team leader and federal program officer	na
19.	Other changes	Anything not covered elsewhere above			na

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