{"data":{"id":"us/40-cfr-35.4205","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"40 CFR 35.4205","heading":"How does my group procure a technical advisor or any other contractor?","body":"When procuring contractors your group must also:\n(a) Provide opportunity for all qualified contractors to compete for your work (see § 35.4210);\n(b) Keep written records of the reasons for all your contracting decisions;\n(c) Make sure that all costs are reasonable in a proposed contract;\n(d) Inform EPA of any proposed contract over $1,000.00;\n(e) Provide EPA the opportunity to review a contract before your group awards or amends it;\n(f) Perform a “cost analysis” to evaluate each element of a contractor's cost to determine if it is reasonable, allocable and allowable for all contracts over $25,000; and","path":["Title 40—Protection of Environment","CHAPTER I—ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY","SUBCHAPTER B—GRANTS AND OTHER FEDERAL ASSISTANCE","PART 35—STATE AND LOCAL ASSISTANCE","Subpart M—Grants for Technical Assistance"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-40.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:04Z","sha256":"56bdc39345072a668767a3eec66f223c7a4e99b488aec7327b8f6705d3e19ae8","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/40-cfr-35.4200","next":"us/40-cfr-35.4210"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}