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<br /> <br /> Doug Major General Darin Darin <br /> Burgum Alan S. Dohrmann Hanson Anderson GOVERNOR DIRECTOR – DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR – DIVISION DIRECTOR – DIVISION <br /> OF EMERGENCY SERVICES OF HOMELAND SECURITY OF STATE RADIO <br />Ensuring a safe and secure homeland for all North Dakotans <br />PO Box 5511 | Bismarck, ND 58506-5511 | 701.328.8100 | Fax: 701.328.8181 | Email: nddes@nd.gov | des.nd.gov <br /> <br />March 1, 2023 <br /> <br />Cass (County) <br />Mr. Bob Henderson <br />PO Box 5806 <br />West Fargo, ND 58108 <br /> <br />Dear Mr. Henderson: <br /> Congratulations on behalf of the North Dakota Department of Emergency Services (NDDES) Division of Homeland Security, your grant application submitted for the FY 2022 State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program (SLCGP) has been approved for award in the amount of $153,000.00. The award at this time requires at 10% local cost share. Should the State legislature approve to cover the 10% cost share you will be notified by July 1, 2023. <br /> Note: Do NOT begin any portion of your project including obligating or expending funds. NDDES is <br />waiting to receive approval of the North Dakota Cybersecurity Plan from Department of Homeland Security Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). Until NDDES receives approval of the Cybersecurity Plan, CISA has placed a hold on all federal funding related to this award and has prohibited the obligation or expending of the funds. NDDES will notify you once this hold has been rescinded. <br /> To accept the award and the terms and conditions complete the following steps within 10 days from the date of <br />this letter: Step 1: Print or download the Notice of Grant Award and Special Conditions Step 2: Sign page 1 of the Notice of Grant Award Step 3: Read and Initial all pages of the Special Conditions <br />Step 4: Upload the signed Notice of Grant Award and initialed Special Conditions pages in the DES Grants System (GMS) grants.des.nd.gov to the Project page (See directions at the end of this <br />letter.) Step 5: Upload a copy of your jurisdiction’s/agency’s written procurement policy to the Project page. The following federal requirement must be completed. No funds related to this project will be reimbursed until this <br />requirement is met. <br />• Complete the 2023 Nationwide Cybersecurity Review (NCSR) https://www.cisecurity.org/ms-isac/services/ncsr/. The NCSR is required of all SHSP sub-recipients and opens on October 1, 2023, and must be completed no later than December 1, 2023. See the NCSR attachment in the grants management system for additional information and instructions. Once you have completed the NCSR, upload a copy of the 2023 NCSR Completion Certification to the Project page in GMS grants.des.nd.gov. Please put a note in the GMS to drice@nd.gov when you do this so that we are aware it is complete. Note: If your entity completed the FY 2022 NCSR, you may upload a copy of the completion certificate to fulfill this requirement. Procurement Requirements Federal (2 CFR Part 200.318-200.326) eCFR: 2 CFR Part 200 Subpart D - Procurement Standards as well as applicable state and local procurement laws and regulations must be followed when purchasing goods (ex. equipment) and services (ex. planning, training, or exercise activities). NOTE: If your application included a brand name or a particular contractor/vendor, this award is NOT an approval of that brand name or contractor/vendor. All procurement transactions must be conducted in a manner providing full and open competition (2 CFR Part 200.319). Please see the NDDES Fiscal Requirements and Other Program Rules, Regulations, Laws, and Policies <br />for Federal Programs as well as the Reimbursement Processing checklist HSGP - grants.des.nd.gov for more