Part I: INSTRUCTIONS

Part I: Standard Contract Form

Please complete the following sections of the Standard Contract Form:

(Anything marked with an arrow on the contract form that is highlighted in yellow needs to be filled out or it will be considered incomplete).

Contractor Legal Name (and d/b/a)

  • This is defined as the legal name of the lead agency. For example, Worcester Public Schools – the legal name is the City of Worcesterand the d/b/a is Worcester Public Schools.

Legal Address

  • This is the address to the city or town hall or lead agency that receives your grant funding to then issue to the schools. The legal address should be the address of the Contractor Legal Name entity.

Payment Remittance Address

  • This address in most cases will match the Legal Address for public schools (city or town hall). The address should be the entity which receives grant funding directly from the state.

Contract Manager

  • This is the person EEC should contact with questions about your contract form. In some cases it is the grant program coordinator, in other cases it is a person from the business office of the school district.

Phone, Fax, Email, TTY

  • The phone, fax, email, and TTY should be contact info from the Legal Address entity.

State of Incorporation (if a corporation) or N/A

  • Public Schools will need to fill out N/A; Lead Agencies that are corporations will need to indicate so here.

Vendor Code

  • This is the vendor code assigned to your lead agency by the state. Hint: your vendor code can be found on your FY07 initial (and only) payment notice. Your vendor code does not change from year to year.
  • If you cannot find your vendor code you may leave it blank, and EEC will fill this information in. Your FY08 payment notice will contain this number.

Grantees do not need to fill out MMARS Object Code.

Maximum Obligation of this Contract

  • This will be marked with an X, but you must fill in your FY08 grant amount in the space provided. You can find this amount on the eligibility list with the grant posting. This amount should also match your total amount on your Part II Budget Detail and Narrative form.

DO NOT MARK ANYTHING UNDER THE CERTIFICATIONS SECTION ON THE CONTRACT FORM. THAT IS FOR EEC USE ONLY.

Authorized Signature of Contractor

  • Please date this contract form no later than June 30, 2007. If the date indicated is later than June 30, 2007, funds can not be processed. PLEASE SIGN IN BLUE INK.
  • The person signing this form should be the authorized signatory at the Legal Address responsible for signing contracts for the grantee or lead agency.

FUNDS CANNOT BE PROCESSED UNTIL AN ORIGINAL CORRECTLY FILLED OUT STANDARD CONTRACT FORM IS RECEIVED BY EEC.

THE STANDARD CONTRACT FORM INSTRUCTIONS ARE POSTED WITH THE CONTRACT FORM, YOU DO NOT NEED TO SEND THE INSTRUCTION PAGES BACK TO EEC. JUST PAGE ONE AND TWO OF THE FORM SIGNED AND COMPLETE.