---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 C.F.R. § 2502.8"
title: "7"
number: "2502.8"
heading: "Pre-award, award, and post-award procedures and administration of grants."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/7/2502.8"
---

# §2502.8. Pre-award, award, and post-award procedures and administration of grants.

- (a) Unless otherwise provided in this rule, the requirements governing pre-award solicitation and submission of proposals and/or applications, the review and evaluation of such, the award of grant funds, and post-award and close-out procedures are those set forth at [7 CFR part 2500](/cfr/7/part2500.md), subparts [A](/cfr/7/subpartA.md), [B](/cfr/7/subpartB.md), C, D, and E.
- (b) For purposes of the ACE Grants Program, the provisions of [Subpart E](/cfr/7/subpartE.md), at [7 CFR 2500.49](/cfr/7/2500.49.md), “Prior Approvals,” shall not apply. In lieu of that provision, the following requirements shall apply: Awardees may not subcontract more than 20 percent of the award to other parties without prior written approval of the ADO. To request approval, a justification for the proposed subcontract, a performance statement, and a detailed budget for the subcontract must be submitted in writing to the ADO.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 2008q-1

### Source

Source: 76 FR 69117, Nov. 8, 2011, unless otherwise noted.