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Contract Provisions Guide <br />39 <br /> <br />Non-Federal Entity (NFE):A state, local government, Indian tribe, Institution of Higher Education, <br />or eligible private nonprofit organization that carries out a federal award as a recipient or <br />subrecipient.83 In this Guide, NFEs include state and non-state entities. <br />Non-State Entity: A non-state entity is an eligible FEMA award recipient or subrecipient that does <br />not meet the definition of a “state under 2 CFR 200.1. <br /> Nonprofit organization (in this Guide, it is used interchangeably with “Private Nonprofit <br />Organization or PNP”): Nonprofit organization 84 means any corporation, trust, association, <br />cooperative, or other organization, not including Institutions of Higher Education, that: <br /> Recipient: An NFE that receives a federal award directly from a Federal awarding agency to carry <br />out an activity under a federal program. The term recipient does not include subrecipients.85 A <br />recipient is responsible for administering the federal award in accordance with applicable federal <br />laws. Examples of recipients include state, Indian tribe, or territorial governments. <br /> Pass-through entity: A recipient that provides a subaward to a subrecipient to carry out part of a <br />federal program is known as the pass-through entity.86 Pass-through entities are responsible for <br />processing subawards to subrecipients and ensuring subrecipient compliance with the terms <br />and conditions of the FEMA award agreement. <br /> Political Subdivision: A political subdivision means the unit of government that the State <br />determines to have met the State’s legislative definition of a political subdivision.87 <br /> Simplified Acquisition Threshold (SAT)Simplified acquisition threshold means the dollar amount <br />below which an NFE may purchase property or services using small purchase methods. NFEs <br />adopt small purchase procedures to expedite the purchase of items costing less than the <br />simplified acquisition threshold. The federal SAT is set by the FAR at 48 C.F.R. Subpart 2.1 <br />(Definitions) and in accordance with 41 U.S.C. 1908.88 As of June 2018, the federal SAT is <br />$250,000,89 but is periodically adjusted for inflation. <br /> State: State means any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth <br />of Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern <br />Mariana Islands, and any agency or instrumentality thereof exclusive of local governments.90 In <br />this Guide, state is used interchangeably with “state entity”. <br /> <br />83 2 C.F.R. § 200.1 Non-Federal entity. <br />84 2 C.F.R. § 200.1 Nonprofit organization. <br />85 2 C.F.R. § 200.1 Recipient. <br />86 2 C.F.R. § 200.1 Pass-through entity. <br />87 40 C.F.R. § 35.6015(a) Political subdivision <br />88 2 C.F.R. § 200.1 Simplified acquisition threshold. <br />89 Section 805 codified at 41 U.S.C. § 134; OMB Memo (M-18-18), available at <br />https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/M-18-18.pdf. <br />90 2 C.F.R. § 200.1 State. Some hospitals and IHEs as defined by 2 C.F.R. § 200.1 Hospitals and 2 C.F.R. § <br />200.1 Institutions of Higher Education respectively, may meet the definition of a State. <br />ATTY/AGR.2025.317/Wood Rodgers, Inc. (Page 76 of 77)