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Cities of Dublin and Pleasanton | Disaster Debris Management Plan | 2022 93 FEMA may reimburse costs incurred under a contract procured through a noncompetitive proposal, also referred to as sole-source, only when one or more of the following circumstances apply:  The item is only available from one source  The public exigency or emergency for the requirement will not permit a delay resulting from competitive solicitation (this exception to competitive procurement is only for work specifically related to the circumstance and only while the circumstances exists. Therefore, Applicants need to immediately begin the process of competitively procuring similar goods and services and transition to a competitively procured contract as soon as the circumstances cease to exist)  FEMA or the Recipient expressly authorizes a noncompetitive proposal in response to a written request from the Applicant  After solicitation of several sources, competition is determined inadequate. For each noncompetitive procurement, the Applicant must identify which of the four circumstances listed above applies and provide all of the following information, documentation, and justification:  A brief description of the product or service being procured, including the expected amount of the procurement  Explanation of why a noncompetitive procurement is necessary. If there was a public exigency or emergency, the justification should explain the specific conditions and circumstances that clearly illustrate why competitive procurement would cause unacceptable delay in addressing the public exigency or emergency. (Failure to plan for transition to competitive procurement cannot be the basis for continued use of noncompetitive procurement based on public exigency or emergency)  Length of time the noncompetitive contract will be used for the defined SOW, and the impact on that SOW should the noncompetitively procured contract not be available for that amount of time (e.g., how long does the Applicant anticipate the exigency or emergency circumstances to continue; how long it will take to identify requirements and award a contract that complies with all procurement requirements; or how long it would take another contractor to reach the same level of competence)  The specific steps taken to determine that the Applicant could not have used, or did not use, full and open competition for the SOW (e.g., research conducted to determine that there were limited qualified resources available that could meet the contract provisions)  Any known conflicts of interest and any efforts that the Applicant made to identify potential conflicts of interest before the noncompetitive procurement occurred. If the Applicant made no efforts, explain why  Any other justification If FEMA determines that none of the allowable circumstances existed or did not preclude the Applicant from adhering to competitive procurement requirements, FEMA may disallow all or part of the associated costs.