Claim submittal required

Claim submittal required. (1) Assignment to public bidding. Whenever the department notifies a responsible party and the consulting firm that an occurrence is subject to the public bidding process in s. NR 747.68 , a claim for eligible costs incurred up to then shall be submitted to the department, no later than 120 days after the date of the department’s notice. (2) Completion of a scope of work. (a) Whenever a consulting firm completes a scope of work designated by the department, a claim for eligible costs incurred for that scope of work shall be submitted to the department, no later than 120 days after completing that work. (b) The department may waive the requirement in par. (a) for small scopes of work that do not include a change to a different consulting firm. (3) Ineligible interest costs. (a) Failure to file a claim prior to the deadline prescribed in sub. (1) shall result in ineligibility of any interest expenses incurred between the date of the department’s notice and the date a claim is filed. (b) Failure to file a claim prior to the deadline prescribed in sub. (2) shall result in ineligibility of any interest expenses incurred between the date of the completion of the scope of work and the date a claim is filed.