I. Pre-proposals WITHOUT a budget (budgets are not required), should be considered "Letters of Intent". In such a situation, the following should be applied:

A. An F.E.S. form is not required.
B. Institutional Endorsement by an individual in SPA is not necessary, unless required by the sponsoring agency.
C. Letters of Intent WITH a budget should be considered a Pre-Proposal. As such, an F.E.S. form AND Institutional Endorsement by an individual in SPA are required.

II. Pre-proposals WITH an attached budget should be considered "Pre-Proposals". In such a situation, the following should be applied:

A. A completed F.E.S. form is required.
B. Endorsement by an individual in SPA is necessary.
C. All Cost-sharing information are to be fully identified. And, if the Cost-sharing is other than the primary Department, then signature(s) of an authorized individual(s) is/are necessary.
D. Indirect Costs must be claimed at the Federal Rate unless previously approved by the Vice President for Research.
E. Pre-proposals will be separately identified in COEUS.

III. All City of Detroit proposals with budgets exceeding $50,000 must comply with the Detroit Living Wage Ordinance, Sec. 18-5-71 (the ordinance is printed below).

IV. Definitions
Letters of Intent: A brief letter or statement indicating interest and/or intention to submit a proposal.
Pre-Proposal: A brief description, usually 2-10 pages, of research plans and estimated budget (if required), that is sometimes submitted to determine the interest of a particular sponsor prior to submission of a formal proposal.
Proposal: An application for funding that contains all information necessary to describe project plans, staff capabilities, and funds requested. Formal proposals are officially approved and submitted by Wayne State University in the name of a principal investigator.

TEXT OF THE DETROIT LIVING WAGE ORDINANCE, SEC. 18-5-71

SEC. 18-5-71. PURPOSE.

The purpose of this ordinance is to improve the lives of working people and their families by requiring employers that contract with the City or which receive financial assistance from the City for economic development or job growth to pay their employees a wage sufficient to meet basic subsistence needs, and that they utilize Detroit residents as employees to the extent possible.

SEC. 18-5-72. APPLICABILITY.

(a) This ordinance applies to any individual, proprietorship, partnership, corporation, trusts, association or other entity which is a contractor or a grantee, defined as follows:

(i) a contractor is a party to a contract with the City of Detroit primarily for the furnishing of services (as opposed to the purchasing or leasing of goods or property), where the total expenditure for such contract exceeds $50,000.00, including any subcontractor of such contractor:

(ii) a granted is the recipient of any financial assistance from the City in excess of $50,000.00, including any federal grant program administered by the city, revenue bond financing, planning assistance, tax increment financing, tax credits or any other form of assistance, if the purpose of the assistance is economic development or job growth, including any contractors, subcontractors or leaseholders at the subsidized sites.

(b) The minimum wage requirements of this ordinance shall apply with respect to any employee of a contractor or grantee who is employed either part-time or full-time at a job site covered in whole or in part by the contract, or to any employee of a grantee who is employed either part-time of full-time at any-job site covered or subsidized in whole or in part under the grant of financial assistance.

SEC. 18-5-73. MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS.

(a) Each contractor and grantee shall pay its employees wages which are at least equal to a living wage as defined in this ordinance.

(b) A living wage means an hourly wage rate which on an annual basis (based on forty hours per week, fifty weeks per year) is equivalent to either of the following:

(c) The federal poverty level means the United States poverty level income guideline for a family of four, as adjusted periodically.

(d) The City Purchasing Department shall adjust the living wage as necessary to incorporate changes in the federal poverty level. The Purchasing Department shall publish a bulletin announcing any change in the amount of the living wage, and shall inform each contractor and grantee of such changes in writing, prior to such adjustment becoming effective.

(e) To the greatest extent feasible, a covered contractor or grantee shall attempt to fill all new positions created as a result of a contract or financial assistance with employees who are resident of the City of Detroit. The foregoing shall not be interpreted as (a] residency requirement; nor shall it cause any contractor or grantee to terminate, transfer, or lay off any employee who is on the payroll at the time coverage under this ordinance becomes effective for that contractor or grantee.

SEC. 18-5-74. ENFORCEMENT AND PENALTIES

(a) Each City contract or grant or financial assistance shall require compliance with this ordinance. Each such contract or grant shall provide that willful or repeated violation of this ordinance will entitle the City to terminate the contract or grant.

(b) Every contractor or grantee shall post in a conspicuous place or any job site subject to this ordinance a copy of the minimum living wage rate required under this ordinance. The City shall notify contractors and grantees of the minimum living wage rate, and any adjustments thereto. within a reasonable period before they become effective.

(c) A contractor or grantee who violates the living wage requirement shall pay to each employee affected the amount of the deficiency, for each day the violation continues. Willful violation of the ordinance will result in a penalty paid to the City in the amount of $50.00 per violation for each day the violation continues. The City may withhold from payment, grants, of financial assistance to the employer such amounts as necessary to effectuate the payments provided in this paragraph.

(d) A contractor or grantee who is assessed the $50 penalty provided above based on more then three (3) incidents within a two (2) year period shall be barred from bidding on or entering into any contracts with the City or from receiving any financial assistance from the City (as defined in Section 2(b) [sic] [Section 18-5-72(b)]', for a period of ten (10) years from the date of the last violation. An incident for purposes of this paragraph means one payroll, payday, or date of payment, regardless of the number of employees affected by each incident.

(e) A person affected by a violation of this ordinance may file a complaint with [sic] City Purchasing Department. which will have ninety (90) days to investigate and remedy the complaint. If the complaint is not resolved to the complainant's (sic] satisfaction within the ninety day period, the complainant (sic] or his or her representative may bring an action in the Wayne County Circuit Court to enforce this ordinance. The court shall award reasonable attorneys fees and costs to a person who prevails in an enforcement action. This ordinance shall not be constructed [sic] to limit an employee's right to bring legal action for violation of any other minimum compensation or wage and hour law. 

If any portion or provision of this ordinance is declared invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, the remaining provisions shall remain in full force and effect.