To identify common practices in contracts processing that can be expedited by uniform procedures within FDP IV; to design, monitor, and evaluate new procedures and concepts that respond to the legal requirements of the contracts process, but do so more efficiently; to study the similarities and differences between the grant and contract process to see if gains in costs and efficiency can be generated by adapting some of the FDP grant procedures for use with contracts; and to provide a forum for discussion of and possible resolutions for contracting issues as they arise for member institutions and agencies.
Initiatives
Troublesome Clauses Database - The Contracts Task Force initiated a demonstration that would allow members to (1) determine the frequency with which research institutions receive clauses in government contracts that require lengthy negotiation for acceptance or which are so burdensome that the contract can not be accepted; and (2) enable the FDP membership to more effectively and efficiently negotiate and execute contracts. This demonstration resulted in an online database that contains information about specific negoitations of these clauses and their outcomes.
Other Transaction Authority (OTA) Working Group
Proposed Areas of Study and Emphasis...
Federal Contracts Toolkit
Documents
Carter Memo
NASA China Restrictions
Data Transfer and Use Agreement
Presentations
Data Transfer and Use Agreement - Pilot
FAQs - 3/26/2019 version 4
Approved DTUA Pilot Proposal
FDP DTUA Pilot Participating Organizations – Effective May 1, 2019
FDP DTUA Template Pilot Q1 Metrics Reporting Spreadsheet for period 11.01.2018 to 01.31.2019
FDP DTUA Qualitative Questionnaire – For use by both FDP DTUA Pilot Participants as well as other users of the FDP DTUA template to provide feedback to the working group on the usability of the templates.
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Organization |
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Missy Peloso, epeloso@upenn.edu (Co-Chair) |
University of Pennsylvania |
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Janette Hannam-Hayes, jhannam@emory.edu (Co-Chair) | Emory University | ||||
Katherine Cook, farrkat1@osp.msu.edu (Co-Chair) | Michigan State University |