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PGI Paragraph | MAJCOM | Paragraph Title |
AFMC | Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) | |
AFMC | Suggested Contract Language | |
AFICC | Special Use Allowances for Research Facilities Acquired by Educational Institutions | |
SMC | Using an FFRDC | |
SMC | Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (Aerospace Corporation) |
(d)(6) Contracts providing for a special use allowance for the acquisition or construction of research facilities may specify:
(i) Plans, specifications, and major changes thereto shall be subject to approval by the Government; and,
(ii) The work shall be subject to the approval by the Government for conformity to the approved plans and specifications.
All contracting organizations executing SBIR/Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I, II, and III contracts should comply with the SBIR/STTR Guide for Contracting Personnel.
The contracting officer may include the following suggested contract language substantially as written in the PWS/SOW, when the decision to award and performance is conditioned, in large part, on the qualifications of the principal investigator and/or the key members of the research team:
(a) Contractor personnel holding the position titles and having the minimum qualifications listed below are considered essential to the work being performed under this contract:
Key Positions: |
| Minimum Qualifications: |
(list by job title) |
| (list minimum qualifications in terms of education and/or experience) |
________________ |
| ________________________________________ |
________________ |
| ________________________________________ |
________________ |
| ________________________________________ |
(b) The contractor shall notify the contracting officer before the departure of any individual in a key position and identify the proposed substitution. Any proposed personnel substitution that does not meet the minimum qualification requirements described above requires the prior written approval of the contracting officer.
(c) When considering whether to allow an FFRDC to participate in an acquisition as a subcontractor:
(1) The contracting officer should consider whether or not the proposed arrangement complies with FAR 35.017-1 and the DoDI 5000.77 Federally Funded Research and Development (FFRDC) Program.
(2) The contracting officer should ensure that the FFRDC s Sponsoring Agency has reviewed and approved the FFRDC s participation in the effort.
(3) The contracting officer, in collaboration with the Sponsoring Agency, should ensure that the FFRDC participation in the activity will not negatively impact the work of the FFRDC, does not pose a real or perceived conflict of interest, and is in full consonance with the policies of the sponsor and DoD policies governing technology transfer.
(4) The subcontract proposal provided by the FFRDC should be of a unique nature and, in order to ensure fairness, should be made available to all competitors in a source selection.
For all contracts and solicitations for development work requiring the contractor to interact with and/or furnish information to the Government s Aerospace FFRDC contractor for General Systems Engineering and Integration (GSE&I), Technical Review (TR), and/or Technical Support (TS), include Annex A, without change, consistent with the Aerospace FFRDC contract, in the requirements document (SOO/SOW/PWS).