NIAID Contract Board of Awards SOP -- Extramural Standard Operating Procedures -- NIAID Research Funding

Standard Operating Procedures

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NIAID Contract Board of Awards

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Standard Operating Procedure Table of Contents

Purpose
Procedure
Contacts
Links

Purpose

To review contract files before solicitation and award and after award.

Procedure

A part of OA, the NIAID Board of Awards (BOA) reviews proposed contract actions to ensure:

Contract actions conform with laws, acquisition regulations, policies, procedures, and sound business practices.

Contract actions reflect the mutual understanding of the parties involved.

Contracting officers are informed of deficiencies and items of questionable acceptability and take corrective action.

Each year, the OA director, collaborating with the chief of the OA Acquisition Management and Policy Branch (AMPB), determines which OA contract files the BOA will review and notifies contracting officers and contract specialists. The AMPB chief serves as the Board chair, who selects AMPB staff as Board members.

The BOA completes its reviews within five working days and provides written minutes to contract specialists reflecting its findings. Within 30 calendar days from the date of the minutes, contract specialists must provide a written response to the Board. AMPB also issues a compilation of recurring problems annually to OA.

Contacts

Staff Only Contact

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Links

Contract File Checklist for OA, NIAID

File Review Checklist (FY00 and beyond)

File Review Checklist (Pre-FY00)

FAR 4.8, Government Contract Files