[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 42, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 42CFR52h.2]

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                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH
 
    CHAPTER I--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
                                SERVICES
 
PART 52h--SCIENTIFIC PEER REVIEW OF RESEARCH GRANT APPLICATIONS AND RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CONTRACT PROJECTS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 52h.2  Definitions.

    As used in this part:
    (a) Act means the Public Health Service Act, as amended.
    (b) Project period has the same meaning as in 42 CFR part 52.
    (c) Budget period means the interval of time (usually 12 months) 
into which the project period is divided for budgetary and reporting 
purposes.
    (d) Awarding official means the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services and any other officer or employee of the Department of Health 
and Human Services to whom the authority involved has been delegated; 
Except that, where the Act specifically authorizes another official to 
make awards in connection with a particular program, the ``awarding 
official'' shall mean said other official and any other officer or 
employee of the Department of Health and Human Services to whom the 
authority involved has been delegated.
    (e) Peer review group means a group of experts qualified by training 
and experience in particular scientific or technical fields to give 
expert advice, in accordance with the provisions of this part, on the 
scientific and technical merit of grant applications or contract 
projects in those fields.
    (f) Research means systematic study directed toward new or fuller 
knowledge and understanding of the subject studied.

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    (g) Development means the systematic use of knowledge and 
understanding gained from research, directed toward creating useful 
materials, devices, systems, or methods.
    (h) Research and development contract project means an identified, 
circumscribed activity, involving a single contract or two or more 
similar, related, or interdependent contracts, intended and designed to 
acquire new or fuller knowledge and understanding of a subject and/or to 
use such knowledge and understanding to develop useful materials, 
devices, systems, or methods. The terms include (but are not limited to) 
development and utilization of resources, testing, demonstrations, 
clinical trials, preparation of reports, and production of experimental 
or test models necessary or incidental to a research and/or development 
activity, but exclude quantity production and routine product testing 
and quality control.
    (i) Project concept means the basic purpose, scope, and objectives 
of the project.
    (j) Project approach means the methodology to be followed and the 
resources needed in carrying out the project.
    (k) Contract proposal means a written offer to enter into a 
contract, submitted to an awarding official by an individual or non-
Federal organization, and including as a minimum a description of the 
nature, purpose, duration, and cost of the project and the methods, 
personnel, and facilities to be utilized in carrying it out.
    (l) Solicited contract proposal has the same meaning as in 41 CFR 3-
1.353(b)(2).
    (m) Unsolicited contract proposal has the same meaning as in 41 CFR 
3-4.5201.
    (n) Request for proposals means a Government solicitation to 
prospective offerors, under procedures for negotiated contracts, to 
submit a proposal to fulfill specific agency requirements based on terms 
and conditions defined in the request for proposals. The request for 
proposals contains information sufficient to enable all offerors to 
prepare competitive proposals, and is as complete as possible with 
respect to: Nature of work to be performed; descriptions and 
specifications of items to be delivered; performance schedule; special 
requirements clauses, or other circumstances affecting the contract; 
format for cost proposals; and evaluation criteria by which the 
proposals will be evaluated.