[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 32, Volume 1]

[Revised as of July 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 32CFR37.300]



[Page 230-231]

 

                       TITLE 32--NATIONAL DEFENSE

 

              CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE

 

PART 37_TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENT AGREEMENTS--Table of Contents

 

  Subpart C_Expenditure-Based and Fixed-Support Technology Investment 

                               Agreements

 

Sec.  37.300  What is the difference between an expenditure-based and 

fixed-support TIA?





    The fundamental difference between an expenditure-based and fixed-

support TIA is that:

    (a) For an expenditure-based TIA, the amounts of interim payments or 

the total amount ultimately paid to the recipient are based on the 

amounts the recipient expends on project costs. If a recipient completes 

the project specified at the time of award before it expends all of the 

agreed-upon Federal funding and recipient cost sharing, the Federal 

Government may recover its share of the unexpended balance of funds or, 

by mutual agreement with the recipient, amend the agreement to expand 

the scope of the research project. An expenditure-based TIA therefore is 

analogous to a cost-type procurement contract or grant.

    (b) For a fixed-support TIA, the amount of assistance established at 

the time of award is not meant to be adjusted later if the research 

project is carried out to completion. In that sense, a fixed-support TIA 

is somewhat analogous to a fixed-price procurement



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contract (although ``price,'' a concept appropriate to a procurement 

contract for buying a good or service, is not appropriate for a TIA or 

other assistance instrument for stimulation or support of a project).