[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 48, Volume 4]

[Revised as of October 1, 2006]

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

[CITE: 48CFR370.402]



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            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM

 

                  CHAPTER 3--HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

 

PART 370_SPECIAL PROGRAMS AFFECTING ACQUISITION--Table of Contents

 

   Subpart 370.4_Acquisitions Involving the Use of Laboratory Animals

 

Sec. 370.402  Assurances.



    (a) Assurances may be one of two types:

    (1) Full Animal Welfare Assurance (AWA). An AWA describes the 

institution's complete program for the care and use of animals, 

including but not limited to the facilities, occupational health, 

training, veterinary care, IACUC procedures and lines of authority and 

responsibility. An AWA listed in OPRR's list of institutions which have 

an approved full AWA will be considered acceptable for purposes of this 

policy.

    (2) Interinstitutional Agreement/Assurance (IAA). An IAA describes 

the arrangements between an offeror and usually a subcontractor where 

animal activities will occur. An IAA is limited to the specific award or 

single project.

    (b) Copies of proposals selected for negotiation and requiring an 

assurance shall be forwarded to the Assurance Branch, Division of Animal 

Welfare, OPRR, NIH MSC 7507, 6100 Executive Blvd., Room 3B01, Rockville, 

Maryland 20892, as early as possible in order that timely action may be 

taken to secure the necessary assurances.

    (c) A contractor providing animal care services at an assured 

entity, such as a Government-owned, contractor-operated (GOCO) site, 

does not need a separate assurance because the GOCO site normally covers 

the contractor services in the GOCO site assurance.