Final SOW.pdf

Statement of Work (SOW)

Division of Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives

Office of Research Infrastructure Programs

Support for Need Analysis, Unique Identification Tagging, and Evaluation of the Impact of DCM-funded Research Resources

July 22, 2021

I. BACKGROUND

The Division of Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives (DPCPSI) within the

Office of the NIH Director performs critical analyses of tasks as well as plans, coordinates, and supports trans-NIH initiatives and research resources for numerous key areas of emerging scientific opportunities or rising public health challenges. Under the umbrella of DPCPSI, the

Division of Comparative Medicine (DCM) in the Office of Research Infrastructure Programs

(ORIP) supports research to develop new animal models (e.g. rodents, aquatic species, invertebrates, nonhuman primates), cultured cells, biological materials, reagents and informatics systems, as well as shared resources with the goal to distribute, characterize, maintain, and archive these diverse resources for use by other biomedical researchers. In such resources, organisms and biologicals are produced under defined conditions and are delivered to scientists with a guaranteed assurance of quality and reproducibility of the phenotype and properties as well as access to information regarding the description and original source of the biomaterials.

By sustaining animal model and biomaterial repositories, DCM/ORIP is promoting rigorous and transparent research in all areas of biomedical science supported by a variety of NIH grant programs. DCM/ORIP animal model resources adapted a citation system, which enables users of the resources and authors of the publications to authenticate model organisms and biomaterials as well as biological resources by using and finding stable unique identifiers. Such a system is serving the biomedical community to correctly report, accurately replicate and extend findings from animal research resources and allow resource distributors and funding agencies to monitor the use of these model organisms and biomaterials.

II. PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVES

The following are the objectives of this requirement:

1. Maintain and further develop biological research resource identifiers (RRIDs) which aim to promote research resource identification, discovery, and reuse and will allow NIH personnel, stock centers, and the research community to monitor the use and conduct citation analysis of DCM/ORIP supported research resources, such as animal models, cultured cells and other biological materials.

2. Conduct analyses of gaps in animal model resources and knowledge. These analyses will address the relevant relationships between animal model resources, known animal genomes or phenomes, and their use to model human genes, gene pathways and phenotypes associated with pathological processes to truly identify areas for which no tools or models are available. This information will be instructive for DCM/ORIP in deciding whether additional resources should be created or if sufficient resources are already available.

3. Develop methods to assess the value and impact of DCM/ORIP supported model organism resources and related biomaterials. The methods and analytics developed should assist DCM/ORIP in portfolio analysis, which involves demonstrating the effectiveness of funding stock centers for model organisms and related biomaterials. This information will allow DCM/ORIP staff to calculate return on investment, in particular for organism stock centers, and will help to develop strategies to enhance access to model organism resources to improve inquiries by scientists into diseases and processes impacting human and animal health.

III. CONTRACTOR REQUIREMENTS

3.1 Collaboration

The Contractor shall furnish all necessary labor, materials, supplies, equipment and services to successfully carry out the Statement of Work (SOW). It is expected that the Contractor will work collaboratively with federal staff as well as non-governmental third-party personnel and stakeholders. This collaboration may include day-to-day activities, planning, development, and creating and sharing documentation. The Contractor will act, where possible, to minimize the effort required by the participating Resource Centers.

3.2 Knowledge, skills, and abilities

• Experience and knowledge of ORIP/DCM and other NIH supported resources.

• Experience with systems such as websites, SharePoint and other dashboard type applications.

• Experience in analysis, evaluation, assessment, and statistics to inform collected data.

• Knowledge in applying statistical principles and other methods to analyze evaluation results quantitatively and qualitatively.

• Experience using ontologies to tag and align resource information.

• Experience working with informatics for genotype and phenotype organism data from stock centers.

• Experience in development and use of analyses of unique RRIDs, which are capable of identification of a particular resource, be machine processable and be outside any paywall.

• Experience in interacting with scientific journal publishers to develop resource tracking standards such as RRIDs that can be accepted uniformly across publishers.

• Experience in writing and editing of reports to inform federal policy and targeted program audiences.

IV. CONTRACTOR TASKS

Task 1 – Support of unique identification tagging of DCM-funded research resources

1.1 Maintenance of Existing Indexes

The Contractor shall maintain an “integrated animal” index and all of the subparts of its various databases developed under the previous contract. Maintenance is defined as the following:

a. Monthly verification of a subset of links (typical numbers are 5 per source);

b. Monthly outreach to all sources via an e-mail list which shall include, but is not limited to, the status of the system, version of the catalog of the resources currently in use or being updated, news about the service in general, and statistics on reference of the resource in the published literature; and

c. Weekly verification that the data in the index is uncorrupted and that totals have not changed unexpectedly. In the case of changes, the Contractor shall investigate the errors with programming staff and correct them. After the investigation and corrections are completed, the Contractor shall report outcomes to the resources.

Applicable databases include the following:

• Ambystoma Genetic Stock Center;

• A Resource Center for Tetrahymena thermophile;

• Development of Validated Drosophila in vivo RNAi Models of Human Diseases;

• Zebrafish International Resource Center;

• Bloomington Drosophila Stock Center at Indiana University;

• Mutant Mouse Resource and Research Center (MMRRC) at the Jackson Laboratory;

• MMRRC at UC Davis;

• Caenorhabditis Genetics Center;

• The Mouse Mutant Resource;

• Cre Driver Strain Resources;

• Drosophila Genomics Resource Center;

• MMRRC at University of North Carolina;

• MMRRC at the University of Missouri;

• National Swine Resource and Research Center;

• National Xenopus Resource Center;

• Rat Resource and Research Center;

• Sperm Stem Cell Libraries for Biological Research;

• The Special Mouse Strain Resource at The Jackson Laboratory; and

1.2 – Curation of New Resources

In consultation with ORIP Program Staff (PS) and other stakeholders and dependent on the availability/maturity of new resources, the contractor shall plan for the addition of up to two new resources per year for the duration of the contract. Criteria used to determine suitable new resources will be based on the scientific importance of that resource to the biomedical community, stakeholder needs, and availability of funding.

1.3 – Maintenance of the Dashboard and Reports for NIH and Model Organism Repositories

Under this task, the Contractor shall perform the following:

a. Annual reports consisting of summary statistics and a simple format file of all raw data about the use of organisms in the biomedical literature shall be provided to the organism repositories and the Contracting Officer’s Representative. The Contractor shall meet annually (or by webinar) with model organism repository owners to report on progress. In the event that organism repository owners are unable to make it, materials shall be provided to them by email or a file transfer protocol (FTP) as data size dictates.

b. The contractor shall maintain and continue improving dashboard features within its infrastructure where the Model Organism Repositories and interested NIH program officers are viewing the current citations reports. Monthly updates shall be provided as regular data is released. Organism repository owners will continue viewing and downloading the data or selecting push notifications in standard data formats such as

Comma Separated Values (CSV) or xml. The Contractor shall make reasonable accommodations to present the data as requested by the repositories/NIH. The NIH

Program Officials will continue to have access to the ‘master’ section where the current data of the entire project are accessible, downloadable, and graphically represented.

1.4 – Dissemination of Unique Identification System

Under this task, the Contractor shall perform the following:

a. Disseminate – using the Contractor’s website, social media, presentations at biomedical meetings, publications, etc. – the idea that unique identifiers help authors/grantees meet rigor and transparency guidelines;

b. Write one or more press releases per year around the use of the RRID system (as recommended by DCM program staff) to be posted on specified websites. As an example a press releases could be written at the end of the calendar year to update an unusually high level of citation of a specific resource;

c. Maintain applicable project webpages to reflect the state of the project;

d. Create and execute a plan to improve journal staff knowledge about and adoption of rigor and reproducibility guidelines;

e. Reach out to 12 journals per year, with priority being given to journals covering broad biomedical fields, as a means of communicating with a wider community;

f. Present or exhibit at one scientific meeting per year, as appropriate. The meeting venue shall include larger scientific society meetings, such as the Society for Neuroscience, the

American Society for Cell Biology or other similar venues. The exhibit shall encourage author/grantee participation in the unique identifiers initiative.

Task 2 – To build associations between gene/phenotypes and mutant/animal model resources in the genomic databases of the major model organisms and conduct analysis of the models available from ORIP supported resources.

The contractor shall conduct an analysis of the representation of gene mutants/animal models in

ORIP supported repositories for the major model organisms (MMO): worms, Drosophila, zebrafish, Xenopus, mice, rats and pigs (WormBase, FlyBase, ZFIN, XenBase, MGD and RGD).

This will require determining which model organisms have been mapped to standard nomenclature for genes and phenotypes and which remain to be mapped. Examples of analysis include estimating coverage of model organism genes in ORIP supported repositories, similarities and differences in coverages by different species, major gaps in genome coverages, and biomedical research areas. Perform pilot studies to correlate these coverages with human disease associated phenotype and genome databases. This analysis shall help to address if a sufficient number of animal models are available to study a representative number of gene/pathways or phenotype/disease condition.

Task 3 - Identify and report major gaps in model organism availability for a defined set of high priority human pathological conditions in support of the NIH mission

The contractor shall add to the Dashboard reporting of coverage and major gaps in model organism availability from ORIP supported resources for a defined set of high priority pathological conditions in support of the NIH mission. These might include focusing on current important NIH initiatives, such as the BRAIN Initiative, Alzheimer’s Disease, or AIDS research.

NIH will provide several pathological conditions of high importance to the contractor every other year.

Task 4 – Conduct analysis of publications/patents associated with the use of model organisms distributed by ORIP supported repositories

The contractor shall collect information on the use of animal models in research publications/patents for the last 10 years focusing on the MMOs and will determine how many of these animal models were obtained from ORIP supported repositories versus research laboratories/other major identifiable vendors, such as Jackson Laboratory or commercial vendors. The following sources of information will be used: publication and patent databases, reports from ORIP funded repositories, and catalogs of the major US animal model commercial vendors. Focus shall be on publications clearly stating the sources of animals. Data collected shall be used to conduct trend analysis. The use of animals from ORIP supported resources shall be classified by research field/disease category (e.g., neuroscience, infection disease, AIDS, reproduction biology, metabolic diseases, etc.).

The contractor shall conduct analysis of publications citing model organisms obtained from

ORIP supported repositories in terms of rigor and reproducibility using text searches in the papers’ methods sections, which shall act as proxies for how rigorous the experiments are, and how easy it would be for other researchers to reproduce them. Results shall be compared with analogous results from similar analysis conducted using publications citing animal models received from other sources.

Task 5 – Develop approaches to analyze overall basic research and translational impacts of animal models obtained by the biomedical community from ORIP supported resources

The contractor shall develop impact assessment methods to evaluate overall basic research and the translational impact of the use of model organisms from ORIP supported resources.

Approaches used may include analysis of the publications and references in general as well as clinically oriented journals, medical patents, and clinical trials or informatics tools such as iCite

(NIH). A meta-analysis of the collected data shall be conducted to provide an assessment of the benefits to the major categorical NIH ICOs (defined by ORIP). Other potential areas of impact, such as growth of collaborations, trans biological field interactions, assistance to young investigators etc. shall be considered. The contractor shall add functionality for searching and reporting publications using animal models obtained from ORIP supported resources with high citation indexes, representing significant biomedical achievements or broad collaborative research efforts to the Dashboard

Task 6 - Developing a rigor and transparency index quality metric for assessing the use of animal models.

The Contractor shall develop automated approaches to evaluate information available from repository and research articles associated with animal strains distributed by the MMRRC on their adherence to the key NIH rigor, transparency, and reproducibility criteria

(https://grants.nih.gov/policy/reproducibility/index.htm). This “index” shall allow comparison of animal strains for their utility in addressing scientific questions and ensure a comprehensive and unbiased process for validation of the models. The MMRRC will serves as the pilot project for the development of this index. The index and description of the criteria shall be shared with the

MMRRC to improve selection and relevance of animal models distributed from ORIP supported repositories. Once this metric index has been successfully developed, the contractor shall apply these metrics to other model organisms in ORIP repositories.

V. Deliverables

All information and materials developed pursuant to this contract are the property of the

U.S. Government. The Contractor shall surrender any and all rights to its ownership and agrees to accept the terms and conditions of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 52-

227-14 Rights in Data—General (May 2014)

Deliverables will vary based on the specific needs of the activity. All deliverables must meet the requirements of the SOW and additional guidance provided by the COR.

DELIVERABLE TIMEFRAME OF DELIVERY

Kick Off Meeting: The meeting will provide an introduction between the Government and

Contractor personnel who will be involved with the contract performance. Additional topics for discussion at the Contract Kick-off Meeting include, at a minimum, technical, management, Within fifteen (15) calendar days of contract award security issues, deliverables, and reporting procedures.

Quality Control Plan Updated within 30 days post award

Services and analyses in accordance with this

SOW

Determined by task and mutually agreed upon

Dashboard: Addition of new Reporting Features During first year of award

Annual Summary Report on Statistics Every year from the time of award

CSV or xml data Files Every year from the time of award

Annual Progress Report (Only if owners not able to attend annual meeting)

Every year from the time of award

Documentation on metrics, algorithms or code developed

As developed and updated as needed

Other reports and communications as requested by the COR

Determined by task and mutually agreed upon

Monthly Status and Financial Reports detailing tasks worked on during the billing period and funding and invoicing periods respectively.

Typically submitted monthly and no later than (30) thirty-days after the end of the month for each monthly submission.

Transition plan: In the event this contract is to be transitioned away from the Contractor, the

Contractor shall provide all the necessary documents, materials, and other requested information to the COR to ensure a smooth and efficient transition of work to a new contract holder. The plan should identify a list of phase-out activities.

30 days prior to the end of the contract:

Final Progress Report: All data gathered, and code written as part of this contract shall be made available electronically. Curated data shall be covered under a CC-0 license to ensure maximum reuse by organism repositories or other users.

One month before the end of the contract

VI. Performance Evaluation

The Government will monitor and evaluate the Contractor’s performance under this contract. The Contractor shall be evaluated in accordance with the Quality Assurance Plan.

The Government’s surveillance plan shall not serve as a substitute for the Contractor’s QC plan. The Contractor’s performance shall be measured in accordance with performance metrics, which will include schedule, requirements, and performance. The Contractor shall be required to meet with the COR and the CO as often as necessary to discuss performance.

Interim and final evaluations of Contractor performance will be prepared on this contract in accordance with FAR 42.15 using the web-enabled application Contractor Performance

Assessment Reports (CPARs). A CPAR assesses a contractor's performance and provides a record, both positive and negative, on a given contractor during a specific period of time.

Each assessment is based on objective facts and supported by program and contract management data, such as cost performance reports, customer comments, quality reviews, technical interchange meetings, financial solvency assessments, construction/production management reviews, contractor operations reviews, functional performance evaluations, and earned contract incentives. The final performance evaluation will be prepared at the time of completion of work. In addition to the final evaluation, interim evaluations will be prepared annually to coincide with the anniversary date of this contract award. Copies of the evaluations, Contractor responses, and review comments, if any, will be retained as part of the contract file, and may be used to support future award decisions

VII. Period of Performance

The anticipated period of performance for this requirement is one 11-month base period with four 12-month options:

Period of Performance:

Base Year: September 29, 2021 through August 28, 2022

Option Year 1: August 29, 2022 through August 28, 2023

Option Year 2: August 29, 2023 through August 28, 2024

Option Year 3: August 29, 2024 through August 28, 2025

Option Year 4: August 29, 2025 through August 28, 2026

Option periods shall be exercised at the sole discretion of the Government in accordance with FAR 17.207.

VIII. Place of Performance

The Contractor shall perform services for this requirement from its place of operation using their own equipment. The Contractor shall be responsible for safeguarding any

Government materials provided for Contractor use or under Contractor control which will be safeguarded from use by unauthorized persons.

IX. Transition Plan

If necessary, a transition plan shall be developed no later than 30 days prior to the end of the contract. In the event this contract is to be transitioned away from the Contractor, the Contractor shall provide all the necessary documents, materials, and other requested information to the COR to ensure a smooth and efficient transition of work to a new contract holder. The plan should identify a list of phase-out activities. The transition plan should outline the timeline and activities necessary to transfer maintenance and (re)development responsibilities of in progress projects and supported functions and processes to the new contract holder. Topics covered might include but are not limited to, as applicable, summary of project technical requirements, responsibilities and management practices, a list of managed resources, progress reporting, metrics, algorithms or code used, overview of license agreements, specialized tools used, documentation that drives, supports or expands supported systems or projects, training or certifications required. The plan will describe any external dependencies. Include any recommendations and costs for overlap of contractors that would be required for a successful transition.

CONTRACTING OFFICER’S REPRESENTATIVE (COR)

The following Contracting Officer’s Representative(s) (CORs) will represent the Government for the purpose of this Task Order:

COR: TBD at time of award

The COR is responsible for: (1) monitoring the Contractor's technical progress, including the surveillance and assessment of performance and recommending to the Contracting Officer changes in requirements; (2) interpreting the SOW and any other technical performance requirements; (3) performing technical evaluation as required; (4) performing technical inspections and acceptances required by this Task Order; and (5) assisting in the resolution of technical problems encountered during performance.

[The alternate COR is responsible for carrying out the duties of the COR only in the event that the COR can no longer perform his/her duties as assigned.]

The Contracting Officer is the only person with authority to act as agent of the Government under this Task Order. Only the Contracting Officer has authority to: (1) direct or negotiate any changes in the SOW; (2) modify or extend the period of performance; (3) change the delivery schedule; (4) authorize reimbursement to the Contractor for any costs incurred during the performance of this Task Order; (5) otherwise change any terms and conditions of this Task

Order; or (6) sign written licensing agreements. Any signed agreement shall be incorporated by reference in Provision 32.0, ATTACHMENTS, of this SOW.

The Government may unilaterally change its COR designation.

NON-PERSONAL SERVICES AND INHERENTLY GOVERNMENTAL

FUNCTIONS

Pursuant to FAR 37.1, no personal services shall be performed under this SOW. All work requirements shall flow only from the COR to the Contractor Project Manager. No Contractor employee will be directly supervised by the Government. All individual employee assignments, and daily work direction, shall be given by the applicable Contractor supervisor. If the

Contractor believes any Government action or communication has been given that would create a personal services relationship between the Government and any Contractor employee, the

Contractor shall promptly notify the Contracting Officer of this communication or action.

Pursuant to FAR 7.5, the Contractor shall not perform any inherently governmental actions under this SOW. No Contractor employee shall hold him or herself out to be a Government employee, agent, or representative. No Contractor employee shall state orally or in writing at any time that he or she is acting on behalf of the Government. In all communications with third parties in connection with this SOW, the Contractor employees shall identify themselves as Contractor employees and specify the name of the company for which they work. In all communications with other Government Contractors in connection with this SOW, the Contractor employee shall state that they have no authority to in any way change this SOW and that if the other Contractor believes this communication to be a direction to change their contract, the Contractor shall notify the Contracting Officer for that contract and not carry out the direction until a clarification has been issued by the Contracting Officer.

The Contractor shall insure that all of its employees working under this SOW are informed of the substance of this article. Nothing in this article shall limit the Government’s rights in any way under the other provisions of this SOW, including those related to the Government’s right to inspect and accept the services to be performed under this SOW. The substance of this article shall be included in all subcontracts at any tier.

ORGANIZATIONAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST

Purpose: The purpose of this article is to ensure that the Contractor (1) is not biased because of its financial, contractual, organizational, or other interest which relate to the work under this

Task Order, and (2) does not obtain any unfair competitive advantage over other parties by virtue of its performance of this Task Order.

Scope: The restrictions described herein shall apply to performance or participation by the

Contractor and any of its affiliates or their successors in interest (hereinafter collectively referred to as "Contractor") in activities covered by this article as a prime contractor, subcontractor, cosponsor, joint venture, consultant, or in any similar capacity. For the purpose of this article, affiliation occurs when a business concern is controlled by or has the power to control another or when a third party has the power to control both.

"Organizational conflict of interest" means that because of other activities or relationships with other persons, a person is unable or potentially unable to render impartial assistance or advice to the Government, or the person's objectivity in performing the contract work is or might be otherwise impaired, or a person has an unfair competitive advantage (FAR 9.501). An organizational conflict of interest may result when factors create an actual or potential conflict of interest on an instant contract, or when the nature of the work to be performed on the instant contract creates an actual or potential conflict of interest on a future acquisition (FAR 9.502(c)).

Because of the unusual nature of the work performed under this Task Order, and the fact that the

Contractor will have access from time to time to sensitive Government information, and because some of the work will be performed in Government facilities, the Government must maintain a special, close relationship with the Contractor and the Contractor's personnel in various important areas.

The Contractor shall not use this privileged information or access to facilities to compete with the private sector.

The Contractor is required to conduct its business in a manner befitting its special relationship with the Government, to operate in the public interest with objectivity and independence, to be free from organizational conflicts of interest, and to have full disclosure of its affairs to the sponsoring agency.

The Contractor shall be ineligible to participate in any capacity in contracts, subcontracts, or proposals therefore (solicited and unsolicited) which stem directly from the Contractor's performance of work under this contract for a period of one (1) year after the completion of this

Task Order, except as provided hereinafter.

If, under this Task Order, the Contractor prepares a complete or essentially complete statement of work or specifications to be used in competitive acquisitions, the Contractor shall be ineligible to perform or participate in any capacity in any contractual effort that is based on such statement of work or specifications. The Contractor shall not incorporate its products or services in such statement of work or specifications unless approved in writing by the Contracting Officer, in which case the restriction in this subparagraph shall not apply.

It is imperative that the Contractor be proactive in order to avoid organizational conflicts of interest. The Contractor shall take all reasonable measures to assure that organizational conflicts of interest do not occur. As part of the Contractor's efforts to avoid organizational conflict of interest situations, the Contractor shall inform the Government of any actual, potential, or apparent conflicts of interest. The Contractor is responsible for providing a detailed written report of actual, potential, or apparent organizational conflicts of interest to the Contracting

Officer as soon as the circumstance is known, describing the conflict and how the Contractor plans to resolve the problem.

Subcontracts: The Contractor shall include an article, substantially similar to this article, in subcontracts involving the performance of advisory and assistance services as that term is defined at FAR 37.201. The terms "contract," "contractor," and "contracting officer" shall be appropriately modified to preserve the Government's rights.

ELECTRONIC AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ACCESSIBILITY HHSAR

352.239-74 (December 2015)

Pursuant to Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973(29 U.S.C. 794d), as amended by the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, all electronic and information technology (EIT) supplies and services developed, acquired, or maintained under this Task Order must comply with the "Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board Electronic and

Information Technology (EIT) Accessibility Standards'' set forth by the Architectural and

Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (also referred to as the "Access Board'') in 36

CFR part 1194. Information about Section 508 is available at http://www.hhs.gov/web/508.

The complete text of Section 508 Final Provisions can be accessed at http://www.access-board.gov.

CONTINUITY OF OPERATIONS DURING A GOVERNMENT CLOSURE

The Contractor shall submit a plan entitled Continuity of Operations During a Government

Closure to the COR for approval within 20 calendar days following an instruction from the COR to do so. The plan shall sufficiently specify what work tasks would be performed at non-

Government location(s) (i.e., not a “Federally-controlled facility”) during a closure and which the Contractor employees would be authorized to telework under the TELEWORK provision of this acquisition.

The Contractor shall implement its approved Continuity of Operations During a Government

Closure plan when directed by the COR.

REPORTING MATTERS INVOLVING FRAUD, WASTE AND ABUSE

Anyone who becomes aware of the existence or apparent existence of fraud, waste and abuse in

NIH funded programs is encouraged to report such matters to the HHS Inspector General's

Office in writing or on the Inspector General's Hotline. The toll free number is 1-800-HHS-TIPS

(1-800-447-8477). All telephone calls will be handled confidentially. The website to file a complaint on-line is: http://oig.hhs.gov/fraud/hotline/ and the mailing address is:

US Department of Health and Human Services

Office of Inspector General

ATTN: OIG HOTLINE OPERATIONS

P.O. Box 23489

Washington, D.C. 20026

RESTRICTION ON PORNOGRAPHY ON COMPUTER NETWORKS

The Contractor shall not use Contract funds to maintain or establish a computer network unless such network blocks the viewing, downloading, and exchanging of pornography.

CERTIFICATION OF FILING AND PAYMENT OF TAXES

The Contractor must be in compliance with Section 518 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of FY 2014.

http://www.hhs.gov/web/508 http://www.access-board.gov/ http://www.access-board.gov/ http://oig.hhs.gov/fraud/hotline/

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF FEDERAL FUNDING

The Contractor shall clearly state, when issuing statements, press releases, requests for proposals, bid solicitations and other documents describing projects or programs funded in whole or in part with Federal money: (1) the percentage of the total costs of the program or project which will be financed with Federal money; (2) the dollar amount of Federal funds for the project or program;

and (3) the percentage and dollar amount of the total costs of the project or program that will be financed by nongovernmental sources.