As a former FFRDC employee of another federal lab, my suggestion is to contact the program officer and ask the question. The FFRDCs follow federal rules that may be more stringent than those you would flow down through the contract. They're not really a vendor, as they do have research and intellectual property, but it all depends on the project. If you can avoid dealing with the subcontract, you'll save yourself some headaches.
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From: Nicole Whetstine [mailto:xxxxxx@ERAU.EDU]
Sent: Monday, November 6, 2017 10:49 AM
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Subject: [RESADM-L] Strategic Partnership Project Agreement with an FFRDC
Hello,
We recently were awarded a NASA grant in which we included an FFRDC as a subrecipient. I know little about FFRDCs, but after doing some research, it appears these are more akin to a fee for service arrangement rather than a traditional subrecipient relationship. Especially concerning is that they were included in the grant as a subaward; however, I cannot then include the flow-downs as the prime that we typically would (the lab forwarded us their Federally compliant agreement with the understanding this could not be significantly changed).
I see some chains in the archives regarding working with FFRDCs on the pre-award side, but less on the post-award side. I know that prior to proposal submission, we could have asked that the budget for the FFRDC be increased to directly fund the work through the Federal agency rather than through our award. At this point, would it be considered too late to do so? Has anyone who has signed one of these Strategic Partnership Project Agreements with an FFRDC (paid by a Federal grant) come across any issues as a result?
Thank you for your comments/feedback.
Best regards,
Nicole Whetstine
Office of Sponsored Research Administration Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University xxxxxx@erau.edu
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