Master Alliance Provisions Guide (MAPGuide)

U.S. Department of Defense – Inovio, COVID-19 Vaccine Delivery Device, Other Transaction Prototype Agreement

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ARTICLE 7. Financial Matters

A. This Agreement is an expenditure type Other Transaction Authority agreement. The payments provided under this Agreement are intended to compensate the Awardee on a cost basis for performance under this Agreement. The Awardee shall provide its best efforts to complete a prototype project based on the estimated cost. Payments are based on amounts generated from the Awardee’s financial or cost records.

B. Payment. Payments are based on amounts generated from the Awardee’s financial or cost records. The Awardee shall be reimbursed for each element identified in the awarded cost proposal, executed and accomplished in accordance with the performance schedule set forth in Appendix B. The schedule is predicated upon the Government’s fiscal year, which begins on October 1 of each year, and ends on September 30 of the subsequent calendar year.

C. Obligation. Under no circumstances shall the Government’s financial obligation exceed the amount obligated in this Agreement or by amendment to the Agreement. The amount of Government funds obligated by this Agreement and available for payment is set forth in the supplemental PD2 version of the agreement, and any subsequent modifications. The Government may incrementally fund this agreement.

D. The Government is not obligated to provide payment to the Awardee for amounts in excess of the amount of obligated funds allotted by the Government.

E. The Government shall pay the Awardee, upon submission of proper invoices, the costs stipulated in this Agreement for work delivered or rendered and accepted, less any deductions provided in this Agreement. Unless otherwise specified, payment shall be made upon acceptance of any portion of the work delivered or rendered for which a price is separately stated in the Agreement. Payments will be made within thirty (30) calendar days of receipt of a request for payment.

F. Prior written approval by the OTAO, or the AOR, is required for all travel directly and identifiably funded by the Government under this agreement. The Awardee shall present to the OTAO or AOR, an itinerary for each planned trip, showing the name of the traveler, purpose of the trip, origin/destination, dates of travel, and estimated cost broken down by line item as far in advanced of the proposed travel as possible, but no less than two weeks before travel is planned to commence. In the event that emergency travel is required (e.g. in the event of an outbreak) that would make two weeks’ notice impractical, travel requests may be submitted to the Government for an expedited review. Emergency travel requests shall be labelled as such and shall include a brief summary of the emergency situation and rationale for expedited review.

ARTICLE 9. Most Favored Customer

A. For a period of six (6) years from the Effective Date, Awardee agrees that it shall not offer, sell or otherwise provide the production model of the Prototype to any entity at a price lower than that offered to the DoD. In the event that Awardee sells the production model of the Prototype at a lower unit price than that price sold to the DoD, Awardee shall immediately notify the OTAO in writing of the lower price. For prior purchases, the Awardee shall reimburse the DoD, the difference between the lower price sold to the other customer(s) and the price sold to the DoD multiplied by the number of items sold. Such reimbursement shall occur within [***] of the Awardee discovering that the lower price was given to another customer. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the parties may agree to apply the difference in price paid by the other customer(s) and DoD into additional quantities required by the DoD.

B. If Awardee develops a like product (commercialized version or derivative of the production model of the Prototype) with similar capability and intended application, but at a lower unit price (“Like Product“) regardless of quantity, Awardee shall make the DoD aware of that similar product and the technical and price differences between that product and the Prototype. Such notification shall be made to the OTAO in writing, of which email is an acceptable form, within [***] of such offering. Awardee agrees that no entity shall receive a lower price for any Like Product than the DoD for like purchase quantities.