Common use of Proposal Preparation Clause in Contracts

Proposal Preparation. 3.01 The party designated as prime shall have primary responsibility for the preparation of all technical and non-technical aspects of the proposal including, but not limited to: a) Marketing and promotional effort; b) Proposal content assembly and production; c) Liaison with Government customer personnel; d) Oral discussions and negotiations, if held. 3.02 The party designated as the subcontractor shall contribute to the preparation of the proposal to the extent necessary to assure the inclusion of a thorough and accurate description of its responsibilities in the Project. Each party shall cooperate with the other (i) to provide such assistance as may he required during the pre-proposal, proposal and post-proposal stages, (ii) to furnish proposal material including manuscripts, graphic material and cost and pricing data backup as required by the RIP or as appropriate, (iii) to assure availability of management and technical personnel and (iv) to submit management, technical and cost proposal materials and proposal clarifications within required time frames as requested by the party assuming the prime position. Notwithstanding the provisions of Paragraph 3.01 preceding, the subcontractor party shall be entitled to participate in oral discussions concerning its contributions to the proposal and shall at all times be entitled to receive, upon reasonable request, documentation and information concerning oral discussions and negotiations between the prime party and the Government. Further, the prime party shall in no way modify the proposal during discussions or negotiations so as to either increase the risk of performance to, or decrease potential cost or fee recovery by the subcontracting party unless the subcontracting party specifically approves. 3.03 The subcontracting party will provide direct proposal support to the other party in the development of proposals. Detailed proposal writing assignments will be determined at a separate meeting or via separate communication between GMU and Aethlon. All bid and proposal costs are the responsibility of the party which incurs them and will not be paid by the other party. 3.04 GMU's contractual point of contact is ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, Ph.D. and the GMU technical point of contact is ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇. Aethlon's contractual point of contact is ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇ and the Aethlon technical point of contact is ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, Ph. 3.05 The Parties shall carry out the preparation of proposals and the conduct of all negotiations and pricing, in accordance with all applicable laws and regulations governing the applicable RFP and the award of any contract thereunder, 3.06 Except as may otherwise be agreed in writing by the Parties, each of the Parties shall bear its own expenses for its own performance of proposal and related work. 3.07 Contractor past performance may be a significant evaluation factor for the solicitation. Both parties understand and agree that they will be required to provide timely reports of all past performance information reasonably requested by the prime party. The prime party reserves the right to independently contact the points of contact provided in the other party's past performance citations to determine the adequacy/appropriateness of those citations. The prime party, at its sole discretion, may utilize in its proposal any or all citations provided by the other party.

Proposal Preparation. 3.01 The party designated as prime [Your Company Name] shall have primary responsibility for the preparation of all technical and non-non- technical aspects of the proposal including, but not limited to: a) Marketing and promotional effort; ; b) Proposal content content, assembly and production; ; c) Liaison with Government customer personnel; ; d) Oral discussions and negotiations, if held. 3.02 The party designated as the subcontractor Subcontractor shall contribute to the preparation of the proposal to the extent necessary to assure the inclusion of a thorough and accurate description of its responsibilities in the Project. Each party shall Subcontractor will cooperate with the other [Your Company Name] (i) to provide such assistance as may he be required during the pre-pre- proposal, proposal and post-proposal stages, (ii) to furnish proposal material including manuscripts, graphic material and cost and pricing data backup as required by the RIP RFQ or as appropriate, (iii) to assure availability of management and technical personnel personnel, and (iv) to submit management, technical and cost proposal materials and proposal clarifications within required the time frames as requested by the party assuming the prime position[Your Company Name]. Notwithstanding the provisions of Paragraph 3.01 preceding, the subcontractor party Subcontractor shall be entitled to participate in oral discussions concerning its contributions to the proposal and shall at all times be entitled to receive, upon reasonable request, documentation and information concerning oral discussions and negotiations between the prime party [Your Company Name] and the Government. Further, the prime party shall [Your Company Name] will in no way modify the proposal during discussions or negotiations so as to either increase the risk of performance to, or decrease potential cost or fee recovery by the subcontracting party Subcontractor; unless the subcontracting party Subcontractor specifically approves. 3.03 The subcontracting party will provide direct proposal support Subcontractor shall contribute to the other party proposal effort as defined in the development of proposals. Detailed proposal writing assignments will be determined at a separate meeting or via separate communication between GMU and Aethlon. All bid and proposal costs are the responsibility of the party which incurs them and will not be paid by the other party. 3.04 GMU's Attachment B. [Your Company Name] contractual point of contact is ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, Ph.D. [insert name] and the GMU technical point of contact is ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇[insert name]. Aethlon's Subcontractor’s contractual point of contact is ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇ [insert name] and the Aethlon technical point of contact is ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, Ph[insert name]. 3.05 3.04 The Parties shall carry out the preparation of proposals the proposal and the conduct of all negotiations and pricing, in accordance with all applicable laws and regulations governing the applicable RFP RFQ and the award of any contract contracts thereunder,. 3.06 3.05 Except as may otherwise be agreed in writing by the Parties, each of the Parties shall bear its own expenses for its own performance of proposal and related work. 3.07 3.06 Contractor past performance may be a significant evaluation factor for of the solicitation. Both parties understand Subcontractor understands and agree agrees that they it will be required to provide timely reports of submit all past performance information reasonably requested by the prime party[Your Company Name]. The prime party [Your Company Name] reserves the right to independently contact the points of contact provided in the other party's Subcontractor’s past performance citations to determine the adequacy/appropriateness of those citations. The prime party[Your Company Name], at its sole discretion, may utilize in its proposal any or all citations provided by the other partySubcontractor.

Proposal Preparation. 3.01 The party designated as prime [Company Name] shall have primary responsibility for the preparation of all technical and non-non- technical aspects of the proposal including, but not limited to: a) Marketing and promotional effort; ; b) Proposal content content, assembly and production; ; c) Liaison with Government customer personnel; ; d) Oral discussions and negotiations, if held. 3.02 The party designated as the subcontractor Subcontractor shall contribute to the preparation of the proposal to the extent necessary to assure the inclusion of a thorough and accurate description of its responsibilities in the Project. Each party shall Subcontractor will cooperate with the other with[Company Name] (i) to provide such assistance as may he be required during the pre-proposal, proposal and post-proposal stages, (ii) to furnish proposal material including manuscripts, graphic material and cost and pricing data backup as required by the RIP RFP or as appropriate, (iii) to assure availability of management and technical personnel personnel, and (iv) to submit management, technical and cost proposal materials and proposal clarifications within required the time frames as requested by the party assuming the prime position[Company Name]. Notwithstanding the provisions of Paragraph 3.01 preceding, the subcontractor party Subcontractor shall be entitled to participate in oral discussions concerning its contributions to the proposal and shall at all times be entitled to receive, upon reasonable request, documentation and information concerning oral discussions and negotiations between the prime party [Company Name] and the Government. Further, the prime party shall [Company Name] will in no way modify the proposal during discussions or negotiations so as to either increase the risk of performance to, or decrease potential cost or fee recovery by the subcontracting party Subcontractor; unless the subcontracting party Subcontractor specifically approves. 3.03 The subcontracting party will provide direct proposal support Subcontractor shall contribute to the other party proposal effort as defined in the development of proposals. Detailed proposal writing assignments will be determined at a separate meeting or via separate communication between GMU and Aethlon. All bid and proposal costs are the responsibility of the party which incurs them and will not be paid by the other party. 3.04 GMU's Attachment B. [Company Name]’s contractual point of contact is ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, Ph.D. NNNNN and the GMU technical point of contact is ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇NNNNN. Aethlon's Subcontractor’s contractual point of contact is ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇ NNNN and the Aethlon technical point of contact is ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, PhNNNN. 3.05 3.04 The Parties shall carry out the preparation of proposals the proposal and the conduct of all negotiations and pricing, in accordance with all applicable laws and regulations governing the applicable RFP and the award of any contract contracts thereunder,. 3.06 3.05 Except as may otherwise be agreed in writing by the Parties, each of the Parties shall bear its own expenses for its own performance of proposal and related work. 3.07 3.06 Contractor past performance may be a significant evaluation factor for of the solicitation. Both parties understand Subcontractor understands and agree agrees that they it will be required to provide timely reports of submit all past performance information reasonably requested by the prime party[Company Name]. The prime party [Company Name] reserves the right to independently contact the points of contact provided in the other party's Subcontractor’s past performance citations to determine the adequacy/appropriateness of those citations. The prime party[Company Name], at its sole discretion, may utilize in its proposal any or all citations provided by the other partySubcontractor.