| | | | | | Vendor - meets only the requirements of the procurement contract
- end-products or deliverables are specified in advance with regard to quantity, quality or other characteristics
- provides the goods or services within its normal business operations
- provides similar goods or services to many different purchasers
- operates in a competitive environment
- is likely to be paid by a fixed price method
- involves performance of repetitive tests or activities requiring little or no discretionary judgement on the part of the provider
- purchase orders are issued by Procurement Services
Subrecipient
- performs specified activities, but quantity, quality and other characteristics of end-products or deliverables are not specified in advance; or no end-product or deliverable is required except for reports describing the supported activities
- performs “substantive project work” defined as “a significant portion of the activities for which support was awarded”
- provides unique services or products
- has responsibility for programmatic decision making
- usually cooperates with the University in developing the proposal for submission to the Sponsor
- is usually responsible for design or development of the supported activities
- is likely to be paid by the cost-reimbursement method
- subrecipient agreements are issued by the Office of Research and Development
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