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THIS CONTRACT, entered into this= day of ARTICLE I - PURPOSE AND SCOPE 1. The Commission, in furtherance of its policy of assisting and fostering private research, desires to support the Contractor’s fundamental research in the field of atomic energy. 2. The work shall consist of 8 &Wiafln. m a& r a d s a t ~ ~ ~m w tgy “l.ae plan of approach to the problem and the agreed upon program and budget for the project are described in Appendix “A”, which is hereby made a part of this contract. The Contractor shall be gnided by, but not bound to conform to the details of the budget described in Appendix “A”. 3. The Contractor shall furnish all services, facilities, equipment, supplies and materials (except s u c h services, equipment, supplies and materials 88 the Government has agreed to furnish herein) required for the performance of the research program described in Section 2 above. 4. The work will be carried out by the Contractor under the direction of nt. Wy I. Tbt Ig;)ttrwfperformance for the research project covered &t&pa.rjjj&l commence on and will end on It is recognized that completion of the research work under this contract may involve a period of several years and that the term of this contract may be extended by mutual agreement. 1. Consideration. In consideration of the performance of the research activities described i n Article ) for the in it i az f performance.
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a. On or before the date of commencement of work on the project described in Appendix “A”, the Government shall pay to the Contractor, upon submission by the Contractor of a properly certified voucher, one-balf the amount of the agreed consideration. b. On or before the expiration of s i x months from the date of commencement of the project, the Government shall pay t o the Contractor, upon submission by the Contractor of a properly certified voucher, the remaining one-half of the agreed consideration. c. In the event that the term of the contract i s extended, the Government shall p a y to the Contractor, upon submission by the Contractor of properly certified vouchers, each s i x months in advance a n amount equal to one-half the annual agreed consideration for the project as mutually agreed upon by the parties hereto. 3. Program and Budget for Subsequent Periods. At least three months before the end of the initial period of performance of the project, the Contractor will submit to the Commission a current statem e n t of its expenditures for the project, a n estimate of expenses to be incurred during the remainder of the period, and a proposed program and budget for the succeeding year, showing the proposed work to be financed by the Commission and the Contractor. The Contractor and the Commission shall then negotiate as to the amount to be paid by the Commission to the Contractor for the s e w ices to be performed during the ensuing period, taking into consideration a n y portion of paymenta theretofore made which will remain unexpended a t the end of the initial period. The extended program, budget and the additional amount to be paid to the Contractor shall be incorporated into a formal modification to this contract. ARTICLE IV - ADMINISTRATION OF CONTRACT BY COMMISSION The Commission has assigned the responsibility for administering the technical and scientific aspects for the project to the Washington organizational unit s e t forth below, to be addressed as Responsibility for administering the business aspects of this contract, including contract negotiations, budget, payment, audit, etc., has been assigned by the Commission to: Office of Research & Medicine Oak Ridge Operations Office Post Office Box E Oak Ridge, Tennessee The contractor may, as necessary, communicate directly with the appropriate office, as indicated above. The Contractor shall furnish information copies of communications, memoranda of telephone conversations, or other contacts to Oak Ridge Operations Office on all direct dealings with the ARTICLE V - REPORTS, RECORDS AND INSPECTION 1. The Commission shall have the right to inspect in such manner and at such times as it deems appropriate all activities of the Contractor arising in the course of the work under t h i s contract.
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t 2. The Contractor shall m a@P rogress and other reports in such mannerdba a t such times a s specified in 4ppendix “c” which i s attached hereto and hereby made a part of this contract. Progress reports shall include a l i s t of personnel working on the project. Names appearing for the first time should be accompanied by a brief statement o f the individual‘s background, training, and experience. 3. The Commission shall at all times be afforded a c c e s s to the premises and to all technical recorda, correspondence, instructions, drawings, and memoranda of record value of the Contractor pertaining to ARTICLE V I - TITLE TO PROPERTY PURCHASED BY CONTRACTOR 1” consideration of the Contractor’s contribution to the research project described in Appendix “A” of this contract, title to all materials, tools, machinery, eqnipment and supplies, acquired from any source including the Government, or manufactured by the Conbactor under this contract shall veat in the Contractor, except that title to items of property described in Section 2.c. of Appendix “A” shall vest in the Government. The Contractor shall purchase, to the extent available in appropriate form, all radioisotopes, &&ation services and cyclotron time required in the performance of the work haermder, through the C o w mission’s Isotope Division, P o s t Office Box E, Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The provisions of Appendix “B”, attached hereto, are hereby made a part of this contract. ARTICLE IX - AUTHORIZATION I This contract i s authorized by and has been executed under the Atomic Energy Act of 1946. The following alterations to this contract were made by mutual agreement of the parties prior to i t s
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IN WITNESS WHERE0 e parties hereto have executed this contractathe day and year f i r s t aboven ' * UNITED ST.4TES OF AMERICA e Av e., NW Orleans TITLE: Comptroller ACCEPTANCE BY PROJECT LEADER I h a v e read the foregoing Contzact and the Appendices attached hereto and made a part hereof, and I agree to be bound by the provisions of this document.
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If signifiwnt d - m p s a= detected, and there me gcod rensons t o believe tli& such ch3iiyes will be emomtered, results r q be eTlair?ed by dhct radiatiac eiffect upon the liver, o r by so wi direct effect, (b) k ter he specific stress of rdis tion injury. v i t h the effects of erybhem dews of ultra-violet radiation, fractures, srrrgical opemtions. (c) Strdy of the influence of radict@ aury cion the physiology of l i p i d phosphoi'us, aidcd bg . (a) Develop simple procedtlres f o r clinical use based upon experience trith -lex methods. Choice of patients and mdiation technique, and t k h g of observations should rake it Fossibie t o iiifferentiate rai5ztLx effect frm effect of t h e patient's iliseass. study intensively a few sxbjects ky mLLtiple method and a larger group by a fcw s-le netkds. \..illbe fk0j-1the ei at ions en ice of the I!ew Grlems Charity Hospital, Dr. Ibnuel krcia, Dkector, whose approval ant2 interest in this ste has been assured. We propose to The patients studied
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C. Katerials, equignent and fac ili tie sThe studies are t o be carried out in the Department of ::edicine chemical laboratory, This laboratory is well ecpioped for work in this field of research vl+,h excegtions noted below, There are an kninco electrophoresis apparatus, a i3eckman spectro$mtoliieter, and the usual simpler apparatus required inthe work, Spinco Xodel Z , for both quantity and analytical work, afue ' hood of t h e Oak Ridge type, Geiger counter and micro pipettes i n order to do t h e radicactivity counts. The project reqr\ires an ultracentrifuge, a, The Contractor will furnish as its contribution to the (1) Salaries of staff members, including the Project Leader, engaged i n the work, hand, as indicated i n IC above. (3) %rical and adrdnistrative eq ense s and other genera and admiaistrative type costs, in excess of the overhead allowance provided i n 2b (6) below, b. The Government dll pay t o the Contractor the sur0 of Thirty - h Thousand One iiundred Eighty-Four Oollars ($32,18&.00) t o cover the Contractor's o*ther e+.xnses, estimated as follms, i n the perfonmce of the work under this contract: osntrifugc, complete with d l parts for routine owration and including one analytical and o m preparative rotor of choice. 815,800.00 One rotm made esped- to order with the same geometric specificatioaa as the Bcana rotor used in previoue studies by the Contractor. 500.00 (3) Delivery and installation of Spindo (L) Maintenance of d trace n tri hgs 600.00
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Lor 8 aonths 3 83,003 per annu. ~,OOO.oO calculation ard drafting 1,800.00 (11) Chemical and clerical laboratory C. Items of property procured or manufactured by the Contractor under this contract, title to which will vest in the Governnent (see Article VI) t Cne (1) Spinco sodel 2. analyticai @&a- -ntrifuge, complete with all parts for wical ad one przprratitre rotor of choice; &.xione rotor nade especially t o crder,
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b. The continuatiodd the Contractor o f work found to involve rdicted’data w i l l be subject to mutud afleement of the commission and the Contractor and shall k covered by a modification of this agreement. The phrase “restricted data” a s defined i n the Atomic Energy Act of 19% and employed in this section shall m e a n “all data concerning the manufacture or utilization of atomic weapons, the production of fissionable material, or the use of fissionable material i n the production of power, but shall not include any data which the commission from time to time determines may be published without adversely affecting the common defense and security”. 4. Disputes. Except a s otherwise specifically provided in this contract, all disputes which may arise under this contract and which are not disposed of by mutual agreement shall be decided by a representative of the Commission duly authorized to supervise and administer performance under this contract, who shall reduce his decision to writing and cause a copy thereof to be mailed to the Contractor; said decision shall be final and conclusive, subject to the provisions of the sentence next writing to the Commission, d o s e written decision thereon, or that of its duly authorized representative, representatives, or board, not including the representative mentioned in the preceding sentence, shall be final and conclusive. Pending decision of a dispute hereunder, the Contractor shall proceed with the performance of its undertaking under this contract. Within thirty (30)days from the date of such mailing, the Contractor may appeal in 5. Safety and Accident Prevention - Inspections. The Contractor will comply with health and safety regulations of the Commission required for work of this nature, and permit the Commission and its designees to inspect the work conducted unJer this agreement. 6. Officials not to Benefit. yo member of or Delegate to Congress, or Resident Commissioner shall be admitted to any share or part of this contract or to any benefit that may arise therefrom, but this provision shall not be construed to extend to this contract if made with a corporation for itsgeneral 7. Anti-iliscrimination. The Contractor, in performing the work required by this contract, shall not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, creed, color, or 8. Convict Labor. The Contractor shall not, in the performance of this contact, employ any person undergoing sentence or imprisonment a t hard labor. a. T h e Commission may at any time upon 120 days written notice terminate this contract in whole or in part. b. In the event of termination pursuant to subsection a., the Contractor will be reimbursed for the cost of the contract work already performed, together w i t h reasonable costs of termination less the amount of all payments theretofore made. If the total payments theretofore made to t h e Contractor exceed the amount to which it is entitled hereunder, the Contractor shall promptly remit the amount of any such excess to the Government. in the employ of the shall be required or No laborer or mechanic doing any part of the work contemplated by this contract Contractor or any subcontractor contracting for any part of said work contemplated, permitted to work more than eight (8) hours in a n y one calendar day upon such work a t the site thereof, except upon the condition that compensation i s paid to such laborer or mechanic in accordance with the provisions of this Article. The wages of every laborer and mechanic employed by the Contractor or a n y subcontractor engaged in the performance of this contract shall be computed on a basic day rate of eight (43) hours per day and work i n excess of eight (8)hours per day is permitted only upon the condition that every such la hrer and mechanic shall be compznsated for
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a. Whenever any patentable invention or discovery i s made or conceived by the Contractor or its employees in the course of any of the work under t h i s contract, the Contactor shall furnish the Commission with complete information thereon; and the Commission shall have the sole power to determine whether or not and where a patent application shall be filed, and to determine the disposition of the title to and rights under any application or patent that may result. The judgement of the Commission on these matters shall be accepted as final; and the Contractor, for itself and for its employees, agrees that the inventor or inventors will execute all documents and do all things necessary or proper to carry out the judgment of the Commission. b. Ivo claim for pecuniary award under the provisions of the Atomic Energy Act of 1946 shall be asserted by the Contractor or its employees with respect to a n y invention or discovery made or conceived in the course of any of the work under this contract. c. Except as otherwise authorized in writing by the Commission, the Contractor will obtain patent agreements to effectuate the purposes of paragraphs a. and b. of this Article from all persons who perform any part of the work under this contract, except clerical and manual labor personnel who will not have access LO technical data. d. Except a s otherwise authorized in writing by the Commission, the Contractor will insert in all subcontracts provisions making paragraphs a., b., and c. of this Article applicable to the subcontractor and its employees. 2. Publicatious. The Contractor shall have full freedom of publication of the result^ of the research under theis contract and t …
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