Common use of Implementing Agency Clause in Contracts

Implementing Agency. The PARTNER is responsible for managing the scope, cost, and schedule of a PROJECT COMPONENT to ensure the completion of that component. IQA (Independent Quality Assurance) – Ensuring that the IMPLEMENTING AGENCY’s quality assurance activities result in WORK being developed in accordance with the applicable standards and within an established Quality Management Plan (QMP). IQA does not include any work necessary to actually develop or deliver WORK or any validation by verifying or rechecking work performed by another PARTNER. NEPA (National Environmental Policy Act of 1969) – This federal act establishes a national policy for the environment and a process to disclose the adverse impacts of projects with a federal nexus. OBLIGATION COMPLETION – PARTNERS have fulfilled all OBLIGATIONS included in this Agreement, and all amendments to this Agreement, and have signed a COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT CLOSURE STATEMENT. OBLIGATIONS – All responsibilities included in this Agreement. OMB (Office of Management and Budget) – This federal office oversees the preparation of the federal budget and supervises its administration in Executive Branch agencies. PA&ED (Project Approval and Environmental Document) – See PROJECT COMPONENT. PARTNER – Any individual signatory party to this Agreement. PARTNERS – The term that collectively references all of the signatory agencies to this Agreement. This term only describes the relationship between these agencies to work together to achieve a mutually beneficial goal. It is not used in the traditional legal sense in which one PARTNER’s individual actions legally bind the other PARTNER.

Implementing Agency. The PARTNER is responsible for managing the scope, cost, and schedule of a PROJECT COMPONENT to ensure the completion of that component. IQA (Independent Quality Assurance) – Ensuring that the IMPLEMENTING AGENCY’s quality assurance activities result in WORK being developed in accordance with the applicable standards and within an established Quality Management Plan (QMP). IQA does not include any work necessary to actually develop or deliver WORK or any validation by verifying or rechecking work performed by another PARTNER. NEPA (National Environmental Policy Act of 1969) – This federal act establishes a national policy for the environment and a process to disclose the adverse impacts of projects with a federal nexus. OBLIGATION COMPLETION – PARTNERS have fulfilled all OBLIGATIONS included in this Agreement, and all amendments to this Agreement, and have signed a COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT CLOSURE STATEMENT. OBLIGATIONS – All responsibilities included in this Agreement. OMB (Office of Management and Budget) – This federal office oversees the preparation of the federal budget and supervises its administration in Executive Branch agencies. PA&ED (Project Approval and Environmental Document) – See PROJECT COMPONENT. PARTNER – Any individual signatory party to this Agreement. PARTNERS – The term that collectively references all of the signatory agencies to this Agreement. This term only describes the relationship between these agencies to work together to achieve a mutually beneficial goal. It is not used in the traditional legal sense in which one PARTNER’s individual actions legally bind the other PARTNER.