Common use of Official Notice To Proceed (NTP) Clause in Contracts

Official Notice To Proceed (NTP). Upon contract award and/or issuance of the official contract start date the Buyer may be issued a conditional Notice to Proceed to proceed with specific preparatory actions including but not limited to: 1) provision for the Marine Surveyor to conduct the trip in tow survey; 2) Provision for the Buyer to begin mobilization, based on a known docking and undocking date for the vessel, to accomplish the required inland and ocean tow preparations. The contract award date and the NTP date may not be one and the same. MARAD may schedule issuance of the notice to proceed to minimize the impact to the workload at the fleet with regard to Obsolete Vessel arrivals and departures and fleet maintenance activities. The final Notice to Proceed shall be issued by the Contracting Officer once all required deliverables have been submitted and approved by MARAD. Failure to provide proof of the following items by the Notice to Proceed date may be reason to terminate the Contract for cause.

Official Notice To Proceed (NTP). Upon contract award and/or issuance of the official contract start date the Buyer may be issued a conditional Notice to Proceed to proceed with specific preparatory actions including but not limited to: 1) provision for the Marine Surveyor to conduct the trip in tow survey; 2) Provision for the Buyer to begin mobilization, based on a known docking and undocking date for the vessel, to accomplish the required inland and ocean tow preparations. The contract award date and the NTP date may not be one and the same. MARAD may schedule issuance of the notice to proceed to minimize the impact to the workload at the fleet with regard to Obsolete Vessel arrivals and departures and fleet maintenance activities. The final Notice to Proceed shall be issued by the Contracting Officer once all required deliverables have been submitted and approved by MARADXXXXX. Failure to provide proof of the following items by the Notice to Proceed date may be reason to terminate the Contract for cause.