this contract or other approved location. The return of such employees and dependents may also be authorized by the Mission Director when, in his/her discretion, he/she determines it is prudent to do so.

(3) The Mission Director may also authorize emergency or irregular travel and transportation in other situations, when in his/ her opinion, the circumstances warrant such action. The authorization shall include the kind of leave to be used and appropriate restrictions as to time away from post, transportation of personal and/or household effects, etc. Requests for such emergency travel shall be submitted through the Contractor's Chief of Party.

(4) If a regular employee does not complete one full year at post of duty (except for reasons beyond his/her control), the costs of going to and from the post of duty are not reimbursable hereunder. If the employee serves more than one year but less than the required service in the Cooperating Country (except for reasons beyond his/ her control) the costs of going to the post of duty are reimbursable hereunder but the costs of going from post of duty to the employee's permanent, legal place of residence at the time he or she was employed for work under this contract or other location are not reimbursable under this contract.

(j) Home leave travel. TCN and CCN employees are not eligible for home leave unless authorized in advance by the cognizant Mission Director, and consequently are not eligible for home leave travel unless authorized in advance by the cognizant Mission Director. A copy of any such authorization shall be provided to the Contracting Officer. The Contractor shall be -eimbursed for the cost of travel performed by regular employees and dependents for purposes of home leave provided that such reimbursement does not exceed that authorized by the Uniform State/AID/USIA Foreign Service Travel Regulations.

(k) Rest and recuperation travel. The Contractor shall be reimbursed for the cost of travel performed by regular employees and dependents for purposes of rest and recuperation: Provided, That, such reimbursement does not exceed that authorized Mission employees, e.g., required length of service at the post of assignment unbroken by home leave: And Provided Further, That no reimbursement will be made unless approval is given by the Contractor's Chief of Party.

(1) Transportation of motor vehicles, personal effects and household goods. Transportation, including packing and crating costs, will be paid for shipping from the point of origin in the United States (or other location as approved by the Contracting Officer) to post of duty in the Cooperating Country and return to point of origin in the United States (or other location as approved by the Contracting Officer):

NOTE: For the purpose of this clause "net weight" and "gross weight" are defined and determined in accordance with the provisions of 162.1 of the Uniform State/AID/ USIA Foreign Service Travel Regulations.

The cost of transporting motor vehicles and household goods shall not exceed the cost of packing, crating and transportation by surface. In the event that the carrier does not require boxing or crating of motor vehicles for shipment to the Cooperating Country, the cost of boxing or crating is not reimbursable. The transportation of a privately-owned motor vehicle for a regular employee may be authorized by the Contractor, as replacement of the last such -motor vehicle shipped under this contract for such employee when the Mission Director or his/her designee determines in advance and so notifies the Contractor in writing, that the replacement is necessary for reasons not due to the negligence or malfeasance of the regular employee. The determination shall be made under the same rules and regulations that apply to Mission employees.

ation should be given to advance shipments of unaccompanied baggage.

The foregoing provision concerning unaccompanied baggage is also applicable to home leave travel. The foregoing provision concerning unaccompanied baggage is also applicable to short-term employees when these are authorized by the terms of this contract.

(n) Storage of household effects. The cost of storage charges (including packing, crating, and drayage costs) in the U.S. of household goods of regular employees will be permitted in lieu of transportation of all or any part of such goods to the Cooperating Country under paragraph (1), above: Provided, That the total amount of effects shipped to the Cooperating Country or stored in the U.S. shall not exceed 18,000 pounds net.

(0) International ocean transportation. (1) Flag eligibility requirements for ocean carriage is covered by paragraph (b)(1) of the General Provision entitled "Source and Nationality Requirements" of this contract.

(i) Transportation of things. Where U.S. flag vessels are not available, or their use would result in a significant delay, the Contractor may obtain a release from this requirement from the Transportation Division, Office of Procurement, Agency for International Development, Washington, DC 20523, or the Mission Director, as appropriate, giving the basis for the request.

(ii) Transportation of persons. Where U.S. flag vessels are not available, or their use would result in a significant delay, the Contractor may obtain a release from this requirement from the Contracting Officer or the Mission Director, as appropriate.

(2) Transportation of foreign-made vehicles. Reimbursement of the costs of transporting a foreign (non-U.S.) made motor vehicle will be made in accordance with the provisions of the Uniform State/AID/USIA Foreign Service Travel Regulations, as from time to time amended.

(3) Reduced rates on U.S. flag carriers. Reduced rates on United States flag carriers are in effect for shipments of household goods and personal effects of AID contract personnel. These reduced rates are available provided the shipper states on the bill of lading that the cargo is "Personal propertynot for resale-payment of freight charges is at U.S. Government (AID) expense and any special or diplomatic discounts accorded this type cargo are applicable." The Contractor will not be reimbursed for shipments of household goods or personal effects in an amount in excess of the reduced rates available in accordance with the foregoing.

(b) Alternate 71. For fixed-price technical services contracts requiring international travel.

INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL APPROVAL AND NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS (APR. 1984)

Prior written approval by the Contracting Officer is required for all international travel directly and identifiably funded by AID under this contract. The Contractor shall therefore present to the Contracting Officer an itinerary for each planned international trip, showing the name of the traveler, purpose of the trip, origin/destination (and intervening stops), and dates of travel, as far in advance of the proposed travel as possible, but in no event less than three weeks before travel is planned to commence. The contracting officer's prior written approval may be in the form of a letter or telegram or similar device or may be specifically incorporated into the schedule of the contract. At least one week prior to commencement of approved international travel, the Contractor shall notify the cognizant Mission, with a copy to the Contracting Officer, of planned travel, identifying the travellers and the dates and times of arrival.

[49 FR 13259, Apr. 3, 1984, as amended at 49 FR 33668, Aug. 24, 1984; 50 FR 50303, Dec. 10, 1985; 51 FR 11450, Apr. 3, 1986; 51 FR 20651, June 6, 1986; 51 FR 34985, Oct. 1, 1986]

752.7003 Documentation for payment.

The following clause is required in all A.I.D.-direct cost-reimbursement contracts:

DOCUMENTATION FOR PAYMENT (APR. 1984)

(a) Claims for reimbursement under this contract shall be submitted to the Paying Office indicated on the cover page of this contract. The authorized Certifying Officer of the Paying Office is the designated representative of the Contracting Officer, authorized to approve vouchers under this contract. The Contractor shall submit a Voucher Form SF-1034 (original) and SF1034(a) in three copies. Each voucher shall be identified by the appropriate A.I.D. contract number, properly executed, in the amount of dollar expenditures made during the period covered. The voucher forms shall be supported by:

(1) Original and three copies of a certified fiscal report rendered by the Contractor in a form and manner satisfactory to A.I.D. substantially as follows:

(2) The fiscal report shall include a certification; signed by an authorized representative of the Contractor, as follows:

The undersigned hereby certifies that (i) the fiscal report and any attachments have been prepared from the books and records of the Contractor in accordance with the terms of this contract, and to the best of my knowledge and belief, that they are correct, that the sum claimed under this Contract is proper and due, that all the costs of contract performance (except as herewith reported in writing) have been paid or will be paid currently by the Contractor when due in the ordinary course of business, that the work reflected by the costs above has been performed, that the quantities and amounts involved are consistent with the requirements of this Contract, that all required Contracting Officer approvals have been obtained, and (ii) appropriate refund to A.I.D. will be made promptly upon request in the event of disallowance of costs not reimbursable under the terms of this Contract. By: Title:

Date:

(3) Unless otherwise provided in this contract, the Contractor shall submit a vendor's invoice detailing the quantity, description, and price for each individual item purchased, as follows:

(i) Expendable equipment, supplies, or commodities-for transactions totaling more than $2,500.

(ii) Non-expendable property-for every purchase. Non-expendable property is property which is complete in itself, does not lose its identity or become a component part of another article when put into use; is durable, with an expected service life of two years or more; and which has be a unit cost of more than $500.

(iii) The bill of lading or airway bill as evidence of shipment by U.S.-flag carrier.

(b) Local currency payment. The Contractor is fully responsible for the proper expenditure and control of local currency, if

any, provided under this contract. Local currency will be provided to the Contractor in accordance with written instructions provided by the Mission Director. The written instructions will also include accounting, vouchering, and reporting procedures. A copy of the instructions shall be provided to the Contractor's Chief of Party and to the Contracting Officer. The costs of bonding personnel responsible for local currency are reimbursable under this contract.

(c) Upon compliance by the Contractor with all the provisions of this contract, acceptance by the Government of the work and final report, and a satisfactory accounting by the Contractor of all Governmentowned property for which the Contractor had custodial responsiblity, the Government shall promptly pay to the Contractor any moneys (dollars or local currency) due under the completion voucher. The Government will make suitable reduction for any disallowance or indebtedness by the Contractor by applying the proceeds of the voucher first to such deductions and next to any unliquidated balance of advance remaining under this contract.

(d) The Contractor agrees that all approvals of the Mission Director and the Contracting Officer which are required by the provisions of this contract shall be preserved and made available as part of the Contractor's records which are required to be presented and made available by the clauses of this contract entitled "Examination of Records by Comptroller General" and "Audit".

[53 FR 6829, Mar. 3, 1988]

752.7004 Source and nationality requirements.

The following clause is required in all AID contracts under which the contractor will procure goods or services.

SOURCE AND NATIONALITY REQUIREMENTS
(APR. 1989)

(a) General. Except as may be specifically approved or directed in advance by the Contracting Officer, all goods (e.g., equipment, vehicles, materials and supplies), and services which will be financed under this contract with United States dollars shall be procured in and shipped from the United States, or from any other countries within the authorized geographic code or codes specified in the schedule of this contract. Guidance on eligibility of specific goods or services may be obtained from the Contracting Officer. AID policies on source and nationality requirements are contained in Chapters 4 and 5 of AID Handbook 1, Supplement B (Procurement Policies).

(b) Ocean and air transportation.

(1) Except as otherwise approved in writing by the Contracting Officer, AID will finance only those ocean transportation costs:

(i) Incurred on vessels under U.S. flag registry, when Geographic Code 000 is authorized for procurement of goods or services;

(ii) Incurred on vessels under U.S., Cooperating Country, or other Countries included in geographic Code 941 flag registry, when Geographic Code 941 is authorized for procurement of goods or services; or

(iii) Incurred on vessels under flag registry of any free world country, if the costs are part of the total cost on a through bill of lading paid to a carrier for initial carriage on a vessel which is authorized in accordance with paragraphs (b)(1)(i) and (ii), above.

(2) Any ocean or air charter, covering full or part cargo, for the transportation of goods purchased under this contract must be approved by the Transportation Division, Office of Procurement, prior to shipment.

(3) When use of non-U.S. flag vessels has been authorized, the following requirements still apply:

(i) At least 50% of the gross tonnage of all goods purchased under this contract and transported to the Cooperating Country on ocean vessels shall be transported on privately-owned U.S. flag commercial vessels, to the extent such vessels are available at fair and reasonable rates for such vessels; and

(ii) At least 50% of the gross freight revenue generated by shipments of goods purchased under this contract and transported to the Cooperating Country on dry cargo liners shall be paid to or for the benefit of privately-owned U.S. flag commercial vessels to the extent such vessels are available at fair and reasonable rates for such vessels.

(4) When U.S. flag vessels are not available, or their use would result in a significant delay, the contractor may request a certificate of nonavailability from the AID Transportation Support Division, Office of Commodity Management, giving the basis for the request. Such a determination of nonavailability will relieve the contractor of the requirement to use U.S. flag vessels for the tonnage of goods included in the determination.

(5) Vouchers submitted for reimbursement which include ocean shipment costs shall contain a certification essentially as follows: "I hereby certify that a copy of each ocean bill of lading concerned has been submitted to the Maritime Administration, Division of National Cargo, 400 Seventh Street, S.W., Washington, DC 20590 and that such bills of lading state all of the carrier's charges including the basis for calculation such as weight or cubic measurement".

(6) For use of U.S. flag air carriers, see the General Provision entitled "Preference for U.S. Flag Air Carriers".

(c) Marine insurance. The eligibility of marine insurance is determined by the country in which it is "placed." Insurance is "placed" in country if payment of the insurance premium is made to, and the insurance policy is issued by, an insurance company located in that country. Eligible countries for placement are governed by the authorized geographic code, except that if Code 941 is authorized, the Cooperating Country is also eligible. Section 604(d) of the Foreign Assistance Act requires that if a recipient country discriminates by statute, decree, rule, or practice with respect to AID-financed procurement against any marine insurance company authorized to do business in any State of the United States, then any AID-financed commodity shipped to that country shall be insured against marine risk and the insurance shall be placed in the U.S. with a company or companies authorized to do a marine insurance business in any State of the U.S.

(d) Ineligible goods and services. The following goods or services shall not be procured under this contract:

(1) Military equipment,

(2) Surveillance equipment,

(3) Commodities and services for support of police or other law enforcement activities,

(4) Abortion equipment and services,

(5) Luxury goods and gambling equipment, or

(6) Weather modification equipment. If AID determines that the Contractor has procured any of these specific ineligible goods and services under this contract and has received payment therefor, the Contractor agrees to refund to AID the entire amount of the purchase.

(e) Restricted goods. The Contractor shall not procure any of the following goods or services without the prior written approval of the Contracting Officer:

(1) Agricultural commodities,
(2) Motor vehicles,
(3) Pharmaceuticals,
(4) Pesticides,

(5) Plasticizers,

(6) Used equipment,

(7) U.S. government-owned excess property, or

(8) Fertilizer.

If AID determines that the Contractor has procured any of these specified restricted goods under this contract without the prior written authorization of the Contracting Officer, and has received payment for such purposes, the Contractor agrees to refund to AID the entire amount of the purchase.

(f) Printed or audio-visual teaching materials. If the effective use of printed or audio-visual teaching materials depends upon their being in the local language and if such materials are intended for technical assistance projects or activities financed by AID in whole or in part and if other funds, including U.S.-owned or U.S.-controlled local currencies are not readily available to finance the procurement of such materials, local language versions may be procured from the following sources, in order of preference:

(1) Code 000, United States,

(2) Code-, Cooperating Country,
(3) Code 941, Selected Free World,
(4) Code 899, Free World.

(g) Ineligible suppliers. Funds provided under this contract shall not be used to procure any commodity or commodity-related service from any supplier who is debarred or suspended pursuant to the procedures in 22 CFR Part 208-Government-wide Debarment and Suspension (Nonprocurement).

[49 FR 13259, Apr. 3, 1984, as amended at 49 FR 49473, Dec. 20, 1984; 50 FR 50303, Dec. 10, 1985; 51 FR 20652, June 6, 1986; 54 FR 16123, Apr. 21, 1989]

with a copy to the appropriate Mission Director).

To Contractor: At Contractor's address shown on the cover page of this contract, or to such other address as either of such parties shall designate by notice given as herein required. Notices hereunder shall be effective when delivered in accordance with this clause or on the effective date of the notice, whichever is later.

752.7007 Personnel compensation.

The following clause shall be used in all AID cost-reimbursement contracts.

PERSONNEL COMPENSATION (AUG. 1984)

(a) Direct compensation of the Contractor's personnel will be in accordance with the Contractor's established policies, procedures, and practices, and the cost principles applicable to this contract.

(b) Compensation (i.e., the employee's base annual salary plus overseas recruitment incentive, if any) which exceeds the maximum payable annual or daily rate for a Foreign Service Officer Class FS-1 as set forth in the payment schedule of the Uniform State/AID/USIA Regulations, as from time to time amended, will be reimbursed only with the approval of the Contracting Officer.

[49 FR 13259, Apr. 3, 1984, as amended at 49 FR 33669, Aug. 24, 1984]

752.7008 Use of Government facilities or personnel.

The following clause is for use in all AID contracts.

USE OF GOVERNMENT FACILITIES OR
PERSONNEL (APR. 1984)

(a) The Contractor and any employee or consultant of the Contractor is prohibited from using U.S. Government facilities (such as office space or equipment) or U.S. Government clerical or technical personnel in the performance of the services specified in the contract, unless the use of Government facilities or personnel is specifically authorized in the contract, or is authorized in advance, in writing, by the Contracting Offi

cer.

(b) If at any time it is determined that the Contractor, or any of its employees or consultants have used U.S. Government facilities or personnel without authorization either in the contract itself, or in advance, in writing, by the Contracting Officer, then the amount payable under the contract shall be reduced by an amount equal to the value of the U.S. Government facilities or personnel used by the Contractor, as determined by the Contracting Officer.