Question:
1. Will you accept a invoicing and receiving report that includes travel with the way the contract is as TBD and allow it to be billed against since the CLIN includes Travel? Do we need to modify the CLIN in order to change the amount within the CLIN that is actually specified for travel?
2. Moving forward with other contracts for finances purposes, would it be acceptable not to specify the dollar amount for Labor, Travel, and Other Direct Costs (ODCs) within a CLIN for an Expert Contract. For example, we might say, CLIN 0001 includes all Labor, Travel and ODCs in the amount of $20,000.00, without breaking down each element further. In this way, we would have the most billing flexibility and reduce our administrative actions since we wouldn’t need to modify contracts for small changes that don’t affect the overall dollar value of the action.
Answer:
We would not accept a invoice for Travel the way it is now. There needs to be a specific line showing an amount for travel.
For future contracts the way you spelled it out in 2. would work.