TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY-SAN MARCOS
INTERDEPARTMENTAL SERVICE AGREEMENT
I. PARTIES:
Primary College, Dean
and Department, Chair:
, (Primary)
Provider College, Dean and Department, Chair:
, (Provider)
The parties agree that (NAME OF INDIVIDUAL) from (NAME OF PROVIDER DEPARTMENT,
College){PROVIDER} will perform services related to a sponsored program administered by
College, Department {PRIMARY}.
II. SCOPE OF SERVICE:
Provider agrees to perform the scope of services detailed in
ATTACHMENT A.
III. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE:
This agreement shall begin on
(date) and end on
(date).
III. PAYMENT
Primary agrees to pay Provider for services as detailed below:
1. *Source of funds:
(Cost Center, Internal Order or WBS
and Fund)
2. Amount to be paid: $
3. Payment should be made to:
(Cost Center, Internal Order or WBS and Fund)
4. Date of payment shall be after Primary has certified that Provider has met all
obligations in writing to the Office of Sponsored Programs.
If the amount paid is
directly proportional to the indirect cost recovered under a particular project, the fee shall be
paid
after indirect cost distributions have been made in the FOLLOWING year.
* Source must be a non-sponsored account.
IV.TERMS
A. Disputes: All disputes shall be resolved by a neutral third party to be named by the
Associate Vice President for Research and Federal Relations.
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B. Entire Agreement; Modifications: This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements, written or
oral, between Primary and Provider and shall constitute the entire agreement and understanding
between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof. This Agreement and each of its
provisions shall be binding upon the parties and may not be waived, modified, amended or
altered except in writing and signed by the authorized signatories of each party.
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Authorization
PI
Provider Faculty
Signed
Signed
Primary Chair
Provider Chair
signed
signed
Title:
Title:
Date:
Date:
Primary Dean
Provider Dean
Signed
Signed
Title:
Title:
Date:
Date:
Acknowledged and Approved
Director
Office of Sponsored Programs
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ATTACHMENT A
SCOPE OF SERVICES
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PROCEDURE
Departments performing services on Sponsored projects that have no faculty serving as
Principal or Co-Principal Investigators may recover a portion of the earned indirect costs
by following the steps outlines below:
1. Principal Investigator requests services from the Chair of the Provider Department
(Provider).
2. Chair of the Principal Investigator's Department (Primary) meets with Chair of
Provider. The Chairs come to an agreement on the value (dollar amount) of the service to
be provided and complete the agreement form. Both Chairs sign.
3. The agreement is forwarded to the Deans responsible for each Department for approval
and signature.
4. The signed agreement is forwarded to the Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP).
Appropriate OSP staff will review the agreement to ensure Sponsor compliance.
5. Post-Award staff will ask for any needed changes and forward the final agreement to
the Director of Sponsored Programs for signature.
6. At the conclusion of the service agreement, Certification by primary of work
performed to their satisfaction must be forwarded to OSP. Appropriate OSP staff will
facilitate the payment to the provider as provided for in the agreement.
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