Affiliated Operations Plan Sample Clauses

Affiliated Operations Plan. The GSC must establish and maintain oversight over the Company’s Affiliated Operations Plan (AOP). A template is available from DOE. The AOP is the Company’s consolidated policies and procedures, signed by the Chairman of the GSC, regarding the control of Affiliated Operations among the Company (or any of its Controlled Entities) and any of the Affiliates. The purpose of the AOP is to provide the GSC an understanding of how the Company is organized, structured and financed so as to be capable of operating as a viable business entity independent from the Affiliates. The Company is not permitted to engage in Affiliated Operations that are not duly authorized and must follow the terms of the approved AOP. As used herein, “Affiliated Operations” means cooperative endeavors, regardless of whether such endeavors are administrative, operational or commercial, performed directly or through third-party service providers, all of which are more specifically categorized and described below. In the Company’s Annual Compliance Report described in Article 9, the GSC must certify the effective execution the terms of the Affiliated Operations as described in the AOP and that the Affiliated Operations do not circumvent the requirements of this Agreement. Company through its FSO must submit and update as necessary its AOP to DOE for review. Specific approval responsibilities and requirements are as follows:

Affiliated Operations Plan. The term Affiliated Operations Plan herein means the Company’s consolidated policies and procedures regarding services provided to, provided by, or exchanged between the Company and the Affiliated Group, or any subsidiaries, that includes, at a minimum: (i) requirements for the GSC to notify DCSA of any proposed category of Affiliated Operations and obtain DCSA approval of the general category prior to accepting or providing any associated Affiliated Operations services as outlined in writing; (ii) procedures for ensuring that any such services do not circumvent the requirements of this Agreement, which may include at the discretion of the GSC a requirement that each Affiliated Service require GSC notification or approval to ensure that at a minimum the service falls under a DCSA approved category; (iii) copies of each relevant agreement among the affiliated companies; and (iv) a requirement that the GSC provide to DCSA an annual written certification that it is effectively monitoring any Affiliated Services being provided, and that such Affiliated Services do not allow the Affiliated Group to exercise control or influence with respect to the management or business of the Company, including its cash or other assets, in violation of this Agreement or otherwise in violation of any OPSEC requirement in any of the Company’s government contracts.