Common use of BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Clause in Contracts

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES. A. This Cooperative and Joint Venture Agreement (hereinafter called Agreement) between the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Geological Survey, National Park Service, U.S. Forest Service, Natural Resources Conservation Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Defense–Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Energy, Installations, and Environment, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers–Civil Works, and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (hereinafter called Federal Agencies), and the Texas A&M University System (Host University) and its Partner Institutions is a continuation for a five (5) year term to provide for the operation and maintenance of the Gulf Coast Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU). This continuation of the Gulf Coast CESU is implemented by mutual consent of the parties and is consistent with the prior Agreement and the express intent of the request for proposals for that Agreement. The Gulf Coast CESU is associated with a national network of CESUs.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES. A. This Cooperative and Joint Venture Agreement (hereinafter called Agreement) between the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Geological Survey, National Park Service, U.S. Forest Service, Natural Resources Conservation Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Defense–Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Energy, Installations, and Environment, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers–Civil Works, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (hereinafter called Federal Agencies), ) and the Texas A&M University System (Host University) and its Partner Institutions is a continuation for a five (5) year term to provide for the operation and maintenance of the Gulf Coast Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU). This continuation of the Gulf Coast CESU is implemented by mutual consent of the parties and is consistent with the prior Agreement and the express intent of the request for proposals for that Agreement. The Gulf Coast CESU is associated with a national network of CESUs.