Common use of Method of Payment for Phase I Clause in Contracts

Method of Payment for Phase I. The Prime Recipient must submit requests for payment electronically through DOE’s Oak Ridge Financial Service Center Vender Inquiry Payment Electronic Reporting System (VIPERS) in accordance with the schedule indicated in paragraph (b) below. To access and use VIPERS, the Prime Recipient is required to enroll and login to the VIPERS website (xxxxx://xxxxxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/). Only the Prime Recipient may submit payment vouchers to ARPA-E. Subrecipients must submit all payment requests directly to the Prime Recipient, which is responsible for conveying payment to Subrecipients. Subrecipients shall not submit payment requests directly to ARPA-E. To facilitate the expeditious processing of reimbursement requests, the Prime Recipient is required to send a copy of every reimbursement request by email to the ARPA-E support personnel designated by the ARPA-E Contracting Officer. ARPA-E may deny payment requests for any failure to comply with the requirements in this clause.