Common use of Professional and technical services Clause in Contracts

Professional and technical services. a. The prohibition on the use of appropriated funds, in paragraph F.1.a, does not apply in the case of: (i) a payment of reasonable compensation made to an officer or employee of a person requesting or receiving a covered federal action or an extension, continuation, renewal, amendment, or modification of a covered federal action, if payment is for professional or technical services rendered directly in the preparation, submission, or negotiation of any bid, proposal, or application for that federal action or for meeting requirements imposed by or pursuant to law as a condition for receiving that federal action;