Sub-recipients - If an entity fulfills the criteria for a sub-recipient a sub-award or sub-contract should be issued.

Vendors/Consultants - If an entity fulfills the criteria for a vendor or consultant a personal service contract or purchase order should be issued.

A sub-recipient is a person, institution, or organization bringing intellectual capital to the project, i.e., not selling a product or work for hire.

Commonly with a company selling a product or service or a person who holds her/himself out to the public for hire.

A sub-recipient provides substantive programmatic work. UO will assign a defined portion of the project’s intellectual activity to the sub-recipient to fulfill. Please contact SPS for further clarification.

Personal Services Contract: The consultant is not providing substantive programmatic work, however, work is beyond analytical work-for-hire normally conducted by a routine service provider.

Purchase Order: The vendor is not providing substantive programmatic work, but is analytical work-for-hire.

A sub-recipient will maintain control of the work to be performed under the sub-contract or sub-award. This includes taking full responsibility for programmatic decision-making for the subcontracted portion of the work.

Personal Services Contract: The consultant will work independently and maintain control of the methodology, however, the consultant must meet University requirements, usually of a professional or technical nature and on a short-term basis.

Purchase Order: The vendor providing services performed according to the University’s requirements.

A sub-recipients performance is measured against whether the objectives of the UO prime project were met.

Personal Services Contract: The consultant’s performance is measured against University requirements; however, results may have implications for policy and management-level issues.

Purchase Order: The vendor’s performance is measured against University requirements. Services are routine in nature and follow established procedures. These services deal with day-to-day operations and are repetitive.