Testbed Execution OGC Interoperability Testbed Policies and Procedures
proposing organizations they will fund as well as the actual level of funding. Typically in test beds, a minimum of three proposing organizations will be funded per requirement or work item.
When the Sponsors have made their decisions with regard to participant funding, IP Team will notify the proposing organizations of the outcome of the Decision TEMs. Once the selected participants have been
notified, The OGC will begin negotiations with the selected participants. These negotiations will discuss funding, tasks to be performed, in-kind contributions that will be provided by the participant, the nature of
the statement of work and the work breakdown. These negotiations will form the basis of an agreed to Statement of Work SOW and a contract between OGC and the participant in question. While this process
is expected to be iterative as terms of the contract are finalized, the contract is the basis for the relationship between OGC and the participant.
If a selected Participant is not an OGC member, they should begin the membership registration process. Membership will be required before the final Participant contract is signed.
Once the OGC IP Team has decided that negotiations are at a reasonable state of completion, they will complete work on the work package of materials to be provided to the Sponsors and participants at the
Kickoff. This will include an updated technical architecture, an initiative schedule, the initiative concept of operations, and the final work breakdown. One goal of the Test Bed kickoff meeting is to obtain consensus
agreement of the work package by all stakeholders within the initiative.
Additionally, OGC IP Team will provide templates for statements of work SOW to participants. The participants will complete the templates based on the tasks they accepted during the negotiations. Upon
completion, the participants will submit their SOWs to OGC. OGC will review the SOWs for accuracy and may iterate with the participants until mutual agreement is achieved. On completion of the SOWs, OGC
will develop a contract containing a Profession Services Agreement PSA and a statement of Rights of Patent. These contracts will follow OGC membership and other contractual precedents.