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Fees for Some Services Provided by the Commercial Service
The Commercial Service participates on each MDCP project team. Applicants should understand that the Commercial Service is required to charge fees to cover costs for many of the services it provides. The policy set forth below applies to Commercial Service resources that are provided as part of MDCP cooperative agreements. The Commercial Service will provide, as part of each cooperative agreement, a limited amount of reasonable assistance to MDCP cooperators at no charge. Such assistance does not extend to a cooperator's constituent member companies or to any other for-profit enterprises. These will pay the Commercial Service normal user-fees as applicable. The policy set forth below applies to Commercial Service resources that are provided as part of the cooperative agreements. For assistance that goes beyond the "limited amount of reasonable assistance" as defined below, applicants should make provision in their budgets. To determine the cost for services provided by the Commercial Service, applicants should contact the domestic offices, U.S. Export Assistance Centers (USEACs), or overseas Commercial Service offices.
There may be situations that prevent the Commercial Service from providing no-charge services to cooperators. Perhaps the most common example is another event to which the Commercial Service office has already committed its resources. The definitions below will guide the domestic or overseas Commercial Service offices in implementing this policy.
Overseas Commercial Service Offices: Limited Amount of Reasonable Assistance
"Limited amount of reasonable assistance" means two days' Commercial Service effort per cooperator, per country, per year. Depending on the availability of resources at the time that it is needed, the assistance could include briefings on market conditions, temporary use of Commercial Service office space, help in making appointments and hotel reservations, and organization of seminars and conferences. Out-of-pocket costs to the Commercial Service and specially-prepared market research are not included in the no-charge assistance.
No Charge
No-charge means that no fees are collected. The term applies to costs the Commercial Service has already undertaken to cover such as time expended by Commercial Service employees and its own office space. It does not apply to any out-of-pocket cost. Cooperators should always expect to pay costs such as hiring a private interpreter or transportation.
U.S. Export Assistance Centers (USEACs)
USEACs can generally implement the policy as a no-charge extension of normal client support. Most USEAC service to cooperators is provided as part of long-term relationships developed in local exporting communities throughout the United States.
Fee-for-Service Offerings and Guidelines
Here is a list of fee-for service offerings from the Commercial Service. General guidelines about these services were published in the Federal Register on July 10, 2017.
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