Each year, the systems of the University of California (UC) and California State University (CSU) receive about $6 billion from the State General Fund. Each year, the government concludes more than 2,500 agreements or changes to contracts with the UC and CSU systems. Some of these agreements may take months to negotiate and, in many cases, the state pays for both parties to negotiate the treaty. In order to reduce this inefficiency and streamline operations, UCOP, CSU and the Department of General State Services (DGS) have implemented standardized rules on the boil platform, which would apply to all agreements between the state and the UC or CSU. These model conditions will be used in all new research, training or service contracts that will be awarded after January 2016. California State Assembly Bill 20 (AB20) asked the State of California to agree with CSU and UC on a single standard contract that would meet standard conditions; in 2016, an agreement was reached and annual revisions and updates were published at the beginning of each calendar year. This agreement allows us all to spend less time negotiating agreements with our sister agencies in the state. The Sponsored Programs Foundation is required by the Chancellery to use this agreement with a public authority and all requested exceptions must be submitted to the Chancellery for approval. The full agreement is available on the state`s website at: www.dgs.ca.gov/OLS/Resources/Page-Content/Office-of-Legal-Services-Resources-List-Folder/Model-Contract-Language The Department of General Services (DGS) has joined the University of California and California State Universities in accordance with Section 67325, and. Mr.

Seq. On November 2, 2015, the University of California (UC), the California State University System (CSU) and the California Department of General Services (DGS) signed a Memorandum of Understanding on behalf of the public authorities to implement the standard model and standard conditions, including standard content requirements for contract proposals and awards. Law 20 (AB20) of the National Assembly asked the DGS and the CSU to negotiate the agreement. It is therefore commonly referred to as “AB20.” The California Model Agreement (CMA) provides standard terms of use by California state authorities, which fund research, training or service activities conducted by campuses of the University of California (UC) and California State University (CSU). The CMA`s goal is to reduce the administrative resources used by both state offices and universities to establish thousands of contracts and grants for major public works in California and California.