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Manager and Reviewer Rate Card and Scope
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Exhibit B — Manager and Reviewer Rate Card
Version: 3.4
Status: Draft
Date: [___]
Purpose
This rate card sets Manager and Technical Reviewer fees and responsibilities under Framework 12.1. It must be published before either role is contracted. The Framework (Exhibit A) defines their authority, and the contracts in Exhibit F incorporate this rate card.
Payment rules
Managers and Reviewers are paid for assessing work. The assessment fee is the same whether they accept, accept with conditions, or reject the work; it does not depend on approving payment, the award’s value, or its outcome (Framework 12.5).
| Award type | How fees are calculated |
|---|---|
| RFP — directed or open call | A fixed fee for each milestone. |
| Bounty | One fee, equal to the applicable milestone fee. |
What the fees cover
- Preparation and administration: Milestone fees include scoping support, publication, public Q&A, intake, compliance checks, evaluation logistics, and scoring. These activities earn no separate fee.
- Recovery plans: The ordinary milestone fee includes reassessing corrected work under a recovery plan. Neither role earns an extra fee (Framework 11.9).
How fees are paid
Fees are set in USD and paid in A, using the Reference Rate when payment is proposed, through the published Program Cost schedule (Framework 13.4 and 13.3a).
Fees continue to accrue during a suspension under Framework 13.4a. On resumption, use the Reference Rate when the resumed payment is proposed, retaining the accrual-cycle allocation and rules for escalation to block producers in Framework 13.4a.
The no-award fee
Each role earns one no-award fee per engagement, equal to its milestone fee, in these situations:
| Situation | Reference |
|---|---|
| An RFP closes without an award. | — |
| An award is terminated before all milestones are completed. | Framework 11.10 and 11.10a |
| An award decision expires under Framework 10.10, including its cycle-close cut-off and any applicable clock extensions. | Framework 10.10 |
| A bounty expires unclaimed. | Framework 26a, rule 5 |
The fee replaces any milestone fee for the same determination; both cannot be paid. Fees for earlier determinations remain payable, but no fees are paid for milestones never determined. Role-specific amounts and payment triggers are in 2.2 and 3.2.
1. Setting and reviewing rates
Rates are set by MSIG #5 and may change only by block producers through an MSIG Resolution at the Threshold; changes apply only to new engagements. The Committee cannot negotiate rates or add premiums (Framework 12.6.5).
Rates are reviewed annually under Framework 14.3, using cycle reports to assess the work required.
2. RFP Program Manager
2.1 Manager responsibilities
Each engagement covers one RFP or bounty, from publication to closing; a Manager may handle several engagements at once.
| Stage | Responsibilities |
|---|---|
| Publication | Help draft and publish the RFP on the Portal; run public Q&A with all questions and answers available to every proposer and no private guidance. |
| Intake | Receive submissions and check compliance. |
| Evaluation | Coordinate evaluation; write the scored assessment against published criteria if no Reviewer is engaged or the only Reviewer is a Committee member (Framework 22.3), earning the additional fee in 2.2. |
| Objections | Maintain the objection register during the delay window and fix the final count when it closes. |
| Delivery | Coordinate with the awardee, with check-ins at least every two weeks during active work. |
| Milestones | Determine whether milestones are met and approve payments with the records required by Framework 11.3; during payment suspensions, publish determinations when made and complete the records when payments resume (13.4a). |
| Escalation | Recommend termination in writing when delivered work or services fall materially below the RFP’s requirements (Framework 11.10a). |
| Closing | Complete the closing requirements in Framework 25.1 and any required post-award review under Framework 25.2. |
| Handover | On reassignment, provide a written handover of approval history, correspondence, and outstanding items (Framework 12.3). |
2.2 Fees
| Item | Fee (USD) | When payable |
|---|---|---|
| RFP — each milestone | 350 | On the Manager’s determination: accept, accept with conditions, or reject. |
| RFP — each milestone with scored assessment | 600 | On each milestone determination when the Manager wrote the scored assessment under Framework 22.3. Includes the USD 250 assessment addition. |
| Bounty — one-time | 350 | On the Manager’s written acceptance determination (Framework 26a). |
| No-award fee | 350, or 600 if the Manager wrote the scored assessment | When the Committee records an event listed under The no-award fee above. |
| Reassignment to a live RFP | 500 | On assignment, for the incoming Manager’s preparation; the outgoing Manager keeps earned milestone fees and earns no further fees for that engagement. |
| Post-award review | 375 | On publication of a review required under Framework 25.2. |
Whether a Reviewer is needed is decided at scoping based on whether the work is technical (Framework 20.2), fixed at publication, and not changed later to reduce fees.
2.3 Workload
The Committee must publish each Manager’s workload in the cycle report (Framework 12.4). Four concurrent engagements is a planning estimate, not a limit.
3. Technical Reviewer
3.1 Reviewer responsibilities
Each engagement covers one RFP or bounty whose published statement says a Reviewer is engaged (Framework 20.2); that setting applies throughout the award.
| Stage | Responsibilities |
|---|---|
| Evaluation | Submit an independent written score with reasons against the published criteria, without seeing other Reviewers’ scores first; any later discussion to resolve large differences must be recorded (Framework 22.3), subject to the Committee-member restrictions in 12.6. |
| Milestones | Provide a written assessment at every milestone: accept, accept with conditions, or reject with stated fixes. |
| Escalation | Recommend termination in writing directly to the Committee when delivered work or services fall materially below the required standard (Framework 11.10a). |
Reviewers also assess ongoing services, even when there is no separate deliverable.
3.2 Fees
| Item | Fee (USD) | When payable |
|---|---|---|
| RFP — each milestone | 450 | On the written assessment, whatever its conclusion. |
| Bounty — one-time | 450 | On the written assessment of the delivery. |
| No-award fee | 450 | Under The no-award fee above, whether or not the Reviewer filed the termination recommendation. |
| Substitute Reviewer during an award | 450 per remaining milestone, plus 375 | Milestone assessments at the normal rate, plus 375 for reading earlier assessments (Framework 12.6.1(3)). |
3.3 Committee members serving as Reviewers
Committee members receive the rates in section 3.2 and must follow Framework 12.6, including its disclosure, recusal, and separate-payment requirements under 6.3c and 13.3a.
4. Requirements for every engagement
| Requirement | Rule |
|---|---|
| Contract | Sign the standard VS LLC Independent Contractor Agreement with the role’s Schedule A in Exhibit F before performing the role. |
| Disclosure | File the standard questionnaire on-chain under Framework 6.3a before being recorded as Manager of record or assigned as Reviewer; overdue annual refiling bars new assignments until filed. |
| Conflicts | Follow the Framework’s conflict rules and ban register; Committee members must also meet the one-member-per-affiliation rule. |
| Publication | Report every engagement and fee in the cycle report; for member-Reviewers, include the member, RFP, cumulative cycle fees, and engagement count against the cap (Framework 13.5). |
Appendix — Example cycle
Six RFPs are published, four with Reviewers and two using the Manager assessment variant without Reviewers. One Reviewer-engaged RFP closes without an award; the other five have four milestones each, and three require post-award reviews.
| Item | USD |
|---|---|
| Manager — 3 standard awards × 4 milestones × 350, plus 2 assessment-variant awards × 4 milestones × 600 | 9,000 |
| Manager — no-award fee for the sixth RFP | 350 |
| Manager — 3 post-award reviews × 375 | 1,125 |
| Reviewer — 3 awards × 4 milestones × 450, plus one no-award fee of 450 | 5,850 |
| Total Manager and Reviewer fees | 16,325 |
| Cycle cap for these fees, Portal, and administration (MSIG #5 Part D) | 40,000 |
| Remaining for Portal, hosting, and administration | 23,675 |
This example does not price Portal, hosting, or administration; those costs must also fit within the 40,000 cap.