Responding to an Expired Agreement

The CO creates a modification to expire the agreement and VIPR e-mails you the complete, signed modification package (in PDF format).

Once the CO initiates the modification, you will get an e-mail message and an alert message on the main Home page informing you that the agreement you have has a modification.

Alert message about a modified agreement.

An expired agreement modification is already signed by the CO, so no further action is required by you, but you can view/acknowledge the modification through the vendor application if you wish to do so.

To acknowledge the expire agreement modification:

From the Home page, in the Alert message, click on the Review Changes link OR click on the My Agreements tab to find the modification in progress.
In the Agreement table, notice the indented row under the agreement, which indicates there is a modification to the agreement and displays the following information about the modification:

Type of modification

Award End Date

Date the last modification was started

Status - indicates the type of action required by you

In the table, in the Action column, click on the Submit a response to this modification icon () to view the modification summary.

Click on the View Mod PDF button () to view the SF-30 for the modification, and then click the Exit button.
In the Agreement row in the Action column, click on the View Agreement PDF icon ().

After an expired agreement modification, the following occurs:

In the Status column of the My Agreements table, the status changes to "Expired."
You can view the signed, modified agreement by clicking on the View Agreement PDF icon (); the header in the agreement will indicate that the agreement is expired.
You will receive an e-mail confirmation with the signed modification PDF attached, as well.
On the main Home page, the Alert message about the modification is removed.
VIPR removes all of the expired resource(s) associated with the agreement from all appropriate Dispatch Priority Lists (DPLs). The CO publishes the updated DPLs to the VIPR Web site at https://www.fs.usda.gov/business/incident/dispatch.php.
The CO publishes the updated agreement to the VIPR Web site at https://www.fs.usda.gov/business/incident/vipragreements.php. The expired agreement will be removed from the VIPR Web site one year from the expiration date.
Your resources that were on this agreement are now available to be used for quotes on other solicitations.

If you have any questions or concerns regarding the modification, contact the CO. Also, you should print the agreement for your records (see "Printing an Agreement").