The successful bidder and manager of the CS will have to engage with a Governance Body (GB), managed by ASAPbio. The CS Provider(s) will file a yearly public report to the GB and Funders. The GB will be making recommendations on the performance of the CS Provider(s) to the funders for the purpose of releasing yearly funds to the CS Provider(s). The GB will also set standards for intake of content to the CS and will set yearly priorities and make recommendations. Models similar to this arrangement include Europe PMC and the Protein Data Bank. Please provide any comments or ideas on the relationship and interactions that you (if you obtain the contract) would like to establish with the GB.
The GB bears responsibility for establishing the policies of The Commons; technical partners bear responsibility for delivering infrastructure to abide by those policies. Coordination can follow COS’s community partner model adapted to suit the needs of the GB.
We recommend:
Four key phases of the development process that occur at a high levelwith the GB and at an execution level via the POCs in quarterlypriorities and two-week sprint cycles: