The principles that should guide payment to the NOPs of their Reimbursable Costs for an alliance project include the following:
Expenditure should be consistent with public sector standards for public monies.
The NOPs should only be reimbursed for costs which have been actually and reasonably incurred.
Reimbursable Costs should not include contributions to costs included in the Corporate Overhead and Profit component.
All claims for Reimbursable Costs and underlying project financial transactions should be open book and fully auditable.