The TDI-model has been used to identify costs and set prices.
The TDI model is a Norwegian Research Infrastructure Resource Model, a methodology for declaring the costs and pricing on the use of research infrastructure in projects at Universities and Colleges.
UiB-internal have been billed 25% of total costs based on the TDI model. This will be gradually increased to 35% until 2022.
External users are billed full price plus a statutory (minimal) premium for formal profits.
External users are in this sense defined as researchers who use funds handled by another organization than the University of Bergen, ie the invoice receiver is another organization (although the researcher him/herself may be a UiB employee). The University cannot subsidize other companies, which will be perceived as price manipulation and being against Norwegian law.
In addition we are required to add VAT on sales, also between cooperating institutions.
Helse Bergen and Helse Vest is by definition external users of the Laboratory Animal Facility.
