PRS Data Entry Worksheet for Technical Service Providers

NRCS collects information concerning conservation practices put on the landscape through Technical Service Providers (TSPs). The TSP submits the completed worksheet to his or her customer who will provide it to the local NRCS field office. TSP input improves the accuracy of the NRCS reporting system, and is a requirement of the Certification Agreement. NRCS is to complete Part A, TSPs complete Part B, and the program participant signs where indicated, in that order.

This worksheet is available in Adobe Acrobat format. For best results, save the document to your computer and rename it before filling it in or printing it.

PRS Data Entry Worksheet and Payment Ticket for Technical Service Providers MT-CPA-TSP-1 (March 2007, 172 KB)

The following information is requested on the worksheet:

Part A (to be completed by NRCS)

• Landowner name
• Project name
• USDA program (EQIP or WHIP, for example)
• Contract number
• Contract item number (CIN) for TSP services
• Field number

Part B (to be completed by TSP)

• TSP number
• TSP name
• County name
• Land use (such as irrigated crop, non-irrigated pasture, and so forth)
• Practices completed
  • Practice name
  • Units (acres, feet, acre-feet, or other unit of measure)
  • Amount (number or amount)
  • Invoice amount ($) for design
  • Invoice amount ($) for installation
  • Invoice amount ($) for checkout

Part C (to be completed by program participant)

• Program participant's signature
• Date

Instructions for form MT-CPA-TSP-1

MT-CPA-TSP-1 is to be used by TSPs to provide practice completion information to NRCS staff for entry into PRS. One form can be used for each Contract Item Number (CIN), or group of CINs, within a specific project that are expected to be completed as a unit.

MT-CPA-TSP-1 is to be provided to the TSP at the time that the TSP services are contracted, along with other appropriate materials such as applicable standards, specifications, job sheets, statement of work, etc. Part A is to be completed by NRCS.

The TSP is to complete Part B as indicated on the form following completion of the service(s). Information on the form may be used in lieu of the invoice that TSPs have agreed to provide to NRCS under provisions of the TSP Certification Agreement they signed.

The TSP is to have the participant/landowner sign and date Part C to verify completion of the service(s) prior to NRCS receiving the form. The completed MT-CPA-TSP-1 is to be returned to NRCS along with other required deliverables as per the statement of work for the particular conservation practice(s). Data entry by the NRCS will follow established procedures in the Performance Results System (PRS).