ACCEPTANCE TESTING BY THE STATE FOLLOWING Sample Clauses

ACCEPTANCE TESTING BY THE STATE FOLLOWING. IMPLEMENTATION After Contractor provides written notice to the State that it has completed a Milestone, the State shall, in accordance with the Formal Acceptance Criteria agreed by the parties, and with full cooperation and assistance from Contractor, conduct all such inspections and tests of the Milestones as the State may deem necessary or appropriate to determine whether any Defects exist in the Milestone as implemented and whether the Milestone as implemented materially complies with all of the Formal Acceptance Criteria. Such inspections and tests shall be over a duration mutually agreed upon by the State and Contractor within limits of a minimum period of 5 business days and a maximum of 30 business days, per Milestone, from the date a notice of completion is issued (the “Acceptance Period”). Contractor shall correct all Defects during the Acceptance Period, demonstrate to the State that correction of such Defects has been made, and after so demonstrating correction, shall issue to the State a written Final Acceptance indicating that no Defects are known to exist in the Deliverable or Milestone. The State shall be deemed to have accepted and approved the particular Milestone only upon the State’s delivery to Contractor of a signed, written Certificate of Acceptance indicating that the Deliverable or Milestone, as the case may be, as completed, materially performs in accordance with the Formal Acceptance Criteria. The State shall make a good faith effort to respond with concerns or deliver a Certificate of Acceptance within thirty (30) days. If at the end of the Acceptance Period, the State has not issued a signed Certificate of Acceptance to Contractor for that Deliverable or Milestone, the State may, in its sole discretion, extend the Acceptance Period; provided, however, that the State shall respond within five (5) business days of a written request by Contractor issued after the end of the original Acceptance Period to provide Contractor with the State’s status of approval or disapproval for that Deliverable or Milestone. Any rejection must be in writing and specify the reason for the rejection and must be based upon the continued existence of a Defect in the Deliverable or Milestone or failure of the Deliverable or Milestone to materially perform in accordance with the Formal Acceptance Criteria. The Certificate of Acceptance shall not be unreasonably withheld by the State. If a Certificate of Acceptance for a Deliverable or Milestone is signed a...