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• Contract Quantity The Contract Quantity during each Contract Year is the amount set forth in the applicable Contract Year in Section D of the Cover Sheet (“Delivery Term Contract Quantity Schedule”), which amount is inclusive of outages.

• QUANTITY BASIS OF CONTRACT – NO GUARANTEED QUANTITIES The contract established has no guarantee of any specific quantity and the State is obligated only to buy that quantity which is needed by its agencies.

• ESTIMATED / SPECIFIC QUANTITY CONTRACTS Estimated quantity contracts, also referred to as indefinite delivery / indefinite quantity contracts, are expressly agreed and understood to be made for only the quantities, if any, actually ordered during the Contract term. No guarantee of any quantity is implied or given. With respect to any specific quantity stated in the contract, the Commissioner reserves the right after award to order up to 20% more or less (rounded to the next highest whole number) than the specific quantities called for in the Contract. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Commissioner may purchase greater or lesser percentages of Contract quantities should the Commissioner and Contractor so agree. Such agreement may include an equitable price adjustment.

• C1 Contract Price In consideration of the Contractor’s performance of its obligations under the Contract, the Authority shall pay the Contract Price in accordance with clause C2 (Payment and VAT).

• Payment and Contract Price C1 Contract Price C1.1 In consideration of the Contractor’s performance of its obligations under the Contract, the Authority shall pay the Contract Price in accordance with clause C2 (Payment and VAT). C1.2 The Authority shall, in addition to the Contract Price and following evidence of a valid VAT invoice, pay the Contractor a sum equal to the VAT chargeable on the value of the Services supplied in accordance with the Contract. C2 Payment and VAT C2.1 The Authority shall pay all sums due to the Contractor within thirty (30) days of receipt of a valid invoice, submitted Monthly in arrears. C2.2 The Authority shall pay all sums by direct credit transfer into a suitable bank account or by other electronic payment methods as appropriate. C2.3 The Contractor shall ensure that each invoice contains a valid purchase order number. All appropriate references and a detailed breakdown of the Services supplied and any other documentation reasonably required by the Authority to substantiate the invoice should be supplied in accordance with Schedule 2. C2.4 Where the Contractor enters into a sub-contract for the purpose of performing its obligations under the Contract, it shall ensure that a provision is included in such a sub-contract which requires payment to be made of all sums due by the Contractor to the Sub-contractor within a specified period not exceeding thirty (30) days from the receipt of a valid invoice. C2.5 The Contractor shall add VAT to the Contract Price at the prevailing rate as applicable and the Authority shall pay the VAT to the Contractor following its receipt of a valid VAT invoice. C2.6 The Contractor shall indemnify the Authority on a continuing basis against any liability, including any interest, penalties or costs incurred, which is levied, demanded or assessed on the Authority at any time in respect of the Contractor’s failure to account for or to pay any VAT relating to payments made to the Contractor under the Contract. Any amounts due under this clause C2.5 shall be paid by the Contractor to the Authority not less than five (5) Working Days before the date upon which the tax or other liability is payable by the Authority. C2.7 The Contractor shall not suspend the supply of the Services unless the Contractor is entitled to terminate the Contract under clause H2.3 (Termination on Default) for failure to pay undisputed sums of money. Interest shall be payable by the Authority on the late payment of any undisputed sums of money properly invoiced in accordance with the Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Xxx 0000. C2.8 Where payment by the Authority of all or any part of any invoice rendered or other claim for payment by the Contractor is disputed, this dispute shall be resolved in accordance with the disputed claims procedure as set out in Schedule 2. C3 Recovery of Sums Due C3.1 Wherever under the Contract any sum of money is recoverable from or payable by the Contractor (including any sum which the Contractor is liable to pay to the Authority in respect of any breach of the Contract), the Authority may unilaterally deduct that sum from any sum then due, or which at any later time may become due to the Contractor under the Contract or under any other agreement or contract with the Authority. C3.2 Any overpayment by either Party, whether of the Contract Price or of VAT or otherwise, shall be a sum of money recoverable by the Party who made the overpayment from the Party in receipt of the overpayment. C3.3 The Contractor shall make all payments due to the Authority without any deduction whether by way of set-off, counterclaim, discount, abatement or otherwise unless the Contractor has a valid court order requiring an amount equal to such deduction to be paid by the Authority to the Contractor. C3.4 All payments due shall be made within a reasonable time unless otherwise specified in the Contract, in cleared funds, to such bank or building society account as the recipient Party may from time to time direct. C4 Price adjustment on extension of the Initial Contract Period C4.1 The Contract Price shall apply for the Initial Contract Period. In the event that the Authority agrees to extend the Initial Contract Period pursuant to clause F8 (Extension of Initial Contract Period), the Authority may, where applicable, in the six (6) Month period prior to the expiry of the Initial Contract Period, enter into good faith negotiations with the Contractor (for a period of not more than thirty (30) Working Days) to agree a variation in the Contract Price. For the avoidance of doubt both Parties accept and acknowledge that any Variation to the Contract Price shall not have the effect of altering the economic balance of the Contract during the period of extension in favour of the Contractor in a manner not provided for in the terms of the Contract. C4.2 If the Parties are unable to agree a variation in the Contract Price in accordance with clause C4.1, the Contract shall terminate at the end of the Initial Contract Period. C4.3 If a variation in the Contract Price is agreed between the Authority and the Contractor, the revised Contract Price will take effect from the first day of any period of extension and shall apply during such period of extension. C4.4 Any increase in the Contract Price pursuant to clause C4.1 shall not exceed the percentage change in the Office of National Statistics’ Consumer Prices Index (CPI) (or another such index specified in the Prices & Rates Schedule) between the Commencement Date and the date six (6) Months before the end of the Initial Contract Period.] C5 Euro C5.1 Any requirement of Law to account for the Services in Euro (or to prepare for such accounting) instead of and/or in addition to sterling, shall be implemented by the Contractor at nil charge to the Authority. C5.2 The Authority shall provide all reasonable assistance to facilitate compliance with clause C5.1 by the Contractor. C6 Third Party Revenue C6.1 The Contractor may not obtain any third party revenue, income or credit based on the Services and/or copyright works delivered under this Contract without the express prior written agreement of the Authority.

• Contract Quarterly Sales Reports The Contractor shall submit complete Quarterly Sales Reports to the Department’s Contract Manager within 30 calendar days after the close of each State fiscal quarter (the State’s fiscal quarters close on September 30, December 31, March 31, and June 30). Reports must be submitted in MS Excel using the DMS Quarterly Sales Report Format, which can be accessed at xxxxx://xxx.xxx.xxxxxxxxx.xxx/business_operations/ state_purchasing/vendor_resources/quarterly_sales_report_format. Initiation and submission of the most recent version of the Quarterly Sales Report posted on the DMS website is the responsibility of the Contractor without prompting or notification from the Department’s Contract Manager. If no orders are received during the quarter, the Contractor must email the DMS Contract Manager confirming there was no activity.

• Contract Year A twelve (12) month period during the term of the Agreement commencing on the Effective Date and each anniversary thereof.

• Production Royalty When Lessee commences production of ores, minerals or materials from the premises, Lessee shall pay to Lessor a production royalty of 3% of the Net Smelter Returns (NSR) received by Lessee from the sale of said ores, minerals or materials, from the Premises. Lessor may buy out the Lessee’s Production Royalty at a rate of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00) per Royalty percentage, with the Lessee retaining One Percent (1%). (1) If Lessee sells refined gold or silver, Lessee will be deemed to have received proceeds from the sale thereof equal to the number of ounces of refined gold or silver outturned to Lessee's account during the calendar quarter multiplied in the case of gold by the average daily London Bullion Brokers P .M Gold Fixing during such calendar quarter and in the case of silver by the average of the daily Engelhard industrial bullion price for silver during the calendar quarter. The average price for a calendar quarter shall be determined by dividing the sum of all daily prices posted during the calendar quarter by the number of days that prices were posted. The posted price shall be obtained from the Wall Street Journal, Reuters, E&MJ or other industry-accepted source. If a posted price referenced above becomes no longer available, Lessee shall, acting reasonably, select an alternative posted price that closely approximates such original posted price. Lessee shall have the right to market and sell to third parties refined gold and silver in any manner it chooses, including the sale of such refined gold and silver on the commodity market. In this regard, Lessor shall have no right to participate in any gains and/or profits or obligation to suffer any losses accruing to Lessee as a result of forward sales, options trading, commodities futures trading or similar transactions. (2) Charges to be deducted from proceeds in determining Net Smelter Returns (a) all costs, charges and expenses paid or incurred by Lessee for treatment in the smelting and refining processes (including handling, processing, interest and provisional settlement fees, sampling, assaying and representation costs, penalties and other processor deductions);

• DISTRIBUTION OF CONTRACTOR PRICE LIST AND CONTRACT APPENDICES Contractor shall provide Authorized Users with electronic copies of the Contract, including price lists and Appendices, upon request. Contract Updates will be handled as provided in Appendix C – Contract Modification Procedures.

• Contractor Sales Reporting Vendor Management Fee Contractor Reports Master Contract Sales Reporting. Contractor shall report total Master Contract sales quarterly to Enterprise Services, as set forth below. Master Contract Sales Reporting System. Contractor shall report quarterly Master Contract sales in Enterprise Services’ Master Contract Sales Reporting System. Enterprise Services will provide Contractor with a login password and a vendor number. The password and vendor number will be provided to the Sales Reporting Representative(s) listed on Contractor’s Bidder Profile. Data. Each sales report must identify every authorized Purchaser by name as it is known to Enterprise Services and its total combined sales amount invoiced during the reporting period (i.e., sales of an entire agency or political subdivision, not its individual subsections). The “Miscellaneous” option may be used only with prior approval by Enterprise Services. Upon request, Contractor shall provide contact information for all authorized purchasers specified herein during the term of the Master Contract. If there are no Master Contract sales during the reporting period, Contractor must report zero sales. Due dates for Master Contract Sales Reporting. Quarterly Master Contract Sales Reports must be submitted electronically by the following deadlines for all sales invoiced during the applicable calendar quarter: March 31: April 30 June 30: July 31 September 30: October 31 December 31: January 31 Vendor Management Fee. Contractor shall pay to Enterprise Services a vendor management fee (“VMF”) of 1.50 percent on the purchase price for all Master Contract sales (the purchase price is the total invoice price less applicable sales tax). The sum owed by Contractor to Enterprise Services as a result of the VMF is calculated as follows: Amount owed to Enterprise Services = Total Master Contract sales invoiced (not including sales tax) x .0150. The VMF must be rolled into Contractor’s current pricing. The VMF must not be shown as a separate line item on any invoice unless specifically requested and approved by Enterprise Services. Enterprise Services will invoice Contractor quarterly based on Master Contract sales reported by Contractor. Contractors are not to remit payment until they receive an invoice from Enterprise Services. Contractor’s VMF payment to Enterprise Services must reference this Master Contract number, work request number (if applicable), the year and quarter for which the VMF is being remitted, and the Contractor’s name as set forth in this Master Contract, if not already included on the face of the check. Failure to accurately report total net sales, to submit a timely usage report, or remit timely payment of the VMF, may be cause for Master Contract termination or the exercise of other remedies provided by law. Without limiting any other available remedies, the Parties agree that Contractor’s failure to remit to Enterprise Services timely payment of the VMF shall obligate Contractor to pay to Enterprise Services, to offset the administrative and transaction costs incurred by the State to identify, process, and collect such sums. The sum of $200.00 or twenty-five percent (25%) of the outstanding amount, whichever is greater, or the maximum allowed by law, if less. Enterprise Services reserves the right, upon thirty (30) days advance written notice, to increase, reduce, or eliminate the VMF for subsequent purchases, and reserves the right to renegotiate Master Contract pricing with Contractor when any subsequent adjustment of the VMF might justify a change in pricing. Annual Master Contract Sales Report. Upon request, Contractor shall provide to Enterprise Services a detailed annual Master Contract sales report. Such report shall include, at a minimum: Product description, part number or other Product identifier, per unit quantities sold, and Master Contract price. This report must be provided in an electronic format that can be read by compatible with MS Excel. Small Business Inclusion. Upon Request by Enterprise Services, Contractor shall provide, within thirty (30) days, an Affidavit of Amounts Paid. Such Affidavit of Amounts Paid either shall state, if applicable, that Contractor still maintains its MWBE certification or state that its subcontractor(s) still maintain(s) its/their MWBE certification(s) and specify the amounts paid to each certified MWBE subcontractor under this Master Contract. Contractor shall maintain records supporting the Affidavit of Amounts Paid in accordance with this Master Contract’s records retention requirements.