Audit and Records A. The Contractor (and Contractor’s suppliers, vendors, subcontractors, insurance agents and other agents) shall maintain and the OWNER shall have the right to examine books, records, documents, accounting procedures and practices and any other supporting evidence deemed necessary by the OWNER to substantiate compliance with the terms of this Contract, including, but not limited to, costs and charges of whatever nature related to, incurred, and/or anticipated to be incurred, in the performance of this Contract. Such right of examination shall include inspection at all reasonable times of the Contractor’s office or facilities or such parts thereof as may be engaged in the performance of this Contract, and reasonable access to and cooperation by all Contractor personnel who have worked on or have knowledge related to the performance of this Contract.
B. The OWNER and its Authorized Representative shall have the right to examine all books, records, documents, and any other data of the Contractor related to the negotiation, pricing, or performance of such Contract, including Change Orders and/or Supplemental Agreements for the purpose of evaluating the accuracy, completeness, and currentness of the cost or pricing data submitted. The right of examination shall extend to all documents necessary to permit adequate evaluation of the cost or pricing data submitted, along with computations and projections used therein. Proprietary/Trade Secret information pertaining to this contract may not be withheld from OWNER or its Authorized Representative.
C. The Contractor’s, subcontractor’s and related agent and vendor organization’s documents, records and other evidence shall be subject to inspection and/or reproduction by the OWNER, its agents and Designative Representatives. Contractor, subcontractor, and related agent and vendor organizations shall provide the OWNER with retrievals of computer based records or transactions that the OWNER determines to be necessary to conduct the audit. There shall be no charge to the OWNER for reasonable user of the Contractor’s or subcontractor’s photocopy machine while conducting the audit, nor for any cost of retrieving, downloading to diskette, and/or printing any records or transactions stored in magnetic optical, microfilm, or other media. The Contractor, subcontractor, and related agent and vendor organizations shall provide all records and retrievals requested, within seven (7) calendar days. If requested, the Contractor shall submit a copy of such documents monthly for review by the OWNER.
D. The documents, etc. described in paragraphs A. and B. shall be made available at the office of the Contractor at all reasonable times, for inspection, audit, reproduction, until the expiration of four (4) years from the date of final payment. The Contractor shall provide adequate and appropriate work space to conduct all inspections audits and reviews. The OWNER shall provide the Contractor with a reasonable advance notice of intended audit, inspections and reviews.
1. If this Contract is completely or partially terminated, the records relating to the terminated work shall be made available for a period of four (4) years from the date of final payment.
2. Records which relate to appeals or litigation or settlement of claims arising out of the performance of this Contract shall be made available for the period of four (4) years from the date of final disposition of such appeals, litigation, or claims.
E. The Contractor shall insert an Article containing all the provisions of this Section 19, including this paragraph, in all subcontracts hereunder except altered as necessary for the proper identification of the contracting parties and the OWNER under this Contract. The Contractor shall submit copies to the OWNER of all subcontracts and changes to subcontracts pertaining to this Contract. Failure to submit such written contracts, or to insert this Section in all subcontracts hereunder, shall be reason to exclude some or all of the related payee’s costs from amounts payable to the Contractor pursuant to this Contract.
F. In addition, where projects are funded wholly or in part by federal grants, the FAA, the Secretary of Transportation and the Comptroller General of the United States or any of their duly authorized representatives shall have access, for the purpose of audit and examination, to any books, documents, papers, and records of the recipient that are pertinent to grants received in accordance with CFR 49, Part 18, as it may be amended from time to time.
G. If an audit or review in accordance with this Article discloses overcharges (of any nature), by Contractor, in excess of 5% of the total contract value, the cost of the OWNER’s audit shall be paid by the Contractor.
Audit and Testing 4.1 The Contractor shall conduct tests of the processes and countermeasures contained in the Security Plan ("Security Tests") on an annual basis or as otherwise agreed by the Parties. The date, timing, content and conduct of such Security Tests shall be agreed in advance with the Authority.
4.2 The Authority shall be entitled to send a representative to witness the conduct of the Security Tests. The Contractor shall provide the Authority with the results of such tests (in a form approved by the Authority in advance) as soon as practicable after completion of each Security Test.
4.3 Without prejudice to any other right of audit or access granted to the Authority pursuant to this Contract, the Authority shall be entitled at any time and without giving notice to the Contractor to carry out such tests (including penetration tests) as it may deem necessary in relation to the Security Plan and the Contractor's compliance with and implementation of the Security Plan. The Authority may notify the Contractor of the results of such tests after completion of each such test. Security Tests shall be designed and implemented so as to minimise the impact on the delivery Services. If such tests impact adversely on its ability to deliver the Services to the agreed Service Levels, the Contractor shall be granted relief against any resultant under-performance for the period of the tests.
4.4 Where any Security Test carried out pursuant to paragraphs 4.2 or 4.3 above reveals any actual or potential security failure or weaknesses, the Contractor shall promptly notify the Authority of any changes to the Security Plan (and the implementation thereof) which the Contractor proposes to make in order to correct such failure or weakness. Subject to the Authority's approval in accordance with paragraph 3.12, the Contractor shall implement such changes to the Security Plan in accordance with the timetable agreed with the Authority or, otherwise, as soon as reasonably possible. For the avoidance of doubt, where the change to the Security Plan to address a non-compliance with the Security Policy or security requirements, the change to the Security Plan shall be at no additional cost to the Authority. For the purposes of this paragraph 4, a weakness means a vulnerability in security and a potential security failure means a possible breach of the Security Plan or security requirements.
Audit Results If an audit by a Party determines that an overpayment or an underpayment has occurred, a notice of such overpayment or underpayment shall be given to the other Party together with those records from the audit which support such determination.
Audit Assistance Each of the Parties and their respective Subsidiaries are or may be subject to regulation and audit by a Governmental Authority (including a Taxing Authority), standards organizations, customers or other parties to contracts with such Parties or their respective Subsidiaries under applicable Law, standards or contract provisions. If a Governmental Authority, standards organization, customer or other party to a contract with a Party or its Subsidiary exercises its right to examine or audit such Party’s or its Subsidiary’s books, records, documents or accounting practices and procedures pursuant to such applicable Law, standards or contract provisions, and such examination or audit relates to the Services, then the other Party shall provide, at the sole cost and expense of the requesting Party, all assistance reasonably requested by the Party that is subject to the examination or audit in responding to such examination or audits or requests for Information, to the extent that such assistance or Information is within the reasonable control of the cooperating Party and is related to the Services.
Audit Findings Vendor shall implement any required safeguards as identified by Citizens or by any audit of Vendor’s privacy and security controls.
Audit Notwithstanding any other audit requirement, H-GAC reserves the right to conduct or cause to be conducted an independent audit of any transaction under this Agreement, such audit may be performed by the H-GAC local government audit staff, a certified public accountant firm, or other auditors designated by H-GAC and will be conducted in accordance with applicable professional standards and practices. The Contractor understands and agrees that the Contractor shall be liable to the H-GAC for any findings that result in monetary obligations to H-GAC.
Audit Request Each Party shall, at its sole cost and expense (except as provided below), have the right one (1) time each Calendar Year to audit, during regular business hours and upon not less than fifteen (15) days prior written notice to the other Party, the books and records maintained by such other Party to determine with respect to any Calendar Year, the accuracy of any report or payment made or expense charged by one Party to the other under this Agreement in the [***] Calendar Years. If a Party desires to audit such records, it shall engage an independent, certified public accountant reasonably acceptable to the other Party, to examine such records under conditions of confidentiality. Such accountant shall be instructed to provide to the auditing Party a report verifying any report made or payment submitted or expense charged by the other Party during such period, but shall not disclose to the auditing Party any Confidential Information of the other Party not necessary to be disclosed. The expense of such audit shall be borne by the auditing Party; provided, however, that, if an error of more than five percent (5%) is discovered, then such expenses shall be paid by the other Party. If such accountant concludes that additional payment amounts were owed or additional expenses were charged to the auditing Party during any period, the other Party shall pay such payment amount (including interest thereon pursuant to Section 7.9 (Interest) from the date such amounts were payable) within thirty (30) days after the date the auditing Party delivers to the other Party such accountant’s written report so concluding, unless such other Party notifies the auditing Party of any dispute regarding the audit and commences proceedings under Article 14 (DISPUTE RESOLUTION) within thirty (30) days after delivery of the accountant’s report (in which case the payment shall be delayed until conclusion of the proceeding). Such auditors shall not be paid on a contingency basis.
Audit, Inspection and Visitation The Adviser shall make available to the Trust during regular business hours all records and other data created and maintained pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Agreement for reasonable audit and inspection by the Trust or any regulatory agency having authority over the Trust.
Audit and Inspection 9.1 The Recipient, without charge, will permit any officer or officers of the Commissioner, external auditing bodies (i.
Financial Management; Financial Reports; Audits 1. The Recipient shall ensure that a financial management system is maintained in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.07 of the Standard Conditions.
2. The Recipient shall ensure that interim unaudited financial reports for the Project are prepared and furnished to the World Bank not later than forty five (45) days after the end of each calendar quarter, covering the quarter, in form and substance satisfactory to the World Bank.
3. The Recipient shall have its Financial Statements for the Project audited in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.07(b) of the Standard Conditions. Each such audit of the Financial Statements shall cover the period of one fiscal year of the Recipient. The audited Financial Statements for each such period shall be furnished to the World Bank not later than six (6) months after the end of such period.
