Charges Benchmarking Review Sample Clauses

Charges Benchmarking Review. During the Initial Term or any Renewal Term, OCA may, at its expense and subject to this Section 9.2, engage the services of an independent third party (a “Benchmarker”) to compare the quality and price of all or any of the Services against the quality and price of well-managed suppliers performing similar services to determine whether OCA is receiving from Contractor pricing and levels of service that are competitive with market rates and prices, given the nature, volume and type of Services and Service Levels provided by Contractor hereunder (a “Charges Benchmarking”). Benchmarker shall consider comparable transactions by selecting a representative sampling of OCA’s Peer Group. Benchmarker shall further consider the following factors and normalize the pricing data as and to the extent appropriate: (i) whether supplier transition, transformation, and other charges are paid by the customer as incurred or over a period of time; (ii) the extent to which supplier pricing includes the purchase of the customer’s existing assets or assumption of any agreements; (iii) the extent to which supplier pricing includes any “gain-sharing” agreements or the cost of acquiring future assets; (iv) the extent to which this Agreement calls for Contractor to provide and comply with unique OCA requirements; (v) whether taxes are included in such pricing or stated separately in supplier invoices; (vi) the restrictions related to location of the delivery of the Services; (vii) differences in the volumes of the services being compared; (viii) applicability of service levels; and (ix) material differences in terms and conditions.
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