Common use of Contractors Personnel - Research Workers Clause in Contracts

Contractors Personnel - Research Workers. a. The Authority accepts the following students, supervisors or other representatives, agents or employees of the Contractor (or any sub-contractor) to work directly on the contract ("Research Workers"): b. The Contractor (and any sub-contractor) shall take all reasonable steps to avoid changes in the Research Workers once accepted. Where such a change is necessary, the Contractor shall obtain the prior written consent of the Authority, which shall not be unreasonably withheld. c. Should it be necessary to change the Research Workers assigned to and accepted for the work under the Contract the Contractor shall notify the Authority in writing prior to the personnel starting work on the Contract. A Personal Particulars Form shall be completed for each additional person and sent to the Authority's Representative (Commercial – see Box 1 of Schedule 3 Annex A to the Contract – DEFFORM 111). The appropriate Dstl and MOD administrative procedures shall need to have been completed to the satisfaction of the Authority before any additional Contractor's Personnel may start work on this Contract. d. All Research Workers engaged in support of the Contract shall have appropriate qualifications and competence and be in all respects acceptable to the Authority. The Authority reserves the right to reject any proposed Research Worker(s) whom it considers unsuitable for any reason. The decision of the Authority shall be final and it shall not be obliged to provide any reasons. e. The only exception to process described in this condition is when all of the Contractors proposed Research Workers hold a full current SC clearance with no restrictions. In that case, even if the classification of the contract work is below SECRET a Personal Particulars form is not required. The SC provides the Authority with the requisite level of assurance that the individual is who they say they are and is appropriate to work on the contract. The Contractor will be required to provide appropriate evidence to demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Authority that the proposed Research Workers hold a full current SC clearance. f. In the event of subsequent tasking under this Framework Agreement, the Authority shall inform the Vetting Agency that the contract duration has been extended. This may result in researchers needing to resubmit their Personal Particulars forms.