Service Level Expectations Without limiting any other requirements of the Agreement, the Service Provider shall meet or exceed the following standards, policies, and guidelines:
NIST Cybersecurity Framework The U.S. Department of Commerce National Institute for Standards and Technology Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity Version 1.1.
PRICE ESCALATION/DE-ESCALATION (CPI) The County may allow a price escalation provision within this award. The original contract prices shall be firm for an initial one (1) year period. A price escalation/de-escalation will be considered at one (1) year intervals thereafter, provided the Contractor notifies the County, in writing, of the pending price escalation/de-escalation a minimum of sixty (60) days prior to the effective date. Price adjustments shall be based on the latest version of the Consumers Price Index (CPI-U) for All Urban Consumers, All Items, U.S. City Average, non-seasonal, as published by the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. This information is available at xxx.xxx.xxx. Price adjustment shall be calculated by applying the simple percentage model to the CPI data. This method is defined as subtracting the base period index value (at the time of initial award) from the index value at time of calculation (latest version of the CPI published as of the date of request for price adjustment), divided by the base period index value to identify percentage of change, then multiplying the percentage of change by 100 to identify the percentage change. Formula is as follows: Current Index – Base Index / Base Index = % of Change CPI for current period 232.945 Less CPI for base period 229.815 Equals index point change 3.130 Divided by base period CPI 229.815 Equals 0.0136 Result multiplied by 100 0.0136 x 100 Equals percent change 1.4% % of Change x 100 = Percentage Change CPI-U Calculation Example: A price increase may be requested only at each time interval specified above, using the methodology outlined in this section. To request a price increase, Contractor shall submit a letter stating the percentage amount of the requested increase and adjusted price to the Orange County Procurement Division. The letter shall include the complete calculation utilizing the formula above, and a copy of the CPI-U index table used in the calculation. The maximum allowable increase shall not exceed 4%, unless authorized by the Manager, Procurement Division. All price adjustments must be accepted by the Manager, Procurement Division and shall be memorialized by written amendment to this contract. No retroactive contract price adjustments will be allowed. Should the CPI-U for All Urban Consumers, All Items, U.S City Average, as published by the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics decrease during the term of the contract, or any renewals, the Contractor shall notify the Orange County Procurement Division of price decreases in the method outlined above. If approved, the price adjustment shall become effective on the contract renewal date. If the Contractor fails to pass the decrease on to the County, the County reserves the right to place the Contractor in default, cancel the award, and remove the Contractor from the County Vendor List for a period of time deemed suitable by the County. In the event of this occurrence, the County further reserves the right to utilize any options as stated herein.
Financial Services Compensation Scheme We are a participant in the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (the “FSCS”). As a retail client you may be eligible to claim compensation from the FSCS in certain circumstances if we, any approved bank, our nominee company or eligible custodian are in default. Most types of investment business are covered in full for the first £85,000 of any eligible claim. Not every investor is eligible to claim under this scheme: for further information please contact us, or the FSCS directly at xxx.xxxx.xxx.xx.
Intercarrier Compensation 5.5.1 Intercarrier compensation for seven (7) or ten (10) digit dialed calls originated by ITC^DeltaCom utilizing Local Switching shall apply as follows:
5.5.2 For calls terminating to a BellSouth End User or to an End User served by BellSouth resold services, BellSouth shall charge ITC^DeltaCom for End Office Switching as set forth in Exhibit A at the terminating end office.
5.5.3 For calls terminating to a CLEC where such CLEC is utilizing a BellSouth switch port or port/loop combination to provide service to its End User, BellSouth shall charge ITC^DeltaCom for End Office Switching as set forth in Exhibit A at the terminating end office. BellSouth will not charge the terminating CLEC for End Office Switching as set forth in Exhibit A at the terminating end office.
5.5.3.1 For calls terminating to third party carriers, such as CLECs, wireless carriers and independent companies, utilizing their own switches to serve their End Users, ITC^DeltaCom is required to enter into interconnection or traffic exchange agreements with such third parties for the exchange of traffic through BellSouth’s network. If ITC^DeltaCom does not have such an agreement with a third party carrier and BellSouth is charged termination charges by a third party terminating a call originated by ITC^DeltaCom, or if such third party carrier bills BellSouth for terminating such calls, despite the existence of such an agreement, then BellSouth may, at its option:
5.5.3.1.1 pay such charges as billed by the third party carrier and charge End Office Switching as set forth in Exhibit A to ITC^DeltaCom for each such call; or
5.5.3.1.2 pay such charges as billed by the third party carrier and ITC^DeltaCom will reimburse the full amount of such charges within thirty (30) days of BellSouth’s request for reimbursement.
5.5.3.2 Intercarrier compensation for seven (7) or ten (10) digit dialed calls terminating to ITC^DeltaCom utilizing Local Switching shall apply as follows:
5.5.3.2.1 For calls originated by a BellSouth End User or by an End User served by resold BellSouth services, BellSouth shall not charge ITC^DeltaCom for End Office Switching at the terminating end office for use of the network component; therefore, ITC^DeltaCom shall not charge BellSouth intercarrier compensation or any other charges for termination of such calls.
5.5.3.2.2 For calls originated by a CLEC where such CLEC is utilizing a BellSouth switch port or port/loop combination to provide service to its End User, BellSouth shall not charge ITC^DeltaCom for End Office Switching at the terminating end office for use of the network component; therefore, ITC^DeltaCom shall not charge the originating CLEC or BellSouth intercarrier compensation or any other charges for termination of such calls.
5.5.3.2.3 For calls originated by third party carriers, such as CLECs, wireless carriers and independent companies,utilizing their own switches to serve their End Users, ITC^DeltaCom is required to enter into interconnection or traffic exchange agreements with such third parties for the exchange of traffic through BellSouth’s network. ITC^DeltaCom may xxxx the third parties according to such agreements and shall not xxxx BellSouth for the exchange of traffic through BellSouth’s network.
5.5.3.3 Intercarrier compensation shall apply as follows for intralata 1+ dialed calls originated by ITC^DeltaCom utilizing Local Switching where ITC^DeltaCom uses BellSouth’s CIC for its End User’s LPIC:
5.5.3.3.1 For calls terminating to a BellSouth End User or to an End User served by BellSouth resold services, BellSouth shall charge ITC^DeltaCom for End Office Switching as set forth in Exhibit A at the terminating end office.
5.5.3.3.2 For calls terminating to a CLEC where such CLEC is utilizing a BellSouth switch port or port/loop combination to provide service to its End User, BellSouth shall charge ITC^DeltaCom for End Office Switching as set forth in Exhibit A at the terminating end office. BellSouth will not charge the terminating CLEC for End Office Switching at the terminating end office. In the event that BellSouth is charged termination charges by the CLEC, BellSouth may pay such charges and ITC^DeltaCom will reimburse BellSouth the full amount of such charges within thirty (30) days following BellSouth’s request for reimbursement.
5.5.3.3.3 For calls terminating to third party carriers, such as CLECs, wireless carriers and independent companies, utilizing their own switches to serve their End Users, ITC^DeltaCom is required to enter into interconnection or traffic exchange agreements with such third parties for the exchange of traffic through BellSouth’s network. If ITC^DeltaCom does not have such an agreement with a third party carrier and BellSouth is charged termination charges by a third party terminating a call originated by ITC^DeltaCom, or if such third party carrier bills BellSouth for terminating such calls, despite the existence of such an agreement, then BellSouth may, at its option:
5.5.3.3.3.1 pay such charges as billed by the third party carrier and charge End Office Switching as set forth in Exhibit A to ITC^DeltaCom for each such call; or
5.5.3.3.3.2 pay such charges as billed by the third party carrier and ITC^DeltaCom will reimburse BellSouth the full amount of such charges within thirty (30) days following BellSouth’s request for reimbursement.
5.5.3.4 Intercarrier compensation shall apply as follows for intralata 1+ dialed calls terminating to ITC^DeltaCom utilizing Local Switching where the originating carrier uses BellSouth’s CIC for its End User’s LPIC:
5.5.3.4.1 For calls originated by a BellSouth End User or by an End User served by BellSouth resold service, BellSouth shall charge ITC^DeltaCom for End Office Switching as set forth in Exhibit A at the terminating end office for use of the End Office Switching network component in terminating such calls. ITC^DeltaCom may charge BellSouth for intercarrier compensation at the End Office Switching as set forth in Exhibit A for such calls. ITC^DeltaCom shall not charge originating or terminating switched access rates to BellSouth for termination of such calls.
5.5.3.5 For calls originated by or terminating to interexchange carriers through a switched access arrangement, ITC^DeltaCom may xxxx the interexchange carrier in accordance with ITC^DeltaCom’s tariff and will not xxxx BellSouth any charges for such call. ITC^DeltaCom shall pay BellSouth applicable charges for the use of BellSouth’s network in accordance with the rates set forth in Exhibit A for originating and terminating such calls.
Long Term Cost Evaluation Criterion # 4 READ CAREFULLY and see in the RFP document under "Proposal Scoring and Evaluation". Points will be assigned to this criterion based on your answer to this Attribute. Points are awarded if you agree not i ncrease your catalog prices (as defined herein) more than X% annually over the previous year for years two and thr ee and potentially year four, unless an exigent circumstance exists in the marketplace and the excess price increase which exceeds X% annually is supported by documentation provided by you and your suppliers and shared with TIP S, if requested. If you agree NOT to increase prices more than 5%, except when justified by supporting documentati on, you are awarded 10 points; if 6% to 14%, except when justified by supporting documentation, you receive 1 to 9 points incrementally. Price increases 14% or greater, except when justified by supporting documentation, receive 0 points. increases will be 5% or less annually per question Required Confidentiality Claim Form This completed form is required by TIPS. By submitting a response to this solicitation you agree to download from th e “Attachments” section, complete according to the instructions on the form, then uploading the completed form, wit h any confidential attachments, if applicable, to the “Response Attachments” section titled “Confidentiality Form” in order to provide to TIPS the completed form titled, “CONFIDENTIALITY CLAIM FORM”. By completing this process, you provide us with the information we require to comply with the open record laws of the State of Texas as they ma y apply to your proposal submission. If you do not provide the form with your proposal, an award will not be made if your proposal is qualified for an award, until TIPS has an accurate, completed form from you. Read the form carefully before completing and if you have any questions, email Xxxx Xxxxxx at TIPS at xxxx.xxxxxx@t xxx-xxx.xxx
Interconnection Customer Compensation If the CAISO requests or directs the Interconnection Customer to provide a service pursuant to Articles 9.6.3 (Payment for Reactive Power) or 13.5.1 of this LGIA, the CAISO shall compensate the Interconnection Customer in accordance with the CAISO Tariff.
Distribution Assistance Fees (Asset-Based Sales Charge) Within ten (10) days of the end of each month or at such other period as deemed appropriate by the Distributor, the Fund will make payments in the aggregate amount of up to 0.75% on an annual basis of the average during the month of the aggregate net asset value of Shares computed as of the close of each business day (the “Asset-Based Sales Charge”) outstanding until such Shares are redeemed or converted to another class of shares of the Fund, provided, however, that a majority of the Independent Trustees may, but are not obligated to, set a time period (the “Fund Maximum Holding Period”) from time to time for such payments. Such Asset-Based Sales Charge payments received from the Fund will compensate the Distributor for providing distribution assistance in connection with the sale of Shares. The distribution assistance to be rendered by the Distributor in connection with the Shares may include, but shall not be limited to, the following: (i) paying sales commissions to any broker, dealer, bank or other person or entity that sells Shares, and/or paying such persons “Advance Service Fee Payments” (as defined below) in advance of, and/or in amounts greater than, the amount provided for in Section 3(b) of this Agreement; (ii) paying compensation to and expenses of personnel of the Distributor who support distribution of Shares by Recipients; (iii) obtaining financing or providing such financing from its own resources, or from an affiliate, for the interest and other borrowing costs of the Distributor's unreimbursed expenses incurred in rendering distribution assistance and administrative support services to the Fund; and (iv) paying other direct distribution costs, including without limitation the costs of sales literature, advertising and prospectuses (other than those prospectuses furnished to current holders of the Fund's shares ("Shareholders")) and state "blue sky" registration expenses.
Multi-year Planning Targets Schedule A may reflect an allocation for the first Funding Year of this Agreement as well as planning targets for up to two additional years, consistent with the term of this Agreement. In such an event, the HSP acknowledges that if it is provided with planning targets, these targets:
a. are targets only,
b. are provided solely for the purposes of planning,
c. are subject to confirmation, and
d. may be changed at the discretion of the Funder in consultation with the HSP. The HSP will proactively manage the risks associated with multi-year planning and the potential changes to the planning targets; and the Funder agrees that it will communicate any changes to the planning targets as soon as reasonably possible.
PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM 6.1 The Performance Plan (Annexure A) to this Agreement sets out –
6.1.1 The standards and procedures for evaluating the Employee’s performance; and
6.1.2 The intervals for the evaluation of the Employee’s performance.
6.2 Despite the establishment of agreed intervals for evaluation, the Employer may in addition review the Employee’s performance at any stage while the contract of employment remains in force;
6.3 Personal growth and development needs identified during any performance review discussion must be documented in a Personal Development Plan as well as the actions agreed to and implementation must take place within set time frames;
6.4 The Employee’s performance will be measured in terms of contributions to the goals and strategies set out in the Employer’s Integrated Development Plan (IDP) as described in 6.6 – 6.12 below;
6.5 The Employee will submit quarterly performance reports (SDBIP) and a comprehensive annual performance report at least one week prior to the performance assessment meetings to the Evaluation Panel Chairperson for distribution to the panel members for preparation purposes;
6.6 Assessment of the achievement of results as outlined in the performance plan:
6.6.1 Each KPI or group of KPIs shall be assessed according to the extent to which the specified standards or performance targets have been met and with due regard to ad-hoc tasks that had to be performed under the KPI, and the score of the employer will be given to and explained to the Employee during the assessment interview.
6.6.2 A rating on the five-point scale shall be provided for each KPI or group of KPIs which will then be multiplied by the weighting to calculate the final score;
6.6.3 The Employee will submit his self-evaluation to the Employer prior to the formal assessment;
6.6.4 In the instance where the employee could not perform due to reasons outside the control of the employer and employee, the KPI will not be considered during the evaluation. The employee should provide sufficient evidence in such instances; and
6.6.5 An overall score will be calculated based on the total of the individual scores calculated above.
