Common use of IBM Responsibilities Clause in Contracts

IBM Responsibilities. The following is a list of responsibilities that will be required of IBM in order to fulfill the requirements of this Agreement. This list may not be all inclusive. IBM shall 1) negotiate and manage contracts and technical support with IBM Nominated Suppliers, 2) supply to MSL required IBM Parts and needed IBM Consigned Parts, 3) define allocation of IBM Customer Order deliveries if total demand cannot be supported for a period of time, 4) approve all EC's for Products prior to MSL's implementation of any change, 5) provide technical and business interface through the IBM Relationship Manager, 6) fulfill obligations as outlined in the Transition Services Supplement from the Effective Date to 12/31/98, 7) process qualification approval of all processes utilized by MSL, 8) provide engineering documentation and specifications as needed by MSL to manufacture and test Products as defined in the Product Attachments, 9) execute approve tooling agreements as needed, 10) provide maintenance for IBM IT systems that IBM requires MSL to use, ATTACHMENT 1 IBM/MSL Outsourcing Base Agreement Statement of Work