Common use of PARTNERING ETHOS Clause in Contracts

PARTNERING ETHOS. 3.1 The Partners acknowledge that the County is entering into the PFI Contract to enable it to meet its statutory obligations, assist the Districts in meeting theirs and in the overall interests of the public purse. To these ends, the Partners shall work together to achieve Statutory Targets, landfill permit levels and local targets agreed jointly in the Joint Municipal Waste Management Strategy or any future targets that have been jointly agreed, and as far as is reasonable or practicable, to reduce the detrimental impact on the Partners and council tax payers of any one of them failing to carry out its obligations under this Agreement. 3.2 Each Partner shall provide Relevant Information to each other in a full and timely manner. 3.3 The County shall provide each District with a copy of the PFI Contract, subject to commercially sensitive information being omitted to the extent required by the terms of the PFI Contract (unless and to the extent that the District provides a confidentiality undertaking in a form reasonably required by the PFI Contractor). 3.4 The County shall provide each District with copies of any material variations or amendments to the PFI Contract agreed between the County and the PFI Contractor from time to time. 3.5 The County shall consult with all Districts regarding any proposed material variations or amendments to the PFI Contract that may or will directly affect any one or more Districts or the services each provides, before agreeing any such variations or amendments with the PFI Contractor. 3.6 The Partners have produced a Joint Operational Protocol Agreement and agree to continue to abide by this protocol, or to amendments to the protocol as jointly agreed, for the duration of the contract.