Common use of Purchasing of Goods and Services Clause in Contracts

Purchasing of Goods and Services. 4.1 When awarding contracts for supplies and services to be financed in full or in part from the grant, the Recipient shall observe the regulations for public procurement which apply in (Recipient's country), but shall in any case comply with the provisions in Annex 4a (Award Procedure), which form a constituent part of this Grant Agreement. The contract award procedure, including but not limited to all decisions, shall be documented in accordance with the template provided as Annex 4b (Documentation of Contract Awards), which forms an integral part of this Grant Agreement. The documentation shall be kept with the accounting vouchers and documents pursuant to Article 3. At the request of the GIZ, the Recipient shall furnish evidence of the proper implementation of the contract award procedures. Contracts for supplies and services awarded contrary to these provisions must not be financed from the grant. 4.2 The Recipient shall ensure, upon entering into contracts for supplies and services to be financed from the grant, that a) the terms of payment of these contracts conform to customary trade practices; import duties, which may not be financed from the grant, are to be indicated separately in the contracts to be entered into and in the invoices; b) the supplies to be financed are insured against transportation risks to an adequate and customary extent in order to provide for the goods to be replaced or restored to their original state, imported goods being insured in freely-convertible currencies, as far as possible; c) reimbursement, insurance, security, warranty or similar payments which may be claimed on the basis of those contracts, are to be transferred to the account indicated in