Equality and Diversity 33.2.1 The Supplier shall: (a) perform its obligations under this Framework Agreement (including those in relation to the provision of the Goods and/or Services) in accordance with: (i) all applicable equality Law (whether in relation to race, sex, gender reassignment, religion or belief, disability, sexual orientation, pregnancy, maternity, age or otherwise); and (ii) any other requirements and instructions which the Authority reasonably imposes in connection with any equality obligations imposed on the Authority at any time under applicable equality Law; (b) take all necessary steps, and inform the Authority of the steps taken, to prevent unlawful discrimination designated as such by any court or tribunal, or the Equality and Human Rights Commission or (any successor organisation).
Quality and Extent of Services The Board considered the terms of the Agreement, including the scope of advisory services provided under the Agreement. The Board noted that, under the Agreement, XXXX provides portfolio management services to the Fund and that, pursuant to a separate administrative services agreement, DIMA provides administrative services to the Fund. The Board considered the experience and skills of senior management and investment personnel and the resources made available to such personnel. The Board also considered the risks to XXXX in sponsoring or managing the Fund, including financial, operational and reputational risks, the potential economic impact to XXXX from such risks and XXXX’s approach to addressing such risks. The Board reviewed the Fund’s performance over short-term and long-term periods and compared those returns to various agreed-upon performance measures, including market index(es) and a peer universe compiled using information supplied by Morningstar Direct (“Morningstar”), an independent fund data service. The Board also noted that it has put into place a process of identifying “Funds in Review” (e.g., funds performing poorly relative to a peer universe), and receives additional reporting from XXXX regarding such funds and, where appropriate, XXXX’s plans to address underperformance. The Board believes this process is an effective manner of identifying and addressing underperforming funds. Based on the information provided, the Board noted that, for the one-, three- and five-year periods ended December 31, 2020, the Fund’s performance (Class A shares) was in the 2nd quartile of the applicable Morningstar universe (the 1st quartile being the best performers and the 4th quartile being the worst performers). The Board also observed that the Fund has underperformed its benchmark in the one-, three- and five-year periods ended December 31, 2020. Fees and Expenses. The Board considered the Fund’s investment management fee schedule, operating expenses and total expense ratios, and comparative information provided by Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (“Broadridge”) and the Fee Consultant regarding investment management fee rates paid to other investment advisors by similar funds
Confidentiality and Publication 7.1 Except as provided herein, each party shall maintain in confidence during the term of this Agreement and for seven (7) years thereafter, and shall not use for any [*] Certain information on this page has been omitted and filed separately with the Commission. Confidential treatment has been requested with respect to the omitted portions. purpose or disclose to any third party, any Technology or other information disclosed by the other party in writing and marked "Confidential" or that is disclosed orally and confirmed in writing as confidential within forty-five (45) days following such disclosure (collectively, 'CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION'), except to the extent that any such Confidential Information - (a) is at the time of being so provided or after that time through no fault of the party to whom it was so provided becomes public knowledge; or (b) was lawfully available on a non-confidential basis to the party to whom it was so provided before that time; or (c) can be shown by the party to whom it was so provided to have been independently produced by that party without any use of such confidential information provided to it by the other party; or (d) is made available to the party to whom it was so provided otherwise than in breach of an obligation of confidentiality owed to the other party. 7.2 The results of the Project may be made public by either party (or, in the case of ICRT, by ICRF) except to the extent that - (a) publication would include any Confidential Information of the other party; or (b) publication would prejudice the obtaining of patent protection for an invention constituting Project Technology, or the commercial exploitation of any unpatented or unpatentable Project Technology which remains unpublished. 7.3 To allow time for review of any proposed disclosure of any subject matter which may be precluded from being made public under clause 7.2, each of ICRT and Introgen shall provide to the other - (a) a copy of any manuscript disclosing any results of the Project not less than 45 days notice before submitting the manuscript for publication; and (b) a copy of any slides to be used in an oral presentation disclosing any results of the Project together with an outline of the presentation not less than 20 working days before making any such oral presentation. 7.4 The party receiving any such material pursuant to clause 7.3 shall promptly and in any event prior to the proposed date of submission for publication review the proposed disclosure and notify the other party in writing of its conclusions, failing which the other party shall be free to make the proposed disclosure. 7.5 If in the reasonable opinion of the party receiving the material the proposed disclosure does not include subject matter which is precluded from being made public under clause 7.2, it shall promptly notify the other party which shall thereupon be free to make the proposed disclosure. 7.6 If in the reasonable opinion of either party - (a) the proposed disclosure includes subject matter which is precluded from being made public under clause 7.2 and which is patentable, neither party shall publish or otherwise disclose the material in question for a period of three months from the date on which the relevant material was received by the party in question and, if a patent application is made within that period of three months, for a further period as agreed but in any event not exceeding a total of 18 months from that date (including such period of three months), following which the other party shall be free to make the proposed disclosure; or (b) the proposed disclosure includes unpatented (or unpatentable) Project Technology which that party wishes to maintain as unpublished and which (c) the proposed disclosure includes Confidential Information of the reviewing party, the disclosing party shall remove such Confidential Information prior to such disclosure. 7.7 Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this clause 7 above, the receiving party may use or disclose Confidential Information of the disclosing party (a) to the extent necessary to exercise its rights hereunder (including providing such information to bona fide licensees or prospective licensees as contemplated by this Agreement or otherwise and to potential investors or partners on reasonable terms of confidentiality) or to fulfil its obligations and/or duties hereunder; (b) in filing for, prosecuting or maintaining any proprietary rights, prosecuting or defending litigation; and (c) in complying with applicable governmental regulations and/or submitting information to tax or other governmental authorities; or as otherwise required by law; provided that if the receiving party is required by law to make any public disclosures of Confidential Information of the disclosing party then, to the extent it may legally do so, it shall give reasonable advance notice to the disclosing party of such disclosure and shall use its reasonable efforts to secure confidential treatment of
Confidentiality and Publicity 26.1 All proprietary or confidential information (“Proprietary Information”) disclosed by either Party during the negotiations and the term of this Agreement will be protected by both Parties in accordance with the terms provided herein. 26.2 As used in this Agreement, the term “Proprietary Information” will mean written, recorded, machine readable or other information provided in tangible form to one Party by the other Party regarding the above referenced subject matter and which is marked proprietary or confidential with the appropriate owner corporation name, e.g., “Frontier Proprietary”. Information disclosed orally will not be considered proprietary unless such information is reduced to writing by the disclosing Party and a copy is delivered to the other Party within thirty (30) business days after such oral disclosure. The writing will also state the place, date and person(s) to whom disclosure was made. 26.3 Each Party agrees that it will not disclose any Proprietary Information of the other Party in whole or in part, including derivations, to any third party for a period of three (3) years from the date of disclosure unless the Parties agree to modify this Agreement to provide for a different nondisclosure period for specific materials. Neither Party will be liable for inadvertent or accidental disclosure of Proprietary Information of the other Party provided that: 26.3.1 each Party uses at least the same degree of care in safeguarding such Proprietary Information as it uses for its own proprietary information of like importance, and such degree of care will be reasonably calculated to prevent such inadvertent disclosure; 26.3.2 it limits access to such Proprietary Information to its employees and agents who are directly involved in the consideration of the Proprietary Information and informs its employees and agents who have access to such Proprietary Information of its duty not to disclose; and 26.3.3 upon discovery of any such inadvertent disclosure of Proprietary Information, it will endeavor to prevent any further inadvertent disclosure. 26.4 Information will not be deemed proprietary and the receiving Party will have no obligation with respect to any such information which: 26.4.1 is or becomes publicly known through no wrongful act, fault or negligence of the receiving Party; or 26.4.2 was known by the receiving Party or by any other affiliate or subsidiary of the receiving Party prior to disclosure, or is at any time developed by the receiving Party independently of any such disclosure; or 26.4.3 was disclosed to the receiving Party by a third party who was free of obligations of confidentiality to the disclosing Party; or 26.4.4 is disclosed or used by the receiving Party, not less than three (3) years following its initial disclosure or such other nondisclosure period as may be agreed in writing by the Parties; or 26.4.5 is approved for release by written authorization of the disclosing Party; or 26.4.6 is disclosed pursuant to a requirement or request of a governmental agency or disclosure is required by operation of law; or 26.4.7 is furnished to a third party by the disclosing Party without a similar restriction on the third party’s rights. 26.5 Since either Party may choose not to use or announce any services, products or marketing techniques relating to these discussions or information gained or exchanged during the discussions, both Parties acknowledge that one is not responsible or liable for any business decisions made by the other in reliance upon any disclosures made during any meeting between the Parties or in reliance on any results of the discussions. The furnishing of Proprietary Information to one Party by the other Party will not obligate either Party to enter into any further agreement or negotiation with the other. 26.6 Nothing contained in this Agreement will be construed as granting to one Party a license, either express or implied, under any patent, copyright, or trademark, now or hereafter owned, obtained, controlled, or which is or may be licensable by the other Party. 26.7 All publicity regarding this Agreement and its Attachments is subject to the Parties’ prior written consent. 26.8 Unless otherwise agreed upon, neither Party will publish or use the other Party’s name, language, pictures, or symbols from which the other Party’s name may be reasonably inferred or implied in any advertising, promotion, or any other publicity matter relating directly or indirectly to this Agreement.
Ownership and Publication of Materials All reports, information, data, and other materials prepared by the Consultant pursuant to this agreement are the property of the City. The City has the exclusive and unrestricted authority to release, publish or otherwise use, in whole or part, information relating thereto. Any re-use without written verification or adaptation by the Consultant for the specific purpose intended will be at the City’s sole risk and without liability or legal exposure to the Consultant. No material produced in whole or in part under this agreement may be copyrighted or patented in the United States or in any other country without the prior written approval of the City.
Contractor Responsibility and Debarment The following requirements set forth in the County’s Non-Responsibility and Debarment Ordinance (Title 2, Chapter 2.202 of the County Code) are effective for this Agreement, except to the extent applicable State and/or federal laws are inconsistent with the terms of the Ordinance. A. A responsible Contractor is a Contractor who has demonstrated the attribute of trustworthiness, as well as quality, fitness, capacity and experience to satisfactorily perform the contract. It is the County’s policy to conduct business only with responsible contractors. B. The Contractor is hereby notified that, in accordance with Chapter 2.202 of the County Code, if the County acquires information concerning the performance of the Contractor on this or other Agreements which indicates that the Contractor is not responsible, the County may, in addition to other remedies provided in the Agreement, debar the Contractor from bidding or proposing on, or being awarded, and/or performing work on County Agreements for a specified period of time, which generally will not exceed five years but may exceed five years or be permanent if warranted by the circumstances, and terminate any or all existing Agreements the Contractor may have with the County. C. The County may debar a Contractor if the Board of Supervisors finds, in its discretion, that the Contractor has done any of the following: (1) violated a term of an Agreement with the County or a nonprofit corporation created by the County; (2) committed an act or omission which negatively reflects on the Contractor’s quality, fitness or capacity to perform a contract with the County, any other public entity, or a nonprofit corporation created by the County, or engaged in a pattern or practice which negatively reflects on same; (3) committed an act or offense which indicates a lack of business integrity or business honesty, or (4) made or submitted a false claim against the County or any other public entity. D. If there is evidence that the Contractor may be subject to debarment, the Department will notify the Contractor in writing of the evidence which is the basis for the proposed debarment and will advise the Contractor of the scheduled date for a debarment hearing before the Contractor Hearing Board. E. The Contractor Hearing Board will conduct a hearing where evidence on the proposed debarment is presented. The Contractor and/or the Contractor’s representative shall be given an opportunity to submit evidence at that hearing. After the hearing, the Contractor Hearing Board shall prepare a tentative proposed decision, which shall contain a recommendation regarding whether the contractor should be debarred, and, if so, the appropriate length of time of the debarment. The Contractor and the Department shall be provided an opportunity to object to the tentative proposed decision prior to its presentation to the Board of Supervisors. F. After consideration of any objections, or if no objections are submitted, a record of the hearing, the proposed decision and any other recommendation of the Contractor Hearing Board shall be presented to the Board of Supervisors. The Board of Supervisors shall have the right to modify, deny or adopt the proposed decision and recommendation of the Hearing Board. G. If a Contractor has been debarred for a period longer than five (5) years, that Contractor may, after the debarment has been in effect for at least five (5) years, submit a written request for review of the debarment determination to reduce the period of debarment or terminate the debarment. The County may, in its discretion, reduce the period of debarment or terminate the debarment if it finds that the Contractor has adequately demonstrated one or more of the following: (1) elimination of the grounds for which the debarment was imposed; (2) a bona fide change in ownership or management; (3) material evidence discovered after debarment was imposed; or (4) any other reason that is in the best interests of the County. H. The Contractor Hearing Board will consider a request for review of a debarment determination only where (1) the Contractor has been debarred for a period longer than five (5) years; (2) the debarment has been in effect for at least five (5) years; and (3) the request is in writing, states one or more of the grounds for reduction of the debarment period or termination of the debarment, and includes supporting documentation. Upon receiving an appropriate request, the Contractor Hearing Board will provide notice of the hearing on the request. At the hearing, the Contractor Hearing Board shall conduct a hearing where evidence on the proposed reduction of debarment period or termination of debarment is presented. This hearing shall be conducted and the request for review decided by the Contractor Hearing Board pursuant to the same procedures as for a debarment hearing. I. The Contractor Hearing Board’s proposed decision shall contain a recommendation on the request to reduce the period of debarment or terminate the debarment. The Contractor Hearing Board shall present its proposed decision and recommendation to the Board of Supervisors. The Board of Supervisors shall have the right to modify, deny, or adopt the proposed decision and recommendation of the Contractor Hearing Board. J. These terms shall also apply to subcontractors of County Contractors.
Technical Specifications The Technical Specifications furnished on the CD are intended to establish the standards for quality, performance and technical requirements for all labor, workmanship, material, methods and equipment necessary to complete the Work. When specifications and drawings are provided or referenced by the County, these are to be considered part of the Scope of Work, and to be specifically documented in the Detailed Scope of Work. For convenience, the County supplied specifications, if any, and the Technical Specifications furnished on the CD.
Quality Specifications SANMINA-SCI shall comply with the quality specifications set forth in its Quality Manual, incorporated by reference herein, a copy of which is available from SANMINA-SCI upon request.
Technical Bulletins A Technical Bulletin (TB) will be used to explain updated processes, provisions or monitoring requirements as Florida Housing receives updates, clarification and additional guidance with respect to the CRF funds. TBs will also be used to clarify, discuss, interpret, and provide guidance for contract administration issues related to this Agreement. TBs will be posted at xxxxx://xxx.xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx/about-florida-housing/florida- housing's-coronavirus-relief-fund, and Grantee is encouraged to regularly check for TBs.
General specifications For the purpose of this Regulation, the vehicle shall fulfil the following requirements:
