Particular Methods of Procurement of Goods Works and Services (other than Consultants’ Services)
Particular Methods of Procurement of Goods and Works International Competitive Bidding. Goods and works shall be procured under contracts awarded on the basis of International Competitive Bidding.
Switching System Hierarchy and Trunking Requirements For purposes of routing ECI traffic to Verizon, the subtending arrangements between Verizon Tandem Switches and Verizon End Office Switches shall be the same as the Tandem/End Office subtending arrangements Verizon maintains for the routing of its own or other carriers’ traffic (i.e., traffic will be routed to the appropriate Verizon Tandem subtended by the terminating End Office serving the Verizon Customer). For purposes of routing Verizon traffic to ECI, the subtending arrangements between ECI Tandem Switches and ECI End Office Switches shall be the same as the Tandem/End Office subtending arrangements that ECI maintains for the routing of its own or other carriers’ traffic.
Prices and Terms of Payment (a) In consideration of the sale of Products and/or the performance of Services by Signify, Customer shall pay all prices and fees (“Prices”) in accordance with the Agreement and this section 2. Prices are in euro and unless agreed otherwise based on Ex Works – Signify facility (INCOTERMS latest version). Unless stipulated otherwise by the applicable INCOTERMS, Prices do not include any taxes, duties or other governmental fees, now or hereafter enacted, including value-added or similar taxes levied by any government, and Signify may add these to the Price or invoice separately, and Customer will reimburse Signify promptly on first request.
(b) Subject to notice to Customer, Signify reserves the right to adjust Prices for Products and/or Services not yet delivered or performed to reflect variations in individual costs of more than five percent (5%) including any foreign exchange rate fluctuations, raw materials and other costs of manufacturing and distribution, and labor costs, that take effect between the date of the Agreement and delivery of Products and/or performance of Services. In addition, if an Agreement has a term longer than twelve (12) months, Signify may adjust Prices as of each 1st April (i) for the change in the most recently published producer price index (PPI) compared to twelve (12) months earlier; and (ii) to reflect variations in the foreign exchange rate between the foreign currency and the Euro currency of more than 5% since the date of an Offer.
(c) Any cancellation, delay or other change by Customer of a purchase order previously accepted by Signify will require the prior approval of Signify and the approval will be without prejudice to any rights or remedies Signify may have under the Agreement or at law. If, on request of Customer, Signify agrees to any such change in purchase order or a change in an Agreement, including an (partial) cancellation, delay or suspension, the addition, omission, alteration, substitution or modification of the design, quality, standard, quantity, manufacturing site or performance (including sequence, quantities or timing) of Products and/or Services (each, a “Variation”), or a Variation is required due to (i) changes in applicable laws, regulations or industry standards, (ii) emergency situations, (iii) incorrect or incomplete information provided by Customer, or (iv) non-compliance by Customer of any of its obligations under an Agreement, Customer shall reimburse Signify for all costs and expenses incurred in respect of such Variation promptly on first request.
(d) Signify may invoice Customer upon shipment of Products, or when Services have been performed. Signify may require (i) Customer to pay on fixed payment days; (ii) an advance payment of (part of) the Price; and/or (iii) invoice per separate specified phase, time period or milestone of performance. Customer shall make net payment within thirty (30) days of date of invoice to the designated bank account of Signify. Customer shall pay all amounts due to Signify in full without any set-off, counterclaim, deduction or (tax) withholding.
(e) In the event Customer fails to make any payment due under an Agreement on the due date, then, whether or not Signify has made a formal demand for payment and in addition to any other rights and remedies available to Signify, to the extent permitted by applicable law: (i) all amounts due from Customer will be considered payable and non-disputed, admitted debt; (ii) Customer shall pay Signify interest on all due amounts from the due date until Signify has received full payment thereof, at the rate of eighteen percent (18%) per annum or the applicable statutory rate, whichever is higher, and shall pay Signify all costs of payment collection, including attorneys’ fees; and (iii) Signify may cancel any credit issued to Customer and require, to its satisfaction, that Customer provides (additional) security, pre-payments or deposits, and may implement additional conditional payment terms or accelerate payments schedules for any outstanding performance.
(f) Signify may set off against and deduct from any amount that Signify (or any of its affiliates) owes to Customer under any agreement any amount that Customer owes to Signify or against any advance payments or deposits made by Customer. In the event that Signify sets off amounts in different currency it will use a commonly used currency conversion rate.
Standard Terms The ordinary net date (“Net Date”) shall be one hundred and fifty (150) days after the Payment Start Date. The “Payment Start Date” is the latest of the required date identified on this Order, the date of receipt of valid invoice by Buyer or the received date of the goods and/or services in Buyer’s receiving system. The received date of the goods and/or services in Buyer’s receiving system shall occur: (i) in the case where the goods are shipped directly to Buyer and/or services are performed directly for Buyer, with respect to such goods, within forty-eight (48) hours of Buyer’s physical receipt of the goods at its dock and with respect to such services, within forty-eight (48) hours of Supplier’s completion of the services; (ii) in the case of goods shipped directly to: (A) Buyer’s customer or a location designated by Buyer’s customer (“Material Shipped Direct” or “MSD”); or (B) a non-Buyer/non-customer location to be incorporated into MSD, within forty-eight (48) hours of Supplier presenting Buyer with a valid bill of lading confirming that the goods have been shipped from Supplier’s facility; and (iii) in the case where goods are shipped directly to or services are performed directly for a third party in accordance with this Order, with respect to such goods, within forty-eight (48) hours of Buyer’s receipt of written certification from the third party of its receipt of the goods and with respect to such services, within forty-eight (48) hours of Buyer’s receipt of written certification from the third party of Supplier’s completion of the services. Unless Buyer initiates payment on an early payment discount date as described in subsection (c) below, Buyer shall initiate payment on the Monthly Batch Payment Date or the Quarterly Batch Payment Date as described in subsection (b) below or on the Net Date.
Other Methods of Procurement of Goods and Works. The following table specifies the methods of procurement, other than International Competitive Bidding, which may be used for goods and works. The Procurement Plan shall specify the circumstances under which such methods may be used:
(a) National Competitive Bidding (b) Shopping (c) Direct Contracting
Penalties for Non-compliance to Service Level Agreement Where the Supplier/Service Provider fails to deliver the Goods/Services within the agreed and accepted milestone timelines and provided that the cause of the delay was not due to a fault of Transnet, penalties shall be imposed at …………………………………………………… .
Additional Requirements for Sleeping Rooms The Contractor shall provide departing Attendees a secured area for storing belongings.
Service Level Agreements If a Service or a Plan includes a Service Level Agreement (SLA):
(a) we are liable for any remedy or rebate specified by the SLA; and
(b) subject to clauses 40 to 42, and to the express terms of the SLA, our liability for breach of the SLA is limited to such remedy or rebate.
Resolution of Conflicts of Interest; Standards of Conduct and Modification of Duties (a) Unless otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement or any Group Member Agreement, whenever a potential conflict of interest exists or arises between the General Partner or any of its Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Partnership, any Group Member or any Partner, on the other, any resolution or course of action by the General Partner or its Affiliates in respect of such conflict of interest shall be permitted and deemed approved by all Partners, and shall not constitute a breach of this Agreement, of any Group Member Agreement, of any agreement contemplated herein or therein, or of any duty stated or implied by law or equity, if the resolution or course of action in respect of such conflict of interest is (i) approved by Special Approval, (ii) approved by the vote of a majority of the Common Units (excluding Common Units owned by the General Partner and its Affiliates), (iii) on terms no less favorable to the Partnership than those generally being provided to or available from unrelated third parties or (iv) fair and reasonable to the Partnership, taking into account the totality of the relationships between the parties involved (including other transactions that may be particularly favorable or advantageous to the Partnership). The General Partner shall be authorized but not required in connection with its resolution of such conflict of interest to seek Special Approval of such resolution, and the General Partner may also adopt a resolution or course of action that has not received Special Approval. If Special Approval is not sought and the Board of Directors of the General Partner determines that the resolution or course of action taken with respect to a conflict of interest satisfies either of the standards set forth in clauses (iii) or (iv) above, then it shall be presumed that, in making its decision, the Board of Directors of the General Partner acted in good faith, and in any proceeding brought by any Limited Partner or by or on behalf of such Limited Partner or any other Limited Partner or the Partnership challenging such approval, the Person bringing or prosecuting such proceeding shall have the burden of overcoming such presumption. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or any duty otherwise existing at law or equity, the existence of the conflicts of interest described in the Registration Statement are hereby approved by all Partners and shall not constitute a breach of this Agreement.
(b) Whenever the General Partner makes a determination or takes or declines to take any other action, or any of its Affiliates causes it to do so, in its capacity as the general partner of the Partnership as opposed to in its individual capacity, whether under this Agreement, any Group Member Agreement or any other agreement contemplated hereby or otherwise, then, unless another express standard is provided for in this Agreement, the General Partner, or such Affiliates causing it to do so, shall make such determination or take or decline to take such other action in good faith and shall not be subject to any other or different standards imposed by this Agreement, any Group Member Agreement, any other agreement contemplated hereby or under the Delaware Act or any other law, rule or regulation or at equity. In order for a determination or other action to be in “good faith” for purposes of this Agreement, the Person or Persons making such determination or taking or declining to take such other action must believe that the determination or other action is in the best interests of the Partnership, unless the context otherwise requires.
(c) Whenever the General Partner makes a determination or takes or declines to take any other action, or any of its Affiliates causes it to do so, in its individual capacity as opposed to in its capacity as the general partner of the Partnership, whether under this Agreement, any Group Member Agreement or any other agreement contemplated hereby or otherwise, then the General Partner, or such Affiliates causing it to do so, are entitled to make such determination or to take or decline to take such other action free of any fiduciary duty or obligation whatsoever to the Partnership, any Limited Partner, and the General Partner, or such Affiliates causing it to do so, shall not be required to act in good faith or pursuant to any other standard imposed by this Agreement, any Group Member Agreement, any other agreement contemplated hereby or under the Delaware Act or any other law, rule or regulation or at equity. By way of illustration and not of limitation, whenever the phrase, “at the option of the General Partner,” or some variation of that phrase, is used in this Agreement, it indicates that the General Partner is acting in its individual capacity. For the avoidance of doubt, whenever the General Partner votes or transfers its Partnership Interests, or refrains from voting or transferring its Partnership Interests, it shall be acting in its individual capacity.
(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the General Partner and its Affiliates shall have no duty or obligation, express or implied, to (i) sell or otherwise dispose of any asset of the Partnership Group other than in the ordinary course of business or (ii) permit any Group Member to use any facilities or assets of the General Partner and its Affiliates, except as may be provided in contracts entered into from time to time specifically dealing with such use. Any determination by the General Partner or any of its Affiliates to enter into such contracts shall be at its option.
(e) Except as expressly set forth in this Agreement, neither the General Partner nor any other Indemnitee shall have any duties or liabilities, including fiduciary duties, to the Partnership or any Limited Partner and the provisions of this Agreement, to the extent that they restrict, eliminate or otherwise modify the duties and liabilities, including fiduciary duties, of the General Partner or any other Indemnitee otherwise existing at law or in equity, are agreed by the Partners to replace such other duties and liabilities of the General Partner or such other Indemnitee.
(f) The Unitholders hereby authorize the General Partner, on behalf of the Partnership as a partner or member of a Group Member, to approve of actions by the general partner or managing member of such Group Member similar to those actions permitted to be taken by the General Partner pursuant to this Section 7.9.
