Particular Methods of Procurement of Consultants’ Services 1. Quality- and Cost-based Selection. Except as otherwise provided in paragraph 2 below, consultants’ services shall be procured under contracts awarded on the basis of Quality and Cost-based Selection.
Supply of Services 7.1 Supplier shall provide the Services to Purchaser in accordance with the Order in all material respects using reasonable care and skill.
7.2 Supplier shall use reasonable endeavours to meet any performance dates for the Services specified in the Order but any dates shall be estimates only and time shall not be of the essence for the performance of the Services.
7.3 Supplier shall have the right to make any changes to the Services which are necessary to comply with any applicable law or safety requirements or which do not materially affect the nature or quality of the Services.
7.4 Purchaser shall: (a) ensure that the terms of Order are complete and (if submitted by Purchaser) the service specification are complete and accurate; (b) co-operate with Supplier in all matters relating to the Services; (c) provide Supplier, its employees, agents, consultants and subcontractors with access to Purchaser’s premises, machinery and other facilities as reasonably required by Supplier to provide the Services; and (d) provide Supplier with such information and materials as Supplier may reasonably require to supply the Services, and ensure that such information is accurate in all material respects.
7.5 If Supplier’s performance of any of its obligations in respect of the Services is prevented or delayed by an any act or omission by Purchaser or failure by Purchaser to performs its obligations (“Purchaser Default”) Supplier shall without limiting its other rights or remedies have the right to suspend performance of the Services until Purchaser remedied Purchaser Default and relieves Supplier from its obligations to the extent the Customer Default prevents or delays Supplier’s performance. Purchaser shall indemnify Supplier against all liabilities costs, losses and expenses which Supplier may incur by reason of Purchaser Default.
7.6 Where the Services consist of any experimental or developmental work, the results supplied or recommendations made under the Services are given in good faith within the limitations of the data available, but no warranty, expressed or implied, is given as to the ability of Supplier to achieve a specific outcome, nor the accuracy of results obtained.
7.7 Any claims by Purchaser which is based on defect in the Services shall be notified to Supplier within twenty-one (21) days of the services being performed and promptly after discovery of defect or failure. The sole and exclusive remedy of Purchaser for such defect hereunder shall be the re-performance or re- fund, at Supplier’s option, of any defective or non-conforming Services.
Monopolies and Exclusive Service Suppliers 1. Each Party shall ensure that any monopoly supplier of a service in its territory does not, in the supply of the monopoly service in the relevant market, act in a manner inconsistent with that Party's Schedule of specific commitments.
2. Where a Party's monopoly supplier competes, either directly or through an affiliated company, in the supply of a service outside the scope of its monopoly rights and which is subject to that Party's Schedule of specific commitments, the Party shall ensure that such a supplier does not abuse its monopoly position to act in its territory in a manner inconsistent with such commitments.
3. If a Party has reason to believe that a monopoly supplier of a service of the other Party is acting in a manner inconsistent with paragraphs 1 or 2 above, it may request that Party establishing, maintaining or authorising such supplier to provide specific information concerning the relevant operations.
4. The provisions of this Article shall also apply to cases of exclusive service suppliers, where a Party, formally or in effect:
(a) authorises or establishes a small number of service suppliers; and
(b) substantially prevents competition among those suppliers in its territory.
DEVELOPMENT OR ASSISTANCE IN DEVELOPMENT OF SPECIFICATIONS REQUIREMENTS/ STATEMENTS OF WORK
Other Methods of Procurement of Consultants’ Services The following table specifies the methods of procurement, other than Quality and Cost-based Selection, which may be used for consultants’ services. The Procurement Plan shall specify the circumstances under which such methods may be used.
(a) Quality-based Selection (b) Selection under a Fixed Budget
Exclusivity of Services The Subadviser shall devote its best efforts and such time as it deems necessary to provide prompt and expert service to Client and the Fund. The services of Subadviser to be provided hereunder are not to be deemed exclusive and Subadviser shall be free to provide similar services for its own account and the accounts of other persons and to receive compensation for such services. Client acknowledges that Subadviser and its Affiliates and Subadviser's other clients may at any time, have, acquire, increase, decrease or dispose of positions in the same investments which are at the same time being held, acquired for or disposed of under this Agreement for the Fund. Subadviser shall have no obligation to acquire or dispose of a position in any investment pursuant to this Agreement simply because Subadviser, its directors, members, Affiliates or employees invest in such a position for its or their own accounts or for the account of another client.
Selection of Subcontractors, Procurement of Materials and Leasing of Equipment The contractor shall not discriminate on the grounds of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age or disability in the selection and retention of subcontractors, including procurement of materials and leases of equipment. The contractor shall take all necessary and reasonable steps to ensure nondiscrimination in the administration of this contract.
a. The contractor shall notify all potential subcontractors and suppliers and lessors of their EEO obligations under this contract.
b. The contractor will use good faith efforts to ensure subcontractor compliance with their EEO obligations.
Attachment A, Scope of Services The scope of services is amended as follows:
Extension of Services Upon written notice by Recipient to Provider at least sixty (60) days prior to the end of the applicable Service Period for any Service (unless the Schedules hereto specify that such Service is not eligible for extension), Recipient shall have the right to request that Provider extend the Service Period of any Service so that such Service ends on the earlier of (a) ninety (90) days following the last date on which Service Provider is obligated to provide such Service in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and (b) the Term (each such extension, a “Service Extension”). If Provider agrees to provide such Service during the requested Service Extension period, then (i) the Parties shall in good faith negotiate the terms of an amendment to the Schedules hereto, which amendment shall be consistent with the terms of the applicable Service; and (ii) the Charge for such Service during the Service Extension period shall be equal to one hundred twenty five percent (125%) of the Charge for such Service plus all costs, fees and expenses unless otherwise specified with respect to a particular Service on the Schedules hereto, or in the other Ancillary Agreements, payable by Provider or its Subsidiaries to a Third Party to the extent resulting from such Service Extension (to the extent not already included in such Charge); provided that, if such Service Extension is the result of Provider’s failure to provide the Service during the applicable Service Period (the amount of time that Service Provider so failed to provide such Service, the “Service Suspension Period”), then the Charge for such Service during the Service Extension period shall be equal to (x) one hundred percent (100%) of the Charge for such Service, for a number of days equal to the Service Suspension Period and (y) one hundred twenty five percent (125%) of the Charge for such Service plus all costs, fees and expenses unless otherwise specified with respect to a particular Service on the Schedules hereto, or in the other Ancillary Agreements, payable by Provider or its Subsidiaries to a Third Party to the extent resulting from such Service Extension (to the extent not already included in such Charge), for the remaining days of the Service Extension period, if any. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Service Period of any particular Service (1) may not be extended more than once and (2) may not be extended later than the Term. Each amendment of the Schedules hereto, as agreed to in writing by the Parties, shall be deemed part of this Agreement as of the date of such agreement and any Services provided pursuant to such Service Extensions shall be deemed “Services” provided under this Agreement, in each case subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
Solicitations for Subcontracts, Including Procurement of Materials and Equipment In all solicitations either by competitive bidding or negotiation made by the Local Government for work to be performed under a subcontract, including procurement of materials or leases of equipment, each potential subcontractor or supplier will be notified by the Local Government of the Local Government’s obligations under this Agreement and the Acts and Regulations relative to Nondiscrimination on the grounds of race, color, or national origin.
