Common use of Withholding of payments and termination of contract Clause in Contracts

Withholding of payments and termination of contract. The Contracting Officer shall withhold from the Prime Contractor under this or any other District contract with Prime Contractor any sums the Contracting Officer, or an appropriate officer of the Labor Department, decides may be necessary to pay underpaid employees of Subcontractor or its subcontractor. In the event of failure to pay any employees subject to the Act all or part of the wages or fringe benefits due under the Act, the Contracting Officer may, after authorization or by direction of the Department of Labor and written notification to the Subcontractor, take action to cause suspension of any further payment or advance of funds until such violations have ceased. Additionally, any failure to comply with the requirements of this Section X may be grounds for termination for default. In such event, the District may enter into other contracts or arrangements for completion of the work, charging the Subcontractor in default with any additional cost.

Withholding of payments and termination of contract. The Contracting Officer shall withhold from the Prime Contractor under this or any other District contract with Prime Contractor any sums the Contracting Officer, or an appropriate officer of the Labor Department, decides may be necessary to pay underpaid employees of Subcontractor or its subcontractor. In the event of failure to pay any employees subject to the Act all or part of the wages or fringe benefits due under the Act, the Contracting Officer may, after authorization or by direction of the Department of Labor and written notification to the Subcontractor, take action to cause suspension of any further payment or advance of funds until such violations have ceased. Additionally, any failure to comply with the requirements of this Section X may be grounds for termination for default. In such event, the District may enter into other contracts or arrangements for completion of the work, charging the Subcontractor in default with any additional cost.. DRAFT COPY

Withholding of payments and termination of contract. The Contracting Officer shall withhold from the Prime Contractor under this or any other District contract with Prime Contractor any sums the Contracting Officer, or an appropriate officer of the Labor Department, decides may be necessary to pay underpaid employees of Subcontractor or its subcontractor. In the event of failure to pay any employees subject to the Act all or part of the wages or fringe benefits due under the Act, the Contracting Officer may, after authorization or by direction of the U.S. Department of Labor and written notification to the Subcontractor, take action to cause suspension of any further payment or advance of funds until such violations have ceased. Additionally, any failure to comply with the requirements of this Section X may be grounds for termination for default. In such event, the District may enter into other contracts or arrangements for completion of the work, charging the Subcontractor in default with any additional cost.