AGREEMENT FOR SUPPLY AND PROVISION OF SERVICES TO EXPANSION OF THE CORE AND ACCESS OF THE GSM NETWORK OF TELEMIG CELULAR S/A AND AMAZÔNIA CELULAR S/A
Exhibit 4(k)
AGREEMENT FOR SUPPLY AND PROVISION OF SERVICES TO EXPANSION
OF THE CORE AND ACCESS OF THE GSM NETWORK OF
TELEMIG CELULAR S/A AND AMAZÔNIA CELULAR S/A
AGREEMENT FOR SUPPLY AND PROVISION OF SERVICES
By the present private instrument, on one hand:
TELEMIG CELULAR S.A., enrolled with CNPJ/MF under No. 02.320.739/0001-06, headquartered at Xxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, 000, 0xx xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx, XX, Xxxxxx; and AMAZÔNIA CELULAR S.A., enrolled with CNPJ/MF under No. 02.361.554/0002-14, headquartered at Travessa Xxx Xxxxxxx No. 931, Nazaré, in the City of Belém, PA, Brazil, herein represented by their undersigned attorneys-in-fact, hereinafter referred to jointly as CONTRACTING PARTIES; and, on the other hand,
ERICSSON TELECOMUNICAÇÕES S.A., enrolled with CNPJ/MF under No. 33.067.745/0001-27, headquartered at Xxx Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxx Xx. 000, Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx, São Paulo, SP, Brazil, hereinafter referred to individually as EDB; ERICSSON SERVIÇOS DE TELECOMUNICAÇÕES LTDA., enrolled with CNPJ/MF under No. 03.619.317/0001-07, headquartered at Xxx Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxx Xx. 000, 0xx xxxxx, Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx, São Paulo, SP, Brazil, hereinafter referred to individually as EBS; and ERICSSON GESTÃO E SERVIÇOS DE TELECOMUNICAÇÕES LTDA., enrolled with CNPJ/MF under No. 04.262.069/0001-44, headquartered at Av. Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx xx Xxxxxxxxx No. 3305, 5th floor, Pirituba, São Paulo, SP, Brazil, hereinafter referred to individually as EGS; herein represented by their undersigned legal representatives, hereinafter referred to jointly as CONTRACTORS, which, together with the CONTRACTING PARTIES, are referred to as “Parties”;
WHEREAS:
• | In the year 2004, CONTRACTING PARTIES purchased from the CONTRACTORS, CORE and ACCESS of a GSM network, according to the actuation area of TELEMIG CELULAR and AMAZÔNIA CELULAR; |
• | In the subsequent years, CONTRACTING PARTIES have contracted before the CONTRACTORS expansions of CORE and ACCESS for their GSM Network; |
• | In 2007, the Parties decided to establish General Conditions for Supplies to be complied with by the Parties - “CGF”, which will apply to this contracting (Attachment I); |
• | CONTRACTING PARTIES have again the need to expand the CORE and ACCESS of its GMS network, for which reason they requested proposal for this expansion through “Request for Proposal” - RFP (“RFP”), of February 09, 2007 (Attachment II); |
• | CONTRACTORS provided, on March 30, 2007, a Proposal for expansion of the CORE and of the ACCESS (“PROPOSAL”) (Attachment III), which contains a List of Unit Prices (“LPU”) of equipment, materials, software and services to be purchased for expansion of the CONTRACTING PARTIES’ GMS network; |
• | After the sending of the PROPOSAL by the CONTRACTORS, in parts, in meeting held in the TELEMIG headquarters on 04/13/2007, new values and conditions have been agreed to the contracting of the CONTRACTING PARTIES’ network expansion, which have been included in a letter sent to the CONTRACTORS dated of 04/13/2007 which, on its turn, is also part of this AGREEMENT in Attachment VII; |
Now, therefore, the Parties have hereby agreed to enter into this Agreement for Supply and Provision of Services (“AGREEMENT”), which will be governed by the applicable regulations and by the following clauses and conditions:
CLAUSE 1 - DEFINITIONS
1.1. | The definitions used in this AGREEMENT are those comprised in the RFP (Attachment II), of the applicable laws (as defined in the second clause of Attachment I) and those identified in Attachment V (“DEFINITIONS”). In the case of any divergence about the meaning of the definitions comprised herein, the definitions established in the applicable laws shall govern. |
CLAUSE 2 - OBJECT
2.1. | The object of this AGREEMENT is the supply and implementation by the CONTRACTORS to the CONTRACTING PARTIES of new equipment, software, services, infrastructure and new materials to the expansion of the CORE and ACCESS of the GMS Network (“GMS Network Expansion”), according to the demand of the CONTRACTING PARTIES, as specified in the RFP (Attachment II) and in the PROPOSAL (Attachment III). |
2.1.1. | In addition to the contracting of the GMS Network Expansion described in item 2.1 above, CONTRACTORS also bind themselves to provide the CONTRACTING PARTIES with the following: |
• | 2105 (two thousand, one hundred and five) AuC licenses, corresponding to 2,105,000 users; |
• | 17 (seventeen) kits of PDH radio links comprised of equipment and installation materials (without the services) to TELEMIG CELULAR, according to the spreadsheet comprised in Attachment VIII; |
• | 12 (twelve) kits of installed PDH radio links, including services, to AMAZÔNIA CELULAR, according the spreadsheet comprised in Attachment VIII; |
• | Licenses of the TCPU coverage prediction software in quantity equivalent to that available to the CONTRACTING PARTIES at the time of the system exchange, as well as the modules to UMTS/HSPA, AFP module and migration services from the PLANET existing databases to TCPU; |
• | Dual Node configuration to the WAP (MIEP) server, including hardware, software and related services. |
2.1.2. | The supply of the expansion of the GMS Network and of the items mentioned in item 2.1.1 above will be through issuance of Purchase Orders (POs), as described in Attachment IV - Installation Time Schedule. |
2.2. | CONTRACTORS hereby undertake, in irrevocable and unchangeable character, joint responsibility for the prompt and faithful compliance with all obligations assigned indistinctly to the CONTRACTORS in the provisions of this AGREEMENT. |
CLAUSE 3 - INCLUDED DOCUMENTS
3.1. | For all purposes and effects of law, the following documents are integral parts of this AGREEMENT, as if they have been transcribed herein, hereinafter referred to as Included Documents: |
Attachment I | GENERAL CONDITIONS OF SUPPLY - CGF | |
Attachment II | ANSWERED RFP | |
Attachment III | PROPOSAL (including LPU) | |
Attachment IV | IMPLEMENTATION TIME SCHEDULE | |
Attachment V | DEFINITIONS | |
Attachment VI | ACCEPTANCE PROCEDURE | |
Attachment VII | AGREEMENT LETTER DATED OF 04/13/2007 | |
Attachment VIII | SUMMARY SPREADSHEETS OF THE RADIO LINKS AND RFP OF THE 12 LINKS OF AMAZÔNIA |
3.2. | In case of divergence between this AGREEMENT and the Included Documents, the following order shall prevail: |
a) | AGREEMENT |
b) | GENERAL CONDITIONS OF SUPPLY (Attachment I) |
c) | AGREEMENT LETTER DATED OF 05/13/2007 (Attachment VII) |
d) | ANSWERED RFP (Attachment II) |
e) | PROPOSAL (including LPU) (Attachment III) and SUMMARY SPREADSHEETS OF THE RADIO LINKS AND RFP OF THE 12 LINKS OF AMAZÔNIA (Attachment VIII) |
f) | IMPLEMENTATION TIME SCHEDULE (Attachment IV) |
g) | DEFINITIONS (Attachment V) |
h) | ACCEPTANCE PROCEDURE (Attachment VI). |
3.3. | The General Conditions of Supply are general terms and conditions for supplies and services involving the parties and their rules shall prevail for all situations for which there is no different provision in this AGREEMENT. |
CLAUSE 4 - PRICE
4.1. | The overall value of this AGREEMENT, for the supply and implementation of the GMS Network Expansion is of R$ 119,765,405.43 (one hundred and nineteen million, seven hundred and sixty-five thousand, four hundred and five Reais and forty-three centavos), including all taxes. |
4.1.1. | The Parties hereby agree that the value provided for in item 4.1 above may vary, for more or for less, in compliance with the percentage of 7% (seven percent), in view of the Purchase Orders that will be issued by the CONTRACTING PARTIES. |
4.2. | The contracting made herein is made under demand, for which reason the price to be paid in each demand shall be obtained by the sum of the values of equipment, materials, software and services provided for in each Purchase Order, which shall be based on the LPU established in the PROPOSAL. |
4.3. | The Purchase Orders will be considered as integral part of this AGREEMENT, for all purposes of law. |
4.4. | The unit prices comprised in the LPU included in the PROPOSAL (Attachment III) are based on the date 03/30/2007. The unit prices set forth in the prior agreements keep as base date the dated informed in those agreements. |
CLAUSE 5 - PAYMENT CONDITIONS
5.1. | The payments will be made after the occurrence of the following events, according to the time schedule described below and subsequent items: |
a) | For the hypotheses of supply of equipment, materials, software, installation services and infrastructure: |
Event |
Physical event of each phase |
Value | ||
1 | Delivery of the equipment, materials, software and start, in the site, of the installation and/or infrastructure services of the respective Network Element, as defined in Attachment V | 60% (sixty percent) of the value of the invoices of the respective Element | ||
2 | Issuance of the Initial Acceptance Term of the respective Network Element for its commercial activation, whichever be the first | 25% (twenty-five percent) of the value of the invoices of the respective Element | ||
3 | Issuance of the Final Acceptance Term of the respective Element | 15% (fifteen percent) of the value of the invoices of the respective Element |
b) | For the hypotheses of supply of equipment, materials, without provision of installation or infrastructure services related to a certain Network Element: |
Event |
Physical event of each phase |
Value | ||
1 |
Delivery of the equipment, materials, software of the respective Network Element, as defined in Attachment V | 80% (eighty percent) of the value of the invoices of the respective Element | ||
2 |
Installation and acceptance or commercial activation of the equipment and software in the Network Element. In case the delivered element is not activated within up to 30 days after the delivery of the material, it will be considered as commercially activated | 20% (twenty percent) of the value of the invoices of the respective Element |
c) | For the hypotheses of provisions of licenses of additional software without supply of hardware and without installation services, except the provisions of items 12.1 and 12.2, the payment of all values will be made within 30 (thirty) days from the issuance of the Xxxx of Sale - Invoice, which shall be made after activation of the respective license. |
5.2. | The payments will be made within at most 30 (thirty) days after the events mentioned in items (a) and (b) above, provided that the Xxxx of Sale - Invoice is delivered in the headquarters of Telemig at least 30 (thirty) days before the payment date, in compliance with the provisions of item 4.2 of Attachment I. |
CLAUSE 6 - TERMS
6.1. | This AGREEMENT will be effective from the date of its execution, being fully extinguished on 05/31/2008 or on the date in which CONTRACTORS comply with all of their obligations arising herefrom, observing the hypotheses of survival of the clauses that may have been expressly provided for herein. |
6.2. | The Parties agree that the total term for the supply and implementation of the ACCESS Expansion, enabling it for commercial activation, is of 6 (six) months from the execution of this AGREEMENT, provided that the CONTRACTING PARTIES comply with the terms under their responsibility, as provided for in the Implementation Time Schedule (Attachment IV), it being agreed that 93% (ninety-three percent) of all Purchase Orders related to the AGREEMENT shall be sent by the CONTRACTING PARTIES until 11/30/2007. |
6.2.1. | So that the CONTRACTING PARTY complies with the terms provided for in item 6.2, CONTRACTORS shall send all proposals within 10 (ten) days before the terms mentioned in item above, provided that the CONTRACTING PARTY sends the Basic Premises for the elaboration of each Proposal 20 (twenty) days before the term mentioned in item 6.2. |
6.3. | In case CONTRACTING PARTY does not define the Basic Premises required for elaboration of the Proposals, according to item 6.2.1 above, CONTRACTORS may issue the Proposals for the supply of DTRUs 1800 (radios) in quantity corresponding to the missing values in order to complete the minimum value, that is, 93% (ninety-three percent) of the value hereof. These proposals will be considered as tacitly approved, provided that the CONTRACTORS have observed, in their issuance, the price and term conditions set forth herein. CONTRACTING PARTIES commit to issue the respective Purchase Orders within up to 5 (five) days. |
CLAUSE 7 - CONTRACTORS’ OBLIGATIONS
7.1. | The CONTRACTORS’ obligations are those listed in the General Conditions of Supply (Attachment I), in the RFP (Attachment II) and in the Proposal (Attachment III). |
7.2. | CONTRACTORS are responsible for the opening and write-off of the CEI enrollment, and shall inform it in each Invoice, for the actions that the CONTRACTING PARTIES deem required. |
7.2.1. | CONTRACTORS shall submit to the CONTRACTING PARTIES a book CEI with the respective protocol with INSS, containing copy of the required documents submitted to INSS for opening and write-off of the CEI enrollment, within 90 (ninety) days after the work conclusion. |
7.3. | CONTRACTORS undertake full responsibility for any burden or losses arising from the opening and/or write-off of the CEI enrolment, including payment of any fines applied by the inspection to the CONTRACTING PARTIES. |
7.4. |
CONTRACTORS shall submit to the CONTRACTING PARTIES, up to the 30th (thirtieth) day of the month subsequent to the performance of the services, the documents provided for in the social security laws, required to remove the jointly responsibility of the CONTRACTING PARTIES in relation to the social security contributions. |
CLAUSE 8 - CONTRACTING PARTIES’ OBLIGATIONS
8.1. | In addition to the other obligations provided for herein, including those listed in the General Conditions of Supply (Attachment I), in the RFP (Attachment II) and in the Proposal (Attachment III), the following are the CONTRACTING PARTIES’ obligations: |
8.1.1. | To undertake responsibility, only in relation to the sites in which the civil work services are performed as a whole or in part by the CONTRACTING PARTIES, for the opening and write-off of the CEI enrolment, pursuant to the laws in force, however CONTRACTORS being responsible for the elaboration, organization and presentation to the CONTRACTING PARTIES of all documentation required by INSS listed below to write-off of works, including of the subcontractors. The documents shall be submitted in the original or notarized copy, put together and organized in form of DATA BOOK, by CEI enrollment (DATA BOOK CEI), within 15 (fifteen) days after the work conclusion. In case CONTRACTORS do not submit the aforementioned documentation within the described term, CONTRACTING PARTIES are authorized, through notice or notification, to withhold 100% (one hundred percent) of the value of the corresponding Purchase Order service, from the next payment foreseen in the AGREEMENT, which percentage will be released by the CONTRACTING PARTIES only upon the regular presentation of the requested documents. |
a) | Service provision invoice containing the Agreement/Purchase Order number, CEI enrollment number, work address, as well as the INSS withholding voucher; |
b) | Specific GFIP (linked to the CEI enrollment) with respective list of workers assigned to the work; |
c) | Payroll of the employees, individual taxpayers or single workers allocated to the work; |
d) | Last balance sheet, together with statement of regular bookkeeping; |
e) | Spreadsheet with list of the subcontractors, signed by legal representatives of the contracted company; |
In case of subcontracting, the following documents of the subcontractors shall also be submitted;
g) | Agreement executed between the Contractor(s) and Subcontrator(s); |
h) | Service provision invoice issued by the Subcontractor(s) containing the Agreement/Purchase Order number, CEI enrolment number, work address, as well as the INSS withholding voucher; |
i) | Specific GFIP (linked to the CEI enrollment) issued by the Subcontractor(s) with respective list of workers assigned to the work; |
j) | Payroll of the employees, individual taxpayers or of the Subcontractor(s) allocated to the work; |
k) | Paid GPS related to the percentage of 11% withheld in the Subcontractor(s)’ invoices; |
l) | Last balance sheet of the Subcontractor(s), together with statement of regular bookkeeping. |
8.1.2. | In case INSS may require some document not provided for in the list above and/or in the Social Security laws, CONTRACTING PARTIES shall notify the CONTRACTORS for presentation of the requested documents within the term of 30 days. |
8.2. | To undertake responsibility for the site acquisition services and all licensing for the site construction and regularization, when required. |
CLAUSE 9 - SERVICES PERFORMANCE AND ACCEPTANCE TESTS
9.1. | During the AGREEMENT performance, CONTRACTING PARTIES may choose between following-up the field acceptance tests or working with performed test reports, issued by the CONTRACTORS. |
9.2. | Upon the conclusion of all supplies and services and upon the implementation of the expansion of each network element or conclusion of a new site, CONTRACTORS will notify such fact on a weekly basis to the CONTRACTING PARTIES, in writing and within up to 3 (three) business days from the receiving of this notice, CONTRACTING PARTIES shall authorize the start of the performance tests in each Network Element. The tests will be performed by the CONTRACTORS and will have as purpose to ensure that any equipment, systems or individual subsystems are in compliance with all specifications provided for in the RFP (Attachment II) and in the Acceptance Procedure (Attachment VI). |
9.3. | Once notified, CONTRACTING PARTIES will check if the services are proper and performed in accordance with the provisions hereof. In case no irregularity is found according to the test procedures defined in the Acceptance Procedure (Attachment VI), CONTRACTING PARTIES will issue, within up to 10 (ten) business days, Initial Acceptance Term for each Network Element or new site. Otherwise, CONTRACTING PARTIES will elaborate a List of Pending Matters, which will be generated as provided for in the Acceptance Procedure (Attachment VI) and CONTRACTORS shall be notified in writing, within 10 (ten) business days, to correct the listed defects, binding itself to start promptly the required repairs and/or complementation. |
9.3.1. | In case CONTRACTING PARTY, without any justification, does not issue the Initial Acceptance Term or the List of Pending Matters, within the term mentioned in the item above, the Initial Acceptance Term of each Network Element will be considered as tacitly issued, for all purposes set forth herein. |
9.4. | For the case of new sites, after the elapsing of the term of 90 (ninety) days from the issuance of the Initial Acceptance Term and upon the remediation of all defects and/or irregularities appointed in the List of Pending Matters mentioned in item 9.3, as well as upon the compliance with the quality requirements provided for in the RFP (Attachment II), CONTRACTING PARTIES will issue, for each Element, the Final Acceptance Term, as provided for in the RFP (Attachment II), always complying with the term of 10 (ten) business days after the settlement of the last pending matter for issuance of said Term. |
9.5. | In the hypothesis of expansion of the ACCESS capacity, the Final Acceptance Term shall be issued by the CONTRACTING PARTIES after the term of 30 (thirty) days from the Initial Acceptance, provided that all defects and/or irregularities have been remedied within such term. For the issuance of this term, it shall always be observed the term of 10 (ten) calendar days after the settlement of the last irregularity. |
CLAUSE 10 - WARRANTIES
10.1. | CONTRACTORS shall warrant all equipment (hardware and software) concerning the performance and functionality, as well as against all and any defect during a |
period of 12 (twelve) months for software and hardware, counting from the Commercial Activation of each Network Element, also ensuring that the equipment will be free from material and workforce defects during said period and will comply with the specifications of the CONTRACTORS. |
10.1.1. | The prices related to the software support services and repair of plates (Warranty Extension) will be specified in each Proposal, and CONTRACTING PARTIES shall send the Purchase Orders related to those items in case it wishes to purchase them. |
10.2. | The warranty period of an equipment or part thereof, when fixed or supplied in substitution, according to this warranty, is of 06 (six) months or the complementary time for the 12 (twelve) months of the warranty referred to in the item above, whichever be the longer. |
10.3. | If, under normal and proper use during the applicable warranty period, a defect or non-conformity is found in an equipment supplied by the CONTRACTORS, they will take the following measures: |
a) | CONTRACTING PARTY, upon identifying the defect or non-conformity, shall remove the equipment and send it to the CONTRACTORS, undertaking responsibility for the costs related to the equipment transport; |
b) | CONTRACTORS shall, to their sole discretion, fix or replace said equipment; |
c) | After the fixing or replacement, CONTRACTORS shall return the equipment to the CONTRACTING PARTIES, bearing the costs related to the transport; |
d) | The defective or non-conform equipment that are replaced according to this instrument will become the property of the CONTRACTORS; |
e) | In case the CONTRACTORS choose for performing the fixing or replacement in the CONTRACTING PARTIES’ facilities, CONTRACTORS will be responsible for all costs related to said fixing or replacement; |
f) | The services of removal and re-installation of defective or non-conform equipment shall be performed by the CONTRACTORS, in case they demand specific knowledge, not covered by the training given by the CONTRACTORS. |
10.4. | CONTRACTORS ensure the availability of spare parts or their functional equivalent to the equipment for a period of 08 (eight) years from the end of their warranty term. |
10.5. | CONTRACTORS ensure that each equipment supplied to the CONTRACTING PARTIES according to this AGREEMENT shall always meet or exceed the warranted capacities mentioned in the RFP (Attachment II), in the Basic Premises and in the Proposal (Attachment III). |
10.6. | In the hypotheses of infringement of the warranty provided for in the item above by the CONTRACTORS, CONTRACTING PARTIES will notify the CONTRACTORS communicating such fact and CONTRACTORS will have a term |
of 30 (thirty) days from the receiving of the notice to settle the appointed problem or, in any way, to give compensation for any loss of capacity defined in the RFP (Attachment II) and in the Basic Premises. |
10.7. | Concerning any equipment that does not meet the applicable capacities, as declared in the RFP (Attachment II) or in the Proposal (Attachment III), CONTRACTORS shall supply additional or improved equipment and the required services to cause said non-conform equipment (considered together with said additional equipment) to comply with the capacities declared as applicable. |
10.8. | CONTRACTORS will supply said additional or improved equipment and services at their sole expenses. CONTRACTORS will not issue any invoice against the CONTRACTING PARTIES and CONTRACTING PARTIES will not be obliged to pay any amount related to any exceeding capacity. The title over and the risk of loss of any additional equipment delivered according to the item above will be transferred to the CONTRACTING PARTIES after the delivery and issuance of the Initial Acceptance Term, respectively. |
10.9. | All equipment directly in the CONTRACTING PARTY’s CD (Distribution Center) without being installed, shall have included in its documentation a list of components of said equipment and a report with all tests performed and their respective approvals. |
CLAUSE 11 - NOTICES
11.1. | The notices required from one party to the other will be considered as duly delivered if made in writing and delivered in the hands of the Project Manager appointed by the Parties or, in his/her absence, in the hands of his/her substitute. |
11.2. | The Project Managers of the Parties can be found at the following addresses and telephone numbers: |
CONTRACTING PARTIES’ MANAGERS
Access Implementation Manager:
Xxx. Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx X. xx Xxxxx
Mobile phone: 00-0000-0000
E-mail: xxxxxxxxx.xxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx
Core Implementation Manager
Xxx. Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxx
Mobile phone:: 00-0000-0000
E-mail: xxxxxx.xxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx
Agreements Administration Manager
Xxx. Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Mobile phone: 00-0000-0000
E-mail: xxxxxx.xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx
Full address: Xxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, 000 - 0xx xxxxx - Xxxx Horizonte - MG
Fax No.: 00-0000-0000
CONTRACTORS’ PROJECT MANAGER
Xx. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Tel. No.: 000 0000-0000
Mobile phone: 00-0000 0000
Fax: 00-0000-0000
E-mail: xxxxxxx.xxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx
Full address: Xx. Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxx, 000, 0xx xxxxx, Zip Code: 02047-301
11.3. | Any party may change the notice addresses by informing the other party in writing about said change of address. |
11.4. | Provisions that intend to impose tacit acceptance of conditions in case of lack of manifestation from the other party will not be considered as valid. Therefore, terms fixed by only one of the Parties will not be accepted, mainly in case of request for technical explanations. In such case, the Project Managers of the Parties shall meet and establish, by joint agreement, reasonable terms for both Parties. |
CLAUSE 12 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
12.1. | The Parties agree that the use of the software licenses related only to the BSCs will be assigned by the CONTRACTORS according to the specifications comprised in each Purchase Order, without, however, there being a limitation of users. Initially, CONTRACTING PARTIES will contract only the amounts related to 40% (forty percent) of the licenses required to meet the final demand comprised in each Purchase Order. |
12.2. | CONTRACTORS may, on a semi-annual basis, during the term of the software licenses and upon prior communication to the CONTRACTING PARTIES, perform measurements in order to check if the licenses are being used according to the quantities established in the Purchase Order. In case the CONTRACTING PARTIES is using quantities above the contracted, CONTRACTORS shall issue the corresponding proposal and CONTRACTING PARTIES shall issue the Purchase Orders within at most 05 (five) business days after the approval of the corresponding proposal, according to the values provided for in the LPU and always in a scale of 20% (twenty percent), according to the examples below, or promptly cease its use, without being due, in such hypothesis, any amount at such title. |
Examples:
Scenario A - The measurement verifies the additional use of 18%
Collection: 20% in addition
Scenario B - The measurement verifies the additional use of 31%
Collection: 40% in addition
Scenario C - The measurement verifies the additional use of 45%
Collection: 60% in addition
CLAUSE 13 - VENUE AND GOVERNING LAWS
13.1. | The Parties hereto elect the courts of the city of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, to settle the disputes arising from the performance of this AGREEMENT, with exclusion of any other, no matter how privileged it may be. |
13.2. | The validity, interpretation, rights and obligations of the Parties according to this AGREEMENT will be governed by the laws of the Federative Republic of Brazil. |
In witness whereof, the Parties hereto caused this AGREEMENT to be executed in 02 (two) copies, before the two undersigned witnesses.
Belo Horizonte, June 06, 2007.
TELEMIG CELULAR S.A.
(sgd.) (illegible) - Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx, President
(sgd.) (illegible) - Xxxxxx Xxxxx X.X. xx Xxxxx, Vice-president of Corporate Services
AMAZÔNIA CELULAR
(sgd.) (illegible) - Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx, President
(sgd.) (illegible) - Xxxxxx Xxxxx X.X. xx Xxxxx, Vice-president of Corporate Services
ERICSSON TELECOMUNICAÇÕES LTDA.
(sgd.) (illegible) - Commercial Director
(sgd.) (illegible) - EGS President Director
ERICSSON SERVIÇOS DE TELECOMUNICAÇÕES LTDA.
(sgd.) (illegible) - Commercial Director
(sgd.) (illegible) - EGS President Director
ERICSSON GESTÃO E SERVIÇOS DE TELECOMUNICAÇÕES LTDA.
(sgd.) (illegible) - Commercial Director
(sgd.) (illegible) - EGS President Director
Witnesses:
(sgd.) (illegible) |
(sgd.) (illegible) | |||
Name: Paulo Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx |
Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx | |||
CPF: 293.721.0068-68 |
CPF: 000.000.000-00 |
EXHIBIT 1
SUPPLY
GENERAL
CONDITIONS
- “CGF” [SGC] -
EXHIBIT I – SUPPLY GENERAL CONDITIONS
CLAUSE ONE – APPLICABILITY
1.1. The terms and conditions contained in these Supply General Conditions apply to all hiring carried out by TELEMIG CELULAR S/A and/or AMAZÔNIA CELULAR S/A (“CONTRACTING PARTIES” or “CONTRACTING PARTY”, according to the set forth in the AGREEMENT preamble) and that have as contractors the Ericsson Group’s companies, to wit: ERICSSON TELECOMUNICAÇÕES S/A, ERICSSON SERVIÇOS DE TELECOMUNICAÇÕES LTDA. E ERICSSON GESTÃO E SERVIÇOS DE TELECOMUNICAÇÕES LTDA., (“CONTRACTORS”), as long as such conditions constitute an exhibit to the AGREEMENT.
1.2 For executing the Agreement and putting their initials on this Exhibit I, the parties agree upon the terms and conditions provided in these Supply General Conditions.
CLAUSE TWO – APPLICABLE LAW
2.1 In the execution and construction of this AGREEMENT, all the regulations applicable to the Personal Mobile Service exploitation, whether laws, decrees, ordinances, regulations or resolutions, among others, in effect at the execution of this AGREEMENT, shall be considered, observed and applied by the CONTRACTORS, regardless of whether they have been or not expressly referred to in this AGREEMENT and/or in its exhibits.
2.2 Without the detriment of the observance and compliance with the other rules edited by the Agência Nacional de Telecomunicações – ANATEL [National Telecommunications Agency – ANATEL], any and all unit of certified products that may be supplied by the CONTRACTORS to the CONTRACTING PARTIES, shall bear an identification plate in a visible place, containing the manufacturer’s name and the identification of the respective certified. When it comes to an imported product, the plate shall further contain the supplier’s name and address in the country. Every certified product using radioelectric frequency, besides the previous obligatoriness, shall contain the following printed message: “This product can only be put in operation after the operation permit has been issued by the relevant technical body of the Ministry of Communications”.
CLAUSE THREE – GENERAL CONDITIONS RELATED TO PRICE
3.1. The price for each hiring shall be informed in the respective AGREEMENT, under the price clause. The Parties acknowledge that the direct or indirect costs related to each hiring may vary from their acceptance by the CONTRACTORS, and during their execution, by virtue of predictable events, such as the need to substitute materials, the use of alternative means of production and the obligation to bear with any further
costs arising from them, in compliance with the set forth in the item 5.6 hereof. In order to avoid doubts regarding the predictable nature of certain events, the following events are hereby classified as predictable, in addition to those aforementioned:
(i) | strikes related to the CONTRACTORS’ or their subcontractors’ personnel; |
(ii) | acts of nature and typical climate phenomena related to the period or the place of services, such as, slides, storms, floods, among others, except when such acts cause electrical discharges that harm the equipments due to improper installations of the CONTRACTING PARTIES’ networks. |
(iii) | Delays related to equipments import and customs clearance. |
3.2. In the event of new hiring related to the scope defined in the AGREEMENT, the parties shall practice price equal or lower than the LPU contained in the PROPOSAL enclosed to the Agreement, as well as the same trade conditions set in this AGREEMENT, observing the volume of hiring. The CONTRACTORS assure for a 04 (four)-year period, from the execution hereof, that the prices established in the LPU shall be maintained with the maximum values to be practiced for the CONTRACTING PARTIES, in compliance with the set forth in the items 3.3 and 3.4 hereunder.
3.2.1 If the CONTRACTORS refuse to maintain the maximum values agreed upon, the CONTRACTING PARTIES will be entitled to charge in court from the CONTRACTORS the amounts disbursed beyond, constituting its AGREEMENT, jointly with the respective invoice, extra-judicial executive note.
3.3. The prices related to the equipments, materials and software to be imported, as set forth in the PROPOSAL (enclosed herewith), the prices, in Real, related to the installment equivalent to 60% (sixty per cent) of the national materials and equipments that have imported inputs (HWL/I) and to 90% (ninety per cent) of the national materials and equipments that have imported inputs (HWL/I) of the MINI-LINK product, shall only be adjusted at the moment when the variation between the USD exchange rate and the rate of the day prior to the invoicing, disclosed by SISBACEN PTAX 800 Option 5, is higher than 3% (three per cent). In order to measure such variation, the USD exchange rate in the amount of R$ 2.00 (two Reais) must be considered.
3.4. The price related to the materials, equipments (HWL) and national services (SERVL) and the installment equivalent to 40% (forty per cent) of the materials and equipments that have imported inputs (HWL/I) and to 10% (ten per cent) of the materials and equipments that have imported inputs (HWL/I0) in the case of the MINI-LINK product, expressed in the LPU in national currency (R$), above, shall be adjusted from each period of one year, being valid for the subsequent one-year period, upon the application of the following formula:
I = 0.90 x (I1 – I0) / I0
Where:
I = Adjustment index desired.
I0 = Initial index related to the cost index corresponding to the base date informed in the agreement.
I1 = The same index related to the month prior to that expected for adjustment, that means, 12th, 24th and 36th month after the month of execution hereof and so forth.
(i) |
the adjustment established in this item shall only apply to invoicing after the 12th (twelfth) month from the execution of the AGREEMENT. |
(ii) | the index to be adopted shall be the Índice Econômico / IGP [General Price Index] - DI [Internal Availability], column 2, disclosed by the Conjuntura Econômica Magazine from Fundação Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx [Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx Foundation], or in its absence, another similar that may supersede it. |
(iii) | the coefficient found through the adjustment formula shall be calculated until the third decimal place, without regard to the others. |
(iv) | If the law at any moment allows the reduction of the adjustment periodicity, the PARTIES can agree upon a new adjustment period to be considered for the AGREEMENT’s effects. |
CLAUSE FOUR – GENERAL CONDITIONS RELATED TO THE PAYMENT
4.1. The CONTRACTORS shall pay attention at the moment of issuing the invoices or receipts to the correct filling up of such documents, which must obligatorily bear the AGREEMENT number, the purchase document number (purchase order – for the on-demand agreements – or agreement release – for the turn-key agreements), the identification of the installment to be paid, rates of tax falling on and the respective values, a detailed list of materials and equipments supplied and the equipment(s)’ register code with BNDES/FINAME, when applicable.
4.2. The collection documents shall be delivered by the CONTRACTORS directly to the department responsible for processing them (Financial Management of Agreements), situated at Xxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, 000 – Ground Floor – Belo Horizonte/MG, or sent to Xxxxx Xxxxxx [XX Xxx] 0000, Xxxx Horizonate/MG, CEP [ZIP CODE] 30270-970.
4.3. The payment shall be made always on Thursdays. Thus, if the maturity date falls on any day of the week other than the expected one, it shall be made on the Thursday subsequently to the said day, without incurring penalties or default interests. Should the Thursday falls on a non-business day, the payment shall be made on the first subsequent business day.
4.4. In case of credits on their behalf herein, arising from penalties or damages caused by the CONTRACTORS, the CONTRACTING PARTIES will be entitled to deduct them from the installments to be paid to the CONTRACTORS upon the emission of the Term of Initial Acceptance and/or Term of Final Acceptance, as the case may be, through a previous written notice to the CONTRACTORS.
4.5. The CONTRACTORS reserve the right to suspend the activities arising herefrom, after 30 (thirty) days of the receipt by the CONTRACTING PARTIES of an extra-judicial or judicial notice from the CONTRACTORS, in case of unjustified delay(s) of payments for longer than 30 (thirty) days. Such assumption does not apply to the case mentioned in the item 4.3 above, nor to the other cases provided herein, in which the non-payment by the CONTRACTING PARTIES is expressly authorized and justified.
4.6. In relation to payments overdue, without a contractual and/or legal provision that justifies the non-payment, the CONTRACTORS shall be entitled to charge a penalty of 1% (one per cent) of the amount of the overdue installments plus default interests from the CONTRACTING PARTIES, at the rate of 1% (one per cent) per month, added with price-level restatement, by the IGP-DI index, until the effective payment date, except for the cases provided in this AGREEMENT which expressly remove the updating occurrence.
4.7. The CONTRACTORS cannot assign or pledge to third parties the amounts to which they are entitled to under this AGREEMENT, without the previous authorization of the CONTRACTING PARTIES.
CLAUSE FIVE – TAXES AND SOCIAL SECURITY CONTRIBUTIONS
5.1. The Parties, in relation to the INSS [National Institute of Social Security – INSS], shall practice the set forth in the Law 9.711/98 and Normative Ruling 03/2005, with later alterations, provided that the highlight of the Social Security tax withheld is obligatory.
5.2. The tax values shall be highlighted on the Invoice presented, jointly with the indication of the rates applied or exemption text, just as determined by the effective legislation. The values related to the supply of own or third parties’ material and/or equipments, indispensable to the execution of the services by the CONTRACTORS, shall be discriminated on the Invoice presented, under penalty of withholding of the taxes due by the total value of the fiscal document.
5.3. The responsibility for the CEI enrollment opening and write-off shall be established in the AGREEMENT, according to the effective legislation and each hiring model. However, if the responsibility is assigned to the CONTRACTING PARTIES, observing the type of hiring, the CONTRACTORS’ responsibility for the creation, organization and presentation to the CONTRACTING PARTY of all the documentation required by the INSS for works write-off shall remain, including the subcontractors’.
5.3.1. The documents shall be presented in their original form or certified copy, joined and organized as a DATA BOOK, according to the CEI enrollment (CEI DATA BOOK), within up to 15 (fifteen) days after the work conclusion.
5.3.2. If the CONTRACTORS fail to present the documentation above mentioned within the determined period, the CONTRACTING PARTIES, since now, are authorized, upon a notice or communication, to withhold 100% (one hundred per cent) of the corresponding Network Element’s service value, from the next payment provided in the agreement, the percentage of which shall only be released by the CONTRACTING PARTY upon the regular presentation of the requested documents.
5.3.3. If the CONTRACTORS use the same insured to serve the several contracting companies, alternately, in the same period, they will be exempted, under the terms of the article 171 and sole paragraph of the Normative Ruling INSS no. 100/03, from developing distinct Payroll and Guia de Recolhimento do Fundo de Garantia por Tempo de Serviço e Informações à Previdência Social – GFIP [Government Severance Indemnity Fund for Employees Collection Form and Social Security Information – GFIP], provided that such situation is duly proved, where the CONTRACTORS shall be solely responsible for such information.
5.3.4. If the application of the set forth in the item 5.3.3. above is questioned by the INSS surveillance, upsetting the CEI enrollment write-off by the CONTRACTING PARTIES, the CONTRACTORS shall be fully liable for any burdens or losses arising therefrom, including the payment of eventual penalties applied by the surveillance to the CONTRACTING PARTY.
5.4. The CONTRACTING PARTIES, in relation to the Imposto Sobre Serviços de Qualquer Natureza – ISSQN [Services Tax –ISSQN], shall fulfill the set forth in the municipal legislation where the services are effectively rendered. The CONTRACTORS shall inform in the Invoice(s)’ body issued the effective place of services provision, under penalty of non-payment and their return, being responsible for such information and, consequently, for occasional tax assessments that the CONTRACTING PARTIES may receive in a City other than that specified on the Invoice(s), requesting the ISSQN payment.
5.5. The CONTRACTING PARTIES, as withholding sources, shall collect the taxes they are bound to pay by the effective legislation, where they will be since now authorized to discount such values from occasional amounts due to the CONTRACTORS under this instrument, committing to send to the CONTRACTORS the vouchers of withholding performed.
5.6. After the 3 (three)-month period from the execution of this AGREEMENT, the Parties agree upon revising the prices established in the LPU contained in the PROPOSAL attached to the agreement, in the event of
creation, amendment or extinction of any taxes, fees an tax contributions, as long as there is a proven repercussion in the prices contracted hereby established in the LPU, from the effectiveness of the legal provisions that may introduce such amendments.
5.7. Notwithstanding the payment conditions covenanted in a specific clause, every fiscal document related to services provided by the CONTRACTORS shall be issued and delivered at the CONTRACTING PARTIES’ facilities until the 20th (twentieth) day of the month of the respective issue of invoice or receipt, aiming at the collection, by the CONTRACTING PARTIES, of the taxes within the time limit provided by law.
CLAUSE SIX – GENERAL CONDITIONS RELATED TO TIME LIMITS
6.1. The time limits for supply are those established in the Implementation Schedule provided by the CONTRACTORS, attached to the agreement. Such time limits can only be extended upon a Contractual Adendum and in the following circumstances:
a) temporary suspension of services, by written determination of the CONTRACTING PARTIES, for causes not assigned to the CONTRACTORS, under the terms of clause nine. In such case, the CONTRACTING PARTIES shall reimburse the CONTRACTORS for the direct costs incurred by them by virtue of and for the period the suspension remains. The CONTRACTING PARTIES shall not be liable for the payment of loss of profit to the CONTRACTORS by virtue of the suspension.
b) Acts of God or force majeure, effectively proved by the CONTRACTORS, under the terms of the clause twelve. In such case, each Party shall bear with their own losses for the period the extension is effective.
c) the failure to provide, by sole fault of the CONTRACTING PARTIES, a suitable environment, necessary to the execution of this AGREEMENT’s subject matter, as provided in the item 8.1 (b) hereof. In this event, the CONTRACTING PARTIES shall reimburse the CONTRACTORS for the direct costs incurred by them by virtue of the non-provision and for the period it remains effective. The CONTRACTING PARTIES shall not be liable for the payment of loss of profit to the CONTRACTORS by virtue of the extension.
6.2. The extension that may be granted, in the cases referred to in the item 6.1. above, shall correspond to the number of days of the delay effectively occurred and shall only apply to the services provedly harmed by such delay.
6.3. The fact that the CONTRACTING PARTIES reject, in whole or in part, any of the services and/or materials, executed and/or used, which do not meet the requirements, obligations and conditions established herein shall not constitute a reason to justify the delay in the accomplishment of any stages of the services. Likewise, occasional suspensions of the services, determined by the CONTRACTING PARTIES’ inspection in case or irregularities found, as provided in the clause nine hereof, shall not be allowed as a justification for the delay in the Implementation Schedule attached to the agreement.
CLAUSE SEVEN – CONTRACTOR’S OBLIGATIONS
7.1. In addition to other obligations provided herein, the CONTRACTORS shall, jointly and severally:
a) | Fulfill the Implementation Schedule, attached to the agreement, and the other obligations established herein; |
b) |
Develop and deliver to the CONTRACTING PARTIES, until the 15th (fifteenth) day of the subsequent month, a DATA BOOK, containing a copy of the documents listed below, regarding the services performed in the previous month, under penalty of suspension of possible payments due by the CONTRACTING PARTIES to the CONTRACTORS, for the services related to the respective Site, as defined herein, and application of the penalty established in the item 10.1. (ii), as long as the CONTRACTORS have not resolved the irregularities in the documentation within the 30 (thirty)- day period from the receipt of a notice about it by the CONTRACTING PARTIES. Alternatively, the said DATA BOOK can be requested by the CONTRACTING PARTIES, at their sole discretion, whenever they find it necessary, within a term reasonably set by means of a notice about it to the CONTRACTORS: |
(i) | Services Tax (ISS) Collection Form, collected in the city where the services are executed, except in the cases when the Municipal Legislation transfers to the CONTRACTING PARTIES the obligatoriness of ISS withholding and its consequent collection; |
(ii) | Income Tax Withheld at Source Collection Form, in case it occurs; |
(iii) | Social Security Contributions Collection Form; |
(iv) | Collection Form for Fundo de Garantia por Tempo de Serviço Contributions – FGTS [Government Severance Indemnity Fund for Employees – FGTS]; |
(v) | IPE (Individual Protection Equipments) delivery vouchers, for the IPEs supplied to their personnel, when applicable, and their subcontractors’ personnel; |
(vi) | List of the personnel under the responsibility of the CONTRACTORS and their subcontractors, who worked in the month of report presentation; |
(vii) | Employees Registration Index (“FRE” / in English “ERI”), pre-admission and periodic health exam of the employees hired by the CONTRACTORS, when applicable, and by the subcontractors during and for the execution of the services that are this AGREEMENT’s subject matter; |
(viii) | Term of Contract Termination and dismissal health exam; and |
(ix) | Monthly report containing the number of employees at the CONTRACTORS’ and the subcontractors’, per worked hours, number of accidents with and without lost time injury, with copy of the CAT – Comunicação de Acidente de Trabalho [Labor Accident Notice] and proof of payment of the Seguro de Acidente do Trabalho – SAT [Labor Accident Insurance – SAT]. |
c) | Only subcontract the services that are the subject matter of this AGREEMENT upon the previous approval of the CONTRACTING PARTIES, under the terms of the clause twenty-two hereof. In this event, the documents mentioned above (DATA BOOK) shall be provided by the subcontracted company, and the CONTRACTORS shall remain as solely liable for the provision that is the subject matter hereof to the CONTRACTING PARTIES; |
d) | Keep all their employees and the subcontractors’ employees duly registered as established by the effective legislation, also with the obligation to keep up-to-date with all the legal obligations related to the activities performed by their employees, even the labor and social security ones; |
e) | Make sure that proper safety measures are taken to prevent accidents and that all the work performed is in compliance with the relevant occupational safety and health legislation, whether the work is performed by the CONTRACTORS or their subcontractors; |
f) | Substitute their employees, at any time, upon the CONTRACTING PARTIES’ request, provided that there are evidences that such employee presents an improper performance, being also responsible for the costs arising from the substitution; |
g) | Properly protect the CONTRACTING PARTIES’ and third parties’ properties, caring for the preservation and maintenance of their facilities, equipments and materials. During the supply and installation of the equipments hired hereby, the CONTRACTORS and their employees, or third parties under their responsibility, shall comply with the rules concerned with the use and preservation of the CONTRACTING PARTIES’ facilities, under penalty of bearing the costs of the damages caused; |
h) | Maintain in Brazil, during all this AGREEMENT’s effectiveness, a circuit board and component replacement shop, in such a way to ensure that all the pieces sent for repair by the CONTRACTING PARTIES are returned by the CONTRACTORS, within the maximum period of 60 (sixty) days for equipments locally manufactured and 90 (ninety) days for imported equipments; |
i) | Supply the object hired, in compliance with the regulation edited by the Ministry of Communications, by ANATEL and the other public administration bodies, including, among others, those related to the Serviço Móvel Pessoal – SMP [Personal Mobile Service – SMP/ in English, “PMS”], with regard to materials, Software, services and equipments, until the commercial activation of each Network Element or the issue of the respective Term of Initial Acceptance, whichever shall be sooner; |
k) | Inform, at the intervals defined by the CONTRACTING PARTIES, about the development of the services hired hereby, according to the Implementation Schedule, showing the evolution of the events, analysis of occasional deviations and actions to keep up with deadlines, including about the services performed by subcontractors, as the case may be; |
l) | Provide, at any time, information requested by the CONTRACTING PARTIES about the supply that is this AGREEMENT’s subject matter and about the Implementation Schedule, containing the level of details necessary for a good follow-up and reliability of the terms fulfillment; |
m) | Provide the CONTRACTING PARTIES with a copy of the insurance policies issued on behalf of the CONTRACTORS, according to the clause sixteen hereof, as well as a copy of the payment vouchers of the respective premiums; |
n) | Appoint a Project Manager who shall interact with the Project Manager appointed by the CONTRACTING PARTIES, fully managing the CONTRACTORS’ and the subcontractors’ obligations. The Project Manager shall: a) have full knowledge of all the Project’s context; and b) have authority to make routine decisions, concerned with the Project and the respective personnel; |
o) | Comply with, observe, respect, fulfill and enforce all the effective legislation related to environment protection and preservation, as well as the CONTRACTING PARTIES’ recommendations, procedures, rules and internal policies; |
p) | Ensure the storage and safeguard, as well as the immediate withdrawal and/or disposal of any wastes that may possibly be generated, whether related to the AGREEMENT’s scope or not, aiming at fully complying with the effective environment protection legislation; |
q) | Hold the CONTRACTING PARTIES harmless of any legal and/or administrative claims caused by the CONTRACTORS themselves or their subordinates, which, somehow, arise from the legal relation between the parties hereto, assuming all the responsibility and the resulting burden, being obligated, furthermore, to formally request, before the relevant authority, the substitution and/or exclusion of the CONTRACTING PARTIES from the claim’s liabilities. In the event that the CONTRACTING PARTIES are claimed, the CONTRACTORS commit themselves to reimburse the CONTRACTING PARTIES for all the costs incurred by the CONTRACTING PARTIES due to the claim, after its final judgment, including in the concept of costs the total attorney fees that they may pay to defend their interests, expert, accountant fees, as well as any other expense incurred with the investigation, defense, maintenance, preservation or execution of any of the rights provided herein, regardless of the time in which such claims are created, pursuant to the set forth in the item 10.3 hereof; |
r) | Ensure that the materials and equipments (hardware and software) supplied follow the international interoperability standards. |
CLAUSE EIGHT – CONTRACTING PARTY’S OBLIGATIONS
8.1. In addition to other obligations provided herein, the CONTRACTING PARTIES shall:
a) | Perform the payments of the amounts due to the CONTRACTORS, as established in the clause four hereof and in the price and payment conditions clause of the AGREEMENT; |
b) | Provide the CONTRACTORS with a suitable infrastructure and transmission environment, as well as for the conclusion of the site acquisition services and licensing process for each site, for the on-demand supply agreements, and the conclusion of the site acquisition services and licensing process for each site, in the case of turnkey contracts. |
c) | Allow the access to all the facilities of the CONTRACTING PARTIES’ property, during 24 (twenty-four) hours a day, 365 (three hundred and sixty-five) days a year, upon the supply by the CONTRACTORS of a list of the personnel that will have access to the place, followed by the respective documentation. The time limits related to facilities of third-parties’ property shall be previously negotiated with the CONTRACTING PARTIES; |
d) | Appoint a Project Manager during the supply of this agreement’s subject matter to interact with the Project Manager appointed by the CONTRACTORS, who shall: a) have full knowledge of all the Project’s context; and b) have authority to make routine decisions, concerned with the Project and the respective personnel; |
e) | Inform the CONTRACTORS, in written, the reasons that determined such refusal of equipments and/or services delivered; |
f) | Provide the CONTRACTORS with the technical information necessary to the creation of the Projects, aiming at the interface with other Systems of the CONTRACTING PARTIES, as long as the information is requested in a reasonably manner; |
CLAUSE NINE – INSPECTION OF THE AGREEMENT EXECUTION
9.1. The CONTRACTING PARTIES and their employees, executives or agents shall always be entitled to inspect the CONTRACTORS’ performance concerned with this AGREEMENT, without excluding or reducing the CONTRACTORS’ sole and full responsibility for the services rendered and the materials/equipments supplied.
9.2. Solely if the CONTRACTORS, in the supply of this agreement’s subject matter, do not comply with the terms set forth herein, the applicable laws and/or regulations and if the CONTRACTORS do not solve the irregularities found within the term established by the CONTRACTING PARTIES and commit themselves, thus, to fulfill the Implementation Schedule attached to the agreement, the CONTRACTING PARTIES can terminate the AGREEMENT, according to the clause twenty-four hereof, provided that the CONTRACTORS shall not be entitled to receive any indemnities, except the payment related to equipments delivered and services performed until the date of the termination notice, provided that they have been accepted, as set forth in the Acceptance Procedures provided in the Agreement or commercially activated by the CONTRACTORS, without detriment of the application, by the CONTRACTING PARTIES, of the penalty described in the item 10.1 (i) hereof.
CLAUSE TEN – PENALTIES
10.1. The infringement by the CONTRACTORS of any provisions herein or the legal and regulatory provisions connected herewith, shall grant the CONTRACTING PARTIES the right to apply the following penalties, without detriment of the responsibility for losses and damages, when applicable:
(i) non-compensatory penalty for the CONTRACTORS’ delay to perform the events set forth in the Implementation Schedule attached to the agreement, for supply and implementation of each Network Element, computed according to the following formula and limited to the sum of all the materials, services and software values with supply provided herein, related to each Network Element in delay:
M = (0.0033 x A) x P
Where:
M = Penalty value
A = Delay in number of days in the performance of the events listed in the Implementation Schedule.
P = sum of the values of all the materials, software and services, with supply provided herein, related to the Network Element in delay.
(ii) non-compensatory penalty in the value of 1% (one per cent) of the global value of all the materials, software and services, with supplied provided herein, related to the Network Element for which the default occurred, except for the default for delay in the events described in the Implementation Schedule, whose penalty shall be the one set forth in the item (i) above. For purposes of application of the penalty provided in this item (ii), the CONTRACTING PARTIES shall notify the CONTRACTORS to, within a 5 (five)-running-day period, start the regularization procedures of the default pointed or, within the same period, present their formal defense. In case they present their defense, the CONTRACTING PARTIES shall analyze whether the justifications presented will exempt the CONTRACTORS from the responsibilities. In case the defense is refused, the CONTRACTING PARTIES shall send to the CONTRACTORS the reasons why they have refused their defense. From the receipt of the defense refusal notice, the CONTRACTORS shall have 24 (twenty-four) hours to start the default regularization, and must conclude the services within the term determined by the CONTRACTING PARTY, based on the reasonability and good faith principles. If proper measures are not taken by the CONTRACTORS, and services are not concluded within the determined period, the penalty shall apply.
10.2. If ANATEL imposes a penalty to the CONTRACTING PARTIES due to a failure to comply with the terms of the authorization or regulation applicable to the Personal Mobile System – PMS and this derives from the CONTRACTORS’ sole failure to perform their obligations in a proper and punctual manner under this AGREEMENT, the CONTRACTORS shall indemnify the CONTRACTING PARTIES in the amount imposed by ANATEL, according to the procedure described in the item 10.3 below, without detriment of the losses and damages that may be incurred by the CONTRACTING PARTIES, in compliance with the limitation set forth in the item 11.1 hereof.
10.3. If the CONTRACTING PARTIES receive summons by virtue of the CONTRACTORS’ or subcontractors’ failure to comply with the tax, social security, environmental, labor obligations or any other one, or by virtue of the CONTRACTING PARTIES’ failure to comply with the obligations mentioned above, for sole responsibility of the CONTRACTORS, they commit themselves to reimburse the value paid, added with interests, penalties and other applicable charges, including attorney fees, to be reimbursed within the maximum period of 07 (seven) days after a written notification sent by the CONTRACTING PARTIES to the CONTRACTORS, through the deposit into the account 762.200-7 of Banco do Brasil, agência [branch] 3308-1, held by Telemig, and in the account 762.200-7 of Banco do Brasil, agência 3308-1, held by Amazônia, as the case may be. The reimbursement shall be due after the administrative final decision. The CONTRACTORS shall be noticed in written about the summons within the maximum period of 03 (three) days from its receipt so that they can help the CONTRACTING PARTIES in the strategy of defense to be presented to the body that issued the said summons, also making available any documents to elucidate or prove the fulfillment of certain obligation.
10.3.1. In the event of delay of the payments mentioned herein, the CONTRACTORS shall be liable from the 8th (eighth) day to a penalty of 2% (two per cent) falling on the overdue amount, regardless of any notice, communication, judicial or extra-judicial interpellation.
10.3.1.1. The delay of the payment referred to herein, for longer than the 30 (thirty)-day period from the notice date provided in the item 10.3 above shall imply, regardless of any notice, communication, judicial or extra-judicial interpellation, the application of interests on arrears of 1% (one per cent) per month over the total overdue amount.
10.3.1.2. Further, in the event that the delay of the payment referred to herein is longer than the 30 (thirty)-day period from the notice date provided in the item 10.3, the CONTRACTORS expressly authorize the CONTRACTING PARTIES to adopt, at their sole discretion, one of the following possible behaviors:
a) | detain any payments occasionally due to the CONTRACTORS, based on this or other agreements, even if they have been executed prior or after this one, until the CONTRACTORS fulfill the respective obligation, or; |
b) | charge in court the amounts assumed hereby by the CONTRACTORS, where this AGREEMENT shall work as an extra-judicial execution bond, under the terms of the article 585 of the Civil Procedure Code. |
CLAUSE ELEVEN – RESPONSIBILITIES
11.1. The CONTRACTORS shall indemnify and hold the CONTRACTING PARTIES, their officers, executives, agents, employees exempt from any claims, demands, lawsuits, damages, costs, expenses, losses or responsibilities, arising from or related to this AGREEMENT, to the extent that such damages have been caused by acts or omissions derived from the involuntary or felonious behavior of any of the CONTRACTORS or their agents, contractors, subcontractors, executives or employees, or any other person under the CONTRACTORS’ responsibilities, adopting the limit of a) 10% (ten per cent) of the total amount of the agreement for turn-key contracts and; b) 10% of the sum of all the values of materials, software and services, with supply authorized until the date when the damage was caused, for the on-demand supply contracts. In the event that the damages have been also caused by the CONTRACTING PARTIES, each party shall bear responsibility, to the extent of their guilt, for the damages caused by them.
11.2. The CONTRACTORS shall indemnify and hold the CONTRACTING PARTIES and their officers, executives, agents, employees exempt from any claims, demands, lawsuits, damages, costs, expenses, losses or responsibilities by virtue of death or personal injuries (whether to their executives, agents, the CONTRACTING PARTIES’ employees or third parties) arising from or related to this AGREEMENT, to the extent that such injuries or death have been caused by acts or omissions derived from the involuntary or felonious behavior of their agents, contractors, subcontractors, executives or employees, or any other person under the CONTRACTORS’ responsibility, as long as the CONTRACTING PARTIES notify the CONTRACTORS, in written, of any lawsuits, claims, damages or demands against the CONTRACTING PARTIES.
11.3. The CONTRACTORS state that they are solely liable for the total fulfillment of the effective environment protection legislation, being responsible further for any and all damages caused to the environment and/or fines, penalties, notices of infractions, notices, imposed or applied by virtue of the non compliance with the applicable legislation.
11.4. The CONTRACTORS shall reimburse the CONTRACTING PARTIES for any and all expenses that may be incurred by this latter in the promotion and/or implementation of preventive and/or corrective measures of possible damages caused to the environment by the CONTRACTORS, as well as for the expenses and disbursements that the CONTRACTING PARTIES may effectuate as a result of fines, penalties, notices of infractions, notices imposed or applied by the public bodies, without detriment of the losses and damages verified, pleaded by third parties, as set forth in the item 11.3. above.
11.5. The CONTRACTORS acknowledge that the performance of the services covered by this AGREEMENT can interfere harmfully in the current operation and working of the CONTRACTING PARTIES’ telecommunications networks. Thus, the CONTRACTORS ensure to the CONTRACTING PARTIES that there will not be any interference in the telecommunications services supplied by the CONTRACTING PARTIES to third parties, being liable for any damages that the CONTRACTING PARTIES may incur by virtue of occasional stoppages or damages in the services rendering activities, adopting the limit of: a) 10% (ten per cent) of the total amount of the agreement for turn-key contracts and; b) 10% of the sum of all the values of materials, software and services, with supply authorized until the date when the damage was caused, for the on-demand supply contracts. In the event that the damages have been also caused by the CONTRACTING PARTIES, each party shall bear responsibility, to the extent of their guilt, for the damages caused by them.
11.6. The CONTRACTING PARTIES’ responsibility for losses and damages that they may cause to the CONTRACTORS or their subcontractors shall be limited, as the case may be, to: a) a) 10% (ten per cent) of the total amount of the agreement for turn-key contracts and; b) 10% of the sum of all the values of materials, software and services, with supply authorized until the date when the damage was caused, for the on-demand supply contracts.
CLAUSE TWELVE – ACTS OF GOD AND FORCE MAJEURE
12.1. All the unpredictable events occurred along the execution of this AGREEMENT that may provedly interfere in the rhythms of the works shall be characterized as an act of God or force majeure and considered as causes of liability exemption, such as:
a) | wars, military hostilities, terrorism acts, police actions and other similar ones; |
b) | general strikes or in specific sectors, occurring in the local, national or international sphere; |
c) | nature acts and other catastrophic climate phenomena that are evidently atypical in relation to the period or the place and impossible to be predicted by the CONTRACTORS, in spite of their existence. |
12.2. The CONTRACTORS shall notify the CONTRACTING PARTIES’ Project Manager, informing him of the occurrence of an unpredictable fact, within a maximum period of 7 (seven) business days, from its occurrence, attaching proofs that characterize the event’s unpredictability. The failure to send the notice within the determined period shall constitute a proof that the event has not affected the rhythm of the works and, therefore, it cannot be characterized as an unpredictable fact, for the CONTRACTORS’ liability exemption purposes.
12.3. The CONTRACTING PARTIES shall examine the documents presented by the CONTRACTORS, within a maximum period of 7 (seven) business days, and may request supplemental proofs if consider them as necessary to the perfect event characterization.
12.4. If the CONTRACTING PARTIES agree about the event’s unpredictability, the CONTRACTORS shall be exempted from the payment of any penalties to the CONTRACTING PARTIES, also with the right to an term extension, according to the clause six. Each party shall assume and bear its own losses arising from and/or caused by the unpredictable event.
12.5. If the CONTRACTING PARTIES disagree about the existence of an unpredictable event, they must sent to the CONTRACTORS a grounded report, within a maximum period of 7 (seven) business days that justifies and bases their judgment.
12.6. If the CONTRACTORS understand that the event’s unpredictability has made the AGREEMENT execution excessively onerous, they must comply with the set forth in the article 478 of the New Civil Code, and can neither suspend the activities nor declare the agreement as terminated, except if based on a judicial order granting them such right, in conformity to the limited liability provided in the item 11.1, under penalty of being liable for the damages they cause to the CONTRACTING PARTIES, besides being liable to the penalties established herein.
CLAUSE THIRTEEN – SOFTWARE LICENSING AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
13.1 The CONTRACTING PARTIES are hereby granted an irrevocable, untransferrable and non-exclusive license for a 50 (fifty)-year period to use the Software and the Documentation (liable to the payments by the CONTRACTING PARTIES, of the respective amounts), for the operation and maintenance by the CONTRACTING PARTIES themselves or their service providers, of the System or a Part of the System, in conformity to this AGREEMENT and its exhibits. With regard to the Software and the Documentation not directly provided by the CONTRACTORS, the CONTRACTORS declare that they have the rights necessary to transfer and/or sublicense all the licenses corresponding to the CONTRACTING PARTIES, which are necessary to the full use of the Software and the Documentation, as provided herein.
13.2 In the event that the CONTRACTING PARTIES are claimed in court, under the allegation of a presumed breach or infringement of patents, copyrights or any other intellectual property rights concerned with the Softwares and Equipments hired, the CONTRACTING PARTIES hereby commit themselves to inform the CONTRACTORS, in written, of the existence of such judicial claim within the maximum period of 03 (three) days from the notice receipt. This time limit shall be considered from the first business day, inclusively, after the summons or notice receipt by the CONTRACTING PARTIES. The CONTRACTING PARTIES can proceed with the impleader to the CONTRACTORS, under the terms of the article 70, subsection III of the Civil Procedure Code, where the CONTRATORS shall be, in such case, obliged to accept the denouncement and must defend the CONTRACTING PARTIES, exempting them from any responsibilities arising from such utilization and, furthermore, they shall reimburse the CONTRACTING PARTIES for any costs, including attorney fees, by virtue of the lawsuit, after the final decision.
13.2.1. In the event described in the item above, the CONTRACTORS shall only be responsible if:
a) | the Software and the equipments are being correctly used in conformity to the Documentation provided and the purposes set forth herein; |
b) | the infringement or the alleged infringement has been caused by items supplied by the CONTRACTORS under this Agreement; |
c) | the infringement or the alleged infringement does not derive from any modifications in the Software and in the equipments made by the CONTRACTING PARTIES, which have not been approved by the CONTRACTORS; |
d) | the CONTRACTORS are informed of all the circumstances that are known by the CONTRACTING PARTIES that may be related and relevant to the lawsuit judged and refrain from taking measures that may harm the CONTRACTORS in their defense; |
e) | the CONTRACTING PARTIES grant to the CONTRACTORS full power to develop the defense strategy and agree with the plaintiff of the suit, when applicable. |
13.3 The CONTRACTORS shall pay to the CONTRACTING PARTIES any amounts and costs to which this latter is condemned to pay by an unappealable judgment by virtue of an infringement of intellectual property rights and/or license of use committed by the CONTRACTORS.
13.4 If the use of the Software and/or Equipments by the CONTRACTING PARTIES is prohibited, the CONTRACTORS shall, on their own account, procure the right so that the CONTRACTING PARTIES continue to use the said Software and/or Equipments, or even substitute or change them so that they will no longer infringe any Intellectual Property Rights. If none of the options aforementioned is technically or commercially feasible, the CONTRACTORS shall remove the Software/Equipments prohibited and reimburse the CONTRACTING PARTIES for the amounts paid to the CONTRACTORS, related to such products, according to the values specified in the LPU mentioned in the PROPOSAL attached to the agreement) or, if not applicable, the average values found in the market.
13.5. Any upgrades shall be provided by the CONTRACTORS to the CONTRACTING PARTIES, as soon as they become available, at prices and under conditions to be previously agreed upon between the Parties. If the Upgrades rectify or patch Software failures, the Upgrades shall be promptly provided and set up without any additional cost to the CONTRACTING PARTIES.
13.6. Notwithstanding any contrary provision herein, it is understood that the CONTRACTING PARTIES shall not be granted any title or property rights over the Software or the Documentation and that such rights shall remain with the CONTRACTORS or their suppliers.
13.7 The CONTRACTING PARTIES agree that the Software or the Documentation provided to them according to this AGREEMENT or any renewals, extensions or expansions of them shall be treated as exclusive and a business secrecy of the CONTRACTORS or their suppliers, and subject to the provisions of the clause fourteen hereof.
13.8 In light of the aforementioned, the CONTRACTING PARTIES:
a) | shall not supply or make available the Software or the Documentation or any of their parts or aspects (including any methods or concepts used or expressed in them) to any third party, except for their employees or services providers, if necessary; |
b) | shall not perform any unauthorized copies of the Software or the Documentation or their parts, except for security backup purposes; |
c) | when making authorized copies, as mentioned above, they shall transfer to the copies any copyright notices or other notices contained in the Software or the Documentation; |
d) | shall not modify, decompile, translate (except for internal use), adapt, rectify or patch any error or make any other alteration in the Software or in the Documentation without the previous written approval of the CONTRACTORS; |
e) | shall not use the Software or the Documentation for any other purpose other than that permitted under this Clause; and |
f) | shall not assign the Software and/or Documentation license to another Network Element other than that to which it was hired, just as to outside of the territory, without the previous written consent of the CONTRACTORS. |
13.9 The PARTIES’ obligations, pursuant to this Clause, shall subsist the termination or expiry of this AGREEMENT, whatever the reason.
13.10 Pursuant to this AGREEMENT, the licensed Software shall be delivered in an inseparable suite further containing other programs or resources in addition to the Software, which cannot be used by the CONTRACTING PARTIES, as they are additional applications. However, at the CONTRACTING PARTIES’ request, the CONTRACTORS shall provide a license of use for such other programs of software resources under the same terms and conditions set forth in this AGREEMENT, except for the price, which shall be negotiated between the Parties.
13.11 The CONTRACTING PARTIES agree not to transfer, whether directly or indirectly, any American technical data (including the Software) that are part of the OSS system acquired by the CONTRACTORS from the company Gensym Corporation, or any other related product, without the previous written authorization of the American Department of Trade or another American government body, to the following countries: Albany, Angola, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Byelorussia, Bosnia and Xxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx, Xxxx, Xxxxx (PRC), Estonia, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxx, Xxxxxx, Libya, Lithuania, Moldova, Mongolia, North Korea, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Sudan, Syria, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan and Vietnam.
13.12 The Software referred to in the subclause above (13.11) shall be used by the CONTRACTING PARTIES solely for the performance of their businesses in Brazil and only for pacific purposes, not military.
13.13 The CONTRACTING PARTIES shall not export the Software referred to in the subclause (13.10) above without the CONTRACTORS’ formal authorization (except for repair/updating/maintenance purposes at the manufacturer’s plant or another manufacturer as it may determine).
13.14 The CONTRACTING PARTIES are aware that the Products manufactured by Ericsson acquired hereby are subject to the export control under the laws of Sweden, for which they agree to sign the document called “End User Statement”.
13.14.1 The CONTRACTING PARTIES hereby confirm the terms and conditions of the document called “End User Statement” celebrated with the CONTRACTORS on 07/16/2004 whose terms also start to be fully applied hereto.
13.15 The CONTRACTING PARTIES are aware that the “intercept” function is a technical feature available in the products that are the subject matter of this Agreement, which allows them to comply with the terms of the Law 9.296/96, which deals with the interception of telephony communications of any kind and, thus, they also acknowledge that:
i) the “intercept” function may intercept third parties’ communications, which may characterize a criminal infringement, if used in disagreement with the applicable legislation;
ii) as a consequence, the use of this function can only occur in conformity to the said legislation and requires, therefore, the existence of a specific court order issued by a judge of competent jurisdiction;
iii) the scope of the function supplied by the CONTRACTORS does not comprise any equipments (like, for instance, audio recording or data storage equipments related to monitored calls, among others) that shall compose a monitoring center, from which the function can be operated;
and
iv) any and all responsibility of the CONTRACTORS are limited to the function supply, not being liable for putting it up and running, except for its implementation, provided that, in such case, the implementation cannot be performed in the course of any monitoring operation, for the monitoring action, or for the function use, and the CONTRACTING PARTIES state that they acknowledge the legal limitations of the function use, which shall apply to their employees, subcontractors and occasional delegates.
13.16 The CONTRACTING PARTIES are hereby informed that the Hardware sale and the transfer of the Software and Documentation license by the CONTRACTING PARTIES in conformity to the subclause 13.1, in an export situation, may require an export/re-export license from certain governmental bodies of Sweden and/or the U.S.A. The CONTRACTING PARTIES are considered as GSM operators and shall become a member of “GSM Association”, when applicable, in order to comply with the applicable international regulations. The CONTRACTORS shall not be liable for any burdens of any kind, such as: penalties, fines, indemnities, among others, which may perchance be imposed to the CONTRACTING PARTIES in case of loss of the right to use or alter algorithms that has not been caused by the CONTRACTORS. All the costs related to the “GSM Association” affiliation and/or acquisition of licenses, authorizations and algorithms shall be paid by the CONTRACTING PARTIES.
CLAUSE FOURTEEN – NON-DISCLOSURE
14.1 All the information related to this AGREEMENT or acquired in its course, disclosed by one Party (“Disclosing Party”) to the other (“Receiving Party”), whether in Brazil or abroad, shall be considered as Confidential Information, as defined below, and owned by the Disclosing Party, and must be protected by both PARTIES, as provided herein.
14.1.1 Confidential Information shall mean, but not limited to, any and all technical, operational, commercial, legal information, whether patented or not, know-how, inventions, processes, formulae and designs, whether patentable or not, business plans, accounting methods, techniques and accumulated experiences, transmitted to the Receiving Party: (i) by any physical means (e.g. printed, handwritten documents, facsimile documents, electronic messages (e-mail), photographs, etc.); (ii) by any other means registered in electronic media, such as tapes, laser discs, floppy disks (or any other magnetic means); (iii) orally; and (iv) summaries, annotations and any comments, whether verbal or written.
14.2 All the non-disclosure obligations provided herein shall remain valid during this instrument’s duration, and furthermore, they shall survive for a 5 (five)-year period from the receipt of each Confidential Information, where the Receiving Party must:
(a) use such information only for the purpose to execute this AGREEMENT;
(b) keep the Confidential Information and disclose them only to the employees who need to have knowledge about them for purposes of execution of this AGREEMENT;
(c) protect such information, using the same care as that used to protect their own confidential information;
(d) not make copies through any processes, except for those indispensable to the development of their works and previously authorized by the Disclosing Part.
14.3 The Receiving Party shall request the Disclosing Party’s written authorization in order to disclose Confidential Information to third parties, agents or consultants, provided that this third party shall sign a Non-disclosure agreement with the parties, in terms compatible with this Clause’s scope, except in the case of supply of Confidential Information to the relevant regulatory agency or the Judiciary, for the fulfillment of an administrative or judicial decision, only to the extent of the said order, an assumption in which the supply shall be previously informed by one Party to the other so that this latter can claim for a proper injunction.
14.4 Each of the PARTIES shall return to the other Party any Confidential Information, whenever requested, or when the document maintenance is no longer necessary, committing itself not to retain any reproductions (including magnetic reproductions), copies or counterparts.
14.4.1 Supplying the whole or Part of the Confidential Information to the other Party shall not grant, under any circumstances, any right inherent to the said information to the Receiving Party, provided that the Disclosing Party shall remain as the lawful owner of the Confidential Information and own rights (including, among others, the patent rights).
14.4.2 The Receiving Party shall inform the Disclosing Party of any incidents that allow or may allow the misplacement or disclosure of documents of Confidential Information, without detriment of its objective responsibility.
14.4.3 The Receiving Party shall destroy any documents produced by it that contain the Disclosing Party’s Confidential Information, when the maintenance of the Confidential Information is no longer necessary, at the Receiving Party’s sole discretion, committing itself not to retain any reproductions (including magnetic reproductions), copies or counterparts.
14.5 The Receiving Party is not obliged to protect any Confidential Information that:
(a) was already under the Receiving Party’s possession, free of restrictions, prior to its disclosure by the Disclosing Party;
(b) is within the public domain or comes within the public domain without any breach of this Agreement by the Receiving Party;
(c) has been lawfully acquired by the Receiving Party with unrestricted rights to disclose it;
(d) has been provedly developed by the Receiving Party prior to its disclosure by the Disclosing Party;
(e) has been provedly disclosed by court order or an order from an authority with competent jurisdiction, and shall, however, promptly inform the Disclosing Party and even prior to the determined disclosure.
CLAUSE FIFTEEN – TITLE AND RISK OF LOSS
15.1 Unless otherwise provided herein or otherwise agreed upon between the Parties, the title over the Products that are the subject matter of this supply shall be transferred to the CONTRACTING PARTIES upon their delivery by the CONTRACTORS and the risk of loss can be transferred after the TAI (Term of Initial Acceptance) issue or the Commercial Activation by the CONTRACTING PARTIES, except for the title over the CONTRACTORS’ intellectual rights, as provided in this AGREEMENT.
15.2 The CONTRACTING PARTIES shall promptly notify the CONTRACTORS of any claims related to a loss that occurs while the CONTRACTORS hold the risk of loss and besides, they shall cooperate by all reasonable means to facilitate the resolution of any claims.
CLAUSE SIXTEEN – INSURANCE
16.1 The CONTRACTORS shall be liable for contracting an Engineering Risk Insurance that assure the civil and installation and assembly works concurrently with the accessory coverage for “Tests”, “General and Cross Civil Liability (including bodily injury, property damages and morale hazard)” and “Adjacent Properties”, in amounts that assure the replacement of properties and/or indemnities for losses in case of losses. The insured amounts and deductibles shall be previously approved by the CONTRACTING PARTIES and must be specified in the insurance policy, beneficiary clause in favor of the CONTRACTING PARTIES. The CONTRACTORS shall also be liable for their employee’s personal insurance.
CLAUSE SEVENTEEN – PERFORMANCE BOND
17.1 The CONTRACTING PARTY is ensured, in case of credits on its behalf herein, resulting from failure of the CONTRACTORS in providing the subject matter hereof, so as to reach the performance under this agreement, the deduction of the percentage of 20% (twenty per cent) of the total amount of the agreement for turn-key contracts and 20% (twenty per cent) of the sum of all the values of materials, software and services, with supply authorized until the date when the damage was caused, for the on-demand supply contracts. Such deduction shall be made from the due installments related hereto or any other effective Agreement at the default period, upon a previous written notice to the CONTRACTORS.
17.1.1 The deduction provided in the item above aims at ensuring to the CONTRACTING PARTIES the receiving of the performance contracted, the reason for which such deduction can be applied jointly with the other penalties provided in the clause ten hereof, as the case may be, upon which the CONTRACTORS hereby agree.
17.2 The CONTRACTORS shall require from their subcontractors performance bonds, mainly with regard to the large-size or highly complex services.
CLAUSE EIGHTEEN – EQUIPMENTS AND SOFTWARE
18.1 Upon the delivery of each supply, if the CONTRACTORS have more up-to-date equipments available than those requested by the CONTRACTING PARTIES, the CONTRACTORS shall inform the CONTRACTING PARTIES of such availability so that they can decide whether to implement or not such more up-to-date equipment.
18.2 If the CONTRACTORS modify, update or discontinue the manufacture of any equipment, software or spare parts, according to the supply that is the subject matter of this AGREEMENT, they shall notify the CONTRACTING PARTIES about it at least at least 180 (a hundred and eighty) days in advance, committing themselves to maintain the prices established in the LPU included in THE PROPOSAL attached to the agreement, so as not to generate damages of any kind to the CONTRACTING PARTIES,, furthermore, shall be responsible for any direct costs arising from such modification.
18.2.1 The PARTIES hereby agree upon and acknowledge that the modification, updating or discontinuance of the manufacture of any equipment, software or spare parts that are the subject matter hereof, can only occur from the end of the warranty period, as provided in a specific clause of the AGREEMENT, in compliance with the time limits and procedures established in the item 18.2 above.
18.3 In case of discontinuance of the manufacture of any equipment, software or spare parts, as provided in the item 18.2 above, the CONTRACTORS shall notify the CONTRACTING PARTIES in written about this fact and supply an equivalent equipment option with prices equal or lower than those previously practiced.
18.4 The substitution of equipments, software or spare parts under this AGREEMENT shall comply with the following conditions:
(a) It shall adversely affect neither the interchangeability, whether physical or functional, nor the performance specifications of the equipment, software or spare parts, except if authorized by the CONTRACTING PARTIES in writing;
(b) Any modification or substitution of equipments, software or spare parts shall be functionally equivalent and compatible with what was modified or substituted, with no other adaptation;
(c) Under no circumstances shall it reduce or diminish the warranty obligations or the useful lifetime undertaken by the CONTRACTORS, pursuant to this AGREEMENT;
(d) In case of impossibility to substitute the equipment, software or spare part to be discontinued, the CONTRACTING PARTIES shall have 180 (one hundred and eighty) days, from the notice described in item 18.2 above, to acquire the required quantity of the said equipment;
(e) The CONTRACTORS commit themselves to provide technical support services, including repairing the equipments, until the end of its period of functionality.
18.5 During the 5 (five)-year period from the warranty period expiration date, the CONTRACTORS shall provide the CONTRACTING PARTIES with equipments spare parts manufactured according to the CONTRACTORS’ standards and software developed by the CONTRACTORS that are compatible and functionally equivalent, enabling a network expansion according to the technical specifications defined in the “RFP” attached to the agreement. If the CONTRACTORS suspend the supply of equipments, spare parts or compatible software and they are not available in any other vendor recommended by the CONTRACTORS that adopt the same pricing policy, during the said period, the CONTRACTORS shall provide the CONTRACTING PARTIES with a commercially reasonable project so that this latter can upgrade to the new equipments, which must offer functionalities similar to those of the discontinued products.
18.6 The spare parts shall be delivered at the place specified by the CONTRACTING PARTIES, and the CONTRACTING PARTIES shall perform the tests within no later than 30 (thirty) days from the delivery. The defective spare parts shall be sent by the CONTRACTING PARTIES, in conformity to the warranty procedures provided herein, and in such case, it will have a 12 (twelve)-month warranty period as from its return to the delivery place defined by the CONTRACTING PARTIES. The CONTRACTING PARTIES shall be assured with the right to follow the tests “in loco” (at the CONTRACTORS’ facilities), when they are performed and, in such case, the CONTRACTORS commit themselves to inform the dates one week in advance.
18.7 If any equipment or service is delivered at an incorrect place, the CONTRACTORS shall be liable for any additional expenses incurred arising from its delivery at the correct place of delivery and for the risk of transportation. The CONTRACTORS shall also be liable for items delivered in excess.
CLAUSE NINETEEN – PLANS, PROJECTS AND TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
19.1 Except for the Confidential Information, the documents that include plans, drawings, projects and specifications provided by the CONTRACTORS to the CONTRACTING PARTIES, in connection with the supply, shall belong to the CONTRACTING PARTIES, except for the CONTRACTORS’ intellectual property rights.
Additionally, the CONTRACTING PARTIES shall have full right to use the documents provided by the CONTRACTORS that constitute Confidential Information in the normal course of operation and maintenance of the Products.
19.2 Each PARTY shall be liable for the integrity and the correction of data and technical documents provided to the other party. When such data or technical documents are found incomplete or inaccurate, each Party shall notify the responsible Party and, subsequently, the said responsible Party shall promptly complete and/or correct the said data or technical documents.
CLAUSE TWENTY – REPRESENTATIONS OF THE PARTIES
20.1 The PARTIES hereby confirm that this AGREEMENT was negotiated and entered into in accordance with the principles of integrity and good faith, which shall also be complied with by the PARTIES in the fulfillment and execution of their obligations under the terms hereof.
20.2 For the purposes of the Civil Procedure Code (including its Art.157), the PARTIES hereby confirm and acknowledge expressly that (i) they have expertise and experience in the execution of the activities covered herein; (ii) the PARTIES’ obligations arising from this AGREEMENT are proportional and congruent; (iii) no fact or obligation contained in this AGREEMENT can be considered as a breach of infringement to the laws applicable thereto or to the subject matter and nature hereof; (iv) they have been assisted by qualified professionals to identify and understand the applicable legal rules and are aware of all the circumstances related to this AGREEMENT as well as the rules that govern it; and (v) they had access to all documents, plans, spreadsheets and all the information and conditions necessary to the development and/or analysis of the PROPOSAL attached to the agreement.
20.3 This AGREEMENT and its Exhibits constitute the entire understanding between the PARTIES with regard to the matter hereof and shall prevail over all previous discussions, agreements and statements. Any information, premise, advantage or condition that may have been provided by the CONTRACTING PARTIES prior to the RFP attached to the agreement and that is not expressly provided herein and/or its Exhibits, can not be taken into consideration by the CONTRACTORS, provided that they shall not be considered as valid, not effective.
20.4 No modifications, amendments or other changes shall be made to this AGREEMENT or to any part hereof, except upon a written instrument signed by an attorney of each Party.
CLAUSE TWENTY-ONE – WAIVER OF RIGHTS
21.1 Any failure or delay by the CONTRACTORS or CONTRACTING PARTIES in exercising any right, power or privilege or strictly execute any term or condition hereof, in one or more occasions, shall neither constitute nor be construed as a waiver of said rights or of any other terms and conditions set forth herein in any other occasion.
CLAUSE TWENTY-TWO – ASSIGNMENT AND SUBCONTRACTING
22.1 The Parties shall neither assign nor transfer, in whole or in part, the rights and obligations established herein, without the previous and express authorization of the other Party, except for the set forth in the items 22.2 and 22.3 below.
22.2 The CONTRACTORS can assign or transfer the rights and obligations established herein, in the event of corporate restructuring, spin-off, merger and/or incorporation, upon a written notice to the CONTRACTING PARTIES.
22.3 The CONTRACTING PARTIES shall also be authorized to assign or transfer the rights and obligations specified herein to companies from the same group or in the event of corporate restructuring, spin-off, merger and/or incorporation, upon a simple written notice to the CONTRACTORS.
22.3.1 In the event aforementioned, the CONTRACTING PARTIES, on its behalf or on their successors’ behalf, must perform the payments for the equipments, materials, Software delivered and for the services rendered, as long as the said equipments, materials, Software or services have been accepted or commercially activated by the CONTRACTORS, pursuant to the conditions provided in the clause four hereof and in the AGREEMENT’s payment conditions clause. Additionally, the CONTRACTING PARTIES, in the event aforementioned, commit themselves to inform, in occasional “due diligence” processes, the existence hereof.
22.4 For the purposes of this clause, the expression “AGREEMENT” shall include this Exhibit I, the respective AGREEMENT and its exhibits, as well as any supply approvals, when applicable, generated for the execution of the AGREEMENT.
22.5 The CONTRACTORS can subcontract any of the services provided herein, upon a previous and express authorization of the CONTRACTING PARTIES, provided that the CONTRACTORS are prohibited to allege exemption of liability and obligations regarding the subcontractor party.
22.6 The CONTRACTORS’ liability for services performed by their subcontractors is full, comprising as well the liabilities for general and labor accidents and for the labor, social security and tax charges and duties.
22.7 None of the clauses contained in the agreements between the CONTRACTORS and their subcontractors shall constitute a contractual bond between the CONTRACTING PARTIES and the CONTRACTORS, or between the CONTRACTING PARTIES and the CONTRACTORS’ subcontractors, nor shall they exempt the CONTRACTORS from any obligations with the CONTRACTING PARTIES, provided herein.
22.8 The CONTRACTING PARTIES’ contacts, communications and understandings connected with this AGREEMENT’s subject matter shall always be taken into account between the CONTRACTING PARTIES and the CONTRACTORS, provided that this latter shall be responsible for retransmitting orders and/or instructions to their subcontractors, if necessary.
22.9 Under no circumstances shall the CONTRACTING PARTIES be liable for any obligations assigned to the CONTRACTORS’ subcontractors.
CLAUSE TWENTY THREE – NOTICES
23.1 The notices required to be sent by one part to the other shall be considered as duly delivered if performed in written and delivered in person directly to the Project Manager appointed by the PARTIES or, in his absence, to his deputy.
23.2 Either party can change the addresses to where the notices must be sent informing the other Party in written of the said change of address.
23.3 Provisions designed to impose an implicit acceptance of conditions in case the other party remains in silence shall not be considered as valid. Likewise, no deadlines unilaterally determined by one of the parties shall be accepted, especially concerning requests for technical clarifications. In this case, the Project Managers of the PARTIES shall meet and determine, by mutual agreement, a reasonable deadline for both Parties.
CLAUSE TWENTY-FOUR – RESCISSION
24.1 This AGREEMENT can be rescinded by the CONTRACTING PARTIES, in the following events:
(a) if the CONTRACTORS are late in performing the events identified in the Implementation Schedule attached to the agreement, after reaching the penalty limit of 20% (twenty per cent) of the amount of the AGREEMENT as set forth in the clause ten;
(b) if the CONTRACTORS’ fail to comply with any of the clauses or conditions established herein, subject to the procedure provided in the item 10.1 (ii), for purposes of nonfeasance characterization;
(c) if any of the CONTRACTORS compounds with creditors or initiates a bankruptcy process, has its bankruptcy declared, is judicially declared to be insolvent, or is under corporate changes, including, but not limited to, modifications of its corporate purpose or corporate structure, in such a way that hinders the full and complete performance of this AGREEMENT; and
24.1.1 If the events described in the item 24.1 occur, and for the purpose of rescinding this AGREEMENT, the CONTRACTING PARTIES shall notify the CONTRACTORS indicating the reasons that have led to said rescission.
24.2 Should this AGREEMENT be rescinded, as a result of any of the above events mentioned in the previous item, the CONTRACTORS shall not be entitled to any indemnification, only the payment for the equipments delivered and the services rendered, provided they have been accepted or commercially activated, discounting the amounts related to the withdrawal of occasional holdovers based on the AGREEMENT’s LPU, until the date of the rescission notice. The CONTRACTING PARTIES, however, shall be entitled to withhold the amounts owed to the CONTRACTORTS for settlement of the contractual fine determined in the Clause ten, or as an indemnity for the computed losses and damages, respecting the limit for calculation of losses and damages pursuant to this agreement.
24.3 This AGREEMENT can be rescinded by the CONTRACTORS, in the following events:
(a) if the CONTRACTING PARTIES compounds with creditors or initiates a bankruptcy process or has its bankruptcy declared; and
(b) If the CONTRACTING PARTY is over sixty (60) days late in making any of the payments owed to the CONTRACTORS, in connection with events provedly performed and accepted by the CONTRACTING PARTIES, provided that there are no clauses expressly authorizing the CONTRACTING PARTIES to suspend payment.
24.4 In any event of rescission or termination of this AGREEMENT, the amounts related to the equipments delivered and services rendered until the date of the effective rescission hereof, provided they have been accepted or commercially activated, discounting the amounts related to the withdrawal of occasional holdovers based on the AGREEMENT’s LPU, shall be paid by the CONTRACTING PARTIES under the conditions agreed upon, according to the set forth in the item 24.2 aforementioned.