Commonwealth Access Sample Clauses
Commonwealth Access. At the Commonwealth’s request (acting reasonably), the Supplier must permit the Commonwealth and its nominees timely and sufficient access to the Supplier’s premises, records or accounts relevant to the Contract to:
a. undertake quality audits and quality surveillance (as defined in AS/NZ ISO 9000 current at the date the Purchase Order is issued) of the Supplier’s quality system and/or the production processes related to the Supplies; and
b. monitor the Supplier’s work health and safety and environmental compliance in connection with the provision of the Supplies. In addition, if the value of the Contract (by itself or cumulatively with previous changes to the Contract) is equal to or greater than A$100,000, the Supplier must permit the Commonwealth and its nominees timely and sufficient access to the Supplier’s premises, records or accounts relevant to the Contract to conduct audits under the Auditor-General Act 1997. The Commonwealth and its nominees may copy any records or accounts relevant to the Contract and retain or use these records and accounts for the purposes of this clause.
Commonwealth Access. 10.6.1 During the performance of the Contract, the Contractor shall permit the Defence Project Manager, or any person authorised by the Defence Project Manager, access to its premises and access to any of its records or accounts in connection with performance of work under the Contract during normal business hours provided that seven (7) calendar days prior notice has been given. The Commonwealth may copy such records or accounts for the purposes of the Contract.
10.6.2 Without limiting the generality of clause 10.6.1, the purposes for which the Defence Project Manager may require access include: inspecting GFM, conducting or checking stocktakes of GFM, or removing GFM that is no longer required for the performance of the Contract; investigating the reasonableness of proposed prices or costs in any Contract Change Proposal submitted in accordance with clause 10.1; determining whether and to what extent steps should be taken to register or otherwise protect Commonwealth IP; and conducting Audits under the Auditor-General ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇.
10.6.3 The Contractor shall ensure that the provisions of subcontracts provide the Defence Project Manager with similar access to Subcontractors’ premises, and to records and accounts in connection with the Subcontractor’s performance of work under the Subcontract, including the right to copy.
10.6.4 The Commonwealth shall comply with, and shall require any delegate or person authorised by the Defence Project Manager to comply with, any reasonable Contractor or Subcontractor safety and security requirements or codes of behaviour for their premises.