Common use of Commonwealth Access Clause in Contracts

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. 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-Auditor- General Act 19971997 (Cth). 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.