Communication to us (a) Unless otherwise provided in this agreement, all communication, requests and instructions from you may be personally delivered to us in writing; or sent by registered post, electronic mail or SMS to us in accordance with our prescribed verification procedure prevailing at the time.
(b) We may in good faith and without any liability to you, regard any communication given by you which are referable to you in accordance with our prescribed verification procedure prevailing at that time as authentic and duly authorized and shall be under no obligation to investigate the authenticity or authority of persons sending or purporting to send the communication or to verify the accuracy and completeness thereof. We may, at our discretion, provide for additional security measures or verification procedures, including but not limited to, specific electronic mail and/or SMS confirmatory authorization. The communication given by you to us shall be deemed to be irrevocable and binding on you notwithstanding that they may be given in error, lack clarity or reasonably capable of being misunderstood inaccurate or incomplete. You shall inform us immediately upon your awareness of and/or knowledge of any communication which is unauthorized, given in error, forged, fraudulent, unclear or reasonably capable of being misunderstood, garbled, inaccurate or incomplete and rectify the same promptly.
(c) Unless otherwise provided in this agreement, all communication from you will take effect only after one (1) business day or such other period as determined in our reasonable discretion after the actual receipt by our relevant officers in charge of the subject matter of such communication.
(d) We will not be liable for any loss or damage suffered or incurred by you howsoever or whatsoever arising from or in connection with:
(i) any use of electronic mail or SMS services; or
(ii) any failure to follow prevailing instructions, procedures, form and directions prescribed by us for the provision of any communication to us; or
(iii) any failure to use electronic mail services and/or SMS procedures or forms which are prescribed by us; or
(iv) any failure, suspension, interruption, cessation, delay, disruption, errors, defects or fault in third party equipment, software, hardware, Internet, Internet browsers, online networks, Internet service providers, telecommunication service providers or other service providers, telecommunication, computer or other electronic equipment or system; or
(v) any failure, suspension, interruption, cessation, delay, disruption, errors, defects or fault in the transmission of communication to us or authorizations or acknowledgements from us or any wrongful interception of any communication through any online networks, Internet service providers, telecommunication service providers or other service providers, telecommunication, computer or other electronic equipment or system whether or not owned, operated or maintained by you, us or any other person beyond our reasonable control; or
(vi) any delay or refusal by us, in our reasonable discretion, to execute any communication that may be validly be given by you or authenticated by you including for reasons due to applicable law; or
(vii) any capacity inadequacies, network vulnerabilities, control weaknesses, security shortcomings, malicious attacks and hacking incidents (except in the case of our fraud, gross negligence or wilful default); or
(viii) any corruption or loss of any data or communication stored in any equipment or in the course of transmission thereof through online networks, Internet service providers, telecommunication service providers or other service providers, telecommunication, computer or other electronic equipment or system including any errors generated in the transmission of any communication beyond our reasonable control; or
(ix) our failure to acknowledge any communication sent by you to us; or
(x) your provision of wrong or inaccurate information including your mailing address, electronic mail address or mobile phone number to us or your failure to update us of any change or proposed change in your electronic mail address or mobile phone number; or
(xi) your failure to regularly check for correspondence from us in accordance with clause 14.1.
Provision of the Services The Supplier acknowledges and agrees that the Customer relies on the skill and judgment of the Supplier in the provision of the Services and the performance of its obligations under this Call Off Contract. The Supplier shall ensure that the Services: comply in all respects with the description of the Services in Call Off Schedule 2 ( Services) or elsewhere in this Call Off Contract; and are supplied in accordance with the provisions of this Call Off Contract (including the Call Off Tender) and the Tender. The Supplier shall perform its obligations under this Call Off Contract in accordance with: all applicable Law; Good Industry Practice; the Standards; the Security Policy; the ICT Policy (if so required by the Customer); and the Supplier's own established procedures and practices to the extent the same do not conflict with the requirements of Clauses 7.1.3(a) to 7.1.3(e). The Supplier shall: at all times allocate sufficient resources with the appropriate technical expertise to supply the Deliverables and to provide the Services in accordance with this Call Off Contract; subject to Clause 22.1 (Variation Procedure), obtain, and maintain throughout the duration of this Call Off Contract, all the consents, approvals, licences and permissions (statutory, regulatory contractual or otherwise) it may require and which are necessary for the provision of the Services; ensure that any services recommended or otherwise specified by the Supplier for use by the Customer in conjunction with the Deliverables and/or the Services shall enable the Deliverables and/or the Services to meet the requirements of the Customer; ensure that the Supplier Assets will be free of all encumbrances (except as agreed in writing with the Customer); ensure that the Services are fully compatible with any Customer Property or Customer Assets described in Call Off Schedule 4 (Implementation Plan) (or elsewhere in this Call Off Contract) or otherwise used by the Supplier in connection with this Call Off Contract; minimise any disruption to the Sites and/or the Customer's operations when providing the Services; ensure that any Documentation and training provided by the Supplier to the Customer are comprehensive, accurate and prepared in accordance with Good Industry Practice; co-operate with the Other Suppliers and provide reasonable information (including any Documentation), advice and assistance in connection with the Services to any Other Supplier and, on the Call Off Expiry Date for any reason, to enable the timely transition of the supply of the Services (or any of them) to the Customer and/or to any Replacement Supplier; assign to the Customer, or if it is unable to do so, shall (to the extent it is legally able to do so) hold on trust for the sole benefit of the Customer, all warranties and indemnities provided by third parties or any Sub-Contractor in respect of any Deliverables and/or the Services. Where any such warranties are held on trust, the Supplier shall enforce such warranties in accordance with any reasonable directions that the Customer may notify from time to time to the Supplier; provide the Customer with such assistance as the Customer may reasonably require during the Call Off Contract Period in respect of the supply of the Services; deliver the Services in a proportionate and efficient manner; ensure that neither it, nor any of its Affiliates, embarrasses the Customer or otherwise brings the Customer into disrepute by engaging in any act or omission which is reasonably likely to diminish the trust that the public places in the Customer, regardless of whether or not such act or omission is related to the Supplier’s obligations under this Call Off Contract; and gather, collate and provide such information and co-operation as the Customer may reasonably request for the purposes of ascertaining the Supplier’s compliance with its obligations under this Call Off Contract. An obligation on the Supplier to do, or to refrain from doing, any act or thing shall include an obligation upon the Supplier to procure that all Sub-Contractors and Supplier Personnel also do, or refrain from doing, such act or thing. This Clause 8 shall apply if any Services have been included in Annex 1 of Call Off Schedule 2 (Services).
