Common use of PROMOTING TAX COMPLIANCE Clause in Contracts

PROMOTING TAX COMPLIANCE. If, at any point during the Call Off Contract Period, an Occasion of Tax Non-Compliance occurs, the Supplier shall: notify the Customer in writing of such fact within five (5) Working Days of its occurrence; and promptly provide to the Customer: details of the steps that the Supplier is taking to address the Occasion of Tax Non-Compliance and to prevent the same from recurring, together with any mitigating factors that it considers relevant; and such other information in relation to the Occasion of Tax Non-Compliance as the Customer may reasonably require. BENCHMARKING Notwithstanding the Supplier’s obligations under Clause 17 (Continuous Improvement), the Customer shall be entitled to regularly benchmark the Call Off Contract Charges and level of performance by the Supplier of the supply of the Goods and/or Services, against other suppliers providing services substantially the same as the Goods and/or Services during the Call Off Contract Period. The Customer, acting reasonably, shall be entitled to use any model to determine the achievement of value for money and to carry out the benchmarking evaluation referred to in Clause 24.1 above. The Customer shall be entitled to disclose the results of any benchmarking of the Call Off Contract Charges and provision of the Goods and/or Services to the Authority and any Contracting Body (subject to the Contracting Body entering into reasonable confidentiality undertakings). The Supplier shall use all reasonable endeavours and act in good faith to supply information required by the Customer in order to undertake the benchmarking and such information requirements shall be at the discretion of the Customer. Where, as a consequence of any benchmarking carried out by the Customer, the Customer decides improvements to the Goods and/or Services should be implemented such improvements shall be implemented by way of the Variation Procedure at no additional cost to the Customer. The benefit of any work carried out by the Supplier at any time during the Call Off Contract Period to update, improve or provide the Goods and/or Services, facilitate their delivery to any other Contracting Body and/or any alterations or variations to the Charges or the provision of the Goods and/or Services, which are identified in the Continuous Improvement Plan produced by the Supplier and/or as a consequence of any benchmarking carried out by the Authority pursuant to Framework Schedule 12 (Continuous Improvement and Benchmarking), shall be implemented by the Supplier in accordance with the Variation Procedure and at no additional cost to the Customer.

PROMOTING TAX COMPLIANCE. This Clause 24 shall apply if the Call Off Contract Charges payable under this Call Off Contract exceed or are likely to exceed five (5) million pounds during the Call Off Contract Period. If, at any point during the Call Off Contract Period, an Occasion of Tax Non-Compliance occurs, the Supplier Service Provider shall: notify the Customer in writing of such fact within five (5) Working Days of its occurrence; and promptly provide to the Customer: details of the steps that the Supplier Service Provider is taking to address the Occasion of Tax Non-Compliance and to prevent the same from recurring, together with any mitigating factors that it considers relevant; and such other information in relation to the Occasion of Tax Non-Compliance as the Customer may reasonably require. In the event that the Service Provider fails to comply with this Clause 24 and/or does not provide details of proposed mitigating factors which in the reasonable opinion of the Customer are acceptable, then the Customer reserves the right to terminate this Call Off Contract for material Default. BENCHMARKING Notwithstanding the SupplierService Provider’s obligations under Clause 17 18 (Continuous Improvement), the Customer shall be entitled to regularly benchmark the Call Off Contract Charges and level of performance by the Supplier Service Provider of the supply of the Goods and/or Services, against other suppliers Service Providers providing services Services substantially the same as the Goods and/or Services during the Call Off Contract Period. The Customer, acting reasonably, shall be entitled to use any model to determine the achievement of value for money and to carry out the benchmarking evaluation referred to in Clause 24.1 25.1 above. The Customer shall be entitled to disclose the results of any benchmarking of the Call Off Contract Charges and provision of the Goods and/or Services to the Authority and any Contracting Body Authority (subject to the Contracting Body Authority entering into reasonable confidentiality undertakings). The Supplier Service Provider shall use all reasonable endeavours and act in good faith to supply information required by the Customer in order to undertake the benchmarking and such information requirements shall be at the discretion of the Customer. Where, as a consequence of any benchmarking carried out by the Customer, the Customer decides improvements to the Goods and/or Services should be implemented such improvements shall be implemented by way of the Variation Procedure at no additional cost to the Customer. The benefit of any work carried out by the Supplier Service Provider at any time during the Call Off Contract Period to update, improve or provide the Goods and/or Services, facilitate their delivery to any other Contracting Body Authority and/or any alterations or variations to the Charges or the provision of the Goods and/or Services, which are identified in the Continuous Improvement Plan produced by the Supplier Service Provider and/or as a consequence of any benchmarking carried out by the Authority pursuant to Framework Schedule 12 (Continuous Improvement Improvement, Benchmarking and BenchmarkingGains Share), shall be implemented by the Supplier Service Provider in accordance with the Variation Procedure and at no additional cost to the Customer.

PROMOTING TAX COMPLIANCE. If, at any point during the Call Off Contract Period, an Occasion of Tax Non-Compliance occurs, the Supplier shall: notify the Customer Authority in writing of such fact within five (5) Working Days of its occurrence; and promptly provide to the CustomerAuthority: details of the steps that the Supplier is taking to address the Occasion of Tax Non-Compliance and to prevent the same from recurringCompliance, together with any mitigating factors that it considers relevant; and such other information in relation to the Occasion of Tax Non-Compliance as the Customer Authority may reasonably reasonable require. BENCHMARKING Notwithstanding the Supplier’s FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT AND CALL OFF AGREEMENT PERFORMANCE The Supplier shall perform all its obligations under Clause 17 (Continuous Improvementall Call Off Agreements entered into with the Authority or any Other Contracting Body: in accordance with the requirements of this Framework Agreement; in accordance with the terms and conditions of the respective Call Off Agreements; in accordance with Good Industry Practice; with accordance with all applicable Standards; and in compliance with all applicable Laws. The Supplier shall draw any conflict between any of the requirements of Clauses 11.1(a), 11.1(b), 11.1(c), 11.1(d) and 11.1(e) to the Customer attention of the Authority and shall comply with the Authority's decision on the resolution of that conflict. Without prejudice to any other rights or remedies arising under this Framework Agreement if the Supplier fails to achieve a KPI Target on two or more occasions within any three (3) Month rolling period, the Supplier acknowledges and agrees that the Authority shall have the right to exercise (in its absolute and sole discretion) all or any of the following remedial actions: The Authority shall be entitled to regularly benchmark require the Call Off Contract Charges Supplier, and level the Supplier agrees to prepare and provide to the Authority, an improvement plan within ten (10) Working Days of performance a written request by the Authority for such improvement plan. Such improvement plan shall be subject to Approval and the Supplier of the supply of the Goods and/or Serviceswill be required to implement any Approved improvement plan, against other suppliers providing services substantially the same as the Goods and/or Services during the Call Off Contract Periodsoon as reasonably practicable. The Customer, acting reasonably, Authority shall be entitled to use any model require the Supplier, and the Supplier agrees to determine attend, within a reasonable time one (1) or more meetings at the achievement request of value for money and the Authority in order to carry out resolve the benchmarking evaluation referred issues raised by the Authority in its notice to in Clause 24.1 abovethe Supplier requesting such meetings. The Customer Authority shall be entitled to disclose serve an improvement notice on the results of any benchmarking Supplier and the Supplier shall implement such requirements for improvement as set out in the improvement notice. In the event that the Authority has, in its absolute and sole discretion, invoked one or more of the Call Off Contract Charges remedies set out above and provision of the Goods Supplier either: fails to implement such requirements for improvement as set out in the improvement notice; and/or Services fails to the Authority and any Contracting Body (subject to the Contracting Body entering into reasonable confidentiality undertakings). The Supplier shall use all reasonable endeavours and act in good faith to supply information required implement an improvement plan Approved by the Customer in order to undertake the benchmarking and such information requirements shall be at the discretion of the Customer. Where, as a consequence of any benchmarking carried out by the Customer, the Customer decides improvements to the Goods and/or Services should be implemented such improvements shall be implemented by way of the Variation Procedure at no additional cost to the Customer. The benefit of any work carried out by the Supplier at any time during the Call Off Contract Period to update, improve or provide the Goods and/or Services, facilitate their delivery Authority; then (without prejudice to any other Contracting Body and/or any alterations or variations to the Charges or the provision rights and remedies of the Goods and/or Services, which are identified termination provided for in the Continuous Improvement Plan produced by the Supplier and/or as a consequence of any benchmarking carried out by Framework Agreement), the Authority pursuant to Framework Schedule 12 (Continuous Improvement and Benchmarking), shall be implemented by the Supplier in accordance with the Variation Procedure and at no additional cost entitled to the Customerterminate this Framework Agreement.

PROMOTING TAX COMPLIANCE. If, at any point during the Call Off Contract Period, an Occasion of Tax Non-Compliance occurs, the Supplier shall: notify the Customer in writing of such fact within five (5) Working Days of its occurrence; and promptly provide to the Customer: details of the steps that the Supplier is taking to address the Occasion of Tax Non-Compliance and to prevent the same from recurring, together with any mitigating factors that it considers relevant; and such other information in relation to the Occasion of Tax Non-Compliance as the Customer may reasonably require. BENCHMARKING Notwithstanding the Supplier’s obligations under Clause 17 17. (Continuous Improvement), the Customer shall be entitled to regularly benchmark the Call Off Contract Charges and level of performance by the Supplier of the supply of the Goods and/or Services, against other suppliers providing services substantially the same as the Goods and/or Services during the Call Off Contract Period. The Customer, acting reasonably, shall be entitled to use any model to determine the achievement of value for money and to carry out the benchmarking evaluation referred to in Clause 24.1 above. The Customer shall be entitled to disclose the results of any benchmarking of the Call Off Contract Charges and provision of the Goods and/or Services to the Authority and any Contracting Body (subject to the Contracting Body entering into reasonable confidentiality undertakings). The Supplier shall use all reasonable endeavours and act in good faith to supply information required by the Customer in order to undertake the benchmarking and such information requirements shall be at the discretion of the Customer. Where, as a consequence of any benchmarking carried out by the Customer, the Customer decides improvements to the Goods and/or Services should be implemented such improvements shall be implemented by way of the Variation Procedure at no additional cost to the Customer. The benefit of any work carried out by the Supplier at any time during the Call Off Contract Period to update, improve or provide the Goods and/or Services, facilitate their delivery to any other Contracting Body and/or any alterations or variations to the Charges or the provision of the Goods and/or Services, which are identified in the Continuous Improvement Plan produced by the Supplier and/or as a consequence of any benchmarking carried out by the Authority pursuant to Framework Schedule 12 (Continuous Improvement and Benchmarking), shall be implemented by the Supplier in accordance with the Variation Procedure and at no additional cost to the Customer.