Examples of Excused Performance in a sentence
Excused Performance: No party shall be liable for failure to perform or delay in performing all or any part of its obligations under this Agreement (other than payment obligations) to the extent that they are unable to perform directly or indirectly due to any cause or circumstance beyond the reasonable control of such party, including without limitation an act of war, war, terrorism, strike or other labor dispute, an act of God, fire, flood, storms, earthquake, or similar event (“Force Majeure”).
If either party refuses, fails or is unable to perform or observe any of the terms or conditions of this Agreement for any reason other than for Excused Performance as set forth in this Agreement, the party claiming such deficiency shall provide the breaching party written notice of any such breach.
If Concessionaire and Contractor are unable in good faith to agree that an Excused Performance Event has occurred, either Party may submit the dispute to dispute resolution under Article 19; provided, however, that the burden of proof as to whether an Excused Performance Event has occurred and whether the Excused Performance Event excuses the Party from performance under Section 11.1 shall be upon the Party claiming such Excused Performance Event.
For the avoidance of doubt, failure of VITA, Customers, or third-party contractors of VITA or Customers to perform tasks, actions and responsibilities expressly assigned to it under this Agreement and upon which an obligation or responsibility of Supplier is dependent shall not be deemed a contractual breach for which remedy, other than the relief provided in this Section 1.13 (Supplier Excused Performance) is available.
It is also understood that Contractor shall take all reasonable actions necessary to mitigate the effects of such Excused Performance Events to the extent practical.
Any remedy provided in this Exhibit 2 for Contractor’s failure to achieve a Service Level, including Service Level credits, shall be the State’s sole and exclusive remedy for such failure and shall be further subject to the provisions, limitation and exclusions set forth in Section 8 (Service Level Credit Methodology), Section 8a (At Risk Amount), and Section 8b (Excused Performance) of this Exhibit 2.
The Supplier acknowledges and agrees that the circumstances described in this Section 1.13 (Supplier Excused Performance), together with Section 21.3 (Force Majeure), are the only circumstances in which its failure to perform its obligations under this Agreement shall be excused and that Supplier shall not assert any other act or omission of VITA or other Customer as excusing any such failure on Supplier’s part.
If Contractor desires to initiate a Scope Change because of an Excused Performance Event or otherwise, Contractor shall, within seven (7) Business Days after first becoming aware (or should have been aware, using all reasonable due diligence) that a Scope Change may be necessary, provide notice thereof to Concessionaire.
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Notwithstanding the cause of any Excused Performance, the Contractor shall use all reasonable endeavours and take all reasonable steps within its control to mitigate the impact to the Authority of any Services failing to achieve the Service Levels.