Table of Contents
Exhibit
4(i)
AGREEMENT
FOR
SUPPLY
AND RENDERING OF SERVICES
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AGREEMENT
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1 - DEFINITIONS
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2 – SUBJECT-MATTER
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3 – PROJECT AND LOCAL CONDITIONS
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4 - CHANGES
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5 – GOVERNING LAW
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6 – DOCUMENTS INCLUDED
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7 - PRICE
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8 – PAYMENT TERMS
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9 – TAXES AND SOCIAL SECURITY CONTRIBUTIONS
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10 - DEADLINE
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11 – OBLIGATIONS OF THE CONTRACTED PARTIES
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12 – OBLIGATIONS OF THE CONTRACTING PARTY
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13 – INSPECTION OF PERFORMANCE OF THE
AGREEMENT
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14 – PERFORMANCE TESTS AND ACCEPTANCE OF THE
SERVICES
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15 – TRAINING AND ASSISTED OPERATION
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16- OPTIMIZATION
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17 - PENALTIES
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18 - RESPONSIBILITIES
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19 – FORTUITOUS EVENTS AND FORCE MAJEURE
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20 - WARRANTY
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21 – SOFTWARE LICENSES AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
RIGHTS
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22 - CONFIDENTIALITY
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23 – TITLE AND RISK OF LOSS
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24 - INSURANCE
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25 – PERFORMANCE BOND FOR OBLIGATIONS
UNDERTAKEN
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26 – EQUIPAMENT AND SOFTWARE
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27 – PLANS, PROJECTS AND TECHNICAL
SPECIFICATIONS
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28 – DECLARATIONS OF THE PARTIES
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29 – WAIVER OF RIGHTS
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30 – ASSIGNMENT AND SUBCONTRACTING
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31 - NOTICES
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32 - RESCISSION
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33 – ADDENDUM TO THE CORE SUPPLY AGREEMENT
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34 – COURT AND GOVERNING LAW
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AGREEMENT
FOR SUPPLY AND RENDERING OF SERVICES
By
this private agreement, on one hand:
TELEMIG
CELULAR S.A., federal tax roll number CNPJ/MF 02.320.739/0001 -06,
headquartered at Rua Levindo Lopes, 258, 8º andar,
Funcionários, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil, represented herein
by the undersigned proxies, hereinafter referred to simply as
CONTRACTING PARTY ; and on the other hand,
ERICSSON
TELECOMUNICAÇÕES S.A, federal tax roll number CNPJ/MF
33.067.745/0001 -27, headquartered at Rua Maria Prestes Maia, 300,
parte, Vila Guilherme, São Paulo, SP, Brazil, represented
herein by its undersigned legal representatives, hereinafter
referred to simply as ERICSSON; and ERICSSON SERVIÇOS DE
TELECOMUNICAÇÕES LTDA., federal tax roll number CNPJ/MF
03.619.317/0001 -07, headquartered at Rua Maria Prestes Maia, 300,
parte, Vila Guilherme, São Paulo, SP, Brazil, represented
herein by its undersigned legal representatives, hereinafter
referred to simply as ERICSSON SERVIÇOS, and jointly with
ERICSSON, hereinafter referred to simply as CONTRACTED
PARTIES ;
WHEREAS
- The CONTRACTING PARTY is a company that provides mobile
telephone services in Brazil;
- The CONTRACTED PARTIES are companies that supply
materials, equipment and services for mobile telecommunication
networks, with broad operations and experience in this field, and
that they agree to joint liability responsibility for prompt and
full compliance with all obligations established herein;
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The CONTRACTING PARTY requested from its suppliers proposals
for implementation of a telecommunications network, by means of the
“Request for Proposal” RFP no. CEL001-03, dated January
7, 2003, and a new “Request for Proposal” dated
November 19, 2003. Given the several amendments undergone by said
document and with a view to avoiding any future discussion on the
rights and obligations of the parties, the CONTRACTING PARTY
delivered to its suppliers, on May 25, 2004, a revised and
consolidated “Request for Proposal” consolidating all
the information on the scope and extent of the rights, obligations
and responsibilities of the parties (CONSOLIDATED RFP) (Attachment
1);
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The CONTRACTED PARTIES supplied, on July 16, 2004, based on
the CONSOLIDATED RFP, a Proposal for the execution of services, for
a fixed lump sum, subject to item 7.5 (“PROPOSAL)
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(Attachment lI);
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as provided by the Supply and Rendering of Services Agreement
signed on July 10, 2004, hereinafter referred to simply as
“CORE Supply Agreement”, the CONTRACTED PARTIES
were hired by the CONTRACTING PARTY , together with
Amazônia Celular S.A., a company that is part of the same
economic group to which the CONTRACTING PARTY belongs, to
supply on a “turn-key lump sum” basis all the new
equipment, computer programs, services and new material that make
up the CORE of the GSM System (“CORE”), as shown in
detail in the CONSOLIDATED RFP (Attachment I);
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The CONTRACTED PARTIES agree and acknowledge that the
suppliance that is the subject-matter of this AGREEMENT and the
suppliance that is the subject of the CORE Supply Agreement are an
integral part of the overall suppliance of a Telecommunications
Network by the CONTRACTED PARTIES to the CONTRACTING
PARTY , as detailed in the CONSOLIDATED RFP (Attachment I) and
that, consequently, timely and correct fulfillment of all the
obligations of the CONTRACTED PARTIES pursuant to each of
the aforementioned agreements fundamental for the overall
suppliance of the aforementioned Telecommunications Network,
neither PARTY being excused, under any circumstances, from
performing its obligations as described in the other
agreements;
The
PARTIES hereby agree to enter into this Supply and Rendering of
Services Agreement (AGREEMENT), which shall be governed by the
applicable regulations and by the following clauses and
conditions:
CLAUSE
1 - DEFINITIONS
1.1
The definitions employed in this AGREEMENT are those included in
the CONSOLIDATED RFP (Attachment I), in governing laws (as defined
in Clause 5), and those identified in Attachment III
(“DEFINITIONS”). In the case of any disagreements as to
the meaning of the definitions herein, the definitions established
in the governing laws shall prevail.
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2 – SUBJECT-MATTER
2.1
The subject-matter of this AGREEMENT is the suppliance and
implementation, by the CONTRACTED PARTIES , to the
CONTRACTING PARTY , on a “turn-key lump sum”
basis (i.e., a complete job for a single lump sum), of all the new
equipment, computer programs, services and new material that make
up GSM System ACCESS ("ACCESS"), as described in detail in the
CONSOLIDATED RFP (Attachment I) and in the PROPOSAL (Attachment
II), including the rendering of installation services and
integration of ACCESS to the other Network Elements that make up
the CONTRACTING PARTY ’s Telecommunications Network,
as established in the CONSOLIDATED RFP, as well as training,
assisted operation and optimization services, as described in
detail herein.
2.2.
The CONTRACTED PARTIES hereby irrevocably and irreversibly
undertake joint liability for the
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timely and proper compliance with all the obligations indistinctly
ascribed to the CONTRACTED PARTIES by this
AGREEMENT.
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3 – PROJECT AND LOCAL CONDITIONS
3.1
The CONTRACTED PARTIES expressly declare, for all purposes,
that they are fully aware of the Basic Assumptions supplied by the
CONTRACTING PARTY regarding the subject-matter of this
Agreement, the places where the services shall be rendered, the
adjoining areas, access roads, soil and all the other factors and
conditions that may influence cost and time required for carrying
out the services described herein, and that they themselves shall
be responsible for undertaking all the complementary investigations
that they may deem necessary.
3.2
The preparation of the Executive Project is under the total and
exclusive responsibility of the CONTRACTED PARTIES , which
must use as a basis all the assumptions they regard as necessary
for its preparation. Should the CONTRACTING PARTY have
prepared the Executive Project, the CONTRACTED PARTIES shall
undertake to review it and to make the required changes in it, as
necessary, being responsible for the project totally and
exclusively. Under both hypotheses, the corresponding cost, whether
of preparation or of reviewing the Executive Project, has been
budgeted and taken into account in the price established in item
7.2 herein.
3.3
Pursuant to the provisions of items 3.1 and 3.2, the CONTRACTED
PARTIES shall have no right to any complaint, indemnification,
claim for additional payment, or claim regarding the
characterization of extraordinary service, including for the
purpose of justifying delays or extensions of the deadlines agreed
upon in the agreement, due to alleged project errors, resulting
from difficulties or hindrances of any nature, concerning the
conditions that prevail at the place where the services are to be
rendered, notably the geologic, climactic or environmental
conditions, and concerning the conditions set forth in the
documents of the AGREEMENT.
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4 - CHANGES
4.1
The CONTRACTING PARTY may determine, in writing, changes
affecting the basic assumptions supplied. Should the CONTRACTED
PARTIES find out that the project changes determined by the
CONTRACTING PARTY shall increase the AGREEMENT’s lump
sum Value, or adversely affect the capacity of the CONTRACTED
PARTIES to meet scheduled deadlines, the PARTIES shall
negotiate, in good faith, an adjustment of the AGREEMENT’s
lump sum and/or of the scheduled deadlines, so as to reflect the
changes fairly. Possible changes in scheduled deadlines shall only
be negotiated in connection with possible increases.
4.1.1
The PARTIES hereby agree that, should changes occur to Basic
Assumptions resulting in an increase or reduction of up to
twenty-two percent (22%) in the number of Sites and/or Capacity, as
determined in Attachment III, regarding the number of Sites and
Capacity stipulated by the CONTRACTED PARTIES in the
Executive Project, the average prices per Site (which
include
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infrastructure, hardware, software, features, connected services,
etc.) and that make up the Agreement’s Lump sum submitted as
part of the PROPOSAL (Attachment II) shall be
maintained.
4.1.2
Should the Basic Assumption suffer any changes representing a
reduction in the number of Sites, the CONTRACTING PARTY
shall communicate said reduction to the CONTRACTED PARTIES
within, at most, three (3) weeks as from the date on which the
agreement is signed.
4.2.
The CONTRACTED PARTIES may suggest changes regarding the
Basic Assumptions that were supplied by the CONTRACTING
PARTY , provided that these: (i) do not adversely affect the
minimum conditions established in the CONSOLIDATED RFP; (ii) do not
reduce ACCESS reliability, capacity, performance, quality and
useful life; (iii) neither increase the value of the AGREEMENT nor
generate any additional costs for the CONTRACTING PARTY ;
(iv) do not cause the key dates described in the time schedule to
be delayed; (v) do not impair the Guarantees obtained and/or
Insurance Policies taken out; and (vi) do not affect the
CONTRACTING PARTY ’s Payment Schedule. The suggested
changes may only be implemented once they have been discussed with
and authorized by the CONTRACTING PARTY .
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5 – GOVERNING LAW
5.1
In the execution and interpretation of this AGREEMENT, all the
regulations that govern the Personal Mobile Service, whether they
be laws, decrees, administrative acts, instructions, or
resolutions, among others, shall be taken into account, complied
with and applied by the CONTRACTED PARTIES , regardless of
whether or not any reference is made to them herein and/or in the
documents attached to this AGREEMENT.
5.2
Without prejudice to compliance with and fulfillment of the other
rules issued by the National Telecommunications Agency –
ANATEL ( Agência Nacional de Telecomunicações
), any unit of certified products that may come to be supplied by
the CONTRACTED PARTIES to the CONTRACTING PARTY shall
carry an identification plate in a visible spot, with the name of
the manufacturer and the address of the supplier in this country.
All certified products that use radioelectric frequency, in
addition to the above requirement, shall bear the following
message: “This product can only go into operation once its
operating license, issued by the appropriate technical body of the
Ministry of Communications, has been obtained.”
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6 – DOCUMENTS INCLUDED
6.1
For all legal purposes and effects, this AGREEMENT comprises the
documents listed below, as if they were transcribed herein. These
documents hereinafter shall be referred to as Included
Documents.
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Attachment
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CONSOLIDATED
RFP
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Attachment
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PROPOSAL
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Attachment
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DEFINITIONS
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Attachment
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LIST
OF UNIT PRICES (“LUP”)
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Attachment
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ENDER
USER STATEMENT
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6.2
Should there be any discrepancy between this AGREEMENT and the
documents that it comprises, the following order of prevalence
shall apply, its being hereby established that the requirements of
the CONSOLIDATED RFP explicitly mentioned in the PROPOSAL as not
having been fulfilled or having been carried out differently from
the specifications described in the CONSOLIDATED RFP shall prevail
over the CONSOLIDATED RFP.
(a)
AGREEMENT
(b)
CONSOLIDATED RFP (Attachment I)
(c)
PROPOSAL (Attachment II)
(d)
DEFINITIONS (Attachment III)
(e)
LIST OF UNIT PRICES (“LUP”) (Attachment IV)
(f)
END USER STATEMENT
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7 - PRICE
7.1
The system for executing the job that is the subject-matter of this
AGREEMENT is the “turn-key lump sum” system.
7.2
The lump sum for supplying and implementing ACCESS shall be the sum
of: (i) one hundred and twenty-six million, nine hundred and
seventeen thousand, six hundred and eighty-three reais and
ninety-nine cents (R$126,917,683.99), which amount shall be fixed
and not adjustable, referring to local materials, equipment and
services, and of: (ii) nineteen million, two hundred and
ninety-eight thousand, seven hundred and eighty-three reais and
seventy-nine cents (R$19,298,783.79), which amount refers to
equipment, materials and software to be imported from abroad,
worth, in foreign currency, on the date on which this agreement was
signed, six million two hundred and twenty-one thousand, four
hundred U.S. dollars and thirty-two cents (US$ 6,221,400.32)
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7.2.1
The price of the equipment, materials and software programs that
shall be imported, as provided for under item 7.2 above, shall be
adjusted in the case of fluctuation between the US dollar
exchange
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rate and the day preceding invoicing, as published in SISBACEN PTAX
800 Option 5, exceeds five per cent (5%). For the purposes of
measuring this fluctuation, the U.S. dollar exchange rate to be
taken into account is three point one zero two zero reais to the
dollar (R$3.1020/USD) .
7.2.2
The price stated above includes, in addition to the CONTRACTED
PARTIES ’ profit, all direct costs (materials, labor,
administration, social charges, labor charges and taxes, among
others) and indirect costs (charges, insurance, taxes, customs
duties and expenses, operational transport expenses, the transport
of materials, products and people and their respective insurance,
packaging, bed and board, air fares, bus fares, local travel,
equipment, tools, and consumable goods, among others) incurred or
to be incurred by the CONTRACTED PARTIES in order to supply
and implement ACCESS, its being inadmissible, under any
circumstances and regardless of the reason, that any additional
amounts be charged by the CONTRACTED PARTIES , given that
they are being hired for a lump sum.
7.2.3
The PARTIES acknowledge that the direct or indirect costs described
above may undergo some fluctuation after this AGREEMENT has been
signed and while it is being performed, due to foreseeable events
such as inflation, fluctuation of the price of raw materials, the
need to substitute materials or use of alternative means of
production, project adjustments (provided that no changes are made
to the Basic Assumptions supplied by the CONTRACTING PARTY
), or changes in taxation, among others, the CONTRACTED
PARTIES undertaking to bear the risk for these fluctuations and
the ensuing added costs, this being an essential prerequisite for
this AGREEMENT to be entered into. So that no doubts may arise as
to the foreseeability of certain events, the following are hereby
classified as foreseeable, in addition to the aforementioned
items:
(i)
strikes of the CONTRACTED PARTIES ’ personnel or of
companies subcontracted by them;
(ii)
acts of God and meteorological phenomena typical of the time or
place where the services are being rendered, such as landslides,
storms, and flooding, among others;
(iii)
delays in the obtainment of licenses or permits of any nature that
may be required for executing the services; and
(iv)
delays in the importation of equipment and customs
clearance.
7.3
The proposed lump sum price takes into account all of the
activities (direct, indirect, accessory, alternative, and
complementary, among others) required to supply and implement
ACCESS, pursuant to the CONSOLIDATED RFP and the PROPOSAL,
regardless of whether these activities are expressly listed herein.
Only if the CONTRACTING PARTY requests, in writing, changes
to the Basic Assumptions, as per clause 4, or in the case of new
contractual agreements, shall the CONTRACTED PARTIES be
entitled to the respective adjustment of prices and
deadlines.
7.4
In the case of new contractual agreements related to the scope
established in the CONSOLIDATED RFP (Attachment I), the parties
shall comply with the pricing listed on the List of
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Unit Prices (“LUP”) (Attachment IV), as well as with
the same commercial terms agreed upon herein. The CONTRACTED
PARTIES guarantee that, for a four (4) year period of time as
from the signing of this AGREEMENT, the prices listed in the LUP
shall be maintained as the maximum pricing values to be charged
from the CONTRACTING PARTY for supplying new goods and
services, excluding the rights to adjustment described in the items
below. Should the CONTRACTED PARTIES refuse to comply with
the maximum amounts agreed upon, the CONTRACTING PARTY shall
be entitled to judicially request from the CONTRACTED
PARTIES payment equal to twice the amount expended in excess,
this AGREEMENT serving, together with the invoice, as the
extrajudicial document valid for commencing an execution
process.
7.5
The base date for the unit prices shown on the LUP is the date on
which this AGREEMENT shall be signed.
7.5.1
The relative price of the materials, equipment (HWL) and domestic
services (SERVL) and a portion equal to forty per cent (40%) of the
materials and equipment that have imported raw materials or input
(HWL/I), expressed in the LUP in domestic currency (R$), for the
purposes of the provisions described in item 7.4 above, shall be
adjusted after one-year periods, the adjusted amount being valid
for the one-year period subsequent to adjustment, by applying the
following formula:
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=
0.90 X (I 1 - I 0 ) / I
0
Where:
I= Sought adjustment index.
I
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Initial index concerning the cost index corresponding to the date
on which this AGREEMENT shall be signed.
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Same index concerning the month immediately prior to the foreseen
adjustment month, i.e., the 12 th , 24 th ,
and 36 th months after the month on which this AGREEMENT
shall be signed, and so forth.
(i)
The adjustment established in this item shall only apply to
payments of amounts that concern new purchases made as from the
first day immediately following the end of the twelfth (12
th ) month after the signing of this
AGREEMENT.
(ii)
The index to be adopted shall be the Economic Index / IGP- DI
(General Price Index - Internal Availability), column 2, published
by the Conjuntura Econômica magazine of
Fundação Getúlio Vargas or, in its absence, any
similar index that may come to replace it.
(iii)
The coefficient calculated through the adjustment formula shall be
worked out up to the third decimal, the other ones being
disregarded.
(iv)
Should the law come to allow a reduction in the frequency of
adjustment, the PARTIES may negotiate a new adjustment period, to
be considered for the purposes of this AGREEMENT.
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7.5.2 The price in reais of the materials, equipment, and software
expressed in the LUP in foreign currency (U.S. dollars –
USD), for the purposes of what has been described in item 7.4
above, shall be calculated using the USD exchange rate of three
point zero two zero reais per dollar (R$3.1020/USD); this shall be
adjusted when the difference between the USD exchange rate and the
rate on the day immediately preceding invoicing, as published by
SISBACEN PTAX 800 Option 5, is greater than five per cent
(5%).
7.5.3
The price in reais of the portion equal to sixty per cent (60%) of
the national equipment and materials that contain some imported raw
materials or input (HWIJI), for the purposes of what has been
described in item 7.4 above, shall be adjusted for new purchases
only when the difference between the USD exchange rate and the rate
on the day immediately preceding actual purchase, as published by
SISBACEN PTAX 800 Option 5, is greater than five per cent (5%). For
the purpose of assessing this difference, the USD exchange rate to
be taken into account is three point zero two zero reais per dollar
(R$ 3.1020/USD);
7.6
The total value of this AGREEMENT, for the purpose of what has been
described in Clauses 17 and 18, shall be equal to the sum of the
amounts in reais calculated in item 7.2 (i) and (ii).
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8 – PAYMENT TERMS
8.1
Payments shall only be made once the CONTRACTING PARTY has
accepted that the events to which they refer have indeed occurred,
according to the following Timetable and subsequent
items:
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Physical
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Value
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Signing
AGREEMENT.
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Twenty
per cent (20%) of the AGREEMENT’s total value, as per item
7.6.
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Delivery
of all of the equipment, materials and software by Site, as defined
in Attachment III.
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Thirty
per cent (30%) of the AGREEMENT’s total value, as per item
7.6, to be paid on a prorated basis, by Site, taking into account
the table included in item 8.1.1.
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Issuance
of the Statement of Initial Acceptance of the System that is the
subject-matter of the AGREEMENT or Commercial Activation of each
Site, as defined in Attachment III, whichever takes place
first.
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Twenty
per cent (20%) of the total value of the AGREEMENT, as per
item 7.6, if the Statement of Initial Acceptance is issued, or
twenty per cent (20%) of the AGREEMENT’s total value,
prorated by commercially activated Site, if
commercial activation takes place, taking into account the
table included in item 8.1.1.
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Issuance
of the Statement of Partial Acceptance of the
System that is the subject-matter of the
AGREEMENT.
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Twenty
per cent (20%) of the total value of the AGREEMENT, as per item
7.6.
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Issuance
of the Statement of Final Acceptance of System that is the
subject-matter of the AGREEMENT.
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Ten
per cent (10%) of the total value of the AGREEMENT, as per
item 7.6.
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8.1.1
The CONTRACTED PARTIES shall undertake to supply a table
with the prorated value per Site, to be paid in connection with
events 1 and 2 mentioned in item 8.1 above. This table shall be
submitted to the CONTRACTING PARTY for approval immediately
after this AGREEMENT has been signed.
8.1.2.
The parties agree that payment of the advance described as Event 0
of item 8.1 is subject to submission by the CONTRACTED
PARTIES of a Bank Letter of Guarantee, the value of which shall
be equal to twenty per cent (20%) of the total value of this
AGREEMENT, as per item 7.6, to be issued by a first-tier financial
institution, which shall be required to waive the benefits granted
under articles 827, 835 and 838 of the Brazilian Civil Code. The
said Bank Letter of Guarantee shall be valid up to the time when
Event 1 of item 8.1 has been discharged.
8.2
The payments shall be made in accordance with the payment timetable
above either on the sixtieth (60 th ) day following
acceptance of the corresponding physical event or on the thirtieth
(30 th ) day following submission to the CONTRACTING
PARTY of the invoice, in two (02) copies of like tenor, the
latest of the two dates being the prevailing payment date, subject
to the provisions of Clause 9.
8.3
The payments shall be subject to discharging all obligations
undertaken and/or resulting from this AGREEMENT, the CONTRACTING
PARTY being required to deposit the amount owed directly into
the bank accounts indicated by the CONTRACTED PARTIES , the
respective payment slips being valid as payment
receipts.
8.4.
One of the conditions for payment (except for event 0 –
anticipation of payment, shown in item 8.1) is the obtainment by
the CONTRACTED PARTIES of a firm, long-term financing offer,
signed by a first-tier, domestic or international, public or
private, multilateral or financial institution, or from export
credit agencies (hereinafter referred to simply as BANK). This firm
finance offer shall include the term of the loan, the interest
rate, commissions and covenants in keeping with normal market
standards, the conditions of which, at the very least, must be
equal to those presented by the CONTRACTED
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PARTIES in letter CE/EDB/ETT 04:066 issued on July 16, 2004,
and guarantees that the CONTRACTING PARTY is able to
provide, in the light of its preceding commitments to third
parties, and/or resulting from statutory limitations. If, at the
time of the payment(s) owed to the CONTRACTED PARTIES
pursuant to this clause, the CONTRACTING PARTY and the BANK
have not signed the financing agreement on an unconditional,
irrevocable and irreversible basis under the terms of the firm
offer of financing signed by the financial institution, due to a
fact or action imputable solely to the CONTRACTING PARTY ,
the latter shall continue to make the payments owed to the
CONTRACTED PARTIES , in accordance with the payment
timetable stipulated herein.
8.5
Payments shall be made on working Mondays, Wednesdays or Fridays.
Payments falling due on other days of the week shall be paid on the
immediately subsequent working Monday, Wednesday or Friday, as
appropriate, at no extra cost to the CONTRACTING PARTY
.
8.6
The CONTRACTED PARTIES shall, when issuing receipts or
invoices, ensure these documents are correctly filled in. They
shall mandatorily include the number of the AGREEMENT, the
identification of the portion to be paid, the rates of applicable
taxes and their respective amounts, a detailed list of the
materials and equipment supplied and the registration code(s) for
the equipment at BNDES/FINAME, as applicable.
8.7
The CONTRACTING PARTY , should there be any credits in its
favor resulting from fines or damages caused by the CONTRACTED
PARTIES in connection with this AGREEMENT, may at its
discretion deduct these amounts from the payments disbursed to the
CONTRACTED PARTIES , as of the issuance of the Statement of
Partial Acceptance and/or of the Statement of Final Acceptance, as
appropriate, subject to prior notice in writing to the
CONTRACTED PARTIES .
8.8
The CONTRACTED PARTIES reserve themselves the right to
suspend activities resulting from this AGREEMENT thirty (30) days
after the CONTRACTING PARTY receives an extrajudicial or
judicial notice from the former, in the case of unjustified delays
in payment in excess of thirty (30) days. This hypothesis does not
apply neither to the cases mentioned in items 8.4 and 8.7 above,
nor to those cases described in this AGREEMENT where failure of the
CONTRACTING PARTY to pay is expressly authorized and
justified.
8.9
Concerning past-due payments, where the AGREEMENT or the law lack
provisions justifying non-payment, the CONTRACTED PARTIES
shall have the right to charge interest on overdue payment from the
CONTRACTING PARTY , at the rate of one per cent (1%) per
month, plus monetary indexation based on the IGP-DI general price
index up to the date on which payment actually occurs, other than
in those cases stipulated herein that expressly eliminate the
incidence of monetary indexation.
8.10
The CONTRACTED PARTIES may neither assign nor pledge to
third parties the amounts to which they are entitled under this
AGREEMENT without prior authorization to do so from the
CONTRACTING PARTY .
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CLAUSE 9 – TAXES AND SOCIAL SECURITY
CONTRIBUTIONS
9.1
Regarding the National Social Security Institute – INSS, the
CONTRACTING PARTY shall comply with Law 9.711/98 and
regulatory instruction 100/2003, as well as with the amendments
introduced by IN105/2004. It is mandatory to specify the Social
Security payments, as well as to inform the INSS Specific
Registration number (CEI – Cadastro Específico do
INSS ) and the address of the location in the invoice or
receipt for services rendered under the responsibility of the
CONTRACTED PARTIES .
9.2
All taxes must also be broken out in each invoice submitted,
together with an indication of the tax rate applied or inclusion of
the exemption text, as determined by current laws. The amounts
concerning supplies of materials and/or of equipment of their own
or of third parties, indispensable for the CONTRACTED
PARTIES to carry out their services shall be indicated in each
invoice submitted, under penalty of taxes due being withheld for
the full amount of the fiscal document.
9.3
Responsibility for opening and discharging CEI registration lies
with the CONTRACTING PARTY . However, the CONTRACTED
PARTIES shall be responsible for preparing, organizing and
submitting to the CONTRACTING PARTY all the documentation
required by the INSS for clearance of work sites where social
security is concerned, including of subcontracted parties, in
accordance with the directives of the CEI manual that is part of
this AGREEMENT.
9.3.1
The documents to be presented shall either be the original ones or
authenticated copies thereof, collated and organized in the form of
a DATA BOOK, by CEI registration number, to be submitted within
fifteen (15) days, at most, of the completion of the work at a
given site.
9.3.2
Should the CONTRACTED PARTIES fail to submit the
aforementioned documentation by the established deadline, the
CONTRACTING PARTY shall hereby be authorized to withhold
fifty per cent (50%) of the value of the subsequent payment due
according to the agreement, regardless of any warning or notices,
which percentage shall only be released by the CONTRACTING
PARTY once the requested documents have been properly
submitted.
9.3.3
The last payment stipulated herein shall only be made after the
CONTRACTED PARTIES submit to the CONTRACTING PARTY
all the documentation necessary for normal discharging of CEI
registration numbers at the INSS.
9.3.4
Should the CONTRACTED PARTIES use the same insured parties
to service several contracting companies, alternately, during the
same time period, they shall be exempt, pursuant to article 171 and
the sole paragraph of INSS Regulatory Instruction no. 100/03, from
preparing separate Payroll and Payment Forms for the Severance
Indemnity Fund for Employees and Information for Social Security
(GFIP – Guia de Recolhimento do Fundo de Garantia por
Tempo de Serviço e Informações à
Previdência Social ), provided that this situation is duly
demonstrated, the CONTRACTED PARTIES being the only ones
responsible for said information.
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9.3.5 Should application of the provisions described in item 9.3.4
above come to be questioned by INSS inspections, making it
impossible for the CONTRACTING PARTY to discharge CEI
registration, the CONTRACTED PARTIES shall be entirely
responsible for any costs or damages ensuing from this situation,
including the payment of possible fines that said inspection might
levy from the CONTRACTING PARTY .
9.4
Regarding the Tax on Services of Any Nature (ISSQN –
Imposto Sobre Serviços de Qualquer Natureza ), the
CONTRACTING PARTY shall comply with the municipal laws of
the places where the services are actually rendered, regardless of
what is stated in the laws of the municipality in which the service
provider is headquartered.
9.5
The CONTRACTING PARTY , when it is the withholding party,
shall pay the taxes mandated by the laws currently in force and is
hereby authorized to discount these amounts from the amounts it
shall owe the CONTRACTED PARTIES by force of this
AGREEMENT.
9.6
For any new contractual arrangements, pursuant to item 7.4 above,
the PARTIES agree to review the prices listed in the LUP should any
taxes be created, changed or eliminated, after this AGREEMENT has
been signed, provided that this is shown to affect the prices
agreed to herein and set out in the LUP.
9.7
Not withstanding the payment terms agreed to in their specific
clause, all fiscal documents concerning services rendered by the
CONTRACTED PARTIES shall be issued and delivered to the
facilities of the CONTRACTING PARTY by the twentieth (20
th ) day of the month in which the respective invoice or
receipt is issued, so as to allow the CONTRACTING PARTY to
pay the appropriate taxes within the timeframe established by
law.
CLAUSE
10 - DEADLINE
10.1
The PARTIES agree that the deadline for ACCESS supply and
implementation is three hundred and ninety (390) days, as of the
date on which this AGREEMENT is signed, in compliance with the
terms of the Implementation Schedule that is part of the PROPOSAL
(Attachment II) and the hypotheses of survival of the clauses
expressly described in this AGREEMENT.
10.2
The deadlines stipulated in this clause may only be extended
subject to an Agreement Addendum and in the following
cases:
a)
temporary suspension of the service by direct order of the
CONTRACTING PARTY , in writing, for reasons that cannot be
imputed to the CONTRACTED PARTIES , pursuant to Clause 13.
In this case, the CONTRACTING PARTY shall refund the
CONTRACTED PARTIES for the direct costs incurred by the
latter as a result of and for the time period during which the
suspension remains in effect, pursuant to the provisions of Clause
14. The CONTRACTING PARTY shall not be responsible for
compensating the CONTRACTED PARTIES for lost
income.
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b) fortuitous events or force majeure, duly evidenced by the
CONTRACTED PARTIES , pursuant to the provisions of Clause
19. In this case, each PARTY shall bear the cost of its own losses
for the period during which the extension remains in
effect.
c)
failure imputable only to the CONTRACTING PARTY to provide a
suitable environment for implementation of the ACCESS required for
the performance of the subject-matter hereof, as per item 12.1 (b).
In this case, the CONTRACTING PARTY shall refund the
CONTRACTED PARTIES for the direct costs incurred by the
latter as a result of failure to make the environment available,
and for as long as this situation persists. The CONTRACTING
PARTY shall not be responsible for compensation to the
CONTRACTED PARTIES for lost income as a result of the
extension.
10.3
The potential extension granted in the cases mentioned in item 10.2
above shall correspond to the number of days of delay that actually
occur and shall only be applied to the services that are proven to
have been hindered by the delay.
10.4
The following shall not justify falling behind schedule in the
performance of any of the services: the fact that the
CONTRACTING PARTY may totally or partially reject any of the
services and/or materials executed and/or employed if they do not
correspond to the requirements, obligations and conditions of this
AGREEMENT. Similarly, eventual suspension of services determined by
the CONTRACTING PARTY ’s inspectors in the case of
irregularities being identified, as per Clause 13, shall not be
accepted as justification for falling behind schedule.
CLAUSE
11 – OBLIGATIONS OF THE CONTRACTED PARTIES
11.1
In addition to the other obligations described herein, the
CONTRACTED PARTIES shall jointly:
(a)
Fulfill the Implementation Schedule that is part of the PROPOSAL
(Attachment II) as well as the other obligations included herein
and in the other Attachments;
(b)
Prepare and deliver to the CONTRACTING PARTY , by the
fifteenth (15 th ) day of the subsequent month, a DATA
BOOK containing a copy of the documents listed below, regarding
performance of the services during the previous month, under
penalty of the payments possibly due to the CONTRACTED
PARTIES by the CONTRACTING PARTY for the services that
concern the respective Site, as defined herein, being withheld, and
of becoming liable to the fine set out in item 17.1 (ii), should
the CONTRACTED PARTIES fail to solve the irregularities of
the documentation within thirty (30) days as from receipt of a
notice to this effect from the CONTRACTING PARTY .
Alternatively, the aforementioned DATA BOOK may be requested by the
CONTRACTING PARTY , solely at its discretion, whenever the
latter regards it as necessary, within a time frame that shall be
reasonably set in a notice to the CONTRACTED PARTIES on this
matter.
(i)
Tax Payment Form for the Tax on Services (ISS – Imposto
sobre Serviços ), paid in the municipality in which the
services are rendered, other than in the cases in which Municipal
Law transfers to the CONTRACTING PARTY the obligation of
withholding the Tax on Services at source and
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consequently of paying it;
(ii)
Tax Payment Form for Income Tax Withheld at Source, when it
occurs;
(iii)
Payment Form for Social Security Contributions;
(iv)
Payment Form for the Contributions to the Severance Indemnity Fund
for Employees (FGTS – Fundo de Garantia de Tempo de
Serviço );
(v) Payment Forms for the Union, Assistance and Confederative
Contributions - General Registry of Unemployed People (CAGED
– Cadastro Geral de Desempregados );
(vi)
Proof of delivery of Individual Protection Equipment (EPI –
Equipamentos de Proteção Individual ), to be
supplied to the staff of the CONTRACTING PARTY and of its
subcontractors;
(vii)
List of the people who worked in the month to which the report
applies, under the responsibility of the CONTRACTED PARTIES
and of its subcontractors;
(viii)
Employee Registration Card (FRE – Ficha de Registro de
Empregados ), admittance and periodical examination of the
employees hired by the CONTRACTED PARTIES and by its
subcontractors during and for the execution of the services that
are the subject-matter of this AGREEMENT;
(ix)
Employee Contract Rescission Statement and dismissal examination;
and
(x)
Monthly report showing the number of employees of the CONTRACTED
PARTIES and its subcontractors by number of hours worked,
number of accidents with and without leave of absence, with a copy
of the Occupational Accident Communication (CAT –
Comunicação de Acidente do Trabalho ) and proof of
payment of the Occupational Accident Insurance (SAT – Seguro
de Acidente do Trabalho).
(c)
Deliver to the CONTRACTING PARTY a copy of all the original
documentation that makes up the aforementioned DATA BOOK at the end
of this AGREEMENT;
(d)
Only subcontract the services covered by this AGREEMENT with
approval of the CONTRACTING PARTY , pursuant to Clause 30.
In this case, the aforementioned documents (DATA BOOK) should be
supplied by the subcontracted company, the CONTRACTED
PARTIES continuing to be the sole parties responsible for
supplying to the CONTRACTING PARTY all elements covered by
this AGREEMENT;
(e)
Ensure that all its employees and the employees of the
subcontractors are duly registered, in accordance with the laws
currently in effect, undertaking, furthermore, to keep all legal
obligations pertaining to the activities carried out by their
employees up to date, including those of a labor nature and related
to social security;
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(f) Ensure that appropriate security measures are taken to avoid
accidents and that all the work carried out is executed in
accordance with the appropriate occupational safety and health
laws, regardless of whether the work is being carried out by the
CONTRACTED PARTIES themselves or subcontracted by
them;
(g)
Replace their employees, at any time, should the CONTRACTING
PARTY so request, provided there is evidence of inadequate
employee performance, the CONTRACTED PARTIES being held
responsible, furthermore, for all costs resulting from the
replacement;
(h)
Adequately protect the assets of the CONTRACTING PARTY and
of third parties, ensuring the conservation and maintenance of its
facilities, equipment and materials. During the process of
supplying and installing the equipment hereby agreed to, the
CONTRACTED PARTIES and its employees or third parties under
their responsibility shall also comply with the standards that
concern the use and conservation of the CONTRACTING PARTY
’s facilities under penalty of payment for damages
caused;
(i)
Be responsible for obtaining all the licenses or authorizations
required in order to supply, implement and operate the ACCESS,
including environmental licenses, and, furthermore, bear all costs
necessary for obtaining them, except for those licenses that need
to be obtained from ANEEL, which fall under the CONTRACTING
PARTY ’s responsibility, the CONTRACTED PARTIES
being obliged, however, to provide all the necessary support for
the aforementioned obtainment;
(j)
To maintain in Brazil, throughout the period of validity of this
AGREEMENT, a workshop for the replacement of circuit boards and
components, so as to ensure that all the parts sent for repairs by
the CONTRACTING PARTY be returned by the CONTRACTED
PARTIES within sixty (60) days at most, both for locally
manufactured and imported equipment;
(k)
Supply ACCESS in compliance with the rules published by the
Ministry of Communications, by ANATEL and by other public
administration offices, including, but not limiting themselves to,
those that concern the Personal Mobile System (SMP – Sistema
Móvel Pessoal), where materials and equipment are concerned,
until the date of issue of the Statement of Initial Acceptance,
bearing all the costs inherent and resulting from this;
(l)
Inform the CONTRACTING PARTY , on a weekly basis, of the
progress of the services under contract, in accordance with the
Implementation Schedule, showing how events are progressing, an
analysis of possible deviations from the schedule and measures
taken to recover lost time, including with regard to services
carried out by those sub-contracted, as applicable;
(m)
Provide, at any time, the information required by the
CONTRACTING PARTY on the process of supplying the
subject-matter of this AGREEMENT and on the Implementation Schedule
established in the PROPOSAL (Attachment II), containing the details
necessary for keeping track of timing well and reliably;
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(n) Provide the CONTRACTING PARTY with a copy of the
insurance policies taken out in the name of the CONTRACTED
PARTIES , pursuant to Clause 24, as well as the proof of
payment of their respective premiums;
(o)
Appoint a Project Manager to interact with the Project Manager
appointed by the CONTRACTING PARTY , fully managing the
obligations of the CONTRACTED PARTIES and of the
subcontracted PARTIES. The Project Manager shall: a) have full
knowledge of the entire context of the Projects; and b) have the
authority to make day-to-day decisions concerning the Project and
the respective staff;
(p)
Fulfill, observe, respect, comply and ensure compliance with all
laws currently in force concerning the protection and conservation
of the environment, as well as the internal recommendations,
procedures, standards and policies of the CONTRACTING PARTY
;
(q)
Guarantee safe warehousing and storage, as well as the prompt
removal or elimination of any residues eventually generated,
whether or not within the scope of this AGREEMENT, with a view to
full compliance with the environmental protection laws currently in
force;
(r)
Protect the CONTRACTING PARTY from any judicial and/or
administrative claims to which the CONTRACTED PARTIES and
parties associated to it may give rise and that, in any way, result
from the legal relation between the parties to the AGREEMENT,
bearing the full responsibility and ensuing costs and undertaking,
moreover, to formally request, vis à vis the appropriate
authorities, that the CONTRACTING PARTY be exempted from
liability for the claim or replaced in connection with it. Should
the CONTRACTING PARTY come to face any claims against it,
the CONTRACTED PARTIES shall undertake to refund all the
costs that the CONTRACTING PARTY may come to incur as a
result of such claims, including, with regard to costs, the full
amount of the legal fees that the CONTRACTING PARTY may come
to disburse to defend its interests, as well as the fees for
experts and accountants or for any expenses incurred in connection
with the investigation, defense, maintenance, preservation or
execution of any of the rights described herein, regardless of when
the claims are made, pursuant to the provisions of item 17.3
herein;
(s)
Guarantee that the materials and equipment (hardware and software)
supplied shall be fully compatible with the materials and equipment
supplied by the other companies hired by the CONTRACTING
PARTY for the implementation of the Telecommunications Network,
so that the network’s functioning and operation shall be
flawless, and in compliance with the internationally accepted
standards mentioned in the CONSOLIDATED RFP.
CLAUSE
12 – OBLIGATIONS OF THE CONTRACTING PARTY
In
addition to the other obligations described herein, the
CONTRACTING PARTY shall:
(a)
Pay the payments owed to the CONTRACTED PARTIES as per
Clause 8;
(b)
Make available to the CONTRACTED PARTIES a suitable
environment for the implementation of
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ACCESS, as described in the CONSOLIDATED RFP (Attachment I) and as
required for performance of this AGREEMENT;
(c)
Allow access to all the sites belonging to the CONTRACTING
PARTY , twenty-four (24) hours a day, three hundred and
sixty-five (365) days a year, subject to the CONTRACTED
PARTIES supplying a list of personnel who shall have access to
the site, together with the respective documentation. The deadlines
for the sites owned by third parties shall be negotiated with the
CONTRACTING PARTY ahead of time;
(d)
Appoint a Project Manager, during the process of supplying ACCESS,
to interact with the Project Manager of the CONTRACTED
PARTIES , who shall have: a) full knowledge of the entire
context of the Project; and b) full authority to make day-to-day
decisions concerning the Project and the respective
personnel;
(e)
inform the CONTRACTED PARTIES , in writing, of the reasons
that motivated possible rejection of equipment and/or services
delivered.
CLAUSE
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