Appendix 1
Framework Terms and Conditions
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Framework Terms and Conditions
Introduction
These Framework Terms and Conditions form part of the contract to allow one or more Purchasing
Agencies to purchase outcome-focussed services from the Provider.
These Framework Terms and Conditions will apply to all services the Provider agrees to provide
under an Outcome Agreement and are incorporated by reference into every Outcome Agreement.
Where more than one Purchasing Agency is a party to an Outcome Agreement these Framework
Terms and Conditions will generally apply as between the Provider and the Purchasing Agency in
respect of the Services provided by the Provider to that Purchasing Agency.
Purpose and context statement
The Purchasing Agency and Provider each agree that the purpose of providing the Services is to
make a positive contribution to improving:
the lives of whānau of any ethnicity and vulnerable persons living in New Zealand; and/or
access to justice and reducing crime and its effects on the community.
Where relevant, Purchasing Agencies will take collective responsibility for providing a consistent and
co-ordinated across-Government approach to engaging and working with the Provider.
Relationship Principles
The Purchasing Agency and Provider will work together to ensure that the Services are accessible
and effective in contributing towards achieving the Outcome, and to that end agree to:
act honestly and in good faith;
communicate openly and in a timely manner;
work in a collaborative and constructive manner – including towards the resolution of real or
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perceived problems and issues;
recognise each other’s responsibilities;
encourage quality and innovation to achieve positive outcomes; and
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maximise the value for money to the Government in purchasing services that contribute
towards achieving specified outcomes – including by ensuring appropriate flexibility so that
services can be adapted (following discussion) to meet identified and agreed needs.
The Purchasing Agency and Provider acknowledge that these Framework Terms and Conditions
reflect these principles in action.
These Framework Terms and Conditions use a number of defined terms and the corresponding
definitions and interpretation section is in Schedule One.
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Term
1.1
These Framework Terms and Conditions apply for the term of any Outcome Agreement
signed by the Purchasing Agency and Provider.
2.
Purchasing Agency
2.1
In these Framework Terms and Conditions a reference to “the Purchasing Agency” is to:
(a)
in relation to a bilateral Outcome Agreement, the Purchasing Agency that has
entered into the Outcome Agreement; and
(b)
in relation to an integrated Outcome Agreement, each individual Purchasing Agency
that has entered into the Outcome Agreement.
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2.2
The Purchasing Agency commits to act consistently with the provisions of:
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(a)
these Framework Terms and Conditions;
(b)
each Outcome Agreement it has signed; and
(c)
each Outcome Agreement Management Plan.
2.3
Despite clause 2.2 and to avoid doubt:
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(a)
no Outcome Agreement Management Plan will create legally binding obligations
between the Purchasing Agency and Provider; and
(b)
the obligations recorded in any Remedy Plan will be legally binding obligations
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between the Purchasing Agency and Provider.
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3.
Services
3.1
The Provider will provide the Services in accordance with these Framework Terms and
Conditions and the Outcome Agreement and so as to contribute towards achieving each
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Outcome described in the Outcome Agreement.
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Payment
4.1
Subject to claus
e 12 (Recovery, Reduction or Suspension of Payments), the Purchasing
Agency will pay the Provider for the Services the amounts, and at the times, recorded in the
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Outcome Agreement.
4.2
At the times and frequency specified in the Outcome Agreement, the Provider (or its
nominee) will issue an invoice to the Purchasing Agency for the Services provided (or to be
provided) to that Purchasing Agency under the Outcome Agreement.
5.
Contract management – communication, monitoring, reporting and audit
5.1
The Purchasing Agency will follow best practice contract management behaviours that
reflect the nature and value of the Services and are focused on evaluating and enhancing the
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effectiveness of the Services to contribute towards achieving each Outcome described in the
Outcome Agreement.
5.2
Regular communication and monitoring
(a)
The Purchasing Agency and the Provider will maintain regular contact with each
other for the purpose of:
(i)
monitoring the Provider’s performance against its obligations under the
Outcome Agreement;
(ii)
encouraging the on-going review and assessment of the effectiveness of the
Services;
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(iii) providing mutual constructive feedback that will enhance the effectiveness of
the Services; and
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(iv)
identifying early any issues and opportunities to do things better on the part
of each party.
(b)
Any scheduled monitoring activity the Purchasing Agency wants to undertake will be
specified in the Outcome Agreement.
Regular reporting activity
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The Provider will provide the information and reports recorded in the Outcome Agreement
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Regular Reports) at the times and frequency specified in the Outcome Agreement.
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Special Enquiry Rights
5.4
Without limiting clauses
5.2 an
d 5.5, if the Purchasing Agency, acting reasonably, believes
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that the Provider has breached the terms of the Outcome Agreement, the Purchasing
Agency may, acting reasonably, require the Provider to:
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(a)
provide information to the Purchasing Agency to establish whether a breach has
occurred, and if so why it occurred; and/or
(b)
submit to an audit or Accreditation Review to establish whether a breach is an
isolated event or one of multiple breaches
(collectively referred to as
Special Enquiry Rights).
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Audit or Accreditation Review
5.5
The Purchasing Agency or its nominee may carry out an audit or Accreditation Review of the
Provider and/or Services. The Purchasing Agency will specify in the Outcome Agreement any
audit or Accreditation Review it intends to conduct.
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5.6
The Purchasing Agency will not carry out an audit or Accreditation Review more often than
once in any calendar year unless the audit or Accreditation Review is carried out as part of
the Purchasing Agency’s Special Enquiry Rights in accordance with clau
se 5.4.
Access to premises, Personnel and records
5.7
The Provider will provide the Purchasing Agency (or its nominee) with reasonable access to
the Provider’s premises, Personnel and records used in the performance of the Outcome
Agreement to allow
the exercise of any monitoring activities, Special Enquiry Rights, audit or
Accreditation Review by the Purchasing Agency.
Principles of co-ordination and co-operation
5.8
The Purchasing Agency agrees that it will co-ordinate and co-operate with the Provider and
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each Other Purchasing Agency to try to ensure (to the extent reasonable and practicable in
the circumstances) that:
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(a)
the Purchasing Agency and each Other Purchasing Agency’s requirements for
Regular Reports can be aligned and satisfied at the same time or frequency and by a
single report covering all relevant matters;
(b)
it gives the Provider and each Other Purchasing Agency reasonable notice in advance
of:
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exercising any Special Enquiry Rights, including providing details of the breach
or suspected breach and what it wants from the Provider; or
(ii)
performing any audit or Accreditation Review; and
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(c)
it provides to each Other Purchasing Agency any information or explanation arising
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out of its exercise of any Special Enquiry Rights or the entry into a Remedy Plan that
any Other Purchasing Agency reasonably requests in connection with the
circumstances giving rise to the Special Enquiry Rights or Remedy Plan.
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5.9
To ensure that:
(a)
the Purchasing Agency and each Other Purchasing Agency are able to coordinate
effectively to streamline their contract management activities; and
(b)
potential Purchasing Agencies (whether or not they are parties to any existing
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Outcome Agreements with any provider) that are considering entering into an
Outcome Agreement have access to information to allow them to make informed
contracting decisions and consider the benefits of entering into an Outcome
Agreement with the Provider or other potential providers
(together referred to as the
Interested Parties), the Provider agrees that the Purchasing
Agency may share information about the Outcome Agreement with the Interested Parties,
including by publishing such information on a web based contracts register (or other similar
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tool) which is accessible by Interested Parties. The information which is intended to be
shared under this clau
se 5.9 includes the name and address of the Provider, other
identifying information of the Provider such as GST number or charities registration number,
a description of the Services and contract value, and information relating to the
Accreditation of the Provider.
Relationship Manager
5.10
The Provider and each Purchasing Agency will appoint and keep a Relationship Manager for
each Outcome Agreement. The appointing party may change its Relationship Manager at
any time by giving written notice to any other party to that Outcome Agreement. The
Relationship Managers for each Outcome Agreement will maintain regular contact in
accordance with these Framework Terms and Conditions and the Outcome Agreement
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Management Plan (if any).
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Information to Purchasing Agency
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6.1
The Provider must provide written notice to the Purchasing Agency:
(a)
if the Provider proposes to change its legal structure;
(b)
if any of the Provider’s Personnel are being investigated for, have been charged with,
or convicted of any criminal offence that, viewed objectively and reasonably,
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represents a material risk to the performance of the Services or the achievement of
the Outcome(s) (including because it might damage the reputation of either the
Provider or the Purchasing Agency were it to be publicly known);
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(c)
as soon as reasonably practicable of any problems, issues or incidents that arise in
relation to the performance of the Outcome Agreement, including any problems or
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issues that will, or are likely to, affect the provision or quality of the Services or the
ability of the Provider to perform its obligations under the Outcome Agreement,
and, after receipt of such a notice, the Purchasing Agency and the Provider will discuss what
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an appropriate response would be and implement any agreed actions.
7.
Dispute resolution
7.1
If any party wishes to raise a dispute relating to the Outcome Agreement (including these
Framework Terms and Conditions) (
Dispute), it may do so by giving written notice to the
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other parties to the Outcome Agreement who are involved in that Dispute (
Disputing
Parties) detailing the nature of the dispute (
Dispute Notice).
7.2
The Relationship Managers of the Disputing Parties will try to resolve the dispute in the first
instance.
7.3
If the Relationship Managers of the Disputing Parties cannot resolve the Dispute within 21
days of receiving the Dispute Notice, any Disputing Party may by written notice to all
Disputing Parties refer the Dispute to mediation.
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7.4
If a Dispute is referred to mediation, the mediation will be conducted:
(a)
by a single mediator agreed by the Disputing Parties, or if they cannot agree within
10 Business Days of referring the Dispute to mediation, appointed by the
Chairperson of the Resolution Institute (or its successor entity); and
(b)
on the terms of the Resolution Institute’s Mediation Rules (available at
www.resolution.institute).
7.5
Each Disputing Party will continue to perform its obligations under the Outcome Agreement
as far as practical given the nature of the Dispute.
7.6
No Disputing Party may commence any court proceedings in respect of a Dispute unless it
has first complied with clau
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necessary to preserve its rights.
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Privacy of personal information
8.1
The Provider will collect, use, store and disclose personal information related to the
Outcome Agreement and Services in accordance with:
(a)
the Privacy Act 1993;
(b)
any Law that amends or overrides any of the Information Privacy Principles of the
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Privacy Act 1993 and that applies to the Purchasing Agency or Provider;
(c)
any Code of Practice or Approved Information Sharing Agreement (as defined in the
Privacy Act 1993) that amends or overrides any of the Information Privacy Principles
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of the Privacy Act 1993 and that applies to the Purchasing Agency or Provider.
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8.2
Subject to clause 8.1, the Purchasing Agency and Provider will record in the Outcome
Agreement, or any service specification attached to or referenced in the Outcome
Agreement, the details of any personal information that will be shared between the
Purchasing Agency and Provider in connection with the Services, the purpose(s) for sharing
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and using the information and any agreement on the management (including security) of the
information.
8.3
Wherever a Provider supplies a privacy statement to clients in respect of the Services in
accordance with Information Privacy Principle 3 of the Privacy Act 1993, the Provider will
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implement any reasonable directions made by the Purchasing Agency about the content of
the privacy statement, including about the purpose(s) of collection and the disclosure of
information.
8.4
Before making a direction under clause 8.3, the Purchasing Agency will consult with the
Provider about the proposed content of the privacy statement, and consider any reasonable
issues or concerns raised by the Provider.
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Confidentiality
9.1
Confidential Information
The Purchasing Agency and Provider each confirms that it has adequate security measures
to safeguard the other party's Confidential Information from unauthorised access or use by
third parties, and that it will not use or disclose the other party's Confidential Information to
any person or organisation other than:
(a)
to the extent that the disclosure or use is:
(i)
necessary to perform its obligations, or to exercise its rights, under or in
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relation to the Outcome Agreement (for example, to give effect to clauses
5.8 an
d 5.9 (Principles of Co-ordination and Cooperation), 8 (Privacy of
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personal information) an
d 11.4(e) (Orderly Transition of Services) of these
Framework Terms and Conditions); or
(ii)
is expressly authorised by the Outcome Agreement;
(b)
if the other party gives prior written approval to the use or disclosure;
(c)
if the use or disclosure is required by law (including under the Official Information
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Act 1982) or parliamentary convention; or
(d)
in relation to disclosure, if the information has already become public, other than
through a breach of the obligation of confidentiality by one of the parties.
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Confidentiality undertaking required
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(a)
If these Framework Terms and Conditions or the Outcome Agreement permit
disclosure of any Confidential Information to any third party (including any auditor
or reviewer appointed under clauses
5.4 o
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Agency (as applicable) may only disclose that Confidential Information to that third
party if it first obtains a written confidentiality undertaking from that third party in
terms substantially similar to those set out in this clause.
(b)
To avoid doubt, Personnel of the Purchasing Agency or Provider are not third parties
for the purpose of clause
9.2(a). Each party may disclose Confidential Information to
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Personnel who need to know such information for the purposes of the Outcome
Agreement, provided each party ensures that its Personnel:
(i)
are aware of the confidentiality obligations in these Framework Terms and
Conditions and the Outcome Agreement; and
(ii)
do not disclose or use Confidential Information except as allowed by these
Framework Terms and Conditions and the Outcome Agreement.
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Intellectual Property Rights
10.1
The Purchasing Agency and Provider retain ownership of all Intellectual Property Rights they
respectively owned before the commencement date of the Outcome Agreement.
10.2
Unless agreed otherwise in the Outcome Agreement, all new Intellectual Property Rights
(
New IP) created by the Provider while performing the Services will be owned by the
Provider upon their creation.
10.3
The Provider and the Purchasing Agency may agree mutually acceptable use terms (
Agreed
Uses) for New IP and record these in the Outcome Agreement.
10.4
The owner of any New IP, whether the Provider or the Purchasing Agency, grants to the
other party a perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free and non-exclusive licence to use, copy,
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modify and distribute such New IP for any purpose connected with the performance of the
Outcome Agreement and any Agreed Uses.
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10.5
Each party to the Outcome Agreement warrants that any Intellectual Property Rights it
provides under or in connection with the Outcome Agreement do not infringe the
Intellectual Property Rights of any third party.
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Termination
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Termination of an Outcome Agreement for convenience
Unless specified otherwise in the Outcome Agreement, the Purchasing Agency or the
Provider may terminate the Outcome Agreement by giving the other party at least 90 days
prior written notice (or such other period agreed by the parties in writing).
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11.2
Termination of Outcome Agreement for breach
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(a)
Unless specified otherwise in the Outcome Agreement, the Purchasing Agency or the
Provider may terminate the Outcome Agreement immediately by notice to the other
party if: under
(i)
subject to clau
ses 11.2(b) an
d (c), the other party commits a breach of the
Outcome Agreement and such breach is not remedied within 14 days (or such
longer period agreed by the parties in writing) of receiving written notice of
the breach; or
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(ii)
the other party ceases or threatens to cease to carry on most or all of its
business operations, becomes insolvent or suffers any analogous event.
(b)
Instead of exercising its rights under clau
se 11.2(a)(i), the non-breaching party may
request that the breaching party implement a Remedy Plan. However, if a Remedy
Plan is not agreed by the parties by a date specified by the non-breaching party
(acting reasonably), the non-breaching party may exercise its rights in accordance
with clau
se 11.2(a)(i).
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If the Provider and the Purchasing Agency enter into a Remedy Plan:
(i)
both the Provider and Purchasing Agency (whichever is relevant) will perform
the tasks specified for it under the Remedy Plan;
(ii)
the non-breaching party will not exercise its rights under clause
11.2(a)(i) for
the breach that is subject to the Remedy Plan; and
(iii) if the breaching party fails to remedy the breach in accordance with the
Remedy Plan, the non-breaching party may terminate the Outcome
Agreement immediately by notice to the other party, without having to enter
a new Remedy Plan.
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Partial termination
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If the Purchasing Agency or the Provider has a right to terminate the Outcome Agreement
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under clau
se 11.1 o
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termination is for breach, by terminating only those Services in respect of which the breach
arose). The Outcome Agreement and these Framework Terms and Conditions continue to
apply to the unterminated part of the Outcome Agreement with any necessary modification.
11.4
Consequences of termination or expiry of any Outcome Agreement
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If the Outcome Agreement (or any part of it) is terminated or expires in accordance with its
terms:
(a)
such termination or expiry will not affect the rights of a party that accrued prior to
the date of termination or expiry;
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(b)
unless an alternative date for stopping the Services is agreed by the parties in
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accordance with clau
se 11.4(e), the Provider must stop performing the relevant
Services from the date of termination or expiry of the Outcome Agreement;
(c)
subject to clau
se 12.1(a), the Purchasing Agency will pay the Provider for all Services
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provided up to and including the date the Outcome Agreement is terminated or
expires;
(d)
the Provider will repay the Purchasing Agency that portion of funding already paid to
the Provider for Services that will not be provided as a consequence of termination
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or expiry of the Outcome Agreement and clause
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12.3 will apply to any
repayments under this clau
se 11.4(d); and
(e)
the Purchasing Agency and the Provider will discuss how to ensure that there is an
orderly transition of the applicable Services and client records from the Provider to
any replacement provider following termination or expiry of the Outcome
Agreement, agree a plan and implement their respective obligations under that plan.
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Where one, but not every, Purchasing Agency terminates an Outcome Agreement
If more than one Purchasing Agency is a party to the Outcome Agreement:
(a)
the exercise of any rights to terminate by any (but not every) Purchasing Agency
under clau
ses 11.1 or 11.2 (Exiting Purchasing Agency) does not affect or terminate
the Outcome Agreement as it applies between the Provider and each remaining
Purchasing Agency;
(b)
the Provider will continue to perform the Services for the remaining Purchasing
Agency/ies; and
(c)
clau
se 11.4 applies to the termination of the Outcome Agreement as between the
Provider and each Exiting Purchasing Agency.
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11.6
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Clau
ses 5.4 (Special Enquiry Rights),
7 (Dispute Resolution
), 8 (Privacy of personal
information
), 9 (Confidentiality
), 10 (Intellectual Property)
, 11.4 (Termination),
12 (Recovery,
Reduction or Suspension of Payments),
13 (Indemnity)
, 15 (General Terms) and Schedule
One (Definitions and Interpretation) all survive termination or expiry of the Outcome
Agreement.
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12.
Recovery, reduction or suspension of payments
12.1
Without limiting any other rights or remedies, if the Provider does not provide the Services
in accordance with the Outcome Agreement, including meeting any Service delivery targets
or performance measures recorded in an Outcome Agreement, the Purchasing Agency may:
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(a)
require the Provider to:
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(i)
repay a portion of funding already paid to the Provider; or
(ii)
reduce the amount to be paid on subsequent payment dates; or
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(b)
suspend or delay payment of a portion of the amount to be paid on subsequent
payment dates until a Remedy Plan is agreed and its obligations are performed.
12.2
Any amount to be repaid, reduced, suspended or delayed pursuant to clau
se 12.1 o
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will be determined by the Purchasing Agency acting reasonably and following a discussion
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with the Provider regarding the quality and quantity of Services that were provided or the
circumstances relevant to the suspension or delay in payment.
12.3
Subject to claus
e 12.4, the Provider must repay the Purchasing Agency within 30 days of the
date the Purchasing Agency provides written notice of the amount to be repaid to the
Provider.
12.4
If the Provider disputes a repayment, it may withhold the disputed sum until the dispute is
resolved in accordance with clau
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Indemnity
13.1
The Provider indemnifies the Purchasing Agency against all losses suffered or incurred by the
Purchasing Agency as a result of any claim by a third party that:
(a)
the possession or use of any Intellectual Property Rights supplied or licensed by the
Provider to the Purchasing Agency or used to provide the Services infringes a third
party's Intellectual Property Rights; or
(b)
a third party’s rights (including privacy rights) have been breached as a consequence
of the Provider’s breach of the Outcome Agreement, including these Framework
Terms and Conditions.
13.2
The indemnity in clau
se 13.1 applies to the extent that any relevant loss was not caused by
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the Purchasing Agency’s negligence, breach of the Outcome Agreement or wilful
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14.
Additions or changes to these Framework Terms and Conditions
14.1
The Purchasing Agency and the Provider may agree additional terms to apply to any
Outcome Agreement, or to amend these Framework Terms and Conditions, as set out in the
Outcome Agreement.
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14.2
The Purchasing Agency and the Provider each acknowledge that:
(a)
any additional terms must be read and applied in a way which preserves the greatest
degree of consistency and compliance with these Framework Terms and Conditions;
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(b)
before including an additional term that adds to, or an amendment that departs
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from, the arrangements described in these Framework Terms and Conditions, the
Purchasing Agency and the Provider have both discussed and agreed that the
addition or departure is necessary to address a matter that is both novel and specific
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to the Provider or the Services and which (for clearly identified reasons) is not
otherwise adequately or appropriately provided for under the Framework Terms and
Conditions.
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General terms
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15.1
Relationship of Purchasing Agencies: In relation to the Outcome Agreement, the Purchasing
Agency is only responsible for its own contracted obligations, and will not be responsible for
any obligations identified in the Outcome Agreement as being owed by any Other
Purchasing Agency that is also party to the Outcome Agreement.
15.2
Variation process: The Outcome Agreement may be varied with the written agreement of
the Purchasing Agency and the Provider. If Other Purchasing Agencies are also parties to the
Outcome Agreement, and the proposed variation only relates to Services being provided to
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one Purchasing Agency, then only the written agreement of that Purchasing Agency and the
Provider is required to make that variation.
15.3
No subcontracting without consent: The Provider may not subcontract the performance of
any of the Services without first obtaining the prior written consent of the Purchasing
Agency, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld. The Provider is responsible for the
acts and omissions of any subcontractor. If Other Purchasing Agencies are also party to the
Outcome Agreement and subcontracting of performance of a Service by the Provider only
affects one Purchasing Agency then only the prior written consent of that Purchasing Agency
is required under this claus
e 15.3.
15.4
Assignment: The Provider may not assign, novate or transfer its rights or obligations under
the Outcome Agreement without first obtaining the permission of the Purchasing Agency
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and such permission will not be unreasonably withheld.
15.5
Comply with Laws: The Purchasing Agency and the Provider will comply with all Laws
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applicable to them and their activities and not cause the other to breach any Law that relate
to the provision of Services under the Outcome Agreement.
15.6
Entire agreement: The Outcome Agreement incorporates these Framework Terms and
Conditions and read together they record the entire agreement between the Provider and
Purchasing Agency in relation to the supply of Services under the Outcome Agreement and
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supersede all previous oral or written agreements, arrangements, understandings and
representations concerning the same subject matter.
15.7
Enforceability: If any clause of the Outcome Agreement (including any of these Framework
Terms and Conditions) is held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable, it will be removed from
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the Outcome Agreement without affecting any other clause.
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15.8
Waiver: The failure or delay by the Purchasing Agency or the Provider to exercise or enforce
any right under the Outcome Agreement (including any of these Framework Terms and
Conditions) will not operate as a waiver of that right, unless such waiver is recorded in
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writing and sent to the relevant party by the party waiving that right.
15.9
Notices:
(a)
Each notice or other communication under the Outcome Agreement (including any of
these Framework Terms and Conditions) will be made in writing and delivered by post,
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personal delivery or email to the addressee at the addressee’s postal address, physical
address or email address (as applicable), marked for the attention of the person or
office holder (if any) from time to time designated for that purpose by the addressee.
(b)
A notice or other communication will be deemed to be received:
(i)
in the case of a letter sent to the addressee’s postal address, on the fifth
Business Day after posting;
(ii)
in the case of personal delivery, on receipt; and
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(iii)
in the case of email at the time the email leaves the communications system of
the sender, provided that the sender:
(A)
does not receive any error message relating to the sending of the email at
the time of the sending; and
(B)
has obtained confirmation that the email has been delivered to the
recipient (which confirmation may be in the form of an automated
delivery receipt from the communications system of the recipient),
on the day on which it is dispatched or, if dispatched after 5 p.m. (in the place of
receipt) on the next Business Day after the date of dispatch.
15.10
Conflict of interest: The Provider must advise the Purchasing Agency of whether and
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whenever it has any actual, potential or perceived Conflict of Interest in connection with the
provision of the Services specified in the Outcome Agreement, and follow the directions of
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the Purchasing Agency if the Purchasing Agency notifies the Provider that it has determined
that the Provider has an actual, potential or perceived Conflict of Interest.
15.11
Governing law and jurisdiction: The Outcome Agreement and these Framework Terms and
Conditions will be governed and interpreted in accordance with the laws of New Zealand. The
New Zealand courts have exclusive jurisdiction.
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Schedule One: Definitions and Interpretation
Definitions: In these Framework Terms and Conditions, and in the Outcome Agreement,
unless the context otherwise requires:
Accreditation means accreditation under the Social Sector Accreditation Standards
developed by the Ministry of Social Development;
Accreditation Review means any regular review of the Provider’s Accreditation if the
Provider is Accredited;
Agreed Uses has the meaning given in claus
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Business Day means any day of the year other than:
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(a)
Saturday, Sunday, Waitangi Day, Good Friday, Easter Monday, Anzac Day, the
Sovereign’s Birthday, and Labour Day;
(b)
the 24th day of December in any year and the 5th of January in the following year, and
all the days in between those two dates; and
(c)
the day observed as the anniversary of Wellington, New Zealand and the province
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where the Provider’s head office is located;
Confidential Information means information that:
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is marked by either party as 'confidential', 'in confidence', 'restricted' or 'commercial
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in confidence';
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is provided by either party or a third party 'in confidence';
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(d)
either party knows or ought to know is confidential; or
(e)
is of a sensitive nature or commercially sensitive to either party,
and includes personal information (as defined in the Privacy Act 1993);
Conflict of interest means any matter, circumstance, interest or activity of the Provider, its
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Personnel, subcontractors, or any other person with whom the Provider has a relationship
arising by whatever means that directly or indirectly conflicts with:
(a)
the duties of the Provider and any of its Personnel or subcontractors to the
Purchasing Agency under the Outcome Agreement; or
(b)
the interests of the Purchasing Agency in relation to the Outcome Agreement or
otherwise in respect to the provision of Services to the Purchasing Agency;
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or otherwise impairs or might appear to impair the ability of the Provider (or any of its
Personnel or subcontractors) to diligently and independently provide the Services to the
Purchasing Agency under the Outcome Agreement;
Framework Terms and Conditions means these terms and conditions;
Intellectual Property Rights includes copyright and all present and future intellectual
property rights as may exist anywhere in the world, whether conferred by statute, at
common law or in equity, and whether or not registered or capable of registration, in
relation to inventions (including patents), trade marks, designs, rights in databases and any
proprietary business methodology;
Law means:
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(a)
any statute, regulation, bylaw, ordinance or subordinate legislation in force from time
to time to which a party is subject;
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(b)
the common law and the law of equity as applicable to the parties from time to time;
(c)
any binding court order, judgment or decree;
(d)
any applicable industry code, convention, policy or standard enforceable by law; and
(e)
any applicable direction, policy, permission, consent, licence, rule or order that is
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binding on a party and that is made or given by any governmental, legal or regulatory
body having jurisdiction over a party or any of that party’s assets, resources or
business,
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in any jurisdiction that is applicable to an Outcome Agreement;
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Other Purchasing Agency means, in relation to an Outcome Agreement, each Purchasing
Agency that is also a party to that, or any other, Outcome Agreement with the Provider;
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Outcome means each outcome described in the Outcome Agreement;
Outcome Agreement means an Outcome Agreement signed by one or more Purchasing
Agencies and the Provider detailing the Services;
Outcome Agreement Management Plan means, if applicable for the Outcome Agreement,
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the contract management plan relating to how the Purchasing Agency, and any Other
Purchasing Agencies and the Provider will work together under the Outcome Agreement;
Personnel means all individuals engaged by a party in relation to an Outcome Agreement
and includes a party’s (and a subcontractor’s) employees, individual contractors, volunteers,
representatives, agents and, in respect of a Purchasing Agency, includes an auditor or
reviewer appointed under clauses 5.4 or 5.5;
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Provider means the non-government organisation named as the provider in an Outcome
Agreement;
Purchasing Agency means:
(a)
each Public Service department, as defined in section 27 of the State Sector Act
1988;
(b)
the New Zealand Defence Force, the New Zealand Police, the New Zealand Security
Intelligence Service, the Parliamentary Counsel Office, the Clerk of the House of
Representatives and the Parliamentary Corporation;
(c)
each Crown Entity, as defined in section 7 of the Crown Entities Act 2004;
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(d)
each organisation listed in the fourth schedule to the Public Finance Act 1989;
(e)
each local authority, as defined in section 5 of the Local Government Act 2002,
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that is a party to an Outcome Agreement;
Relationship Manager means the relationship manager appointed by each party and named
as a relationship manager in an Outcome Agreement;
Remedy Plan means a written plan that may be entered into by the Provider and the
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Purchasing Agency to address any non-performance issues, such Remedy Plan will identify:
(a)
the non-performance issue;
(b)
how and why the non-performance issue arose; and
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what action the Provider or the Purchasing Agency (whichever is relevant) must take
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to address or resolve the non-performance issue to the satisfaction of the other, and a
timetable for such actions to be completed;
Services means, for an Outcome Agreement, each of the services the Provider will perform
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to contribute towards achieving each Outcome as described in the Outcome Agreement.
Interpretation: Unless the context otherwise requires:
(a)
a reference to a “party” or the “parties” are to a party or all parties to the Outcome
Agreement and includes that party’s respective successors in title and permitted
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assigns (and, where the context so permits, its respective Personnel, Subcontractors
and representatives);
(b)
the word “including” and other similar words do not imply any limitation;
(c)
a reference to documentation (including these Framework Terms and Conditions)
includes a reference to that document as varied, supplemented, novated or
substituted from time to time;
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(d)
headings are not to be used for interpretation;
(e)
the Introduction, Purpose & Context Statement and Relationship Principles form part
of these Framework Terms and Conditions; and
(f)
the singular includes the plural and vice versa.
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