Common use of Audit Schedule Clause in Contracts

Audit Schedule. Except where an audit is imposed on the Authority by a Regulatory Body, the Authority may, not more than twice in any year and for a period of 12 months following the Term, conduct an audit for purposes including the following purposes: to verify the accuracy of the Contract Price (and proposed or actual Variations to it in accordance with this Contract); to review the integrity, confidentiality and security of the Authority Data; to review the Contractor's compliance with the DPA, FOIA and any other Laws applicable to the Services; to review the Contractor's compliance with its obligations under clauses 44; to carry out the audit and certification of the Authority's accounts; to carry out an examination pursuant to Section 6(1) of the National Audit ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ of the economy, efficiency and effectiveness with which the Authority has used its resources; to verify the accuracy and completeness of any management information delivered or required by this Contract; to inspect any IT environment (or any part of it) used for or in connection with the delivery of the Services; to inspect the Authority's property, including the Authority's Intellectual Property, the Equipment, facilities and maintenance, for the purposes of ensuring that the Authority's assets are secure and that any register of assets is up to date; and/or to ensure that the Contractor is complying with the Standards; to review the accuracy and completeness of any register the Contractor is required to maintain. The Authority shall use its reasonable endeavours to ensure that the conduct of each audit does not unreasonably disrupt the Contractor or delay the provision of the Services. Subject to the Authority's obligations of confidentiality, the Contractor shall on demand provide the Authority (and/or its agents or representatives) with all reasonable co-operation and assistance in relation to each audit, including: all information requested by the Authority within the permitted scope of the audit; reasonable access to any sites controlled by the Contractor and to any Equipment used (whether exclusively or non-exclusively) in the performance of the Services; access to the Contractor's IT system; and access to Staff. The Contractor shall implement all measurement and monitoring tools and procedures necessary to measure and report on the Contractor's performance of the Services against the applicable service levels or performance measures detailed in the Specification at a level of detail sufficient to verify compliance with the service levels. The Authority shall endeavour to (but is not obliged to) provide at least 15 Working Days notice of its intention to conduct an audit. The Parties agree that they shall bear their own respective costs and expenses incurred in respect of compliance with their obligations under this Schedule, unless the audit identifies a material Default by the Contractor in which case the Contractor shall reimburse the Authority for all the Authority's reasonable costs incurred in the course of the audit. If an audit identifies that: the Contractor has failed to perform its obligations under this Contract in any material manner, the Parties shall agree and implement a remedial plan. If the Contractor's failure relates to a failure to provide any information to the Authority required by this Contract, then the remedial plan shall include a requirement for the provision of all such information; the Authority has overpaid the Contract Price, the Contractor shall pay to the Authority the amount overpaid within 20 Working Days. The Authority may deduct the relevant amount from the Contract Price if the Contractor fails to make this payment; and the Authority has underpaid any amount due as part of the Contract Price, the Authority shall pay to the Contractor the amount of the under-payment, less the cost of audit incurred by the Authority if this was due to a Default by the Contractor in relation to invoicing, within 20 Working Days. Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Plans The Contractor shall have in place appropriate business continuity and disaster recovery plans covering all locations where: Authority Data and any system assets are kept; The Services delivered to the Authority originate. Copies of the plans will be made available to the Authority upon request. The Contractor shall ensure that all copies/backups of Authority Data are transported and stored securely and subject to the same security standards as the systems holding the “live” Authority Data. The Contractor shall have in place documented policies and procedures for IT, information assurance (IA) and information management which reflect the need to identify and mitigate digital obsolescence risks.

Audit Schedule. Except where an audit is imposed on the Authority by a Regulatory Body, the Authority may, not more than twice in any year and for a period of 12 months following the Term, conduct an audit for purposes including the following purposes: to verify the accuracy of the Contract Price (and proposed or actual Variations to it in accordance with this Contract); to review the integrity, confidentiality and security of the Authority Data; to review the Contractor's compliance with the DPA, FOIA and any other Laws applicable to the Services; to review the Contractor's compliance with its obligations under clauses 4445 and 47; to carry out the audit and certification of the Authority's accounts; to carry out an examination pursuant to Section 6(1) of the National Audit ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ of the economy, efficiency and effectiveness with which the Authority has used its resources; to verify the accuracy and completeness of any management information delivered or required by this Contract; to inspect any IT environment (or any part of it) used for or in connection with the delivery of the Services; to inspect the Authority's property, including the Authority's Intellectual Property, the Equipment, facilities and maintenance, for the purposes of ensuring that the Authority's assets are secure and that any register of assets is up to date; and/or to ensure that the Contractor is complying with the Standards; to review the accuracy and completeness of any register the Contractor is required to maintain. The Authority shall use its reasonable endeavours to ensure that the conduct of each audit does not unreasonably disrupt the Contractor or delay the provision of the Services. Subject to the Authority's obligations of confidentiality, the Contractor shall on demand provide the Authority (and/or its agents or representatives) with all reasonable co-operation and assistance in relation to each audit, including: all information requested by the Authority within the permitted scope of the audit; reasonable access to any sites controlled by the Contractor and to any Equipment used (whether exclusively or non-exclusively) in the performance of the Services; access to the Contractor's IT system; and access to Staff. The Contractor shall implement all measurement and monitoring tools and procedures necessary to measure and report on the Contractor's performance of the Services against the applicable service levels or performance measures detailed in the Specification at a level of detail sufficient to verify compliance with the service levels. The Authority shall endeavour to (but is not obliged to) provide at least 15 Working Days notice of its intention to conduct an audit. The Parties agree that they shall bear their own respective costs and expenses incurred in respect of compliance with their obligations under this Schedule, unless the audit identifies a material Default by the Contractor in which case the Contractor shall reimburse the Authority for all the Authority's reasonable costs incurred in the course of the audit. If an audit identifies that: the Contractor has failed to perform its obligations under this Contract in any material manner, the Parties shall agree and implement a remedial plan. If the Contractor's failure relates to a failure to provide any information to the Authority required by this Contract, then the remedial plan shall include a requirement for the provision of all such information; the Authority has overpaid the Contract Price, the Contractor shall pay to the Authority the amount overpaid within 20 [twenty] Working Days. The Authority may deduct the relevant amount from the Contract Price if the Contractor fails to make this payment; and the Authority has underpaid any amount due as part of the Contract Price, the Authority shall pay to the Contractor the amount of the under-payment, less the cost of audit incurred by the Authority if this was due to a Default by the Contractor in relation to invoicing, within 20 [twenty] Working Days. Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Plans The Contractor shall have in place appropriate business continuity and disaster recovery plans covering all locations where: Authority Data and any system assets are kept; The Services delivered to the Authority originate. Copies of the plans will be made available to the Authority upon request. The Contractor shall ensure that all copies/backups of Authority Data are transported and stored securely and subject to the same security standards as the systems holding the “live” Authority Data. The Contractor shall have in place documented policies and procedures for IT, information assurance (IA) and information management which reflect the need to identify and mitigate digital obsolescence risks.

Audit Schedule. Except where an audit is imposed on the Authority by a Regulatory Body, the Authority may, not more than twice in any year and for a period of 12 months following the Term, conduct an audit for purposes including the following purposes: to verify the accuracy of the Contract Price (and proposed or actual Variations to it in accordance with this Contract); to review the integrity, confidentiality and security of the Authority Data; to review the Contractor's compliance with the DPA, FOIA and any other Laws applicable to the Services; to review the Contractor's compliance with its obligations under clauses 4449 and 49.2; to carry out the audit and certification of the Authority's accounts; to carry out an examination pursuant to Section 6(1) of the National Audit ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ Act 1983 of the economy, efficiency and effectiveness with which the Authority has used its resources; to verify the accuracy and completeness of any management information delivered or required by this Contract; to inspect any IT environment (or any part of it) used for or in connection with the delivery of the Services; to inspect the Authority's property, including the Authority's Intellectual Property, the Equipment, facilities and maintenance, for the purposes of ensuring that the Authority's assets are secure and that any register of assets is up to date; and/or to ensure that the Contractor is complying with the Standards; to review the accuracy and completeness of any register the Contractor is required to maintain. The Authority shall use its reasonable endeavours to ensure that the conduct of each audit does not unreasonably disrupt the Contractor or delay the provision of the Services. Subject to the Authority's obligations of confidentiality, the Contractor shall on demand provide the Authority (and/or its agents or representatives) with all reasonable co-operation and assistance in relation to each audit, including: all information requested by the Authority within the permitted scope of the audit; reasonable access to any sites controlled by the Contractor and to any Equipment used (whether exclusively or non-exclusively) in the performance of the Services; access to the Contractor's IT system; and access to Staff. The Contractor shall implement all measurement and monitoring tools and procedures necessary to measure and report on the Contractor's performance of the Services against the applicable service levels or performance measures detailed in the Specification at a level of detail sufficient to verify compliance with the service levels. The Authority shall endeavour to (but is not obliged to) provide at least 15 Working Days notice of its intention to conduct an audit. The Parties agree that they shall bear their own respective costs and expenses incurred in respect of compliance with their obligations under this Schedule, unless the audit identifies a material Default by the Contractor in which case the Contractor shall reimburse the Authority for all the Authority's reasonable costs incurred in the course of the audit. If an audit identifies that: the Contractor has failed to perform its obligations under this Contract in any material manner, the Parties shall agree and implement a remedial plan. If the Contractor's failure relates to a failure to provide any information to the Authority required by this Contract, then the remedial plan shall include a requirement for the provision of all such information; the Authority has overpaid the Contract Price, the Contractor shall pay to the Authority the amount overpaid within 20 [twenty] Working Days. The Authority may deduct the relevant amount from the Contract Price if the Contractor fails to make this payment; and the Authority has underpaid any amount due as part of the Contract Price, the Authority shall pay to the Contractor the amount of the under-payment, less the cost of audit incurred by the Authority if this was due to a Default by the Contractor in relation to invoicing, within 20 [twenty] Working Days. Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Plans The Contractor shall have in place appropriate business continuity and disaster recovery plans covering all locations where: Authority Data and any system assets are kept; The Services delivered to the Authority originate. Copies of the plans will be made available to the Authority upon request. The Contractor shall ensure that all copies/backups of Authority Data are transported and stored securely and subject to the same security standards as the systems holding the “live” Authority Data. The Contractor shall have in place documented policies and procedures for IT, information assurance (IA) and information management which reflect the need to identify and mitigate digital obsolescence risks.