Common use of Operations Standards Clause in Contracts

Operations Standards. Contractor’s implementation of the services required by this Agreement shall occur in a smooth and seamless manner so that Customers do not experience disruption in Franchise Services when services are initiated on the commencement date. Contractor shall be responsible for managing implementation of new Franchise Services and the Collection standards listed in Section 4.2. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, Contractor is relying on County to provide it with information regarding the new accounts that Contractor will begin servicing as of the Effective Date, and Contractor shall not be responsible for any disruption in or failure to provide services resulting from the inaccuracy or incompleteness of such information. In order to facilitate a smooth transition of Franchise Services within Contractor’s Service Area, it is expected that Contractor coordinate with other waste collection contractors to exchange Containers that were utilized by any previous contractor to provide regular Collection services to a Customer before the Effective Date to Contractor’s Containers complying with requirements of this section. Contractor is allowed six (6) months from the Effective Date to complete the exchange of previous contractor’s Containers to Contractor’s Containers at Contractor’s Customer locations. During this six (6) month period, Sections 6.4.1 through 6.4.4 shall not apply to Containers placed into service before the Effective Date. Contractor will not be able to charge a customer the new collection rate (as specified in Exhibit B) until the Contractor delivers that customer the containers commensurate with the level of service associated with the new collection rate.