Payment and Contract Price C1 Contract Price
C1.1 In consideration of the Contractor’s performance of its obligations under the Contract, the Authority shall pay the Contract Price in accordance with clause C2 (Payment and VAT).
C1.2 The Authority shall, in addition to the Contract Price and following evidence of a valid VAT invoice, pay the Contractor a sum equal to the VAT chargeable on the value of the Services supplied in accordance with the Contract. C2 Payment and VAT
C2.1 The Authority shall pay all sums due to the Contractor within thirty (30) days of receipt of a valid invoice, submitted Monthly in arrears.
C2.2 The Authority shall pay all sums by direct credit transfer into a suitable bank account or by other electronic payment methods as appropriate.
C2.3 The Contractor shall ensure that each invoice contains a valid purchase order number. All appropriate references and a detailed breakdown of the Services supplied and any other documentation reasonably required by the Authority to substantiate the invoice should be supplied in accordance with Schedule 2.
C2.4 Where the Contractor enters into a sub-contract for the purpose of performing its obligations under the Contract, it shall ensure that a provision is included in such a sub-contract which requires payment to be made of all sums due by the Contractor to the Sub-contractor within a specified period not exceeding thirty (30) days from the receipt of a valid invoice.
C2.5 The Contractor shall add VAT to the Contract Price at the prevailing rate as applicable and the Authority shall pay the VAT to the Contractor following its receipt of a valid VAT invoice.
C2.6 The Contractor shall indemnify the Authority on a continuing basis against any liability, including any interest, penalties or costs incurred, which is levied, demanded or assessed on the Authority at any time in respect of the Contractor’s failure to account for or to pay any VAT relating to payments made to the Contractor under the Contract. Any amounts due under this clause C2.5 shall be paid by the Contractor to the Authority not less than five (5) Working Days before the date upon which the tax or other liability is payable by the Authority.
C2.7 The Contractor shall not suspend the supply of the Services unless the Contractor is entitled to terminate the Contract under clause H2.3 (Termination on Default) for failure to pay undisputed sums of money. Interest shall be payable by the Authority on the late payment of any undisputed sums of money properly invoiced in accordance with the Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇.
C2.8 Where payment by the Authority of all or any part of any invoice rendered or other claim for payment by the Contractor is disputed, this dispute shall be resolved in accordance with the disputed claims procedure as set out in Schedule 2. C3 Recovery of Sums Due C3.1 Wherever under the Contract any sum of money is recoverable from or payable by the Contractor (including any sum which the Contractor is liable to pay to the Authority in respect of any breach of the Contract), the Authority may unilaterally deduct that sum from any sum then due, or which at any later time may become due to the Contractor under the Contract or under any other agreement or contract with the Authority. C3.2 Any overpayment by either Party, whether of the Contract Price or of VAT or otherwise, shall be a sum of money recoverable by the Party who made the overpayment from the Party in receipt of the overpayment.
C3.3 The Contractor shall make all payments due to the Authority without any deduction whether by way of set-off, counterclaim, discount, abatement or otherwise unless the Contractor has a valid court order requiring an amount equal to such deduction to be paid by the Authority to the Contractor.
C3.4 All payments due shall be made within a reasonable time unless otherwise specified in the Contract, in cleared funds, to such bank or building society account as the recipient Party may from time to time direct. C4 Price adjustment on extension of the Initial Contract Period
C4.1 The Contract Price shall apply for the Initial Contract Period. In the event that the Authority agrees to extend the Initial Contract Period pursuant to clause F8 (Extension of Initial Contract Period), the Authority may, where applicable, in the six (6) Month period prior to the expiry of the Initial Contract Period, enter into good faith negotiations with the Contractor (for a period of not more than thirty (30) Working Days) to agree a variation in the Contract Price. For the avoidance of doubt both Parties accept and acknowledge that any Variation to the Contract Price shall not have the effect of altering the economic balance of the Contract during the period of extension in favour of the Contractor in a manner not provided for in the terms of the Contract.
C4.2 If the Parties are unable to agree a variation in the Contract Price in accordance with clause C4.1, the Contract shall terminate at the end of the Initial Contract Period.
C4.3 If a variation in the Contract Price is agreed between the Authority and the Contractor, the revised Contract Price will take effect from the first day of any period of extension and shall apply during such period of extension.
C4.4 Any increase in the Contract Price pursuant to clause C4.1 shall not exceed the percentage change in the Office of National Statistics’ Consumer Prices Index (CPI) (or another such index specified in the Prices & Rates Schedule) between the Commencement Date and the date six (6) Months before the end of the Initial Contract Period.] C5 Euro
C5.1 Any requirement of Law to account for the Services in Euro (or to prepare for such accounting) instead of and/or in addition to sterling, shall be implemented by the Contractor at nil charge to the Authority.
C5.2 The Authority shall provide all reasonable assistance to facilitate compliance with clause C5.1 by the Contractor. C6 Third Party Revenue
C6.1 The Contractor may not obtain any third party revenue, income or credit based on the Services and/or copyright works delivered under this Contract without the express prior written agreement of the Authority.