Payment; Reports Within twenty (20) days after the close of each calendar quarter, Partner will deliver to SAP a report (“Payment Report”) which will provide all information reasonably required by SAP identifying each Customer by an unique customer number for computation, customer name (no abbreviations), customer address (street, city, postal code, country), group (if any), and/or confirmation of the fees, if any, due or credited to Licensor for the period being reported, including without limitation:
(i) license information (material code/software description, license quantity, license metric, license term for non-perpetual licenses, and associated license or subscription fee due SAP), and (ii) SAP support fees, associated support rate and indicating whether it is first year support or a renewal, and associated license fee. The payment report shall be submitted to SAP even if no license and support fee is due. Partner will submit the payment report electronically via a reporting tool made available by SAP to Partner. SAP will inform in writing Partner in case of change to the reporting format and Partner shall submit its payment reports under such new reporting format for all future quarterly reporting periods. Partner agrees that the Payment Report is binding on Partner once it is submitted to SAP and Partner may not withdraw, modify or cancel any orders set forth in the Payment Report.
8. AUDIT.
(a) SAP shall have the right to once annually conduct an audit to verify the compliance of (i) Partner, and/or (ii) any of its Affiliates involved in the performance of obligations under any part of the Agreement, with the terms of the Agreement, in particular Partner´s compliance obligations as set forth in Section 12 below. Notwithstanding foregoing, in the event SAP reasonably believes that a breach of the terms of this Agreement, in particular the compliance obligations set forth in Section 12 below, has occurred or will most likely occur, SAP shall have the right to perform an audit.
(b) The audit will be conducted by SAP or its nominated independent expert. By choosing the expert, SAP will take into account Partner’s legitimate business interests. SAP will bear the costs of the audit unless the expert establishes a breach by the Partner in which case Partner must bear the costs.
(c) SAP will provide one (1) week advance notice of an audit unless a) SAP reasonably believes that evidence to be reviewed will be compromised or b) required by investigating authorities.
(d) The audit will take place during normal business hours and SAP will instruct its expert to conduct the audit in such a manner that it will not unreasonably interfere with Partner’s business operations.
(e) Partner must make full disclosure to the expert, and ensure that (i) Partner and its Affiliates involved in the performance of obligations under any part of this Agreement and any of (ii) Partner’s Representatives cooperate fully and provide information, grant viewing access to all necessary and useful documents and permit the making of copies of them. Financial records that relate to the subject matter of the audit must be readily available for inspection during audits by SAP or its expert. Partner also agrees to make its employees, officers, and directors involved in the performance of obligations under this Agreement available for meetings and interviews with SAP and/or its expert for the audit. Partner agrees to provide appropriate workspace for the expert.
(f) The expert will be bound in writing to confidentiality for the benefit of SAP and the Partner. The expert will undertake not to disclose information to SAP, except for the purpose of providing a report of the audit and, in case of a breach of any part of this Agreement, any information establishing such a breach.
(g) Partner’s Confidential Information disclosed during the audit will not be used by SAP for any purpose other than to verify and prove if a breach of any part of this Agreement has occurred.
(h) Partner must include audit terms with its agreements with any third party used by Partner in connection with its sales and marketing activities under this Agreement (hereinafter “Intermediary/ies”) which are materially as protective as the terms in this Section 8.
(i) SAP reserves the right to suspend new business with the Partner in the event of a lack of reasonable and/or timely cooperation by Partner and its representatives in case of an audit. Furthermore, SAP may terminate the Agreement in accordance with Section 10.1 (Termination) below in case Partner does not cooperate with SAP during an audit as outlined in this Section 8.
PROGRESS PAYMENT
9.2.1 City shall retain five percent (5%) of the undisputed amount due on each progress payment, or the percentage stated in the Notice Inviting Bids, whichever is greater, as retention to ensure full and complete performance of the Work. Subject to City’s right of withholding under Paragraph 9.4.2 of these General Conditions, City agrees to pay to Contractor within thirty (30) Days of receipt of a properly submitted Application for Payment an amount equal to ninety-five percent (95%), or a lesser amount if corresponding to a higher retention percentage, if applicable, of the sum of the following, excepting therefrom any amounts which are disputed by City:
(i) Construction Manager’s determination of the value, expressed as a percentage of the Contract Sum, of the Work in permanent place that has been tested and accepted as of the end of the preceding month.
(ii) Construction Manager’s determination of the value of materials suitably stored but not yet incorporated into the Work, subject to Paragraph 9.3.6 of these General Conditions.
(iii) Less amounts previously paid.
9.2.2 At any Time after fifty percent (50%) of the Work has been determined by Construction Manager to be completed, City may in its sole discretion, make any of the remaining progress payments in accordance with the calculation in Paragraph 9.2.1 of these General Conditions based on one hundred percent (100%) of City’s determination of the value of the Work in place and of stored materials not yet incorporated into the Work.
9.2.3 Progress payments shall not be construed as City's Acceptance of any or all of the Work and shall not be a waiver of any or all rights City has under the Contract Documents.
Progress Payments 9.5.1 After the Architect has issued a Certificate for Payment, the State shall make payment in the manner and within the time provided in the Contract Documents.
9.5.2 The Contractor shall promptly pay each Subcontractor, upon receipt of payment from the State, out of the amount paid to the Contractor on account of such Subcontractor's Work, the amount to which said Subcontractor is entitled, reflecting the percentage actually retained, if any, from payments to the Contractor on account of such Subcontractor's Work. The Contractor shall, by an appropriate agreement with each Subcontractor, require each Subcontractor to make payments to his or her Sub-subcontractors in similar manner.
9.5.3 The Architect may, on request and at his discretion, furnish to any Subcontractor, if practicable, information regarding the percentages of completion or the amounts applied for by the Contractor and the action taken thereon by the Architect on account of Work done by such Subcontractor.
9.5.4 Neither the State nor the Architect shall have any obligation to pay or to see to the payment of any moneys to any Subcontractor.
9.5.5 No Certificate for a progress payment, nor any progress payment, nor any partial or entire use or occupancy of the Project by the State, shall constitute an acceptance of any Work not in accordance with the Contract Documents.
Progress Reports The Recipient shall submit to the OPWC, at the OPWC's request, summary reports detailing the progress of the Project pursuant to this Agreement and any additional reports containing such information as the OPWC may reasonably require.
Progress Payments; Retainage A. Owner shall make progress payments on account of the Contract Price on the basis of Contractor’s Applications for Payment on the third Wednesday of the Month during performance of the Work as provided in Paragraph 6.02.A.1 below, provided that such Applications for Payment have been submitted in a timely manner and otherwise meet the requirements of the Contract. All such payments will be measured by the Schedule of Values established as provided in the General Conditions (and in the case of Unit Price Work based on the number of units completed) or, in the event there is no Schedule of Values, as provided elsewhere in the Contract.
1. Prior to Substantial Completion, progress payments will be made in an amount equal to the percentage indicated below but, in each case, less the aggregate of payments previously made and less such amounts as Owner may withhold, including but not limited to liquidated damages, in accordance with the Contract
a. 95 percent of Work completed (with the balance being retainage). If the Work has been 50 percent completed as determined by Engineer, and if the character and progress of the Work have been satisfactory to Owner and Engineer, then as long as the character and progress of the Work remain satisfactory to Owner and Engineer, there will be no additional retainage; and