Common use of Responsibility for Management Work Clause in Contracts

Responsibility for Management Work. a. In furtherance of the Work and the purpose of this Cost Sharing Agreement, the Parties will coordinate their communications with third parties, including Joint Contractors, and to the extent necessary, MassDEP. Each Party shall have the right to be present in all meetings and telephone conferences with MassDEP with respect to matters involving the Work. All work plans, proposals, reports, and other written communication with MassDEP concerning the Work must be mutually approved in writing in advance by both Parties and will be jointly submitted to MassDEP. b. The Parties will jointly select and manage technical consultants, advisors, and contractors, including a licensed professional engineer (collectively “Joint Contractors”), to perform the Work. Each Party will have open access to all Joint Contractors and will have the right to be present in meetings and telephone conferences with Joint Contractors. The Parties may jointly determine to terminate a Joint Contractor at any time and without cause. c. All data, written analysis, reports, or laboratory results performed by or at the direction of a Joint Contractor shall be shared with all Parties. d. Each Party will give the other Parties at least ten (10) days advance notice of any meeting and 20-hour advance notice (at least one business day) of any telephone conference scheduled with MassDEP or a Joint Contractor relating to matters involving the Work. Each Party, however, may contact the Joint Contractors independently regarding routine matters or to obtain information without providing advance notice to the other Party and without seeking to involve the other Party in the communication, provided that the Parties shall instruct the Joint Contractors that such contacts are not confidential with respect to the other Party and that both Parties are to be involved in all calls involving non-routine matters and matters of strategic importance.