Common use of Second Step: Project Team Meeting Clause in Contracts

Second Step: Project Team Meeting. Within fourteen (14) days after the written First Step notice is received, Contractor shall schedule a meeting and provide Vendor with written notice of the meeting to be held at the project site or other designated location. The meeting shall be attended by the respective project managers or other designated representative of both Vendor and Contractor with full authority to negotiate the dispute to resolution. The resolution of the dispute shall be reduced to writing and signed by both parties, unless the dispute is not resolved at the Project Team meeting. In the event Contractor, at its option, does not schedule the meeting within fourteen(14) days, the dispute shall be deemed denied and Vendor may proceed to arbitration under the Fourth Step and must proceed to arbitration within the next fourteen(14) days (which means twenty-eight (28) days after the Project Team meeting) or Vendor will be deemed to have agreed to Contractor’s position. If Contractor schedules the meeting and Vendor does not attend, the claim shall be deemed withdrawn and waived.