PROGRESS AND COMPLETION 8.2.1 All time limits stated in the Contract Documents are material terms and time is the essence of the Contract. A failure by Contractor to do what is required by the time specified in the Contract Documents is a breach of the contract. 8.2.2 The Contractor shall begin the Work on the date of commencement as defined in 8.2.3 If in the sole opinion of the State, the Contractor fails to commence work on the project or to complete the work of said project within the time specified above, or to prosecute the work in such a manner that it appears that the completion date can be assured, the State shall have the right to notify the Contractor by Certified Mail that the terms of the Contract have been violated, and that effective immediately the Contract is terminated and the State has the right to and in fact is taking over and attending to completion of the project without prejudice to the State's remedies for any losses sustained
Ordering and Provisioning 53.3.1 CenturyLink will provide necessary ordering and provisioning business process support as well as those technical and systems interfaces as may be required to enable CLEC to provide resale services, including the functions, features, and capabilities of such services, and Unbundled Network Elements. If CenturyLink deploys any enhanced electronic capability CenturyLink will notify CLEC of availability and CLEC shall use the processes for performing transaction(s) to the extent practicable and the use of any other interface or process will be discontinued. 53.3.2 The Parties agree that orders for services under this Agreement will not be submitted or accepted until thirty (30) Days after the completion of all account establishment activities, including but not limited to, the documents and information subscribed in Section 45.1, unless the Parties mutually agree upon a different date based on the specific circumstances of the Parties’ relationship. 53.3.3 Except as specifically provided otherwise in this Agreement, pre- ordering, ordering and provisioning of resold services shall be governed in accordance with CenturyLink’s Standard Practices. 53.3.4 CenturyLink will provide provisioning intervals and procedures for design and complex services on a nondiscriminatory basis. Complex Service Order charges pursuant to Tariff terms may apply. 53.3.5 Where Technically Feasible, the NEAC will coordinate support for all designed and/or complex services provided to CLEC. 53.3.6 To the extent required by Applicable Law, and upon request from CLEC, employing CenturyLink’s LSR, CenturyLink will provide blocking of 700, 900, and 976 services, or other services of similar type as may now exist or be developed in the future, and shall provide Billed Number Screening (BNS), including required LIDB updates, or equivalent service for blocking completion of bill-to-third party and collect calls, on a line, PBX, or individual service basis. Blocking shall be provided to the extent (a) it is an available option for the Telecommunications Service resold by CLEC, or (b) it is Technically Feasible when requested by CLEC as a function of Unbundled Network Elements. 53.3.7 When ordering a resale service via an LSR Service Order, CLEC may order separate interLATA and IintraLATA service providers (i.e., two PICs) on a line or trunk basis, and CLEC agrees to pay the applicable Service Order and PIC charges associated with such order. CenturyLink will accept PIC change orders for IntraLATA toll and long distance services through the service provisioning process. 53.3.8 The standard Service Order charges as listed in the Table 1 of this Agreement shall apply to all orders.
Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity The Parties shall comply with the provisions of Schedule 5 (Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity).
Continuity of Services A. The Contractor recognizes that the service(s) to be performed under this Contract are vital to the State and must be continued without interruption and that, upon Contract expiration, a successor, either the State or another contractor, may continue them. The Contractor agrees to: Furnish phase-in training; and Exercise its best efforts and cooperation to effect an orderly and efficient transition to a successor. B. The Contractor shall, upon the State's written notice: Furnish phase-in, phase-out services for up to sixty (60) days after this Contract expires; and Negotiate in good faith a plan with a successor to determine the nature and extent of phase-in, phase-out services required. The plan shall specify a training program and a date for transferring responsibilities for each division of work described in the plan, and shall be subject to the State's approval. The Contractor shall provide sufficient experienced personnel during the phase-in, phase-out period to ensure that the services called for by this Contract are maintained at the required level of proficiency. C. The Contractor shall allow as many personnel as practicable to remain on the job to help the successor maintain the continuity and consistency of the services required by this Contract. The Contractor also shall disclose necessary personnel records and allow the successor to conduct on-site interviews with these employees. If selected employees are agreeable to the change, the Contractor shall release them at a mutually agreeable date and negotiate transfer of their earned fringe benefits to the successor. D. The Contractor shall be reimbursed for all reasonable phase-in, phase-out costs (i.e., costs incurred within the agreed period after contract expiration that result from phase-in, phase-out operations).
Transition Seller will not take any action that is designed or intended to have the effect of discouraging any lessor, licensor, customer, supplier, or other business associate of the Company from maintaining the same business relationships with the Company after the Closing as it maintained with the Company prior to the Closing. The Seller will refer all customer inquiries relating to the business of the Company to the Purchaser from and after the Closing.