Statewide Internet Portal Authority (SIPA)

unsuitable, SIPA may require the Contractor to offer alternative candidates where such 

are available.  

C. Notwithstanding its role in approving Key Personnel and their replacements, SIPA 

shall have no supervisory control over their work, and nothing in this Article shall relieve 

the Contractor of any of its obligations under this Contract, or of its responsibility for any 

acts or omissions of its personnel.  

Article 18: Changes  

A. At any time during the period of this Contract, SIPA may request changes in the work, 

so long as such changes are within the general scope of the Contract. The Contractor may 

also propose changes for consideration by SIPA.  

B. A change request from SIPA must be identified as such, must be made or confirmed in 

writing, and must be signed by the Responsible Officer identified in Paragraph A of 

Article 21 hereof, entitled Responsible Officers. If any other conduct by the responsible 

officer or any other representative of SIPA is construed by the Contractor as possibly 

constituting a change request or an interpretation of the Contract requirements 

inconsistent with the Contractor s understanding of those requirements, the Contractor 

shall promptly notify SIPA and request clarification.  

C. Within fourteen (14) days after receiving a change request from SIPA, the Contractor 

shall submit to SIPA a contract change notice in accordance with the requirements of 

Paragraph D of this Article.  The Contractor may request a longer period to prepare the 

contract change notice, but the Contractor shall make any request for such a longer period 

within seven (7) days after the Contractor receives the change request. SIPA shall not 

unreasonably withhold its consent to a request for such a longer period, taking into 

account the nature of the change request, but SIPA may also take into account the impact 

of such an extension on the performance schedule.  

D. Whether submitted in response to a change request initiated by SIPA, or initiated by 

the Contractor, the contract change notice shall itemize, in a format specified by SIPA, 

any impact that the change would have on the technical requirements, price, performance 

schedule, or other terms and conditions of this Contract. Where appropriate, the contract 

change notice shall also suggest any revised language for the Contract, including any of 

its Annexes that would be necessary to implement the change.  

E. Any claim by the Contractor for adjustment of the technical requirements, price, 

performance schedule, or other terms and conditions of this Contract, attributable to a 

change, shall be deemed waived unless asserted in the contract change notice.  

F. If the cost of any materials that would be made obsolete as a result of a change is 

included in the Contractor s claim for adjustment:  

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