25. Assignment, Sub-contractors and Suppliers
25.1
The Contractor shall not sub-contract or transfer, assign, charge, or otherwise dispose of the Contract or any part of it without the prior written consent of the Council.
25.2
The Contractor shall ensure that any sub-contractor complies with the terms and conditions of the Contract, so far as they are applicable. Any sub-contract shall not relieve the Contractor of his obligations under the Contract.
25.3
The Contractor must ensure that it does not any time during the Contract Period enter into a Subcontract with: (a) any Sub Contractor that is on the debarment list on the basis of a mandatory exclusion ground within the meaning of the Procurement Act 2023 and associated regulations; or (b) any Sub Contractor that is on the debarment list on the basis of a discretionary exclusion ground within the meaning of the Procurement Act 2023 and associated regulations, unless the Contractor has obtained the Council's prior written consent to the appointment of the relevant proposed Subcontractor.
25.4
The Contractor is responsible for all acts and omissions of its Subcontractors and those employed or engaged by them as if they were its own.
25.5
Where the Contractor enters into a contract with a supplier or sub-contractor for the purpose of performing the Contract or any part of it, he shall cause a term to be included in such contract which requires payment to be made by the Contractor to the supplier or subcontractor before the end of the period of thirty (30) days of receiving a valid, undisputed beginning with the day on which an invoice is received by the Contractor or if later, the date by which the payment falls due in accordance with the invoice, subject to the invoice being verified by the party making payment as valid and undisputed.
