## Article 2 – Subject Matter, interpretation 

2.1 This Agreement covers the provision, at the request of a User, of the services described in Appendix A (the “ Services ”). 

2.2 The procedures for the award and performance of Assignments are set out in Article 4. 

2.3 The Service Provider, when performing an Assignment, shall comply with the User’s rules and regulations which will have been notified to it and in particular with Appendix B. 

2.4 The Service Provider will be required to appoint a named individual, as well as a back-up person with overall responsibility for managing and administering this Agreement on behalf of the Service Provider, including Proposals and Contracts as they arise. 

2.5 This Agreement does not confer on the Service Provider any right to provide Services to a User and there is no obligation on a User to request Services from the Service Provider nor to enter into any Contract with the Service Provider. 

2.6 References in this Agreement to any Article or Appendix without further designation shall be construed as a reference to the Article or Appendix of this Agreement so numbered. 

## Article 3 – Duration 

3.1 This Agreement shall enter into force as soon as it has been signed by both Parties (the “ Effective Date ”) and shall expire 3 (three) years thereafter (the “ End Date ”). This contractual period and all other periods specified in the Agreement are calculated in calendar days unless otherwise indicated. 

3.2 Under no circumstances may implementation take place before the Effective Date. Contracts may under no circumstances be concluded before the Effective Date. 

3.3 The Agreement shall continue to apply to Contracts whose end date falls after this Agreement expires. 

3.4 The term of this Agreement may be tacitly renewed by 1 (one) additional period of 1 (one) year unless the Bank notifies the Service Provider of its intention not to renew the term by giving at least 1 (one) month written notice prior to the date on which the Agreement would otherwise be tacitly renewed. Renewal shall not imply any modification or deferment of existing obligations nor any increase of the prices/rates referred to Article 5. 

## Article 4 – Procedure for Awarding Assignments 

4.1 As a User determines a need for Services, and without prejudice to Article 4.2 hereto, it will conduct the following award procedure: 

(i) The User will send in writing to the First-Ranked Framework Member an Assignment Terms of Reference including at a minimum: 

(a) the scope of Services required; 

(b) the Closing Date and deadline for clarifications; 

(c) the pricing mechanism for the Assignment (lump-sum, or time and materials); and 

(d) the Contract form to be used; and 

(e) the information required in the Proposal, which may include 

• Total price for the Assignment; or 

• A description of the approach to perform the Services; or 

• List of proposed trainers and their CVs; or 

• A schedule for delivery of the Services; or 

• Total man/days. 

