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## 4.2.2.4. Pricing 

No cost to ECHA: the contractor shall comply and remain compliant with the rules and requirements at no additional cost to ECHA. That is to say, ECHA shall not issue any SC with the purpose of paying to bring the contractor in to compliance. Amongst other things, the contractor shall bear the costs of the activities indicated above. 

## 4.3. Transitioning across lots: Takeover (WP 3) 

The following section describes the services covered under the takeover work package. The Contractor shall have an adequate organisation, expected staffing, methodology, inputs and outputs to successfully engage in the tasks and services to be provided. 

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This work package is specific to a product or set of products and allows the taking over contractors to acquire the knowledge from the incumbent contractors and/or ECHA in order to ensure the autonomous operation of the products under its responsibility. This work package applies in conjunction with the Handover work package (WP4) to all products and services that, during their lifetime, transition from one lot to another  of this FWC666. 

However, the Takeover work package is also expected to be instantiated during the FWC666 phase in stage . In this case, the contractor(s) handing over will be incumbent(s) operating under the Framework Contracts being replaced by this procedure. 

## 4.3.1. Objectives 

• Achieve a smooth transition without risk of services / business disruption while controlling duration regardless of the situation in which the product will be at the time of takeover 

• Establish efficient communication channels among the contractor ’s team and with ECHA’s teams for all involved products 

• Ensure that proper coordination and collaboration are put into place with the other involved stakeholders (e.g. other contractors, other services of the Contracting Authority) 

• Be ready to deliver all required services in a smooth and transparent way, formalise the transfer of responsibility from the previous Contractor/organisation to the new Contractor and define a clear and up to date reference baseline on the status of the specifications, software, and any related documentation 

• Ensure continuity of operations (especially for the maintenance of the existing platforms and associated products) and ensure no performance degradation and guaranteeing Business Continuity of all involved products. 

During the execution of this work package, the contractors are involved in all the services in the scope of this FWC666. However, during the phase in stage, the existing services will remain under the responsibility of the incumbent contractors until the takeover is concluded. 

The takeovers of the phase in stage  must be synchronised with the termination of the services of the current incumbent contracts. Practically, they can be seen as multiple takeovers : 

• Takeover 1:  from the incumbent FWC ECHA/2016/333 Contractor for the related products; 

