The contractor must immediately notify the contracting authority of the suspension. The notification must include a description of the force majeure and state when the contractor expects to resume the provision of services. 

The contractor must notify  the contracting authority as soon as it is able to resume performance of the specific contract , unless the contracting authority has already terminated the FWC or the specific contract. 

## II.17.1 Suspension by the contracting authority 

The contracting authority may suspend the implementation of the FWC  or performance of a specific contract  or any part of it: 

(a) if the procedure for awarding the FWC or a specific contract or the implementation of the FWC  proves to have been subject to substantial errors , irregularities  or fraud ; 

(b) in order to verify whether the presumed substantial errors , irregularities  or fraud  actually occurred. 

The contracting authority must formally notify  the contractor of the suspension. Suspension takes effect on the date of formal notification , or at a later date if the formal notification  so provides. 

The contracting authority must notify  the contractor as soon as possible whether: 

(a) it is lifting the suspension; or 

(b) it intends to terminate the FWC or a specific contract under Article II.18.1(f) or (j). 

The contractor is not entitled to compensation for suspension of any part of the FWC or a specific contract. 

## II.18. TERMINATION OF THE FWC 

## II.18.1 Grounds for termination by the contracting authority 

The contracting authority may terminate the FWC or a specific contract in the following circumstances: 

(a) if provision of the services under a pending specific contract has not actually started within 15 days of the scheduled date and the contracting authority considers the new date proposed, if any, unacceptable, taking into account Article II.11.2; 

(b) if the contractor is unable, through its own fault, to obtain any permit or licence required for implementation of the FWC ; 

(c) if the contractor does not implement the FWC or perform the specific contract in accordance with the tender specifications or request for service  or is in breach of another substantial contractual obligation or repeatedly refuses to sign specific contracts. Termination of three or more specific contracts in these circumstances also constitutes grounds for termination of the FWC; 

