37.2  [Report and Invoice]

37.2.1  Within ten (10) Business Days of the end of each Payment Period152 the Contractor shall submit to the Authority:

(a)  a report showing for that Payment Period the Monthly Unitary Payment and, individually, each item taken into account in calculating the Monthly Unitary Payment pursuant to paragraph [   ] of Schedule 6; and

(b)  an invoice for the amount (if any) shown by the report as owing by the Authority to the Contractor and for any VAT payable by the Authority in respect of that amount such invoice to be in the form set out in Schedule 6 (Payment Mechanism) and to include details of:

(i)  the reference number of the Agreement and of the invoice such reference numbers to be generated using a reasonable methodology notified to the Contractor as agreed between the Authority and the Contractor;

(ii)  reference to the specific provisions of the Agreement which entitle the Contractor to the amount invoiced; and

(iii)  any data which is relied upon in calculating the value of the invoice]

37.2.2  The Contractor shall provide the Authority any other supporting information reasonably requested by the Authority in relation to an invoice submitted pursuant to clause 37.2.1

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152 'Bill in month, pay in month' regarded as providing value for money for Authorities, but it is their discretion whether to adopt this approach, which is why the clause has been placed in square brackets.