1  Notification and Specification21

1.1  If an Medium Value Change is required by the Authority, it shall serve an Authority Change Notice on the Contractor.

1.2  The Authority Change Notice shall, where applicable, include, but not be limited to, the following information:

(a)  a statement that it is a Medium Value Change and whether or not the Change is required as a result of a Change in Law or is a Best Value Change;

(b)  a description of any works (or change to the Works) required in sufficient detail to allow the design and pricing of the Medium Value Change by the Contractor;

(c)  whether, in respect of any additional works, the Contractor is expected to provide maintenance and lifecycle services in respect of such additional works;

(d)  the location for the works or services required;

(e)  the timing of the works or services required;

(f)  in respect of additional or varied services, a description of such service or variation to a Service together with the anticipated date of implementation of the variation or commencement of the new service in sufficient detail to allow the pricing of the Medium Value Change by the Contractor;

(g)  the date by which the Contractor shall provide the Contractor Response to the Authority (which shall be appropriate to the complexity of the Change required and shall not be less than ten (10) Business Days from the date of the Authority Change Notice);22

(h)  either confirmation that the Authority will fund the Medium Value Change itself and its proposals for payment (whether in stages or otherwise) or a request that the Contractor raises finance for the Authority Change as required by paragraph 7 of Part 1 (Payment) of this Change Protocol.

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21  DN: The Authority should consider whether a pro forma should be included as an appendix.  

22  Note that if the Authority has requested that the Contractor obtain funding of the Capital Expenditure, this period should not be less than 40 Business Days to fit in with the time periods set out in paragraph 4 of Part 1.