26.12.  sub-contractors

In the event that the Service Provider enters into any Sub-Contract in connection with this Agreement, it shall impose obligations on its sub-contractors in the same terms as those imposed on it pursuant to clauses 25 (Employees), 26 (TUPE and the Two Tier Workforce Code), 26.9 (Retendering) and 27 (Pensions) and shall procure that the sub-contractor complies with such terms. The Service Provider shall indemnify and keep the Authority indemnified in full against all Direct Losses, incurred or by the Authority or any Future Service Provider as a result of or in connection with any failure on the part of the Service Provider to comply with this clause and/or the sub-contractor's failure to comply with such terms.