Gap (GPS)

30. Remedy Waiver

This Agreement utilizes a number of “interim remedies” (including service level remedies, dispute resolution processes, payment withholds, and credit assessment mechanisms) to assist the Parties in effectively addressing performance issues that may arise during the Term. Gap deems the various remedies as essential tools to its management of this Agreement. Nevertheless, Supplier’s effective ongoing performance is the critical behavior such remedies are designed to achieve.

Consequently, recognizing that circumstances may arise in which the imposition of the interim remedies as structured may not fairly reflect corrective and other efforts made by Supplier, subject to Section 43 (Waiver), Gap’s Chief Information Officer, may, in such individual’s sole discretion waive, in an individual occurrence, Gap’s right to use, or collect a credit resulting from, such interim remedies. Factors that will be considered by Gap’s Chief Information Officer in assessing whether to waive an interim remedy include: (1) Supplier’s proactive involvement in identifying a problem before operational impacts are manifested; (2) the timing, quality, and accuracy of communications from Supplier relating to a problem; (3) the speed with which corrective actions are taken and the problem is fixed; (4) the quality of Supplier’s root cause analysis and the likelihood that appropriate steps have been taken to prevent a reoccurrence of the problem; (5) the quality of Supplier’s overall performance at the time the remedy right accrues and during the Term; and (6) the impact of other causal factors, including Gap’s actions or inaction relating to the problem.

Any waiver under this Section must be in writing, expressly state that it is a waiver under this Section, and be signed by Gap’s Chief Information Officer and the Gap Infrastructure Partnership Executive.

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