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Contractor shall make repairs and renovations of the damaged Government Property or take such other action, as the Contracting Officer directs.

(iv) In the event the Contractor is indemnified, reimbursed, or otherwise compensated for any loss or destruction of or damage to the Government Property, it shall use the proceeds to repair, renovate or replace the Government Property involved, or shall credit such proceeds against the cost of the work covered by the contract, or shall otherwise reimburse the Government, as directed by the Contracting Officer. The Contractor shall do nothing to prejudice the Government's right to recover against third parties for any such loss, destruction or damage and, upon the request of the Contracting Officer, shall, at the Government's expense, furnish to the Government all reasonable assistance and cooperation (including the prosecution of suit and the execution of instruments of assignment in favor of the Government) in obtaining recovery.

(g) The Government shall at all reasonable times have access to the premises where any of the Government Property is located.

(h) The Government Property shall remain in the possession of the Contractor for such period of time as is required for the performance of this contract unless the Contracting Officer determines that the interests of the Government require removal of such property. In such case the Contractor shall promptly take such action as the Contracting Officer may direct with respect to the removal and shipping of Government Property. In any such instance, the contract may be amended to accomplish an equitable adjustment in the terms and provisions thereof.

(i) Upon the completion of this contract, or at such earlier date as may be fixed by the Contracting Officer, the Contractor shall submit to the Contracting Officer in a form acceptable to him, inventory schedules covering all items of the Government Property not consumed in the performance of this contract (including any resulting scrap), or not theretofore delivered to the Government, and shall deliver or make such other disposal of the Government Property as may be directed by the Contracting Officer. Recoverable scrap shall be reported in accordance with a procedure and in such form as the Contracting Officer may direct. The net proceeds of any such disposal approved by the Contracting Officer shall be credited to the cost of the work covered by the contract or shall be paid in such manner as the Contracting Officer may direct.

(j) Unless otherwise provided herein, the Government shall not be under any duty or obligation to restore or rehabilitate, or to pay the costs of the restoration or rehabilitation of, the Contractor's plant or any portion thereof which is affected by the removal of any Government Property.

(k) Directions of the Contracting Officer and communications of the Contractor issued pursuant to this clause shall be in writing.

20. INSURANCE LIABILITY TO THIRD PERSONS

(a) The Contractor shall procure and thereafter maintain workmen's compensation, employer's liability, comprehensive general liability (bodily injury) and comprehensive automobile liability (bodily injury and property damage) insurance, with respect to performance

under this contract, and such other insurance as the Department may from time to time require with respect to performance under this contract; provided, that the Contractor in fulfillment of its obligation to procure workmen's compensation insurance may, with the approval of the Department and pursuant to statutory authority, maintain a self-insurance program. All insurance required pursuant to the provisions of this paragraph shall be in such form, in such amounts, and for such periods of time, as the Department may from time to time require or approve, and with insurers approved by the Department.

(b) The Contractor agrees, to the extent and in the manner required by the Department, to submit for the approval of the Department any other insurance maintained by the Contractor in connection with the performance of this contract and for which the Contractor seeks reimbursement hereunder.

(c) The Contractor shall be reimbursed: (i) for the portion allocable to this contract of the reasonable cost of insurance as required or approved pursuant to the provisions of this clause, and (ii) for liabilities to third persons for loss of or damage to property (other than property (A) owned, occupied or used by the Contractor or rented to the Contractor or (B) in the care, custody, or control of the Contractor), or for death or bodily injury, not compensated by insurance or otherwise, arising out of the performance of this contract, whether or not caused by the negligence of the Contractor, its agents, servants or employees, provided such liabilities are represented by final judgments or by settlements approved in writing by the Government, and expenses incidental to such liabilities, except liabilities (i) for which the Contractor is otherwise responsible under the express terms of the clause or clauses, if any, specified in the Schedule, or (ii) with respect to which the Contractor has failed to insure as required or maintain insurance as approved by the Department or (iii which results from willful misconduct or lack of good faith on the part of any of the Contractor's directors or officers, or on the part of any of its managers, superintendents, or other equivalent representatives, who has supervision or direction of (1) all or substantially all of the Contractor's business, or (2) all or substantially all of the Contractor's operations at any one plant or separate location in which this contract is being performed, or (3) a separate and complete major industrial operation in connection with the performance of this contract. The foregoing shall not restrict the right of the Contractor to be reimbursed for the cost of insurance maintained by the Contractor in connection with the performance of this contract, other than insurance required to be submitted for approval or required to be procured and maintained pursuant to the provisions of this clause, provided such cost would constitute Allowable Cost under the clause of this contract entitled "Allowable Cost, Fixed Fee and Payment."

(d) The Contractor shall give the Government or its representatives immediate notice of any suit or action filed or prompt notice of any claim made, against the Contractor arising out of the performance of this contract, the cost and expense of which may be reimbursable to the Contractor under the provisions of this contract, and the risk of which is then uninsured or in which the amount claimed exceeds the amount of coverage. The Contractor shall furnish immediately to the Government copies of all pertinent papers received by the Contrac

If the amount of the liability claimed exceeds the amount of coverage, the Contractor shall authorize representatives of the Government to collaborate with counsel for the insurance carrier, if any, in settling or defending such claim. If the liability is not insured or covered by bond, the Contractor shall, if required by the Government, authorize representatives of the Government to settle or defend any such claim and to represent the Contractor in or take charge of any litigation in connection therewith; provided, however, that the Contractor may, at its own expense, be associated with the representatives of the Government in the settlement or defense of any such claim or litigation.

21. OFFICIALS NOT TO BENEFIT

No member of or delegate to Congress, or resident commissioner, shall be admitted to any share or part of this contract, or to any benefit that may arise therefrom; but this provision shall not be construed to extend to this contract if made with a corporation for its general benefit.

22. COVENANT AGAINST CONTINGENT FEES

The Contractor warrants that no person or selling agency has been employed or retained to solicit or secure this contract upon an agreement or understanding for a commission, percentage, brokerage, or contingent fee, excepting bona fide employees or bona fide established commercial or selling agencies maintained by the Contractor for the purpose of securing business. For breach or violation of this warranty the Government shall have the right to annul this contract without liability or in its discretion to deduct from the contract price or consideration the full amount of such commission, percentage, brokerage, or contingent fee.

23. GRATUITIES

(a) The Government may, by written notice to the Contractor, terminate the right of the Contractor to proceed under this contract if it is found, after notice and hearing, by the Secretary or his duly authorized representative, that gratuities (in the form of entertainment, gifts, or otherwise) were offered or given by the Contractor, or any agent or representative of the Contractor, to any officer or employee of the Government with a view toward securing a contract or securing favorable treatment with respect to the awarding or amending, or the making of any determinations with respect to the performing, of such contract; provided, that the existence of the facts upon which the Secretary or his duly authorized representative makes such findings shall be in issue and may be reviewed in any competent court.

(b) In the event this contract is terminated as provided in paragraph (a) hereof, the Government shall be entitled (i) to pursue the same remedies against the Contractor as it could pursue in the event of a breach of the contract by the Contractor, and (ii) as a penalty in addition to any other damages to which it may be entitled by law, to exemplary damages in an amount (as determined by the Secretary or his duly authorized representative) which shall be not less than three nor more than ten times the costs incurred by the Contractor in providing any such gratuities to any such officer or employee.

(c) The rights and remedies of the Government provided in this clause shall not be exclusive and are in addition to any other rights and remedies provided by law or under this contract.

24. EMPLOYMENT OF ALIENS

If this contract calls for furnishing or constructing aircraft, aircraft parts or aeronautical accessories, no aliens employed by the Contractor shall be permitted to have access to the plans or specifications, or the work under construction, or to participate in the contract trials, without the written consent beforehand of the Secretary or his duly authorized representative.

25. MILITARY SECURITY REQUIREMENTS

(a) The provisions of this clause shall apply to the extent that this contract involves access to information classified "Top Secret," "Secret," or "Confidential."

(b) The Government shall notify the Contractor of the security classification of this contract and the elements thereof, and of any subsequent revisions in such security classification, by the use of a Security Requirements Check List (DD Form 254) and Appendage thereto (DĎ Form 254-1).

(c) To the extent the Government has indicated as of the date of this contract, or thereafter indicates, security classification under this contract as provided in paragraph (b) above, the Contractor shall safeguard all classified elements of this contract and shall provide and maintain a system of security controls within its own organization in accordance with the requirements of (i) the Department of Defense Industrial Security Manual for Safeguarding Classified Security Information as in effect on the date of this contract, which Manual is hereby incorporated by reference and made a part of this contract (ii) any amendments to said Manual required by the demands of national security as determined by the Government and made after the date of this contract, notice of which has been furnished to the Contractor by the Contracting Officer, and (iii) those provisions of written agreements entered into by the parties pertaining to the adaptation of the Manual to the Contractor's business.

(d) Designated representatives of the Government responsible for inspection pertaining to industrial security shall have the right to inspect at reasonable intervals the procedures, methods and facilities utilized by the Contractor in complying with the requirements of the terms and conditions of this clause. Should the Government, through its authorized representative, determine that the Contractor has not complied with such requirements, the Government shall inform the Contractor in writing of the proper actions to be taken in order to effect compliance with such requirements.

(e) If, subsequent to the date of this contract, the security classifications or requirements under this contract are changed by the Government as provided in this clause, and if such change causes an increase or decrease in the estimated cost of performance of this contract, the estimated cost and fixed fee, shall, to the extent appropriate, be subject to an equitable adjustment. Any such equitable adjustment shall be accomplished in the manner set forth in the clause of this contract entitled "Changes."

(f) The Contractor agrees to insert, in all subcontracts hereunder which involve access to classified security information, provisions which shall conform substantially to the language of this clause, including this paragraph (f) but excluding paragraph (e) of this

clause. The Contractor may insert in any such subcontract, and any such subcontract entered into thereunder may contain, in lieu of paragraph (e) of this clause, provisions which permit equitable adjustments to be made in the subcontract price or in the estimated cost and fixed fee of the subcontract (as appropriate to the type of subcontract involved) on account of changes in security classifications or requirements made under the provisions of this clause subsequent to the date of the subcontract involved.

(g) The Contractor also agrees that it shall determine that any subcontractor proposed by it for the furnishing of supplies and services which will involve access to classified security information in the Contractor's custody has been granted an appropriate facility security clearance, which is still in effect, prior to being accorded access to such classified security information.

26. PROTECTION OF CLASSIFIED PRINTED MATTER

(a) Production and furnishing of classified printed matter called for by this contract are subject to and governed by the provisions of the current edition of the Department's "Security Measures for the Protection of Classified Printed Matter During Production" (NAVEXOS P-29), which provisions are hereby incorporated in this contract by reference.

(b) The Contractor shall include a provision identical to this clause, including this paragraph (b), in all subcontracts which call for the production and furnishing of classified printed matter under this contract.

27. RENEGOTIATION

(a) This contract shall be subject to any act of the Congress, whether heretofore or hereafter enacted and to the extent indicated therein, providing for the renegotiation of said contract and shall be deemed to contain all the provisions required by any such act without subsequent amendment of this contract specifically incorporating such provisions.

(b) The Contractor (which term, as used in this clause, means the party contracting to furnish the materials or perform the work required by this contract) agrees to insert the provisions of this clause, including this paragraph (b), in subcontracts, as defined in Section 103 (g) of the Renegotiation Act of 1951 (P.L. 9, 82nd Cong.), except any subcontracts of a class or type described in Section 106(a) of the Renegotiation Act of 1951.

(c) Nothing contained in this clause shall impose any renegotiation obligation with respect to this contract or any subcontract hereunder which is not imposed by an act of the Congress, heretofore or hereafter enacted.

28. NOTICE AND ASSISTANCE REGARDING PATENT INFRINGEMENT

(a) The Contractor agrees to report to the Contracting Officer, promptly and in reasonable written detail, each claim of patent infringement based on the performance of this contract and asserted against it, or against any of its subcontractors if it has notice thereof.

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