Clause 62.6 states that if you have submitted a quotation to the Project Manager and this has not been responded to, then you must notify them of their failure to reply. If they do not respond to your notification within 2 weeks then the CE is deemed accepted. The 'head' contract between your client and their client has no bearing on your contract. Unless they have changed the period for replies or ammended clauses through z clauses then the deemed accepted route is the method for having this agreed. Many large companies will try and bully the smaller contractors and ignore the time frmaes involved, just make sure you serve all the correct notices and ensure delivery is proven of these notices and if it goes down the arbitration route, you will have a very strong case.
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