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Purchase Order Terms and Conditions <br />1. Offer/Acceptance. If this purchase order ("PO") refers to your bid or proposal, then Mis PO is an <br />ACCEPTANCE of your OFFER TO SELL in accordance with the terms and conditlons of the IFBlRFP, as <br />stated in your bid. If no bid or proposal is referenced, this PO is an OFFFJ2 TO BUY, subject to your <br />acceptance, which must be demonstrated by ether your pertormance of this PO or by o formal <br />acknowledgment in writing. Any COUNTER-0FFER TO SELL is automatically construed as a <br />CANCELLATION of this PO unless a change order is issued accepting a~aunter-oger. In the event vendor <br />form(s) or part(s) of forms ere included in, or as an attachment to, any bid, proposal, offer, <br />acknovrledgment, or otherwise, vendor agrees that in the event of inconsistencies or contradictions, the <br />terms and conditions of the sdidtation document and this PO shall supersede and control over those <br />contained in vendor's form(s) regardless of any statement to the contrary in such form(s). Unless the <br />purchasing agent specifically agrees in writing through overt reference or other express written indication of <br />assent, terms and conditions on vendor forms regarding choice of law, venue, warranty disdaimer or <br />exclusion, indemnification or limitation of liability shall be of no effect. <br />2. Safety Information. All chemicals, equipment and materials proposed andor used in the performance <br />of Mis PO must conform to Me standards required by the William-Steiger Occupational Safety and Heaflh <br />Ad of 1970. Bidders must furnish all Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) for any regulated chemicals, <br />equipment or hazardous materials at the time of delivery. <br />3. Changes. Vendor agrees to furnish products and/or services in strict accordance with the specifications, <br />end at the price set forth for each item. Nothing in this PO may be added to, modified, superseded or <br />otherwise altered except in wrung signed by an authorized representative of the agency purchasing office <br />end acknowledged by vendor. Each shipment received or service performed shall be only upon the terms <br />contained in this PO, notwithstanding any terms contained in any invoice or other act of vendor other than <br />acknov4edgment of a written change order to this PO. <br />4. Delivery. Unless otherwise specified in the solicitation or in this PO, delivery shall be FOB <br />destination. In its acceptance o} any quotation offer, the agenry is relying on the promised delivery date, <br />installation, or service pertormance as material and basic to its acceptance. In the event of vendor's <br />failure to deliver or perform as and when promised, the agency reserves the right to cancel ks order, or <br />any part thereof, without prejudice to its other nghLS, and vendor agrees that the agency may return all <br />or part of any shipment so made, and may charge vendor vriM any loss or expense sustained as a <br />result of such failure to deliver or perform as promised. Time is of the essence. <br />5. Rights in Data, Documents, Computer Software or Other Intalleclual Property. Unless otherwise <br />agreed in writlng, any software, research, reports. studies, data, photographs, negatives or other <br />documents, drawings or materials delivered by vendor in the performance of its obligations under this PO <br />shall be the exclusive property of the State. The ownership rights described herein shall indude, ben not be <br />limited to, the right to cepy,pu blish, display, transfer, prepare derivative works, or otherwise use the works. <br />6. Quality. The State will be Me sole judge in determining "equals" with regard to quality, pdce antl <br />pertormance. All produc6 delivered shall be newly manufactured and of the manufacturer's wrrent model, <br />unless otherwise specified. <br />7. Warramies. All provisions and remedies of Me Uniform Commerdal Code ('UCCA relatlng to both <br />implied and expressed warranties are herewith retorted to and made a part hereof and are in addi0on to <br />any warranties stipulated in the specifications. <br />8. Inspection and Acceptance. Final acceptance is dependent upon completon o/ all applicable <br />inspection procedures. Should the products or services fail to meet any inspection requirements, the <br />agency may exerdse all of its rights, including those provided in the UCC. The agency reserves the right to <br />inspect services provided under this PO at all reasonable Imes and places. "Services" as used in this <br />clause includes services performed or tangible material produced or delivered in Me performance of <br />services. If any of the services do not conform with PO requirements, the agency may require vendor to <br />penorm the services again in conformity with PO requirements, with no additional payment. When defects <br />in the quality or quantiy of service cannot be corrected by re-performance, Me agency may (i) require <br />vendor to tike necessary action to ensure that Me future pertormance confertns to PO requiremenh and <br />(ii) equitably reduce the payment due vendor to reflect the reduced value of the services performed. These <br />remedies in no way limit Me remedies available to the agency in the termination provisions of Mi^. PO. or <br />remedies otherwise available at law or inequity. <br />9. Cash Discount. The cash discount period will start from date of receipt of acceptable invoice, or from <br />date o1 receipt of acceptable products/services at the specified destination by an authorized agency <br />representative, whichever is later. <br />10. Taxes. The State agency, es purchaser, is exempt from all Federal exdse taxes under Chapter 32 01 <br />the Internal Revenue Code [No. 84-730123K] end Rom all State end local government use taxes [CRS 33 <br />26-14(a) and 203, as amended]. Tax exempt numbers far the specific agency may be found elsevfiere in <br />Mis PO, Vendor is hereby notified that when materials are purchased for the benefit of the State, such <br />exemptlens apply except that M certain political subdivisions (e.g., City of Denver) vendor may be required <br />to pay sales or use taxes even though the ultimate product or service is provided to the State. These sales <br />or use taxes will not be reimbursed by the State. <br />it. Prompt Payment. State law and regulatlons provide that vendors will be paid within 45 days aRer <br />receipt of products or services and a correct notice of amount due, unless otherwise agreed to by contract <br />or special condtions of the PO. A State liability not paid within 45 days is considered delinquent and, <br />unless otherwise agreed te, interest on the unpaid balance shall be paid beginning with Me 46th day et the <br />rate of 1 % per month until paid in full. A liability shall not arise if a good faith dispNe exists es to Me <br />agencys obligation to pay all or a portlon of the liability. Vendors shall invoice the agency separately for <br />interest on delinquent amounts due. The billing shall reference the delinquent payment, the number of days <br />interestto be paid and the applicable interest rate. [CRS 24-30.202(24),as amended.] <br />12. Vendor OBset. Pursuant to CRS 24-30.202.4, as amended, the State Controller may withhold payment <br />for debts owed to State agencies under the vendor offset intercept system for: (a) unpaid child support debt <br />or child suppen arrearages; (b) unpaid balances of tax, accrued interest, ar other charges specified in <br />Article 21, Title 39, CRS; (c) unpaid loans due to the Student Loan Division of the Department a( Higher <br />Education; (d) amounts required to be paid to the unemployment cempensation fund; end (e) other unpaid <br />debts, found to be owing to the Slate or its agendas by final agency tletermination or reduced to judgment, <br />as certified by the State Controller. <br />13. Assignment and Successors; AntRmst Claims. Vendor shall not assign rights or delegate duties <br />under this PO, or subconhact any pan of the performance required under this PO, without the express, <br />vrtitten consent of the State, which shall not be unreazonably withheld. This PO shall inure to the benefit of <br />and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors end assigns. Assignment of <br />accounts receivable maybe made only with written notice furnished to the purchasing agency or instltufion. <br />14. Indemn~cation. In Me event any article sold or delivered under Mis PO is covered by any patent, <br />copyright, trademark, or application Merefor, vendor will Indemnify and hold harmless Me State Rom any <br />and all loss, liability, cost, expenses and legal fees incurred on account of any claims, legal actions or <br />judgmenR arising out of manufacture, sale or use of such article in violation, inhingement or the like of <br />rights under such patent, copyright, trademark or application. If Mis PO is for services, to Me extent <br />authorized by law, vendor shall indemnify, save, and hold harmless Me State, its employees and agents, <br />against any and all Gaims, damages, liability end court awards including costs, expenses, and attorney <br />fees and related expenses, incurred as a result of any ad or omission by vendor, or its employees. agents, <br />subcontractors or assignees, arising out of or in cennection wiM penormance of services ordered by Mis <br />PO. <br />15. INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR. VENDOR SHALL PERFORM ITS DUTIES HEREUNDER AS AN <br />INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR AND NOT AS AN EMPLOYEE. NEITHER VENDOR NOR ANY AGENT <br />OR EMPLOYEE OF VENDOR SHALL BE OR SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE AN AGENT OR EMPLOYEE <br />OF THE STATE. VENDOR SHALL PAV WHEN DUE ALL REQUIRED EMPLOYMENT TAXES AND <br />INCOME TAX WITHHOLDING INCLUDING ALL FEDERAL AND STATE INCOME TAX AND LOCAL <br />HEAD TAX ON ANY MONIES PAID PURSUANT TO THIS PO. VENDOR ACKNOWLEDGES THAT <br />Issued by the State Controller's Office <br />Rule 2-2 <br />VENDOR AND ITS EMPLOYEES ARE NOT ENTITLED TO UNEMPLOYMENT INSURPNCE BENEFITS <br />UNLESS VENDOR OR THIRD PARTY PROVIDES SUCH COVERAGE AND THAT THE STATE DOES <br />NOT PAY FOR OR OTHEFNVISE PROVIDE SUCH COVERAGE. VENDOR SHALL HAVE NO <br />AUTHORIZATION EXPRESS OR IMPLIED TO BIND THE STATE TO ANY AGREEMENT, LIABILITY, OR <br />UNDERSTANDING, EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH HEREIN. VENDOR SHALL PROVIDE AND <br />KEEP IN FORCE, AND SHOW PROOF OF UPON REQUEST, WORKERS COMPENSATION AND <br />UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION INSURPNCE IN THE AMOUNTS REQUIRED BY LAW, AND <br />SHALL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ITS ACTS AND THOSE OF ITS EMPLOYEES, AND AGENTS. <br />16. Communietion. All communications, including reports, notices, and advice at any nature, concerning <br />administration of this PO, prepared by vendor for the agency's use, must be furnished solely to the <br />purchasing agent within the agency purchasing office. <br />17. Compliance with Lawa. Vendor agrees to comply with all applicable federal and State laws, <br />regulations and policies, as amended, inducting those regarding unfair labor practices, ang-kick-back and <br />collusion. <br />16. Americans wkh DisabilBies Act (ADA) Requimments. If this solidtatan contemplates Ma provision <br />of services to the public, vendor shall, in addition to any other requirements under Title 11 0( the ADA, <br />comply wiM the Title 71 requirements of the ADA regarding Me accessibility of State services and <br />programs, as en explidt requirement. Vendor assures that, at ell times during the pertormance of any <br />resulting PO, no qualified individual with a dsabiltty shall, by reason of that dsabilhy, be excluded Rom <br />participation in, or be denied benefits of, services, programs, or acfivtties pertormed by vendor for the <br />benefit o(Me State. <br />19. Insurance. Vendor shall obtain, and maintain et all times dudng the term of this PO, insurance as <br />specified in Me solicitation or order, and shall provide proof of such coverage. <br />20. Termination For DefaulVCause. a. Except as otherwise agreed, the UCC shall govern in the case of <br />goods. In the case of services, if vendor refuses or fails to timely perform any of the provisions of this PO, <br />with such diligence as will ensure its completion within the time spedfied in this PO, the purchasing agent <br />may notify vendor in writing of non-pertormance, and it not promptly cortected within the Rme specified, <br />such agent may terminate vendor's right to proceed wiM the PO or such pan thereof as to which there has <br />been delay er a failure to property pertorm. Vendor shall continue performance of the PO to the extent it is <br />not terminated and shall be liable for excess costs incured in proaring airtilar goods or services <br />elsewhere. Payment for completed services pertormed and accepted shall be at the PO price. <br />b. In the case of remedes exercised under this paragraph for services, or analogous remedies exercised <br />under the UCC for in goods, the purchasing agency may withhold amounts due to vendor as the <br />purchasing agent deems necessary to reimburse Me purchasing agency for the excess costs incured in <br />curing, completing or procuring similar goods and services. <br />c. In the case of either goods or services, vendor shall not he in default by reason of any failure in <br />pertormance of this PO in accordance with its terms, if such failure arises out of acts of God; acts of the <br />public enemy; acts of the State ar any governmental entity in its sovereign or contractual capacity; fires; <br />floods; epidemics; quarantine restrictions; strikes or other labor disputes; height embargoes; or unusually <br />severe weather. <br />d. If after rejection, revoptlon, or other termination o(vendor's right to proceed under Me provisions of the <br />UCC or this clause, it is determined for any reason Nat vendor was not in delauR under Me provisions of <br />this clause, or that Me delay was excusable, the rights and obligations of the parties shall tie the same es if <br />the notice of termination had been issued pursuant to the termination for convenience clause. <br />27. Termination For Convenience. a. If not accepted by written acknovbedgment, Ms PO may be <br />canceled by vrtitten or oral notice to vendor prior to shipment of goods or beginning of pertormance of <br />services. <br />b. Unless otherwise agreed in writing, in addition to the rights and remedies governing goods in the UCC, <br />the purchasing agent may, wfien the interes4 of Me purchasing agency so require, terminate this PO in <br />whole or in part for the convenience of the agency or institution. The purchasing agent shall give written <br />notice of Me termination to vendor specifying Me part of the PO terminated and when termination becomes <br />effective. Upon receipt of notice of terminaton, vendor shall incur no further obligations except to the extent <br />necessary to mitigate costs of pertormance. In the case of services or specially manufactured goods, Me <br />State shall pay reasonable seMement expenses, the PO price or rate for supplies and services delivered <br />and accepted, the reasonable vests of performance on unaccepted supplies and services, and a <br />reasonable profit for that unaccepted work, in accordance witty the cost principles promulgated in <br />accordance wkh CRS 24-107-101, as amended. In the case of existing goods, the State shall pay <br />reasonable settlement expenses, the PO price for goods delivered and accepted, reasonable costs <br />incurred in preparation for delivery of the undelivered goods, and a reasonable profit for that preparatory <br />work. The amount of the terminagon liability under this paragraph shall not exceed the amount of the PO <br />price plus a reaoonable cost for settlement expenses. Vendor agrees to submit a termination proposal as <br />well as reasonable supporting documentation, cost and pricing data, and a certification as required CRS <br />2L106-701, es amended, upon request of the purchasing agent. <br />22. Purchase Order Approval. This PO shall not be valid unless it rs exewted by the purchasing agent for <br />the purchasing State agency or instiNtion. The State shall have no responsibility or liability for products or <br />services delivered or performed prior to proper executron herao/. <br />23. Fund Availability; Federal Funds Contingency. Financial obligations of the State payable after the <br />current fiscal year are contingent upon funds for that purpose being appropriated, budgeted and otherwise <br />made available. If this PO is funded in whole or in pan with federal funds, this PO is subject to end <br />contngent upon the continuing availability of federal lands for the purposes hereof. If this PO contemplates <br />the purchase of goods to be delivered in a single installment, the State represents that h has set aside <br />sufficient lands to make payment under this PO in accordance with its terms. <br />24. Choice of Law. This PO is made in, and the laws of the State of Coorado shall govern, In connection <br />vriM the formation, pertormance and the legal enforcement of, Mis PO. Unless otherwise specified in the <br />solicitation or Mis order, venue for any judicial action arising out of or in connectron with this PO shall be in <br />Denver, Colorado. Vendor shall exhaust administrative remedies in CRS 24-103106, az amended, prior to <br />commencing any judidal attlon againstth a State. <br />25. Uniform Commercial Code. All references in this PO to the UCC shall mean the UCC as adopted by <br />the State of Colorado at Title 4, Colorado Revised StaNtes, as amended. <br />26. Norr-discrimination. Vendor agrees to complyw iM the letter and spirit of all applicable State and <br />federal laws respecting discrimination and unfair employment practices. <br />27. [Not applicable to Intargovammental POs] ILLEGAL ALIENS -PUBLIC CONTRACTS FOR <br />SERVICES AND RESTRICTIONS ON PUBLIC BENEFITS. a. Vendor certifies that fl shall comply <br />wiM the provisions of CRS &17.5-101 et seq. Vendor shall not knov4nglyen gaga an illegal alien to <br />perform work under this PO or enter into a contract or PO with a subcontractor that fails to certify to vendor <br />that the subcontractor shall not knowingly engage an illegal alien to perform work under this PO. Contractor <br />represents, warrants, and agrees that it (i) has verified Mat it does not engage any illegal aliens, Mrough <br />participation in Me federal Basic Pilot Ertployment Verification Program and (ii) otherwise will comply wiM <br />the requirements of CRS 8-77.5-702(2)(b). Vendor shall comply wiM all reasonable requests made in Me <br />course of an investigation under CRS 8-17.5-102. Failure to comply wiM any requirement of Mis provision <br />or CRS 6-17.5-101 et seq., shall be cause for termination for breach and vendor shall be liable for actual <br />and consequential damages. <br />b. Vendor,it a naNral person eighteen (18) years of age or oldeche reby swears or affirms under penahy of <br />perjury Nat he or she (i) is a citizen or otherwise lawfully present in Me United States pursuant to federal <br />law, (ii) shall comply with Me provisions of CRS 24-76.5-101 et seq., and (iii) shall produce one form o1 <br />identification required by CRS 24-76.5-103 prior to Me effective date of Mis PO. <br />Date Issued: 7/1/74 <br />Date Revised: 10/25/06 <br />