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Department of Personnel & Administration TECHNICAL GUIDANCE SOLE SOURCE CONTRACTS AND CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS SOLE SOURCE GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS AS DEFINED IN COLORADO CONSTITUTION ARTICLE XXVIII This provision applies only to sole source government contracts and does not apply to any contract which used a public and competitive bidding process in which the State agency or institution of higher education solicited at least three bids prior to awarding the contract. Contractor certifies, warrants; and agrees that it has complied and will comply with Colorado Constitution Article XXVIII, including but not necessarily limited to the following prohibitions and obligations: 1. If during the term of the contract, contractor holds sole source government contracts with the State of Colorado and any of its political subdivisions cumulatively totaling more than $100,000 in a calendar year, then for the duration of this contract and for two years after, contractor will not make, cause to be made, or induce by any means a contribution, directly or indirectly, on behalf of contractor or contractor's immediate family member(s) for the benefit of any political party or for the benefit of any candidate any elected office of the State or any of its political subdivisions; and 2. Contractor represents that contractor has not previously made or caused to be made, and will not in the future make or cause to be made, any contribution intended to promote or influence the result of a ballot issue election related to the subject matter of this contract; and 3. Contractor will satisfy contractor's obligations to promptly report to the Colorado Department of Personnel & Administration information included in the Government Contract Summary and the Contract Holder Information, regarding this contract and any other sole source government contracts to which contractor is a party; and 4. Contractor understands that any breach of this section or of Contractor's responsibilities under Colorado Constitution Article XXVIII may result in either contractual or constitutionally mandated penalties and remedies; and 5. A Contractor that intentionally violates Colorado Constitution Article XXVIII, Section 15 or 17(2), shall be ineligible to hold any sole source government contract, or public employment with the state or any of its political subdivisions for three years; and 6. By execution of this contract, Contractor hereby confirms it is qualified and eligible under such provisions to enter into this contract. For purposes of this clause, the term "contractor" shall include persons that control ten percent or m~re shares or interest in contractor, as well as contractor's officers, directors, and trustees. The term "immediate family member" shall include a spouse, child, spouse's child, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, parent, sibling, grandparent, grandchild, stepbrother, stepsister, stepparent, parent-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, aunt, niece, nephew, guardian, or domestic partner. More information and to report to the Sole Source Government Contract Summary and Contract Holder Information see this website: htt~.//www.colorado.~ovJd~a/dfn/sco~contracts.htm.