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Department of Personnel &Administration
<br /> TECHNICAL GUIDANCE
<br /> SOLE SOURCE CONTRACTS AND CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS
<br /> SOLE SOURCE GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS
<br /> AS DEFINED IN COLORADO CONSTITUTION ARTICLE XXVIII
<br /> This provision applies only to soie.saurce ove �,pent,.,.,, - ---- --
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<br /> -- - —contract which used a public and competitive bidding process in which the State agency or
<br /> institution of higher education solicited at least three bids prior to awarding the contract.
<br /> Contractor certifies,warrants,and agrees that it has compiled and will comply with Colorado
<br /> Constitution Article XMII,including but not necessarily limited to the following prohibitions and
<br /> obligations;
<br /> 1.If during the terra of the contract,contractor holds sole source government contracts
<br /> with the State of Colorado and any of its political subdivisions cumulatively totaling
<br /> more than$100,000 in a calendaryear,then for the duration of this contract and for
<br /> two years after,contractor will not snake,cause to be made,or induce by any means
<br /> a contribution,directly or indirectly,on behalf of contractor or contractor's immediate
<br /> family member(s)for the benefit of any political party or for the benefit of any
<br /> candidate any elected office of the State or any of its political subdivisions;and
<br /> 2.Contractor represents that contractor has not previously made or caused to be
<br /> made,and will not in the future make or cause to be made,any contribution intended
<br /> to promote or influence the result of a ballot issue election related to the subject
<br /> matter of this contract,and
<br /> 3.Contractor will satisfy contractor's obligations to promptly report to the Colorado
<br /> Department of Personnel&Administration information included in the Government
<br /> Contract Summary and the Contract Holder Information,regarding this contract and
<br /> any other sole source government contracts to which contractor is a party; and
<br /> 4.Contractor understands that any breach of this section or of Contractor's
<br /> responsibilities under Colorado Constitution Article XXVIIi may result in either
<br /> contractual or constitutionally mandated penalties and remedies; and
<br /> 5.A Contractor that intentionally violates Colorado Constitution Article XXVIII,Section
<br /> 15 or 17(2),shall be ineligible to hold any sole source government contract,or public
<br /> employment with the state or any of its political subdivisions for three years;and
<br /> 6.By execution of this contract,Contractor hereby confirms it is qualified and eligible
<br /> under such provisions to enter into this contract.
<br /> For purposes of this clause,the term"contractor"shall include persons that control ten percent
<br /> or more shares or interest in contractor,as well as contractor's officers,directors,and trustees.
<br /> The tern;"immediate family member"shall include a spouse,child,spouse's child,son-in-law,
<br /> daughter-in-law,parent,sibling,grandparent,grandchild,stepbrother,stepsister,stepparent,
<br /> parent-in-law,brother-in-lain,sister-in-lava,aunt,niece,nephew,guardian,or dofnies-tic partner.
<br /> More information and to report to the Sole Source Government Contract Summary and Contract Holder
<br /> Information see this website.httl2:I.Iwww.colorado.gov/dpaldfp/sco/contracts.htm.
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