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PURCHASE ORDER TcRMS AND CCNCITIONS <br />t. GfferfACCeptance. If this purchase orde• rrers to ycur bid or <br />proposal, then this purchase order is an nCCEPTANCE cf your <br />OFFER TO SELL in accordance with the terms and conditions of the <br />IFB/RFP, as stateC in your bid. If no Sid or proposal is referenced. <br />the purchase order is an OFFER TO 6UY, subject to your <br />acceptance. whim must be Cemonstrated by either ycur <br />perfermanca of the purchase prder or by a formal acknowledgment <br />m wnt!ng. Am/ COUNTER-GFFER TO SELL is automatically <br />ecnstrued as a CANCELL4TION of ,his purchase ewer unless a <br />mange prder is issued accepting a counter-crfer. In the event <br />vendor Form(s) or pan(s) of forms are included in, ar as an <br />attachment to, any bid, proposal, offer, acknowledgment, or <br />othervise, vendor agrees that. in the event of inconsistencies or <br />contradictions, the terms and conditions ci the solicitation dpcumen[ <br />and ;his purchase order shall supersede and control over those <br />contained in the vendor's formfs) regardless of any satement to the <br />contrary in a vendor fermis). Unless the purchasing agent <br />specifically agrees in writing through overt reference or other <br />express written indication of assent, terms and conditions on ventlor <br />forms regarding choice of law, venue, warranty disclaimer cr <br />exclusion, indemniilcation or limitation of liability shall be of no <br />effect. <br />2. Safety Information. All chemicals, equipment and materials <br />proposed and/or used in the performance of this purchase order <br />must conform to the standards required by the William-Steiger <br />Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970. Bidders must furnish all <br />Material Safety Data Sheets (MSOS) for any regulated chemicals, <br />equipment or hazardous materials at the time of delivery. <br />3. Changes. The vendor agrees to furnish the products and/or <br />services in strict accordance with the specifications, and at the price <br />set forth for each item. Nothing in the purchase order may be added <br />to, modified, superseded or otherwise altered except in writing <br />signed by an authorized representative of the state agency <br />purchasing offce and acknowledged by the vendor. Each shipment <br />received or service performed shall be only upon the terms <br />contained in the purchase order, nobwithstanding any terms that may <br />he contained in any invoice or other act of vendor other than <br />acknowledgment of a written change order to the purchase order. <br />4. Delivery. Unless otherwise specifed, in the solicitation or in this <br />order, delivery shall be F.O.B, destination. In its acceptance of any <br />quotation offer, ;he state agency is relying on the promised delivery <br />date, installation, or service performance as material and basic to its <br />acceptance. In the event of vendor's failure to deliver or perform as <br />and when promised, the state agency reserves the right td cancel its <br />order, or any part thereof, without prejudice to its other rights, and <br />vendor agrees that the state agency may return all or part of any <br />shipment so made, and may charge vendor with any Ions or <br />expense sustained as a result of such failure to deliver or perform as <br />promised. Time is of the essence. <br />5. Rights In Data, Documents, and Computer Software or Other <br />Intellectual Property (State Ownership). Unless otherwise agreed <br />in writing, any software, research, reports, studies, data, <br />photographs, negatives or other Documents, drawings or materials <br />delivered by vendor in the performance of its obligations under this <br />purchase order shall be the exclusive property of the State. The <br />ownership rights described herein shall include, but not be limited to, <br />the right to copy, publish, display, transfer, prepare derivative works, <br />or otherwise use the ~.vorks. <br />5. Quality. The Stale will be the sole judge in determining "equals' <br />with regard to quality, price and performance. All products delivered <br />shall be newly manufactured and of the manufacturers current <br />model, unless otherwise specified. <br />-. Warranties. All crovisions and remedies cf ;he Uniform <br />CJTmefC:al ',',Joe relating [o bath implied anC expressed 'Narrad(les <br />are herewdh referred [o anC mace a par, of. these Terms ono <br />CJnditicns anC are in addition to any warranties stipulated in ;he <br />specifications. <br />9. Inspection and Accaptance. Firal acceptance is decendent <br />uFCn ecmpletion of all aFFiicable inspection preceoures. Should the <br />prcducs er sernces fail to meet any inspec;icn egcirements the <br />Sate may exercise all of its rigors, inc;uding ;hose crovided in the <br />Uniform Ccmmerial Code. in the axe of serrices, the State <br />reserves the ngnt ~ : inspect sernces provided under this contract at <br />all r=_asonable lir, ;; and places. "Services" as used in this clause <br />includes services performeC or tangible material produced er <br />celivered in the peformance of services. If any of the services Co <br />not conform with purchase crCer requirements. the State may <br />require the ventlor to per,'orm the services again in conformity 'with <br />purchase order requirements, with no additional payment. When <br />CefeCS in the quality or quantity of service cannot be corrected by <br />re-performance, the State may (1) require the ventlor to take <br />necessary action to ensure that the future performance conforms to <br />purchase order requirements and (2) equitably reduce [he payment <br />due the vendor to reflect the reduced value of the services <br />performed. T'nese remedies in no way lir. it the remedies available <br />to the State in the termination provisions of this purchase crcer, or <br />remedies otherwise available at law. <br />9. Cash Discount. The cash tliscpunt period will start from date of <br />receipt of acceptable invoice, or from date of receipt of acceptable <br />products/services at the speGfed destination by an authorized <br />agency representative, whichever is later. <br />10. Taxes. The state agency, as purchaser, is exempt from all <br />federal excise taxes under Chapter 32 of the Internal Revenue Cede <br />[NO. 84-730123K] and from all state and local government use taxes <br />[C.R.S. 39- 25-114(a) and 203, as amended]. Tax exempt numbers <br />for the speclfic state agency may be found elsewhere in this <br />document. Ventlor is herepy notified that when marorials are <br />purchased for the beneft of the State, such exemptions apply <br />except that in certain political subdivisions (for example -City of <br />Denver) the vendor may be required to pay sales or use taxes even <br />though the ultimate product or service is provided to the State. <br />These sales cr use :axes will not be reimbursed by the Slate. <br />11. Prompt Payment. State law and regulations provide that <br />vendors will be paitl within forty-fve days after receipt of producs or <br />services and a correct notice of amount due, unless otherwise <br />agreed to by contract or special conditions of the purchase order. A <br />Stare liability net paid within forty-five days is considered delinquent <br />and, unless otherwise agreed to, interest on the unpaid balance <br />shall be paid beginning with the forty-sixth day at the rate of one <br />percent per month on the unpaid balance until paid in full. A liability <br />shall not arise if a good faith dispute exists as to the agency's <br />obligation to pay all or a portion of the liability. Vendors shall invoice <br />the State separately far interest on delinquent amounts due. The <br />billing shall reference the delinquent payment, the number of days <br />interest to be paid and the applicable interest rate. [Ref. Sac 24-30- <br />202(24), C.R.S., as amended.] <br />12. Vendor Offset Pursuant to CRS 24-30-202.4, as amended the <br />State Controller may withhold payment for debts owed to state <br />agences under the vendor orset intercept system for (a) uneaid <br />child support debt or child support arrearages; (b) unpaid balance of <br />tax, accrued interest, cr other charges specified in Article 2~, Title <br />39, CRS; (c) unpaid loans due to the Student Lcan Division of the <br />Department of Higher Educavon; (d) owed amounts required b be <br />paid to the unemployment comcensation fund; and (e) other unpaitl <br />debts owing to the state or any agency thereof, the amount of which <br />is found to be owing as a result of final agency determination or <br />reduced to judgment as certified by the State Controller. <br />