BACKGROUND QUESTIONNAIRES. If the Contractor was required to complete VENDEX questionnaires to qualify for this Agreement, then the Contractor represents and warrants that (a) all questions in the appropriate Principal and Vendor Questionnaires (the "Questionnaires") have been fully answered in accordance with the Vendor's Guide to VENDEX; (b) such information is in no respect misleading; and (c) the Questionnaires have been duly executed and submitted to the Corporation. The Contractor understands that the Corporation's reliance upon the completeness of the Contractor's answers and veracity of the information stated therein are material conditions to the Corporation's execution of this Agreement. The Contractor shall submit the appropriate Questionnaires, or if applicable, a "Certification of No Change" upon the extension or renewal of this Agreement. The Contractor shall submit newly completed Questionnaires to the Corporation every three years from the date of its last submission of completed Questionnaires so long as this agreement is in effect. This Agreement shall be a nullity until the Contractor submits fully completed, signed and notarized Questionnaires to the Corporation. If, for any reason, final review of the Questionnaires and the Contractor's background by the Corporation cannot be obtained prior to full execution of this Agreement, this Agreement shall nevertheless be and continue to be in full force and effect, subject to the Contractor’s agreement to proceed with due diligence and speed, making its best efforts in good faith to submit to the corporation all required questionnaires, not to exceed fourteen business days from the date of execution of this Agreement, which shall be fully completed, signed and notarized. Upon written notice to the Contractor, the Corporation may immediately suspend or terminate this Agreement upon written notice to the Contractor if it reasonably believes that Contractor is not making such efforts. In addition, after receipt of information from NYC Health + Hospitals Office of the Inspector General or the City’s Department of Investigation of the kind that would typically be used as a basis for finding a contractor not responsible to receive a contract award, the Corporation may, in its discretion, immediately suspend or terminate this Agreement. Such termination notice will provide the Contractor with an opportunity to contest the accuracy of the information at a hearing before a panel of Corporation officials, at which hearing the Con...
BACKGROUND QUESTIONNAIRES. If VENDEX Questionnaires were required of the Contractor then the following shall apply.
BACKGROUND QUESTIONNAIRES. Participants responded to questions pertaining to their demographics at each wave. This included, but was not limited to, date of birth, monthly income, working status, educational attainment, and living arrangements. Participant age at time of assessment was calculated to the second decimal place using their date of birth. Highest level of education was binned into three categories: those who did not complete high school, those who graduated with a high school degree, and those who graduated with a high school and pursued a higher degree. Economic distress over the last 3 months was assessed using a modified 5-item version of the Unmet Material Needs Scale (Xxxxxx et al., 2002). Participants were asked to rate whether they “had enough money to afford” suitable housing, clothing, food, medical care, and entertainment/leisure on a scale of 1 (Strongly Disagree) to 4 (Strongly Agree). These ratings were then averaged together to obtain an overall economic distress score.
