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• Subcontractor Requirements The Supplier must ensure that any subcontract entered into for the purpose of this Agreement contains an equivalent clause granting the rights specified in this clause.

• Contractor Requirements The Firm shall be construed, during the entire term of this contract, to be an independent contractor. Nothing in this contract is intended to nor shall be construed to create an employer- employee relationship, or a joint venture relationship. The Firm represents that it is qualified to perform the duties to be performed under this contract and that it has, or will secure, if needed, at its own expense, applicable personnel who are qualified to perform the duties required under this contract. Such personnel shall not be deemed in any way, directly or indirectly, expressly or by implication, to be employees of the District. Any person assigned by the firm to perform the services hereunder shall be the employee or a subcontractor of the Firm, who shall have the sole right to hire and discharge its employee or subcontractors. The Firm or its subcontractors shall pay, when due, all salaries and wages of their employees and accepts exclusive responsibility for the payment of federal income tax, social security, unemployment compensation and any other withholdings that may be required. Neither the Firm, its subcontractors nor their employees are entitled to state retirement or leave benefits. It is further understood that the consideration expressed herein constitutes full and complete compensation for all services and performance hereunder, and that any sum due and payable to the Firm shall be paid as a gross sum with no withholdings or deductions being made by the District for any purpose from said contract sum, except as permitted in paragraphs 16, 17 and 18.

• Contractor Responsibilities 19.1. Contractor shall perform national criminal history checks for Ohio, Indiana, and Kentucky, and 10-panel drug screening tests on all prospective employees performing work under this RFP or coming onto a CMHA property and any resulting contract and provide summaries of the results to the Authority if requested. For the purposes of this section, the term “employees” includes contractor. Prospective employees whose criminal background check discloses a misdemeanor or felony involving crimes of moral turpitude, sexual offenses or harm to persons or property shall not be employed to perform work under this RFP or any resulting contract. Contractor is required to perform drug screening of all employees and to ensure acceptable test results. Criminal history and drug screening checks will be completed at the sole expense of the contractor. Any employee of the Contractor suspected of being under the influence of drugs and or alcohol will be reported to the appropriate personnel at CMHA and/or other local law enforcement. If the employee is determined to be under the influence of drugs or alcohol in any form or manner, or believed by proper authority to be dealing in illicit sale of alcohol or drugs they will be removed and shall not be allowed to return to any job site on the Authority’s property. The Contractor’s contract may be suspended and/or terminated should such a situation occur or if the Contractor fails to submit results pursuant to this section. 19.1.1. If CMHA requests additional drug screening, the test shall be performed within 24 hours and the summary shall be sent directly to CMHA from the testing facility. 19.2. Contractor(s) shall provide uniforms and ID Badges identifying Contractor for all employees working on CMHA’s properties. No employees will be allowed on CMHA’s properties out of uniform and without his/her ID badge on his/her person. Contractor(s) must submit a picture of the uniform and a sample of his/her ID badge if requested by CMHA. 19.3. Contractor’s personnel shall be neat and conduct all work in a professional and efficient manner. If any employee of Contractor is deemed unacceptable by CMHA, Contractor shall immediately replace such personnel with an acceptable substitute to CMHA. 19.4. Contractor(s) shall practice acceptable safety precautions so as not to cause harm to any persons or property while performing services under this RFP or any resulting contract. Contractor(s) shall follow industry safety standards, and use only industry approved safety equipment in accordance with the manufacturer’s specifications in the performance of all duties. 19.5. Contractor(s) shall pay all of its employees, including any and all approved Sub-Contractors, at least the legal minimum wages as determined by the United States Department of Labor and the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development and Department of Labor Prevailing Wage. Wage Determinations can be accessed via the Department of Labor website, xxx.xxxx.xxx. 19.6. Upon completion of the work, Contractor(s) shall clean up the area where the work was performed and Contractor(s) shall remove any debris generated by the products and/or services at CMHA premises. At no time, will Contractor(s) discard debris into any CMHA refuse container. 19.7. Contractor(s) shall clearly mark all work areas that might reasonably be expected to endanger the health and safety of residents, guests, or any other persons. Contractor(s) will provide such signs, markers and barricades as required to identify all work areas and minimize inherent dangers. 19.8. The contractor shall be responsible for notifying CMHA immediately of any damages (i.e. fire, container leaking) deemed to be a health or safety hazard whether the damage is caused by the contractor or other means. 19.9. The Contractor shall be responsible for safeguarding all CMHA property provided for Contractor use. At the close of each workday, CMHA facilities, property and materials shall be inspected and secured.

• Quality Assurance Requirements There are no special Quality Assurance requirements under this Agreement.

• EDD Independent Contractor Reporting Requirements Effective January 1, 2001, the County of Orange is required to file in accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 6041A of the Internal Revenue Code for services received from a “service provider” to whom the County pays $600 or more or with whom the County enters into a contract for $600 or more within a single calendar year. The purpose of this reporting requirement is to increase child support collection by helping to locate parents who are delinquent in their child support obligations. The term “service provider” is defined in California Unemployment Insurance Code Section 1088.8, subparagraph B.2 as “an individual who is not an employee of the service recipient for California purposes and who received compensation or executes a contract for services performed for that service recipient within or without the state.” The term is further defined by the California Employment Development Department to refer specifically to independent Contractors. An independent Contractor is defined as “an individual who is not an employee of the ... government entity for California purposes and who receives compensation or executes a contract for services performed for that ... government entity either in or outside of California.” The reporting requirement does not apply to corporations, general partnerships, limited liability partnerships, and limited liability companies. Additional information on this reporting requirement can be found at the California Employment Development Department web site located at xxxx://xxx.xxx.xx.xxx/Employer_Services.htm

• Facilities and Services The Company shall furnish the Executive with office space, secretarial and support staff, and such other facilities and services as shall be reasonably necessary for the performance of his duties under this Agreement.

• Responsibilities of Contractor A. The Contractor shall perform all work on the described project as required by the Contract documents. The work to be performed includes the labor and services necessary to produce such replacement, and all materials, supplies, tools, transportation, equipment, and machinery required for replacement. B. This project bid includes all materials, labor and equipment to complete the reconstruction and resurfacing of streets as outlined in the Project Manual for WWREYN - XXXXXXXX SANITARY SEWER - PHASE 1 dated March 25th, 2021 as outlined in Attachment A.

• Responsibilities of the Contractor The Contractor shall provide all technical and professional expertise, knowledge, management, and other resources required for accomplishing all aspects of the tasks and associated activities identified in the Scope of Work. In the event that the need arises for the Contractor to perform services beyond those stated in the Scope of Work, the Contractor and the City shall negotiate mutually agreeable terms and compensation for completing the additional services.

• Responsibilities of Customer 5.1 To the extent that the Supplier requires access to the Customer Site to perform the Services, the Customer shall provide such access during Normal Business Hours and to provide a suitable work environment to enable the Supplier to perform such Services subject to the Supplier complying with such internal policies and procedures of the Customer (including those relating to security and health and safety) as may be notified to the Supplier in writing from time to time. 5.2 The Customer shall co-operate with the Supplier in all matters relating to the Services and shall appoint a Representative (“Customer Representative”), who shall have authority to commit the Customer on all matters relating to the relevant Service. 5.3 The Customer agrees and acknowledges the terms of the applicable Licence Agreements, Customer Agreement and that such terms shall form part of this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, in the event the applicable Licence Agreements and/or Customer Agreement is not applicable to the Services being received or delivered by the Supplier to the Customer under this Agreement, such agreements shall not apply. 5.4 Customer shall; (a) adhere to the Acceptable Use Policy; (b) be a bona fide licenced user of all Third-Party Software used in the provision of the Services; (c) co-operate with the Supplier in all matters relating to the Services as reasonably requested by the Supplier; (d) adhere to the dates scheduled for provision of Services by the Supplier to the Customer as stated in the applicable Statement of Work or otherwise agreed between the Parties in writing. In the event the Customer wishes to reschedule or cancel the dates for the provision of Services, liquidated damages (“Liquidated Damages”) will become payable from the Customer to Supplier on the following basis: (i) If dates are changed or cancelled at the Customer’s request more than 14 days before the scheduled start date no Liquidated Damages are payable. (ii) If dates are changed or cancelled between 7 days and 14 days before the scheduled start date Liquidated Damages equivalent to 50% of the Fees for the Services to be provided at that time will be payable. (iii) If dates are changed or cancelled less than 7 days before the scheduled start date Liquidated Damages equivalent to 100% of the Fees for the Services to be provided at that time will be payable. (e) inform the Supplier of all health and safety rules and regulations and any other reasonable security requirements that apply at any of the Customer’s premises; (f) in respect of any Microsoft funded services, sign and deliver the Microsoft Proof of Execution (XXX) within 7 days of the date of issue by Microsoft. In the event that the Customer does not return the XXX within the 7 days’ notice period, the Supplier may be entitled to charge the Customer the amounts directly and the Customer shall follow the payment terms in this Agreement.; (g) maintain continuous global admin access to the Customer’s relevant Microsoft (h) Where a Microsoft Cloud service is deployed / utilised within the project the Customer shall assign the Supplier to be the Digital Partner of Record for a minimum of twelve (12) months from project completion date; (i) provide appropriate hardware interface, software and access authorisation to enable remote diagnosis, should such capability be required; (j) provide all information and make available all resources as reasonably requested by Supplier in the execution of its obligations under this Agreement; (k) use all reasonable efforts to follow the reasonable instructions of Supplier support personnel with respect to the resolution of defects; (l) gather all relevant information prior to requesting assistance in respect of any defects including detailed defect description, and procedures required to replicate a problem if possible. Any additional information which may help in the diagnosis of a defect should be included such as network configuration details; (m) agree that if, in the course of performing the Services, it is reasonably necessary for the Supplier’s performance of its obligations under a Statement of Work for Supplier to access or use any equipment, software or data of the Customer (or which is in the possession of the Customer) then it shall where it is able to do so grant to Supplier a non-exclusive, royalty free, terminable licence to use the same solely for the purpose of delivering the Services only for as long as is strictly necessary to deliver such Services; and (n) provide network and user access between Customer’s and Supplier’s data centres. 5.5 To the extent that the Supplier requires access to the Customer’s Operating Environment to perform the Dedicated Support, the Customer shall use reasonable endeavours to provide such access during Normal Business Hours and to provide a suitable work environment to enable the Supplier to perform such Dedicated Support subject to the Supplier complying with such internal policies and procedures of the Customer (including those relating to security and health and safety) as may be notified to the Supplier in writing from time to time. 5.6 The Customer shall (unless otherwise specified in the Statement of Work or as otherwise set out in this Agreement): (a) use the Services only for lawful purposes and in accordance with this Agreement; (b) keep secure from third parties any passwords issued to the Customer by the Supplier; (c) install or, permit the Supplier to install, the current version of software required to provide the Dedicated Support from time to time when upgrades or fixes occur and to provide a reasonable level of assistance in implementation and testing; (d) provide notice of intention to change applicable Customer-side Equipment or Customer Operating Environment or data-feeds that will directly impact the Dedicated Support; (e) comply with all applicable laws and regulations with respect to its activities under this Agreement, including those set out in Clause 20; (f) carry out all other Customer responsibilities set out in this Agreement and the Statement of Work in a timely and efficient manner. In the event of any delays in the Customer's provision of such assistance as agreed by the Parties, the Supplier may adjust any timetable or delivery schedule set out in this Agreement as reasonably necessary; (g) use the Third-Party Software and/or Software correctly in accordance with its operating instructions; (h) notify Supplier promptly of any problems with the Third-Party Software and/or Software; and (i) use only versions of the Third-Party Software and/or Software covered by Microsoft in mainstream or extended support unless otherwise agreed in writing. 5.7 In the event that the Customer is in breach of its obligations under the Agreement (excluding payment obligations) then the Supplier shall provide written notice of such breach, specifying in detail the nature of the breach and providing thirty (30) Business Days’ notice to remedy such breach if capable of remedy. If the Customer fails to remedy such breach the Supplier shall be entitled to terminate or suspend the Services without prejudice to any pre-existing rights and obligations of either Party. The Supplier shall have no liability or responsibility should the Services fail to comply with the Statement of Work and/or Service Level Agreements as a direct result of the Customer (including without limitation any of its employees, subcontractors or any of its staff) being in breach of the Agreement. 5.8 In the event that the Customer is in breach of its payment obligations under the Agreement then the Supplier shall provide written notice of such breach, specifying in detail the nature of the breach and providing thirty (30) days notice to remedy such breach if capable of remedy. If the Customer fails to remedy such breach the Supplier shall be entitled to terminate or suspend the Services without prejudice to any pre- existing rights and obligations of either Party. The Supplier shall have no liability or responsibility should the Services fail to comply with the Statement of Work and/or Service Level Agreements as a direct result of the Customer (including without limitation any of its employees, subcontractors or any of its staff) being in breach of the Agreement.

• Federal Medicaid System Security Requirements Compliance Party shall provide a security plan, risk assessment, and security controls review document within three months of the start date of this Agreement (and update it annually thereafter) in order to support audit compliance with 45 CFR 95.621 subpart F, ADP System Security Requirements and Review Process.