Failure to Produce Books or Records. If Contractor having agreed to the terms of this Contract fails to produce books or records requested by Auditor, such failure to produce books or records that were required to be preserved for audit, it shall be presumed that the information contained in the withheld books or records were unfavorable to the Contractor and the Auditor shall note this refusal in the results of the Audit findings for further evaluation by the District and the District’s Board. The refusal to release records that are concerning monies associated with the Project may be used as a grounds to Debar the Contractor from future Projects for failure to preserve records under this Article and the failure to produce required audit records may also be used as a grounds for a negative finding against the Contractor depending on the significance of the records that are withheld by Contractor. Failure to produce Job Cost Data tied to Job cost categories and budgets shall be presumed an intentional failure to produce key audit records. Similarly, failure to produce daily time records (prepared at or near the time of the Work actually took place shall be presumed an intentional failure to produce key audited records.
