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<br />Failure to comply with these requirements shall constitute grounds for declaring the Contractor
<br />in default and recovering reprocurement costs from the Contractor in addition to all outstanding
<br />surcharge fees. CONTRACTORS DELINQUENT IN PAVING USER FEES MAYBE
<br />EXCLUDED FROM BIDDING ON DEPARTMENT CONTRACTS.
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<br />3.29 Governmental Restrictions: If the Contractor believes that any governmental restrictions
<br />have been imposed that require alteration of the material, quality, workmanship or performance
<br />of the products offered under the Contract, the Contractor shall immediately notify the
<br />Department in writing, indicating the specific restriction. The Department reserves the right and
<br />the complete discretion to accept any such alteration or to cancel the Contract at no further
<br />expense to the Department.
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<br />3.30 Compliance with Laws: The Contractor shall comply with all laws, rules, codes,
<br />ordinances, and licensing requirements that are applicable to the conduct of its business,
<br />including those of federal, State, and local agencies having jurisdiction and authority. By way of
<br />non-exhaustive example, Chapter 287 of the Florida Statutes and Chapter 60A-l of the Florida
<br />Administrative Code govern the Contract. By way of further non-exhaustive example, the
<br />Contractor shall comply with section 247 A( e) of the Immigration and Nationalization Act, the
<br />Americans with Disabilities Act, and all prohibitions against discrimination on the basis of race,
<br />religion, sex, creed, national origin, handicap, marital status, or veteran's status. Violation of
<br />such laws shall be grounds for Contract termination.
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<br />3.31 Lobbving: and Intee:ritv: Pursuant to section 216.347 of the Florida Statutes, the Contractor
<br />may not expend any State funds for the purpose of lobbying the Legislature, the judicial branch, or a
<br />state agency. In addition, the Contractor shall not, in conti on with this or any other agreement with
<br />the State, directly or indirectly (I) offer, confer, or agree to confer any pecuniary benefit on anyone
<br />as consideration for any State officer or employee's decision, opinion, recommendation, vote, other
<br />exercise of discretion, or violation of a known legal duty, or (2) offer, give, or agree to give to
<br />anyone any gratuity for the benefit of, or at the direction or request of, any State officer or
<br />employee. For purposes of clause (2), "gratuity" means any payment of more than nominal
<br />monetary value in the form of cash, travel, entertainment, gifts, meals, lodging, loans, subscriptions,
<br />advances, deposits of money, services, employment, or contracts of any kind. Upon request of the
<br />Department's Inspector General, or other authorized State official, the Contractor shall provide any
<br />type of information the Inspector General deems relevant to the Contractor's integrity or
<br />responsibility. Such information may include, but shall not be limited to, the Contractor's business
<br />or financial records, documents, or files of any type or form that refer to or relate to the Contract.
<br />The Contractor shall retain such records for the longer of (1) three years after the expiration of the
<br />Contract or (2) the period required by the General Records Schedules maintained by the Florida
<br />Department of State (available at: http://dlis.dos.state.fl.us/barnllgenschedules/gensched.htm). The
<br />Contractor agrees to reimburse the State for the reasonable costs of investigation incurred by the
<br />Inspector General or other authorized State official for investigations of the Contractor's compliance
<br />with the terms of this or any other agreement between the Contractor and the State which results in
<br />the suspension or debarment of the Contractor. Such costs shall include, but shall not be limited to:
<br />salaries of investigators, including overtime; travel and lodging expenses; and expert witness and
<br />documentary fees. The Contractor shall not be responsible for any costs of investigations that do
<br />not result in the Contractor's suspension or debarment.
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