Specifications

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COMPLIANCE WITH FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL LAWS
The vendor shall follow all federal, state, and local laws, rules, codes, ordinances, and regulations applicable to the vendor’s
Services.
The vendor warrants and represents that it will pay all its workers all monies earned by its workers including, but not limited
to regular wages, any overtime compensation, or any additional payments pursuant to the Fair Labor Standards Act, 29
U.S.C. Section 207 9a(1), as amended; the Texas Pay Day Act; the Equal Pay Act; Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of
1964, 42 U.S.C. Section 2000e, et al., as amended; or any provisions of the Texas Labor Code Ann., as amended.
CONTRACT OBLIGATION
Harris County Commissioners Court must award the contract and the County Judge or other person authorized by the Harris
County Commissioners Court must sign the contract before it becomes binding on Harris County or the offerors.
Department heads are NOT authorized to sign agreements for Harris County. Binding agreements shall remain in effect
until all products and/or services covered by this purchase have been satisfactorily delivered and accepted.
CONTRACT RENEWALS
Renewals may be made ONLY by written agreement between Harris County and the offeror. Any price escalations are
limited to those stated by the offeror in the original proposal.
CONTRACT TRANSITION
In the event services end by either contract expiration or termination, it shall be required that the vendor continue services if
requested by Harris County Purchasing, until new services can be completely operational. The vendor acknowledges its
responsibility to cooperate fully with the replacement vendor and Harris County to ensure a smooth and timely transition to
the replacement vendor. Such transitional period shall not extend more than ninety (90) days beyond the
expiration/termination date of the contract, or any extension thereof. The vendor shall be reimbursed for services during the
transitional period at the rate in effect when the transitional period clause is invoked by Harris County. During any
transition period, all other terms and conditions of the contract shall remain in full force and effect as originally written and
subsequently amended.
DIGITAL FORMAT
If offeror obtained the bid specifications in digital format in order to prepare a response, the proposal must be submitted in
hard copy according to the instructions contained in this proposal package. If, in its proposal response, offeror makes any
changes whatsoever to the County's published proposal specifications, the County's proposal specifications as published
shall control. Furthermore, if an alteration of any kind to the County's published proposal specifications is only discovered
after the contract is executed and is or is not being performed, the contract is subject to immediate cancellation.
DISQUALIFICATION OF OFFEROR
Upon signing this bid document, an offeror offering to sell supplies, materials, services, or equipment to Harris County
certifies that the offeror has not violated the antitrust laws of this state codified in Texas Business and Commerce Code
§15.01, et seq., as amended, or the federal antitrust laws, and has not communicated directly or indirectly the bid made to
any competitor or any other person engaged in such line of business. Any or all proposals may be rejected if the County
believes that collusion exists among the offerors. Proposals in which the prices are obviously unbalanced may be rejected.
If multiple proposals are submitted by an offeror and after the proposals are opened, one of the proposals is withdrawn, the
result will be that all of the proposals submitted by that offeror will be withdrawn; however, nothing herein prohibits a
vendor from submitting multiple proposals - for different products or services.
E-MAIL ADDRESSES CONSENT
Vendor affirmatively consents to the disclosure of its e-mail addresses that are provided to Harris County, the Harris County
Flood Control District, the Harris County Hospital District including its HMO, the Harris County Appraisal District, or any
agency of Harris County. This consent is intended to comply with the requirements of the Texas Public Information Act,
Tex. Gov’t Code Ann. §552.137, as amended, and shall survive termination of this agreement. This consent shall apply to
e-mail addresses provided by Vendor, its employees, officers, and agents acting on Vendor’s behalf and shall apply to any e-
mail address provided in any form for any reason whether related to this bid/proposal or otherwise.