Okaloosa County BOCC — 2013 meeting #1141 (date undetermined) — EMPG Agreement 2013-2014 — reading text

submitted within thirty (30) days after the expiration date of the agreement. An explanation of any circumstances prohibiting the submittal of quarterly invoices shall be submitted to the Division contract manager as part of the Recipient's quarterly financial reporting as referenced in Paragraph 7 of this Agreement. If the necessary funds are not available to fund this Agreement as a result of action by the United States Congress, the federal Office of Management and Budgeting, the State Chief Financial Officer or under subparagraph (19){h) of this Agreement, all obligations on the part of the Division to make any further payment of funds shall terminate, and the Recipient shall submit its closeout report within thirty days of receiving notice from the Division. Changes to the amount of funding pursuant to Paragraph (17)(a) above may be accomplished by notice from the Division to the Recipient. The Division may make an award of additional funds by subsequent modification. : All funds received hereunder shall be placed in an interest-bearing account with a separate account code identifier for tracking all deposits, expenditures and interest earned. Funds disbursed to the Recipient by the Division that are not expended in implementing this program shall be returned to the Division, along with any 6 interest earned on all funds received under this Agreement, within ninety (90) days of the expiration of the award Agreement. The Recipient shali comply with all applicable procurement rules and regulations in securing goods and services to implement the Scope of Work. Whenever required by law or otherwise permitted, the Recipient shall utilize competitive procurement practices. Allowable costs shail be determined in accordance with applicable Office of Management and Budget Circulars, or, in the event no circular applies, by 48 CFR Part 31 CONTRACT COST PRINCIPLES AND PROCEDURES. Any requests received after July 31, 2014, at the discretion of the Division, may not be reimbursed from this Agreement. This agreement may be renewed, at the Division's sole discretion, for a period that may not exceed three years or the term of the original Agreement, whichever period is longer, specifying the renewed price and subject to the availability of funds. Pursuant to Section 287.057(13), Florida Statutes, exceptional purchase contracts pursuant to Section 287.057(3)(a) and (c), may not be renewed. Federal funds provided under this Agreement shall be matched by the Recipient dollar for dollar from non- federal funds. All paymenis relating to the Agreement shall be mailed to the following address: Gary Stanford Okaloosa County Finance Office 302 N. Wilson St., Suite 203 Crestview, FL_32536 (18) REPAYMENTS All refunds or repayments due to the Division under this Agreement are to be made payable to the order of “Division of Emergency Management”, and mailed directly to the following address: Division of Emergency Management Cashier 2555 Shumard Oak Boulevard Tallahassee FL 32399-2100 In accordance with Section 215.34(2), Fla. Stat., if a check or other draft is returned to the Division for collection, Recipient shall pay the Division a service fee of $15.00 or 5% of the face amount of the returned check or draft, whichever is greater. (19) MANDATED CONDITIONS (a) The validity of this Agreement is subject to the truth and accuracy of all the information, representations, and materials submitted or provided by the Recipient in this Agreement, in any later submission or response to a Division request, or in any submission or response to fulfill the requirements of this Agreement. All of said information, representations, and materials is incorporated by reference. The inaccuracy of the submissions or any material changes shall, at the option of the Division and with thirty days written notice to the Recipient, cause the termination of this Agreement and the release of the Division from all its obligations to the Recipient. ; (b) This Agreement shall be construed under the laws of the State of Florida, and venue for any actions arising out of this Agreement shall be in the Circuit Court of Leon County. If any provision of this Agreement is in conflict with any applicable statute or rule, or is unenforceable, then the provision shall be null and void to the extent of the conflict, and shall be severable, but shall not invalidate any other provision of this Agreement. (c) Any power of approval or disapproval granted to the Division under the terms of this Agreement shall survive the term of this Agreement. (d) This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, any one of which may be taken as an original. (e) The Recipient agrees to comply with the Americans With Disabilities Act (Public Law 101-336, 42 U.S.C. Section 12101 et seq.), which prohibits discrimination by public and private entities on the basis of 7 disability in employment, public accommodations, transportation, State and local government services, and telecommunications. (f} Those who have been placed on the convicted vendor list following a conviction for a public entity crime or on the discriminatory vendor list may not submit a bid on a contract to provide any goods or services to a public entity, may not submit a bid on a contract with a public entity for the construction or repair of a public building or public work, may not submit bids on leases of reat property to a public entity, may not be awarded or perform work as a contractor, supplier, subcontractor, or consultant under a contract with a public entity, and may not transact business with any public entity in excess of $25,000.00 for a period of 36 months from the date of being placed on the convicted vendor list or on the discriminatory vendor list. (g) Any Recipient which is not a local government or state agency, and which receives funds under this Agreement from the federal government, certifies, to the best of its knowledge and belief, that it and its principals: 1. are not presently debarred, suspended, proposed for debarment, declared ineligible, or voluntarily excluded from covered transactions by a federal department or agency; 2. have not, within a five-year period preceding this proposal been convicted of or had a civil judgment rendered against them for fraud or a criminal offense in connection with obtaining, attempting to obtain, or performing a public (federal, state or local) transaction or contract under public transaction; violation of federal or state antitrust statutes or commission of embezzlement, theft, forgery, bribery, falsification or destruction of records, making false statements, or receiving stolen property; 3. are not presently indicted or otherwise criminally or civilly charged by a governmental entity (federal, state or local) with commission of any offenses enumerated in paragraph 19(g)2. of this certification; and 4, have not within a five-year period preceding this Agreement had one or more public transactions (federal, state or local) terminated for cause or default. If the Recipient is unable to certify to any of the statements in this certification, then the Recipient shall attach an explanation to this Agreement. In addition, the Recipient shall send to the Division (by email or by facsimile transmission) the completed “Certification Regarding Debarment, Suspension, Ineligibility And Voluntary Exclusion” {Attachment I) for each intended subcontractor which Recipient plans to fund under this Agreement. The form must be received by the Division before the Recipient enters into a contract with any subcontractor. (h) The State of Florida's performance and obligation to pay under this Agreement is contingent upon an annual appropriation by the Legislature, and subject to any modification in accordance with Chapter 216, Fla. Stat. or the Florida Constitution. (i) All bills for fees or other compensation for services or expenses shall be submitted in detail sufficient for a proper preaudit and postaudit thereof. (j) Any bills for travel expenses shall be submitted in accordance with Section 112.061(14)(a), Fla. Stat. The provisions of any special or local law, present or future, shall prevail over any conflicting provisions in this section, but only to the extent of the conflict. (k) The Division reserves the right to unilaterally cancel this Agreement if the Recipient refuses to allow public access to all documents, papers, letters or other material subject to the provisions of Chapter 119, Fla. Stat., which the Recipient created or received under this Agreement. (I) If the Recipient is allowed to temporarily invest any advances of funds under this Agreement, any interest income shail either be returned to the Division or be applied against the Division's obligation to pay the contract amount. (m) The State of Florida will not intentionally award publicly-funded contracts to any contractor who knowingly employs unauthorized alien workers, constituting a violation of the employment provisions contained in 8 U.S.C. Section 1324a(e) [Section 274A(e) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (“INA’)]. The Division shall consider the employment by any contractor of unauthorized aliens a violation of Section 274A(e) of the INA. Such violation by the Recipient of the employment provisions contained in Section 274A(e) of the INA shall be grounds for unilateral cancellation of this Agreement by the Division. (n) The Recipient is subject to Florida’s Government in the Sunshine Law (Section 286.011, Fla. Stat.) with respect to the meetings of the Recipient's governing board or the meetings of any subcommittee making recommendations to the governing board. All of these meetings shall be publicly noticed, open to the public, and the minutes of all the meetings shall be public records, available to the public in accordance with Chapter 119, Fla. Stat. (0) All unmanufactured and manufactured articles, materials and supplies which are acquired for public use under this Agreement must have been produced in the United States as required under 41 U.S.C. 10a, unless it would not be in the public interest or unreasonable in cost. (20) LOBBYING PROHIBITION (a) No funds or other resources received from the Division under this Agreement may be used directly or indirectly to influence legislation or any other official action by the Florida Legislature or any state agency. (b) The Recipient certifies, by its signature to this Agreement, that to the best of his or her knowledge and belief: 1. No Federal appropriated funds have been paid or will be paid, by or on behalf of the Recipient, to any person for influencing or attempting to influence an officer or employee of any agency, a Member of Congress, an officer or employee of Congress, or an employee of a Member of Congress in connection with the awarding of any Federal contract, the making of any Federal grant, the making of any Federal loan, the entering into of any cooperative agreement, and the extension, continuation, renewal, amendment or modification of any Federal contract, grant, loan or cooperative agreement. 2. lf any funds other than Federal appropriated funds have been paid or will be paid to any person for influencing or attempting to influence an officer or employee of any agency, a Member of Congress, an officer or employee of Congress, or an employee of a Member of Congress in connection with this Federal contract, grant, loan or cooperative agreement, the Recipient shall complete and submit Standard Form-LLL, "Disclosure of Lobbying Activities." 3. The Recipient shall require that this certification be included in the award documents for all subawards (including subcontracts, subgrants, and contracts under grants, loans, and cooperative agreements) and that ail subrecipients shall certify and disclose. This certification is a material representation of fact upon which reliance was placed when this transaction was made or entered into.