Item 22 - State Legislative Advocacy Services

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CITY OF SANTA ANA RFQ No. 22-005 State Legislative Advocacy Services Page 13 of 29 employee of City. Neither Contractor, its employees, nor anyone working under Contractor, will qualify for workers’ compensation or other fringe benefits of any kind through City. M. LITIGATION STATUS Each Respondent must include in its statement of qualifications a complete disclosure of any alleged significant prior or ongoing contract failures, any civil or criminal litigation or investigation pending which involves the Respondent or in which the Respondent has been judged guilty or liable. Failure to comply with the terms of this provision will disqualify any statement of qualification. The City reserves the right to reject any statement of qualifications based upon the Respondent’s prior history with the City or with any other party, which documents, without limitation, unsatisfactory performance, adversarial or contentious demeanor, significant failure(s) to meet contract milestones or other contractual failures. N. NEGOTIATIONS The City reserves the right to negotiate final contract terms with any Respondent selected. The contract between the parties will consist of the RFQ together with any modifications thereto, and the awarded Contractor’s statement of qualification, together with any modifications and clarifications thereto that are submitted at the request of the City during the evaluation and negotiation process. In the event of any conflict or contradiction between or among these documents, the documents shall control in the following order of precedence: the final executed contract, the RFQ, any modifications and clarifications to the awarded Contractor’s statement of qualification, and the awarded Contractor’s statement of qualification. Specific exceptions to this general rule may be noted in the final executed contract. Negotiations shall be confidential and not subject to disclosure to competing Contractors unless and until an agreement is reached. If contract negotiations cannot be concluded successfully, the City reserves the right to negotiate a contract with another Contractor or withdraw the RFQ. O. PROJECT MANAGER The selected Respondent will assume responsibility for all services in its statement of qualification. The selected Respondent shall identify a sole point of contact, Project Manager, with the greatest knowledge in regard to the required service operations and contractual matters, including payment of any and all charges resulting from the Agreement. P. STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATION SVALIDITY Services, pricing, and warranties indicated in a Respondent’s statement of qualifications must be valid for a period of 90 days at minimum after the submission of the statement of qualification. Q. PUBLIC AGENCIES Other public agencies, as defined by California Government Code Section 6500, may choose to use the terms of this Contract, subject to Contractor’s acceptance. The City is not liable or responsible for any obligations related to a subsequent contract between Contractor and another public agency.