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COUNTY BILLING POLICY <br />APPROVED BY BOARD MINUTE ORDER DATED OCTOBER 2�7,1992 <br />All County agencies/departments/districts (County) governed by the Board of Supervisors <br />shall bil�l contracting entities for materials anid/or services provided under contract in <br />accordance with the following standardized bilfling and collection policy. Billing frequency is <br />dependent on whether the contract is a fixed price or actual cost contract. Payment due <br />date is designed to be both responsive to the County's cash flow needs and reasonable <br />enough as to not req�uire special processing by the contracting enti�ty, If payments are not <br />received by the required due dates, a late payment fee shall be computed and billed to the <br />contracting entity in accordance with the requirements of this procedure. <br />Nothing herein shall affect the liability, including pre-juidgment interest, of the contracti: <br />party for services or materials in as much as this is a policy to enact standard billi <br />practices. I <br />A. Contract for the purposes of this poljgy - A contractformal written agreement, a <br />purchase order frorn the contracting entity, or any, other acceptable mutual <br />understanding between the contracting parties., <br />B. Received by the County - The phrase "received by the County", as used in Section V1 <br />this policy, refers to the date a payment is received by the County. It is defined as t <br />date the payment is in the, County's possession. It is not the date the payment 'is post <br />or deposited by the County, I <br />A. Fixed Price (One-Time/Nlon-Recurring Contracts) - Invoices that represent a billing for a <br />one-time, non -recurring provision of materials and/or services shall be issued no later <br />than five (5), working days after delivery by the County of the materials and/or services, <br />Examples of such one-time, non -recurring provision! of materials and/or services might <br />be a city contracting with the Sheriff for security service at a parade or sporting event, or, <br />a city purchasing a computer listing; containing certain ci�lty-requested data. Payment due <br />date shall be invoice date plus 301 days. <br />8, Fixed Price (Ongoing/Recurring Contracts) - Invoices that represent a billing for, <br />ongoing, recurring provision of materials, and/or services shial'l be issued according to, t <br />following friequency- I <br />1Annual Billings that total $10,0100 or less per 12-month period shall be billed via one <br />(1) annual invoice, Annual invoices will be issued for each! 12-month period of the <br />contract, or portions thereoif, Invoices shall be issued no later than five working days <br />after the beginning of each 12-mionth period. Payment due date shall be invoice date <br />plus 310 days. <br />