Reso 2024-3705 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

SERIAL 16154 -RFP 3.6 TAX: (SERVICES) No tax shall be invoiced or paid against Contractor's labor. It is the responsibility of the Contractor to determine any and all applicable taxes and include the cost in the proposal price. 3.7 TAX (COMMODITIES): Tax shall not be invoiced against Contractor's labor. Sales/use tax will be determined by County. Tax will not be used in determining low price. 3.8 STRATEGIC ALLIANCE for VOLUME EXPENDITURES ($AVE): 3.8.1 The County is a member of the $AVE cooperative purchasing group. $AVE includes the State of Arizona, many Phoenix metropolitan area municipalities, and many K-12 unified school districts. Under the $AVE Cooperative Purchasing Agreement, and with the concurrence of the successful Respondent under this solicitation, a member of $AVE may access a contract resulting from a solicitation issued by the County. If you do not want to grant such access to a member of $AVE, please so state in your proposal. In the absence of a statement to the contrary, the County will assume that you do wish to grant access to any contract that may result from this Request for Proposal. 3.9 INTERGOVERNMENTAL COOPERATIVE PURCHASING AGREEMENTS (ICPA's) 3.9.1 County currently holds ICPA's with numerous governmental entities throughout the State of Arizona. These agreements allow those entities, with the approval of the Contractor, to purchase their requirements under the terms and conditions of the County Contract. Please indicate on Attachment A, your acceptance or rejection regarding such participation of other governmental. entities. Your response will not be considered as an evaluation factor in awarding a contract 3.10 VOLUNTARY EMPLOYEE DISCOUNTS 3.10.1 Vendors may voluntarily offer discounts to County employees for products or services provided under this contract. Whether a vendor offers or does not offer an employee discount is not a factor in nor considered in the evaluation of responses to this solicitation. 3.10.2 Any discount offered is part of a commercial transaction between the vendor and individual County employees and the County is not a party to the transaction. Any disputes or issues arising from an individual commercial transaction between the vendor and an individual County employee are a matter between the vendor and the employee. If a discount is offered, the terms will be announced to County employees. 4.0 AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS: 4.1 The provisions of this Contract relating to payment for services shall become effective when funds assigned for the purpose of compensating the Contractor as herein provided are actually available to County for disbursement. The County shall be the sole judge and authority in determining the availability of funds under this Contract. County shall keep the Contractor fully informed as to the availability of funds. 117