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6. The Provider will furnish all information and reports required by Executive Order 11246 of <br />September 24, 1965, and by rules, regulations, and orders of the Secretary of Labor, or <br />pursuant thereto, and will permit access to its books, records, and accounts by the <br />administering agency and the Secretary of Labor for purposes of investigation to ascertain <br />compliance with such rules, regulations, and orders. <br /> <br />7. In the event of the Provider’s noncompliance with the nondiscrimination clauses of the <br />Agreement and this Addendum or with any of the said rules, regulations, or orders, the <br />Agreement may be cancelled, terminated, or suspended in whole or in part and the Provider <br />may be declared ineligible for further Government contracts or federally assisted construction <br />contracts in accordance with procedures authorized in Executive Order 11246 of September <br />24, 1965, and such other sanctions may be imposed and remedies invoked as provided in <br />Executive Order 1126 of September 24, 1965, or by rule, regulation, or order of the Secretary <br />of Labor, or as otherwise provided by law. <br /> <br />8. The Provider will include the portion of the sentence immediately preceding Paragraph (A)(1) <br />and the provisions of Paragraphs (A)(1) – (8) in every subcontract or purchase order unless <br />exempted by rules, regulations, or orders of the Secretary of Labor issued pursuant to Section <br />204 of Executive Order 11246 of September 24, 1965, so that such provisions will be binding <br />upon each subcontractor or vendor. The Provider will take such action with respect to any <br />subcontractor or purchase order as the administering agency may direct as a means of <br />enforcing such provisions, including sanctions for noncompliance: <br /> <br />Provided, however, that in the event Provider becomes involved in, or is threatened with, <br />litigation with a subcontractor or vendor as a result of such direction by the administering <br />agency, the Provider may request the United States enter into such litigation to protect the <br />United States. <br /> <br />Orange County further agrees that it will be bound by the above equal opportunity clause with <br />respect to its own employment practices when it participates in federally assisted construction <br />work: Provided, that Orange County is a local government, therefore the above equal <br />opportunity clause is not applicable to any agency, instrumentality, or subdivision of Orange <br />County which does not participate in work on or under the contract. <br /> <br />Orange County agrees that it will assist and cooperate actively with the administering agency <br />and the Secretary of Labor in obtaining the compliance of contractors and subcontractors with <br />the equal opportunity clause and the rules, regulations, and relevant orders of the Secretary of <br />Labor, that it will furnish the administering agency and the Secretary of Labor such <br />information as they may require for the supervision of such compliance, and that it will <br />otherwise assist the administering agency in the discharge of the agency’s primary <br />responsibility for ensuring compliance. <br /> <br />Orange County further agrees that it will refrain from entering into any contract or contract <br />modification subject to Executive Order 11246 of September 24, 1965, with a contractor <br />debarred from, or who has not demonstrated eligibility for, Government contracts and <br />federally assisted construction contracts pursuant to the Executive Order and will carry out <br />such sanctions and penalties for violation of the equal opportunity clause as may be imposed <br />upon contractors and subcontractors by the administering agency or the Secretary of Labor <br />pursuant to Part II, Subpart D of the Executive Order. In addition, the Orange County that if it <br />fails or refuses to comply with these undertakings, the administering agency may take any or <br />DocuSign Envelope ID: 0FEF0829-8FBB-4466-A647-077035DACBF6