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General Terms and Conditions – (06/16) Page 4 of 5 <br />access to persons and records as a result of all contracts <br />or grants entered into by State agencies or political <br />subdivisions. <br /> <br /> Record Retention: Records shall not be destroyed, <br />purged or disposed of without the express written consent <br />of the Division. State basic records retention policy <br />requires all grant records to be retained for a minimum of <br />five years or until all audit exceptions have been resolved, <br />whichever is longer. If the contract is subject to federal <br />policy and regulations, record retention may be longer <br />than five years since records must be retained for a period <br />of three years following submission of the final Federal <br />Financial Status Report, if applicable, or three years <br />following the submission of a revised final Federal <br />Financial Status Report. Also, if any litigation, claim, <br />negotiation, audit, disallowance action, or other action <br />involving this Contract has been started before expiration <br />of the five-year retention period described above, the <br />records must be retained until completion of the action <br />and resolution of all issues which arise from it, or until the <br />end of the regular five-year period described above, <br />whichever is later. The record retention period for <br />Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and <br />MEDICAID and Medical Assistance grants and programs <br />must be retained for a minimum of ten years. <br /> <br />Warranties and Certifications <br /> <br />Date and Time Warranty: The Contractor warrants that <br />the product(s) and service(s) furnished pursuant to this <br />contract (“product” includes, without limitation, any <br />piece of equipment, hardware, firmware, middleware, <br />custom or commercial software, or internal components, <br />subroutines, and interfaces therein) that perform any date <br />and/or time data recognition function, calculation, or <br />sequencing will support a four digit year format and will <br />provide accurate date/time data and leap year <br />calculations. This warranty shall survive the termination <br />or expiration of this contract. <br /> <br />Certification Regarding Collection of Taxes: G.S. 143- <br />59.1 bars the Secretary of Administration from entering <br />into contracts with vendors that meet one of the conditions <br />of G.S. 105-164.8(b) and yet refuse to collect use taxes on <br />sales of tangible personal property to purchasers in North <br />Carolina. The conditions include: (a) maintenance of a <br />retail establishment or office; (b) presence of <br />representatives in the State that solicit sales or transact <br />business on behalf of the vendor; and (c) systematic <br />exploitation of the market by media-assisted, media- <br />facilitated, or media-solicited means. The Contractor <br />certifies that it and all of its affiliates (if any) collect all <br />required taxes. <br /> <br />E-Verify <br /> <br />Pursuant to G.S. 143-48.5, the undersigned hereby <br />certifies that the Contractor named below, and the <br />Contractor’s subcontractors, complies with the <br />requirements of Article 2 of Chapter 64 of the NC General <br />Statutes. <br /> <br />Miscellaneous <br /> <br />Choice of Law: The validity of this contract and any of <br />its terms or provisions, as well as the rights and duties of <br />the parties to this contract, are governed by the laws of <br />North Carolina. The Contractor, by signing this contract, <br />agrees and submits, solely for matters concerning this <br />Contract, to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of <br />North Carolina and agrees, solely for such purpose, that <br />the exclusive venue for any legal proceedings shall be <br />Orange County, North Carolina. The place of this contract <br />and all transactions and agreements relating to it, and their <br />situs and forum, shall be Orange County, North Carolina, <br />where all matters, whether sounding in contract or tort, <br />relating to the validity, construction, interpretation, and <br />enforcement shall be determined. <br /> <br />Amendment: This contract may not be amended orally <br />or by performance. Any amendment must be made in <br />written form and executed by duly authorized <br />representatives of the County and the Contractor. <br /> <br />Severability: In the event that a court of competent <br />jurisdiction holds that a provision or requirement of this <br />contract violates any applicable law, each such provision <br />or requirement shall continue to be enforced to the extent <br />it is not in violation of law or is not otherwise <br />unenforceable and all other provisions and requirements <br />of this contract shall remain in full force and effect. <br /> <br />Headings: The Section and Paragraph headings in these <br />General Terms and Conditions are not material parts of <br />the agreement and should not be used to construe the <br />meaning thereof. <br /> <br />Time of the Essence: Time is of the essence in the <br />performance of this contract. <br /> <br />Key Personnel: The Contractor shall not replace any of <br />the key personnel assigned to the performance of this <br />contract without the prior written approval of the County. <br />The term “key personnel” includes any and all persons <br />identified as such in the contract documents and any other <br />persons subsequently identified as key personnel by the <br />written agreement of the parties. <br /> <br />Care of Property: The Contractor agrees that it shall be <br />responsible for the proper custody and care of any <br />property furnished to it for use in connection with the <br />DocuSign Envelope ID: BB38BEDA-9531-4D4A-B157-64DAA55ECF82