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<br />(K) Procurement of Recovered Materials. The contractor must comply with section 6002 of the Solid
<br />Waste Disposal Act, as amended by the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. The requirements of
<br />Section 6002 include procuring only items designated in guidelines of the Environmental Protection
<br />Agency (EPA) at 40 CFR Part 247 that contain the highest percentage of recovered materials practicable,
<br />consistent with maintaining a satisfactory level of competition, where the purchase price of the item
<br />exceeds $10,000 or the value of the quantity acquired during the preceding fiscal year exceeded $10,000;
<br />procuring solid waste management services in a manner that maximizes energy and resource recovery;
<br />and establishing an affirmative procurement program for procurement of recovered materials identified in
<br />the EPA guidelines.
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<br />(L) Access to Records and Reports; Retention of Records
<br />(1) The contractor agrees to permit, and require its subcontractors to permit, the granting federal
<br />agency, and the Comptroller General of the United States, and, to the extent appropriate, the State
<br />of North Carolina, the City or their authorized representatives, upon their request to inspect all
<br />project work records, documents, papers, materials, payrolls, and other data, and to audit the
<br />books, records, and accounts of the contractor and its subcontractors pertaining to the project.
<br />(2) The contractor agrees to permit any of the foregoing parties to reproduce by any means
<br />whatsoever or to copy excerpts and transcriptions as reasonably needed.
<br />(3) The contractor agrees to maintain all books, records, accounts and reports required under this
<br />contract for a period of not less than three (3) years after that the City makes final payment and
<br />all other pending matters are closed, except in the event of litigation or settlement of claims
<br />arising from the performance of this contract, in which case contractor agrees to maintain same
<br />until the Comptroller General, granting federal agency, state agency, City or any of their duly
<br />authorized representatives have disposed of all such litigation, appeals, claims or exceptions
<br />related thereto.
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<br />(M) Bond Requirements. Contracts or subcontracts for construction or facility improvement exceeding
<br />the Simplified Acquisition Threshold set by the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) at 48 CFR part 2,
<br />subpart 2.1, shall be subject to the bidding and bid, performance and payment bonding requirements of
<br />N.C. Gen. Statute § 143-129 et seq. and Article 3 of Chapter 44A (N.C.G.S. 44A-25 et seq.). of
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<br />(N) Domestic Preference. The Contractor should, to the greatest extent practicable under a Federal
<br />award, provide a preference for the purchase, acquisition, or use of goods, products, or materials produced
<br />in the United States (including but not limited to iron, aluminum, steel, cement, and other manufactured
<br />products). The requirements of this section must be included in all subcontracts including all contracts
<br />and purchase orders for work or products under this agreement. (1) “Produced in the United States”
<br />means, for iron and steel products, that all manufacturing processes, from the initial melting stage through
<br />the application of coatings, occurred in the United States. (2) “Manufactured products” means items and
<br />construction materials composed in whole or in part of non-ferrous metals such as aluminum; plastics and
<br />polymer-based products such as polyvinyl chloride pipe; aggregates such as concrete; glass, including
<br />optical fiber; and lumber.
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<br />(O) Prohibition on Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment.
<br />Contractor and subcontractor must comply with 2 C.F.R 200.216 which prohibits the obligating or
<br />expending loan or grant funds to procure or obtain; extend or renew a contract to procure or obtain; or
<br />enter into a contract to procure or obtain equipment, services, or systems that uses equipment produced by
<br />Huawei Technologies Company or ZTE Corporation (or any subsidiary or affiliate of such entities).
<br />Video surveillance and telecommunications equipment produced by Hytera Communications corporation,
<br />Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology Company, Dahua Technology Company, or any entity that the
<br />Secretary of Defense reasonably believes to be an entity owned or controlled by, or connected to, the
<br />government of a covered foreign country are also prohibited.
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