If at any time during the term of this contract the successful vendor also has a NYS, GSA, or other contract legally available to the County through General Municipal Law, the County reserves the right to purchase from any or all of the contracts and the vendor agrees to supply goods or services in accordance with that contract if requested to do so.

14. New York State Wage Rates . This RFQ is subject to the prevailing wage rate provisions of the NYS Labor Law, the successful bidder is responsible for complying with all current labor rates and regulations throughout the duration of any contract resulting from this RFQ and will conduct his business in strict compliance with County Law, New York State Labor Laws, Federal OSHA Laws, and all other laws that apply.

The current schedule(s) of the prevailing rates and hourly supplements for this project may be accessed at the New York State Department of Labor website @www.labor.state.ny.us. The County has applied for and received a PRC number for this project. Copies of the schedule can be accessed by entering the assigned PRC# 2020011148 at the proper location on the website or rates can be obtained by contacting the Department of Labor.

If you do not have internet access you may contact the Jefferson County Purchasing Department at (315) 785-3077 to request a copy of the prevailing rate schedule for this project.

The County will only pay, and the bidder agrees to only charge prevailing wage rates to those employees of any organization that are required by New York State law to receive said rates in the course of performing work for the County as part of this contract. The County reserves the right to withhold payment to the successful bidder pending receipt of certified payrolls in accordance with New York State Department of Labor regulations. The County Department will provide the name and address of the individual to whom the certified payrolls must be forwarded before invoices will be approved and paid. The Contractor agrees to verify all rates with the New York State Department of Labor prior to submitting a proposal and prior to doing any work for the County as well as to establish which of those workers involved in any part of the contract for the County are required by law to receive said rates.

Vendors currently on the NYS Labor Department Debarred list will not be considered for award of this contract. By submitting a quote for consideration, the bidder is indicating to the County that they are currently in good standing with the NYS Department of Labor at the time of the bid.

15 . Sexual Harassment. By submission of this bid, each bidder and each person signing on behalf of any bidder certifies, and in the case of a joint bid each party thereto certifies as to its own organization, under penalty of perjury, that the bidder has and has implemented a written policy addressing sexual harassment prevention in the workplace and provides annual sexual harassment prevention training to all of its employees. Such policy shall, at a minimum, meet the requirements of section two hundred one-g of the labor law. Where competitive bidding is not required, state departments and agencies may, at their discretion, require the above certification. A model policy and training has been created by the NYSDepartment of Labor and can be found here: https://www.ny.gov/programs/combating-sexual-harassment-workplace

16. FOIL. All material submitted in response to this Bid becomes the property of the County and will be considered public records after the award of the contract. Proposals shall not be shared with any competing offerors during the selection phase of this procurement; however, after award of the contract to the successful offeror, proposals received in response to this Request for Proposal may be subject to disclosure under a provision of the Freedom of Information Act. Information in proposals that is clearly identified as proprietary will not be disclosed at any time. Blanket statements that all contents of the proposal are confidential and proprietary will not be honored by the County. The New York State Freedom of Information Law (FOIL), as set forth in Public Officers Law, Article 6, mandates public access to certain government records. Generally, proposals submitted in response to this Bid may constitute government records subject to FOIL. Proposals may contain, among other things, certain technical, financial, or other data and information that constitute trade secrets, if publicly disclosed, could cause substantial injury to the commercial enterprise's competitive position. To protect this information from disclosure under FOIL, Proposers should specifically identify the pages of the proposal that contain such information by properly marking the top of the applicable pages as 'CONFIDENTIAL' and inserting the following statement in the front of its proposal:

The information or data on pages\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ of this proposal, identified on the top thereof as 'CONFIDENTIAL', contain financial, technical, or other information which constitute government records subject to FOIL. Proposals may contain, among other things, certain technical, financial, or other data and information that constitute trade secrets, if publicly disclosed, could cause substantial

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