the location(s) from which the Contractor provides 50% or more of the services. If the Contractor provides 50% or more of the services from a location(s) in a Tier 1 jurisdiction(s) the contract will be a Tier 1 contract. If the Contractor provides 50% or more of the services from a location(s) in a Tier 2 jurisdiction(s), the contract will be a Tier 2 contract.

The Tier 1 Area includes Montgomery, Prince George's Howard, Anne Arundel, and Baltimore Counties, and Baltimore City. The Tier 2 Area includes any county in the State not included in the Tier 1 Area. If the employees who perform the services are not located in the State, the head of the unit responsible for a State Contract pursuant to §18-102 (d) shall assign the tier based upon where the recipients of the services are located. The Offeror must identify in their Offer the location(s) from which services will be provided.

Information pertaining to reporting obligations may be found by going to the DLLR Website http://www.dllr.state.md.us/labor/ and clicking on Living Wage.

### 1.31 Prompt Payment Policy

This procurement and the contracts to be awarded pursuant to this solicitation are subject to the Prompt Payment Policy Directive issued by the Governor's Office of Minority Affairs and dated August 1, 2008. §§ Promulgated pursuant to Md. Code Ann., State Finance and Procurement Article, 11-201, 13-205(a), and Title 14, Subtitle 3 and Code of Maryland Regulations (COMAR) 21.01.01.03 and 21.11.03.01 et seq., the Directive seeks to ensure the prompt payment of all subcontractors on non-construction procurement contracts. The successful Offeror must comply with the prompt payment requirements as outlined in sub-section 31 of the contract resulting from this solicitation (see Attachment A). Additional information is available on the GOMAwebsite at:

### 1.32 Federal Funding Acknowledgement and Certifications

1.32.1 There ( are) ( are not) programmatic conditions that apply to this contract, regardless of the type of funding. If applied, these conditions are contained in (use next available Attachment H Attachment letter if you are including programmatic forms, if there are none, delete second sentence).

1.32.2 The total amount of Federal funds allocated for the (enter name of administration or facility) is $(enter dollar amount) in Maryland State fiscal year (enter current fiscal year). This represents (divide Federal funds above / by total unit budget) %of all funds budgeted for the unit in that fiscal year. This does not necessarily represent the amount of funding available for any particular grant, contract, or Invitation for Bid.

1.32.3 This solicitation ( does) ( does not) contain federal funds. If contained, the source of these Medicaid, Ryan White, Title X federal funds is: (enter name of Federal program i.e., , etc.). The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance CFDA number is: (enter the number). The conditions that apply to all federal funds awarded by the Department are contained in Federal Funds Attachment H (delete attachment H and all but the first sentence of this section if no Federal Funds are used). Any additional conditions that apply to this federally funded contract are contained in Federal Funds (use next Attachment letter if you are including additional conditions, if there are Attachment H none, delete this sentence). Acceptance of this agreement indicates your intent to comply with all conditions, which are part of this agreement.

### 1.33 HIPAA - Business Associate Agreement

(Delete this Section and renumber if non-applicable.)

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