Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 220 - Department of Administration › Chapter 30 - Purchases › Subchapter 00 - N/A › Part 13 - General Conditions of Purchase › Section 220-RICR-30-00-13.22 - Vendor Obligations

Current through June 14, 2024
A. In addition to
				 the specific requirements imposed by the State in the Contract, a Vendor
				 engaged in providing goods or services to the State shall generally have the
				 following standard responsibilities:
1.
				 Perform services in accordance with applicable standards of professional skill
				 and care or as otherwise provided in the solicitation or Contract. When
				 applicable law requires that services be performed by licensed professionals,
				 Vendor shall provide those services through the performance of qualified
				 persons or entities duly licensed to practice their professions.
2. To furnish adequate protection from damage
				 for all work and to repair damage of any kind, for which it or its workmen are
				 responsible, to the building or equipment, to its own work, or to the work of
				 other Vendors.
3. To clear and
				 remove all debris and rubbish resulting from its work from time to time, as
				 directed or required, at completion of the work to leave the premises in a
				 neat, unobstructed condition, broom clean, and in satisfactory order and
				 repair.
4. To store equipment,
				 supplies, and material at the project site only upon approval by the State, and
				 at its own risk.
5. To perform all
				 work so as to cause the least disruption and inconvenience to the State, and
				 with proper consideration for the rights of other Vendors and
				 workers.
6. To acquaint themselves
				 with conditions to be found at the project site, and to assume responsibility
				 for the appropriate dispatching of equipment and supervision of its employees
				 during the conduct of the work.
7.
				 To supervise Vendor employees and subcontractors and to ensure that its
				 employees are instructed with respect to special rules, regulations, policies,
				 and procedures in effect for any State facility or project site, and that its
				 employees comply with such rules, regulations, policies and
				 procedures.
8. To perform
				 background checks of Vendor employees, subcontractors and agents as required by
				 the State.
9. EQUAL OPPORTUNITY
				 COMPLIANCE, HANDICAPPED ACCESS AND AFFIRMATIVE ACTION - Contractors of the
				 State are required to demonstrate the same commitment to equal opportunity as
				 prevails under federal contracts controlled by Federal Executive Orders 11246,
				 11625, 11375 and 11830, and R.I. Gen. Laws Chapter 28-5.1. Affirmative action
				 plans shall be submitted by the contractor for review by the State Equal
				 Opportunity Office. A contractor's failure to abide by the rules, regulations,
				 contract terms and compliance reporting provisions as established shall be
				 grounds for forfeiture and penalties as shall be established, including but not
				 limited to suspension.
10.
				 DRUG-FREE WORKPLACE REQUIREMENT - Vendors who do business with the State and
				 their employees shall abide by the State's drug-free workplace policy.
				 Specifically, Vendor agrees as follows:
a.
				 Vendor employees and agents are required to refrain from the abuse of alcohol
				 and/or illegal and/or prescription drugs and must report to work in a fit
				 condition to perform their duties or be subject to disciplinary action by the
				 Vendor.
b. All Vendor employees,
				 while on State business, on or off the workplace, are prohibited from
				 purchasing, transferring, using, or possessing illegal drugs or from abusing
				 alcohol or prescription drugs in any way that is illegal.
c. Vendors will take appropriate disciplinary
				 action with all violators of this policy who are currently employed. Vendors
				 will not knowingly consider for employment anyone who is known to currently
				 abuse alcohol and/or illegal and/or prescription drugs.
11. In the best interest of the State, the
				 State Purchasing Agent reserves the right to remove or have a Vendor
				 immediately remove any Vendor employee, subcontractor or agent of the Vendor
				 working on a State Contract based on a good faith belief that the individual is
				 not acting in an appropriate, professional and/or in a commercially reasonable
				 manner.
12. To comply with the
				 provisions of R.I. Gen. Laws §
											37-2-34 (Right to inspect facilities - Right to Audit) as necessary.