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CITY OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA
RESOLUTION NO. R-2019- i
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF
THE CITY OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA, AWARDING
REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL #19-12R TO OFFICE
DEPOT, INC.; AND AUTHORIZING THE
APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS TO APPROVE AND
EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT FOR OFFICE
SUPPLY NEEDS WITH OFFICE DEPOT, INC. ON
BEHALF OF THE SOUTHEAST FLORIDA
GOVERNMENTAL PURCHASING COOPERATIVE
AND THE OMNIA PARTNERS, LLC,
CONSORTIUM UTILIZING PRICING PROVIDED
THROUGH REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL #19-12R
FOR THE PERIOD OF OCTOBER 14, 2019
THROUGH OCTOBER 13, 2023, WITH ONE (1)
FOUR (4) YEAR RENEWAL OPTION; APPROVING
THE EARLY TERMINATION FOR CONVENIENCE
OF THE AGREEMENT WITH OFFICE DEPOT
DATED OCTOBER 18, 2016 FOR THE PERIOD
FROM OCTOBER 14, 2019 THROUGH OCTOBER
17, 2019; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER
OR DESIGNEE TO APPROVE AND ACCEPT
RENEWAL OPTIONS AND ANY REQUIRED
AGREEMENTS WITH OMNIA PARTNERS, LLC
RELATING TO ADMINISTRATION OF THE
OFFICE SUPPLY AGREEMENT; PROVIDING FOR
CONFLICTS; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY;
AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City of Tamarac has need to purchase office supplies to
support all City operations; and
WHEREAS, the utilization of a term contract agreement provides for
volume savings through quantity discounts; and
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WHEREAS, the City of Tamarac served as the "lead agency" for the
Southeast Florida Governmental Purchasing Cooperative and for the Omnia
Partners, LLC, consortium for the purchase of office supply needs; and
WHEREAS, thirty-one (31) governmental agencies within the Southeast
Florida Governmental Purchasing Cooperative and all members of the Omnia
Partners, LLC Consortium across the United States are eligible to utilize this
agreement for the purchase of approximately $49 million in annual office supplies
estimated to be purchased on a national basis; and
WHEREAS, the City of Tamarac formally advertised and issued Request
for Proposal # 19-12R in order to obtain pricing and service capability information
for vendors in the office supply marketplace, a copy of which is on file with the
City Clerk; and
WHEREAS two (2) firms responded to the RFP as follows:
Office Depot, Inc., Boca Raton, Florida
The Office Cart, LLC, Fort Lauderdale, Florida; and
WHEREAS, an evaluation team facilitated and chaired by the City of
Tamarac Purchasing and Contracts Manager, and including procurement
professionals from the City of Coral Springs, Florida, the City of Margate, Florida,
the City of Sunrise, Florida, and the Financial Services Purchasing and Contracts
Division Procurement Coordinator, as well as a non-voting member from Omnia
Partners, LLC who solely served in an advisory role, evaluated and ranked all
responses to the proposal; and
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WHEREAS, the proposal offering submitted by Office Depot, Inc. was
ranked by the Evaluation Committee as the most advantageous, best value
overall response to the solicitation in terms of service capabilities and pricing, a
copy of the proposal evaluation scores are included herein as Exhibit "1"; and
WHEREAS, Office Depot. Inc. has successfully supplied the needs of the
Southeast Florida Governmental Purchasing Cooperative and the Omnia
Partners, LLC Consortium in the past; and
WHEREAS, the proposal provides for one (1) four (4) year renewal
option based on satisfactory performance under the Agreement; and
WHEREAS, sufficient funds are available from all Departments' Operating
funds; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission of the City of Tamarac finds it to be in
the best interest of the City of Tamarac to award RFP #19-12R to Office Depot,
Inc. and to authorize the appropriate City Officials to execute an Agreement with
Office Depot, Inc. for the purchase of Office Supplies by the City and members of
the Southeast Florida Governmental Purchasing Cooperative and the Omnia
Partners, LLC consortium using pricing provided by Office Depot, Inc.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA THAT:
SECTION 1: The foregoing "WHEREAS" clauses are HEREBY ratified
and confirmed as being true and correct and are hereby made a specific part of
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this Resolution upon adoption hereof and all exhibits referenced and attached
hereto are incorporated herein and made a specific part of this resolution.
SECTION 2: The City Commission hereby awards Request for Proposal
#19-12R to Office Depot, Inc., and authorizes the appropriate City Officials to
execute an Agreement with Office Depot, Inc. for the purchase of Office Supplies
using pricing provided by Office Depot, Inc., a copy of said Agreement is included
herein as Exhibit "2", for the City and the members of the Southeast Florida
Governmental Purchasing Cooperative, and the national members of the Omnia
Partners, LLC consortium.
SECTION 3: The City Manager or designee furthermore is hereby
authorized to approve and accept renewal options and other contract
amendments pursuant to the requirements of the Agreement, attached hereto as
Exhibit "2" as well as any administrative Agreements between the City and
Omnia Partners, LLC which may be required to administer the Office Supply
Agreement with Office Depot, Inc.
SECTION 4: The City Commission authorizes the early termination for
convenience of the current Agreement in force between the City and Office
Depot, Inc., which was effective on October 18, 2016 for the period from October
14, 2019 through October 17, 2019, to provide for a more efficient transition
between Agreements.
SECTION 5: All resolutions or parts of resolutions in conflict herewith are
HEREBY repealed to the extent of such conflict.
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SECTION 6: If any clause, section, other part or application of this
Resolution is held by any court of competent jurisdiction to be unconstitutional or
invalid, in part or application, it shall not affect the validity of the remaining
portions or applications of this Resolution.
SECTION 7: This Resolution shall become effective immediately
upon its passage and adoption.
PASSED, ADOPTED AND APPROVED this /v day of 2019.
MICH LLE J. GOME
MAYOR
ATTEST:
PATRICIA TEUF L, CMC
CITY CLERK
RECORD OF COMMISSION VOTE:
MAYOR GOMEZ
DIST 1: COMM. BOLTON
DIST 2: COMM. GELIN
DIST 3: COMM. FISHMAN
DIST 4: V/M PLACKO
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT I HAVE
APPROVED THIS RESOLUTION
AS TO FORM
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SAMUEL S. GOIN
CITY ATTORNEC
TR 13307 - Exhibit 1
May 30,2019 OFFICE SUPPLIES RFP 19-12R
Committee Evaluation Totals
Proposers Name: Office Depot The Office Cart
No Conflict of Interest X X
Adhered to the Instructions X
Cost(Price) Core:$23,996,412.27 Total:$49,831,791.75 Core:$44,644,182.38 Total:$72,506,965.61
Items not complete. Did not provide Category Discounts
RANKING
Purchasing Agent,City of Coral Spring; 1 2
Procurement Manager, City of Margate 1 2
Contracts Manager,City of Sunrise 1 2
Procurement Coordinator, City of Tamarac 1 2
TOTAL POINTS
4 8
TOTAL RANKING
1 2
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AGREEMENT
BETWEEN THE CITY OF TAMARAC
AND
OFFICE DEPOT, INC.
THIS AGREEMENT is made and entered into this 14th day of October, 2019 by
and between the City of Tamarac, a municipal corporation with principal offices located
at 7525 N.W. 88th Ave., Tamarac, FL 33321 (the "CITY") and Office Depot, Inc. a
Delaware corporation duly registered as a Florida Foreign Corporation, with principal
offices located at 6600 North Military Trail, Boca Raton, Florida 33496-2434 (the
"Contractor") to provide Office Supplies for CITY and other participating agencies in the
Southeast Florida Governmental Purchasing Cooperative and nationwide through
OMNIA Partners, Public Sector ("Omnia Partners").
Now therefore, in consideration of the mutual covenants hereinafter set forth, the
City and Contractor agree as follows:
1. The Contract Documents
The contract documents consist of this Agreement, Request for Proposal
Document No.19-12R for Office Supplies, Products and Related Services issued March
5, 2019, including all conditions therein, (General Terms and Conditions, Special
Conditions and/or Special Provisions), Technical Specifications, all addenda, the
Contractor's bid/proposal dated May 9, 2019 incorporated herein as if attached hereto,
and all modifications issued after execution of this Agreement. These contract documents
form the Agreement, and all are as fully a part of the Agreement as if attached to this
Agreement or repeated therein. Furthermore, in the event of a conflict between this
document and any other contract documents, this Agreement shall prevail.
2. The Work
2.1. The Contractor shall perform all work for the City required by the contract
documents as set forth below:
2.1.1 Contractor shall furnish all labor, materials, and equipment
necessary to provide just-in-time desktop delivery of office supplies
to the City of Tamarac and participating members of the Southeast
Florida Governmental Purchasing Cooperative and to agencies
participating in this Agreement through Omnia Partners.
2.1.2 Contractor shall comply with any and all Federal, State, and local
laws and regulations now in effect, or hereinafter enacted during the
term of this Agreement, which are applicable to the Contractor, its
employees, agents or subcontractors, if any, with respect to the work
and services described herein.
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2.2 The Contractor and the City shall extend this Agreement to other public
sector entities ("entities")within the State of Florida, including but not limited
to agencies, school districts, universities, community colleges, counties,
cities, towns, villages and special districts. Purchases may be made under
the terms and conditions of this Agreement by governmental and
educational entities located outside the State of Florida.
2.3 The City (also referred to as "Principal Procurement Agency" in material
provided by Omnia Partners) and Contractor are partnering with Omnia
Partners to offer the Agreement (also referred to as the "Master Agreement"
in material distributed by Omnia Partners) on a national basis to public
agencies who register with Omnia Partners ("Participating Agencies").
Participating Agencies that choose to access the Agreement via their
participation with Omnia Partners do not need to register with the Southeast
Florida Governmental Purchasing Cooperative and vice versa.
2.4 Third-Party Audits: The Contractor shall obtain a third-party firm (to be
approved by the City) at no additional cost to the City to conduct external
price audits for the Agreement. The third-party firm will perform a quarterly
audit with a minimum of 500 items to confirm the accuracy of the discount
from list price and final sell price. Specifically, the third-party firm will verify
that prices offered to the City under the Agreement which are displayed on
the Contractor's website are less than or equal to the discounts offered in
the Agreement. The third-party firm shall submit a quarterly report to the
City confirming the "Price Accuracy Rate" within 15 days after the close of
each quarter. The "Price Accuracy Rate" shall be calculated using the
following formula: Price Accuracy Rate = the number of audited items each
quarter where the net price is less than or equal to the Agreement price,
divided by the number of audited items (Example: 490 items priced at or
below the approved Agreement price/500 items audited = 98.0% pricing
accuracy). The Contractor shall maintain a Price Accuracy Rate of 98% or
greater.
At a minimum, the quarterly report will identify items not in compliance with
the Agreement terms, provide the date of the audit and screenshots of the
items on the Contractor's website that were not in compliance with the
Agreement terms. Tier 1 Provider Option (Small, Minority- Women-
Owned and Service Disabled Veteran Suppliers)
2.4.1 Contractor partners with certain small businesses and minority- or
women-owned supplies and services disabled veteran suppliers
("Tier One Providers") to assist Participating Agencies in meeting
diversity goals. Tier One Providers perform services and resell
products from Contractor to Participating Agencies. Participating
Agencies may request Contractor to provide products and services
available under the Agreement through Tier One Providers.
Contractor will report all applicable invoiced sales to Omnia Partners
in accordance with the Agreement.
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2.4.2 Pricing offered to Tier One Providers will be the pricing offered under
the Agreement marked-up by the percentage of compensation
negotiated by Contractor and Tier One Provider, and mutually
agreed to by the Participating Agency.
3. Insurance
3.1. Contractor shall obtain at Contractor's expense all necessary insurance in
such form and amount as specified in section 3.4 herein of this Agreement
or as required by the City's Risk and Safety Manager before beginning work
under this Agreement including, but not limited to, Workers' Compensation,
Commercial General Liability, and all other insurance as required by the
City, including Professional Liability when appropriate. Contractor shall
maintain such insurance in full force and effect during the life of this
Agreement. Contractor shall provide to the City's Risk and Safety Manager
certificates of all insurances required under this section prior to beginning
any work under this Agreement. The Contractor will ensure that all
subcontractors comply with the above guidelines and will retain all
necessary insurance in force throughout the term of this agreement.
3.2. Contractor shall indemnify and hold the City harmless for any damages
resulting from failure of the Contractor to take out and maintain such
insurance. Contractor's General Liability Insurance policies shall be
endorsed to add the City as an additional insured. Contractor shall be
responsible for payment of all deductibles and self-insurance retentions on
Contractor's Liability Insurance policies.
3.3. Contractor agrees to, in the performance of work and services under this
Agreement, comply with all federal, state, and local laws and regulations now
in effect, or hereinafter enacted during the term of this agreement that are
applicable to Contractor, its employees, agents, or subcontractors, if any, with
respect to the work and services described herein.
3.4 Contractor shall obtain at Contractor's expense all necessary insurance in
such form and amount as required by the City's Risk & Safety Officer before
beginning work under this Agreement. Contractor shall maintain such
insurance in full force and effect during the life of this Agreement. Contractor
shall provide to the City's Risk & Safety Officer certificates of all insurance
required under this section prior to beginning any work under this Agreement.
Contractor shall indemnify and save the City harmless from any damage
resulting to it for failure of either Contractor or any subcontractor to obtain or
maintain such insurance.
The following are required types and minimum limits of insurance coverage,
which the Contractor agrees to maintain during the term of this contract:
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Insurance Requirements
Line of Business / Coverage Occurrence Aggregate
Commercial General Liability Including:
Premises / Operations
Contractual Liability
Personal Injury
Explosion, Collapse, Underground Hazard $1,000,000.00 $2,000,000.00
Products / Completed Operations
Broad Form Property Damage
Cross Liability and Severability of Interest
Clause
Commercial Automobile Liability $1,000,000.00 $1,000,000.00
Workers' Compensation & Employer's Statutory
Professional Liability (Errors and Omissions) $1,000,000.00 $2,000,000.00
The Bidder must provider the City with evidence of Professional Liability insurance
with at a minimum of One Million dollars ($1,000,000.00) per occurrence and in the
aggregate "Claims-Made" forms are acceptable for Professional Liability.
Excess liability is not required but will accept it if the General Liability cannot cover
the $2M/$3M
The City reserves the right to require higher limits depending upon the scope of work under
this Agreement.
Neither Contractor or any subcontractor shall commence work under this contract until they
have obtained all insurance required under this section and have supplied the City with
evidence of such coverage in the form of an insurance certificate and endorsement. The
Contractor will ensure that all subcontractors will comply with the above guidelines and will
maintain the necessary coverage throughout the term of this Agreement. Contractor will be
responsible to provide proof of insurance and certificates of insurance to participating
agencies.
All insurance carriers shall be rated at least A-VII per A.M. Best's Key Rating Guide and be
licensed to do business in Florida. Policies shall be"Occurrence"form. Each carrier will give
the City sixty (60) days notice prior to cancellation.
The Contractor's liability insurance policies shall be endorsed to add the City of Tamarac (or
participating agencies utilizing this Agreement) as an "additional insured. The Contractor
shall be responsible for the payment of all deductibles and self-insured retentions.
If the Contractor is to provide professional services. The City reserves the right to request
the successful Contractor to provide the City with evidence of Professional Liability
insurance with, at a minimum, a limit of $1,000,000 per occurrence and in the aggregate.
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"Claims-Made"forms are acceptable for Professional Liability insurance in the event that the
successful Contractor provides professional services as agreed upon with City.
4. Contract Term and Renewal
This Agreement shall be effective October 14, 2019 for a period of four (4) years
until October 13, 2023. City and Contractor reserve the right to exercise one (1) additional
four(4) year agreement, upon the written agreement by both Contractor and City, subject
to satisfactory performance by Contractor. In the event that an Agreement is not in place
as of the termination date of this Agreement, the Agreement shall remain in effect on a
month-to-month basis until terminated, but not for longer than six (6) months following the
October 13th termination date.
5. Contract Sum, Pricing, Payments, Discounts, Deliveries and Warranties
5.1 Contract Sum: The Contract Sum for the above work is based on the
core, market basket and discounted catalog pricing provided by Contractor
as part of its response to Request for Proposal #19-12R dated May 9,
2019. Contract shall be for the actual amount ordered by all qualified user
agencies including the City of Tamarac, members of the Southeast Florida
Governmental Purchasing Cooperative, and to participating agencies with
Omnia Partners.
5.2 Pricing Escalation/De-escalation
5.2.1 Contractor shall submit requests for escalation or de-escalation
within a reasonable time period prior to the desired effective date of
the change. The changes shall be based on changes to the list unit
pricing for each item, and the percentage discounts for each
category/item shall remain unchanged throughout the term of the
Agreement.
5.2.2 The City recognizes that at certain times during the term of this
Agreement, pricing in some industries may become volatile due to
various changes not limited to changes in economic conditions such
as product shortages, raw material shortages, labor stoppages,
tariffs, government regulation, foreign interference or other changes
which create volatile market pricing. The successful Contractor shall
be responsible to provide adequate notice to the City of such
situations. It is desired that such pricing remain fixed and firm
through the remaining three (3) month period in place at the time,
with adjustments to be made at the beginning of the next three (3)
month period; however, in the event of extreme changes in market
conditions, the Contractor shall advise the City as soon as feasibly
possible regarding the circumstances surrounding such extreme
market condition changes.
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5.2.3 The Contractor may offer promotional discounts for specific items or
categories of items. The Contractor may provide the City with
temporary promotional discounts to pricing during the term of the
Agreement. The promotional discounts may be provided based on
the actual effective dates of such promotions and shall not penalize
the Contractor when pricing is audited.
5.3 Deliveries: Deliveries shall be FOB destination with all costs and charges
included in the contract price. The pricing shall include desktop delivery and
dock and/or mailroom delivery as specified by the individual participating
agency; however additional freight charges may be applied for items
exceeding 70 lbs. in weight, and/or 110" in length/width, furniture, bulk items,
cases of bottled water and other beverages, orders delivered to Hawaii,
Alaska and Puerto Rico, special or customized orders and/or rush deliveries.
5.4 Minimum Order/ Minimum Order Fee: Contractor is permitted to impose a
minimum order fee of$5.95 for orders valued at $25.00 or less. The $25.00
minimum order will remain in place for the life of this Agreement and any
renewals expressly authorized under this Agreement. Beginning on the first
anniversary of the effective date of this Agreement, and on each anniversary
date thereafter, Contractor reserves the right to escalate the minimum order
fee by a maximum of 10% of the current fee then being charged; however,
the minimum order fee shall never exceed a cap of $7.95 for the lifetime of
the Agreement. Contractor agrees to utilize technology web-based solutions
to provide sufficient notifications and / or other controls necessary to alert
Participating Entities that a fee will be charged for orders valued at $25.00 or
less. Such technology based tools shall provide the capability to allow the
Participating Agency to meet the minimum order value in order to avoid the
Minimum Order Fee.
5.5 All materials and products supplied by the Contractor in association with this
Agreement shall be new, warranted for their merchantability, fit for a particular
purpose, free from defects and consistent with industry standards. The
products shall be delivered to the City in excellent condition. In the event that
any of the products supplied to the City are found to be defective or do not
conform to the specifications, the City reserves the right to return the product
to the Contractor in accordance with the requirements of the Contractor's
Return Authorization Policy.
Contractor's warranties will be limited to Contractor-branded products only,
and for all other products, Contractor will pass through to participating
agencies, all manufacturer-supplied end-user warranties. The warranty period
shall commence upon final acceptance of the product in accordance with
Contractor's or manufacturer's end-user warranties as applicable.
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6. Payments
Invoices are due thirty (30) days from the date of invoice. Invoices not paid within
thirty (30) days shall bear interest at the rate of 1.5% per month or the maximum amount
allowed under law, whichever is less, from the due date of the invoice. City's credit limit
shall be established by Contractor,who reserves the right to lower City's credit limit or refuse
to ship any orders if at any time: (a) City is delinquent in making payments to Contractor or
is otherwise in breach of this Agreement; or (b) City's credit standing becomes impaired or
reasonably unsatisfactory to Contractor. When payment is made by purchase order or ACH
transaction, payment will be made only after receipt and acceptance of materials/services,
and upon receipt of a properly prepared invoices as applicable for goods properly
delivered. Payments by procurement card shall only be permitted at the time of order
entry. The City of Tamarac will pay all office supply invoices by procurement card. All
payments shall be governed by the Local Government Prompt Payment Act, F.S., Part
VII, Chapter 218.
7. Indemnification
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7.1 The Contractor shall indemnify and hold harmless the City, its elected and
appointed officials, employees, and agents from any and all claims, suits,
actions, damages, liability, and expenses (including attorneys' fees) in
connection with loss of life, bodily or personal injury, or property damage,
including loss of use thereof, directly or indirectly caused by or resulting
from, the operations of the Contractor or its officers, employees, agents,
subcontractors, or independent Contractors, excepting only such loss of life,
bodily or personal injury, or property damage attributable to the gross
negligence or willful misconduct of the City or its elected or appointed
officials and employees. The above provisions shall survive the termination
of this Agreement and shall pertain to any occurrence during the term of this
Agreement, even though the claim may be made after the termination
hereof.
7.2 Upon completion of all Services, obligations and duties provided for in this
Agreement, or in the event of termination of this Agreement for any reason,
the terms and conditions of this Article shall survive indefinitely.
7.3 The Contractor shall pay all claims, losses, liens, settlements or judgments of
any nature whatsoever in connection with the foregoing indemnifications
including, but not limited to, reasonable attorney's fees (including appellate
attorney's fees) and costs.
7.4 The City and Contractor recognize that various provisions of this Agreement,
including but not limited to this Section, provide for indemnification by the
Contractor and requires a specific consideration be given there for. The
Parties therefore agree that the sum of Ten Dollars and 00/100 ($10.00),
receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, is the specific consideration for such
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indemnities, and the providing of such indemnities is deemed to be part of the
specifications with respect to the services to be provided by Contractor.
Furthermore, the City and Contractor understand and agree that the
covenants and representations relating to this indemnification provision shall
serve the term of this Agreement and continue in full force and effect as to the
City's and the Contractor's responsibility to indemnify.
7.5 City reserves the right to select its own legal counsel at the City's cost to
conduct any defense in any such proceeding.
7.6 Nothing contained herein is intended nor shall be construed to waive City's
rights and immunities under the common law or Florida Statutes 768.28, as
amended from time to time.
8. Non-Discrimination & Equal Opportunity Employment
During the performance of the Contract, the Contractor and its subcontractors shall
not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race,
color, sex including pregnancy, religion, age, national origin, marital status, political
affiliation, familial status, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, or disability
if qualified. The Contractor will take affirmative action to ensure that employees and those
of its subcontractors are treated during employment, without regard to their race, color,
sex including pregnancy, religion, age, national origin, marital status, political affiliation,
familial status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or disability if qualified.
Such actions must include, but not be limited to, the following: employment, promotion;
demotion or transfer; recruitment or recruitment advertising, layoff or termination; rates of
pay or other forms of compensation; and selection for training, including apprenticeship.
The Contractor and its subcontractors shall agree to post in conspicuous places, available
to its employees and applicants for employment, notices to be provided by the contracting
officer setting forth the provisions of this nondiscrimination clause. The Contractor further
agrees that he/she will ensure that all subcontractors, if any, will be made aware of and
will comply with this nondiscrimination clause.
9. Independent Contractor
This Agreement does not create an employee/employer relationship between the
Parties. It is the intent of the Parties that the Contractor is an independent contractor
under this Agreement and not the City's employee for any purposes, including but not
limited to, the application of the Fair Labor Standards Act minimum wage and overtime
payments, Federal Insurance Contribution Act, the Social Security Act, the Federal
Unemployment Tax Act, the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, the State Worker's
Compensation Act, and the State Unemployment Insurance law. The Contractor shall
retain sole and absolute discretion in the judgment of the manner and means of carrying
out Contractor's activities and responsibilities hereunder provided, further that
administrative procedures applicable to services rendered under this Agreement shall be
those of Contractor, which policies of Contractor shall not conflict with City, State, or
United States policies, rules or regulations relating to the use of Contractor's funds
provided for herein. The Contractor agrees that it is a separate and independent
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enterprise from the City, that it had full opportunity to find other business, that it has made
its own investment in its business, and that it will utilize a high level of skill necessary to
perform the work. This Agreement shall not be construed as creating any joint
employment relationship between the Contractor and the City and the City will not be
liable for any obligation incurred by Contractor, including but not limited to unpaid
minimum wages and/or overtime premiums.
10.Assignment and Subcontracting
Contractor or City shall not transfer or assign the performance required by this Agreement
without the prior consent of the other party. This Agreement, or any portion thereof, shall
not be subcontracted by Contractor without the prior written consent of the City; and shall
not be subcontracted by City without the prior written consent of the Contractor. For
purposes of this Agreement, any change of ownership of the Contractor shall constitute an
assignment which requires City approval. However, this Agreement shall run to the benefit
of the City and its successors and assigns. The prohibition on assignment and
subcontracting does not apply to subcontractors involved in Contractor's or City's day-to-
day operations.
11.Notice
Whenever either party desires or is required under this Agreement to give notice
to any other party, it must be given by written notice either delivered in person, sent by
U.S. Certified Mail, U.S. Express Mail, air or ground courier services, or by messenger
service, as follows:
CITY
City Manager
City of Tamarac
7525 N.W. 88th Avenue
Tamarac, FL 33321
With a copy to City Attorney at the following address:
Goren, Cherof, Doody & Ezrol, P.A.
3099 East Commercial Blvd., Suite 200
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308
CONTRACTOR
Office Depot, Inc.
6600 North Military Trail
Boca Raton, FL 33496-2434
Attn: Thomas Riccio, Senior Vice President
Thomas.Riccio(c�officedepot.com
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12.Termination
12.1 Termination for Convenience: The City recognizes that this is a national
Agreement, and as such will require sufficient notice to participating entities
prior to any contract termination. This Agreement may be terminated by the
City or Contractor for convenience, upon a minimum of one-hundred eighty
(180)days of written notice by the City to the Contractor or by the Contractor
to the City, for such termination in which event the Contractor shall be paid
its compensation for services performed to termination date, including
services reasonably related to termination.
12.2 Default by Contractor: In addition to all other remedies available to the
City, this Agreement shall be subject to cancellation by the City for cause,
should the Contractor neglect or fail to perform or observe any of the terms,
provisions, conditions, or requirements herein contained, if such neglect or
failure shall continue for a minimum period of thirty (30) days after receipt
by Contractor of written notice of such neglect or failure. In the event that
the Contractor abandons this Agreement or causes it to be terminated,
Contractor shall indemnify the City against loss pertaining to this
termination.
12.3 Default by City: In addition to all other remedies available to the
Contractor, this Agreement shall be subject to cancellation by the
Contractor for cause, should the City neglect or fail to perform or observe
any of the terms, provisions, conditions, or requirements herein contained,
if such neglect or failure shall continue for a minimum period of thirty (30)
days after receipt by City of written notice of such neglect or failure.
13.Scrutinized Companies F.S. 287.135 and 215.473
Contractor must certify that the company is not participating in a boycott of Israel.
Contractor must also certify that Contractor is not on the Scrutinized Companies that
Boycott Israel list, not on the Scrutinized Companies with Activities in Sudan List, and not
on the Scrutinized Companies with Activities in the Iran Petroleum Energy Sector List, or
has been engaged in business operations in Cuba or Syria. Subject to limited exceptions
provided in state law, the City will not contract for the provision of goods or services with
any scrutinized company referred to above. Contractor must submit the certification that
is attached to this contract. Submitting a false certification shall be deemed a material
breach of contract. The City shall provide notice, in writing, to the Contractor of the City's
determination concerning the false certification. The Contractor shall have five (5) days
from receipt of notice to refute the false certification allegation. If such false certification
is discovered during the active contract term, the Contractor shall have ninety (90) days
following receipt of the notice to respond in writing and demonstrate that the determination
of false certification was made in error. If the Contractor does not demonstrate that the
City's determination of false certification was made in error then the City shall have the
right to terminate the contract and seek civil remedies pursuant to Section 287.135,
Florida Statutes, as amended from time to time.
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14.Public Records
14.1 The City is a public agency subject to Chapter 119, Florida Statutes.
The Contractor shall comply with Florida's Public Records Law.
Specifically, Contractor shall:
14.1.1. Keep and maintain public records required by the City
in order to perform the service;
14.1.2. Upon request from the City, provide the public agency
with a copy of the requested records or allow the
records to be inspected or copied within a reasonable
time at no cost to the City.
14.1.3. Ensure that public records that are exempt or
confidential and exempt from public records disclosure
requirements are not disclosed except as authorized
by law for the duration of the contract term and
following completion of the Agreement and any
renewals thereof if Contractor does not transfer the
records to the City.
14.1.4. Upon completion of the Agreement, transfer, at no cost
to the City, all public records in possession of
Contractor, or keep and maintain public records
required by the City to perform the service. If
Contractor transfers all public records to the City upon
completion of the Agreement, Contractor shall destroy
any duplicate public records that are exempt or
confidential and exempt from public records disclosure
requirements. If Contractor keeps and maintains
public records upon completion of the Agreement,
Contractor shall meet all applicable requirements for
retaining public records. All records stored
electronically must be provided to the City, upon
request from the City's custodian of public records in a
format that is compatible with the information
technology systems of the City.
14.2 During the term of this Agreement and any renewals, Contractor shall
maintain all books, reports and records in accordance with generally
accepted accounting practices and standards for records directly
related to this contract. Notwithstanding the requirements
enumerated in Section 2.4 "Third-Party Audits" contained herein
under this Agreement, and subject to Confidentiality agreements
between Contractor and third parties, and no more than annually,
City, at its expense, may audit Contractor's books and records
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directly pertaining to this Agreement, to determine whether
Contractor extended correct pricing. Any third-party auditor used
must be approved by Contractor and must execute a non-disclosure
agreement. Contractor may dispute the result of any audit by City
and will refund any overcharges to customer (and customer shall be
requested to refund any undercharges to Contractor, however, City
will not be responsible for the actions of other participating agencies
utilizing this Agreement, and Contractor shall not involve City in any
enforcement actions against any participating agency). Other
conditions may apply.
15.Uncontrollable Forces
15.1 Neither the City nor Consultant shall be considered to be in default
of this Agreement if delays in or failure of performance shall be due to
Uncontrollable Forces, the effect of which, by the exercise of reasonable
diligence, the non-performing party could not avoid. The term
"Uncontrollable Forces" shall mean any event which results in the
prevention or delay of performance by a party of its obligations under this
Agreement and which is beyond the reasonable control of the
nonperforming party. It includes, but is not limited to fire, flood, earthquakes,
storms, lightning, epidemic, war, riot, civil disturbance, sabotage, and
governmental actions.
15.2 Neither party shall, however, be excused from performance if
nonperformance is due to forces, which are preventable, removable, or
remediable, and which the nonperforming party could have, with the
exercise of reasonable diligence, prevented, removed, or remedied with
reasonable dispatch. The nonperforming party shall, within a reasonable
time of being prevented or delayed from performance by an uncontrollable
force, give written notice to the other party describing the circumstances
and uncontrollable forces preventing continued performance of the
obligations of this Agreement.
16.Agreement Subject to Funding
This agreement shall remain in full force and effect only as long as the
expenditures provided for in the Agreement have been appropriated by the City
Commission of the City of Tamarac in the annual budget for each fiscal year of this
Agreement and is subject to termination based on lack of funding.
17.Venue
This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Florida as now and
hereafter in force. The venue for actions arising out of this agreement is fixed in Broward
County, Florida.
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18.Signatory Authority
The Contractor shall provide the City with copies of requisite documentation
evidencing that the signatory for Contractor has the authority to enter into this Agreement.
19.Severability; Waiver of Provisions
Any provision in this Agreement that is prohibited or unenforceable in any
jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or
unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof or affecting the
validity or enforceability of such provisions in any other jurisdiction. The non-enforcement
of any provision by either party shall not constitute a waiver of that provision nor shall it
affect the enforceability of that provision or of the remainder of this Agreement.
20.Merger; Amendment
This Agreement constitutes the entire Agreement between the Contractor and the
City, and negotiations and oral understandings between the parties are merged herein.
This Agreement can be supplemented and/or amended only by a written document
executed by both the Contractor and the City.
21.No Construction Against Drafting Party
Each party to this Agreement expressly recognizes that this Agreement results
from the negotiation process in which each party was represented by counsel and
contributed to the drafting of this Agreement. Given this fact, no legal or other
presumptions against the party drafting this Agreement concerning its construction,
interpretation or otherwise accrue to the benefit of any party to the Agreement, and each
party expressly waives the right to assert such a presumption in any proceedings or
disputes connected with, arising out of, or involving this Agreement.
22.Public Records Custodian:
IF THE CONTRACTOR HAS QUESTIONS REGARDING THE
APPLICATION OF CHAPTER 119, FLORIDA STATUTES, TO THE
CONTRACTOR'S DUTY TO PROVIDE PUBLIC RECORDS RELATING TO
THIS CONTRACT, CONTACT THE CUSTODIAN OF PUBLIC RECORDS
AT:
CITY CLERK
7525 NW 88TH AVENUE
ROOM 101
TAMARAC, FL 33321
(954) 597-3505
CITYCLERK@TAMARAC.ORG
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23.Special Provisions for Florida Schools:
It is anticipated that this Agreement will be utilized by various school districts within the
State of Florida. Accordingly, Contractor or any Sub-contractor making deliveries to the
facilities of any School District in the State of Florida with children present shall comply
with the following requirements:
23.1 Background Screening: Contractor does not share its employees' personal
identifiable information. However, upon receipt of award, Contractor will run
background checks as required by any State Department and will provide
attestations certifying that the background checks have been run on the
employees who will be performing the work and that such persons have not
been convicted of a violent or serious felony.
23.2 Child Neglect: The Contractor and its employees shall be subject to the
requirements of§39.201 Florida Statute that requires the reporting of child
abuse or child neglect to the State of Florida, Department of Children and
Families via the Florida Abuse Hotline 1-800-962-2873.
23.3 Confidential Student Information: Notwithstanding any provision to the
contrary contained in this agreement between the Contractor and the City;
Contractor and its officers, employees, agents, representatives,
contractors, and sub-contractors shall fully comply with the requirements of
Section 1002.22 and Section 1002.221, Florida Statutes, or any other law
or regulation, either federal or State of Florida, regarding confidentiality of
student information and records. Further, Contractor for itself and its
officers, employees, agents, representatives, contractors, or sub-
contractors, shall fully indemnify and hold the City of Tamarac as well as
any Florida school district using this Agreement, and its officers and
employees harmless for any violation of this covenant, including but not
limited to defending the City and any Florida school district using this
Agreement, its officers and employees against any complaint,
administrative or judicial proceeding, payment of any penalty imposed upon
the City or Florida school district using this Agreement or payment of any
and all costs(s), damages (s), judgment(s), or loss(es) incurred by or
imposed upon the City or Florida school district using this Agreement arising
out of the breach of this covenant by the vendor, or an officer, employee,
agent, representative, contractor, or sub-contractor of the vendor to the
extent and only to the extent that the vendor or an officer, employee, agent,
representative, contractor, or sub-contractors of the vendor shall either
intentionally or negligently violate the provisions of this covenant, or
Sections 1002.22 or 1002.221, Florida Statutes. This provision shall survive
the termination of or completion of all performance or obligations under this
agreement and shall be fully binding upon Contractor until such time as any
proceeding brought on account of this covenant is barred by any applicable
statute of limitations.
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24.Compliance with Statutes:
It shall be Contractor's responsibility to be aware of and comply with all statutes,
ordinances, rules, orders, regulations and requirements of all local, city, state and
federal agencies as applicable; specifically the Jessica Lunsford Act — Chapter
1012, Florida Statutes, which provides for the screening of individuals who are
vendors or contractors with a Florida public school or district.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have made and executed this Agreement on the
respective dates under each signature. CITY OF TAMARAC, signing by and through its
Mayor and City Manager, and CONTRACTOR, signing by and through its duly authorized
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