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AGREEMENT FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
BETWEEN EAGLE COUNTY AND UTA
THIS AGREEMENT (“Agreement”) is effective as of the____________ by and between Urban
Transportation Associates, Inc, an Ohio corporation (hereinafter “Consultant” or “Contractor”)
and Eagle County, Colorado, a body corporate and politic (hereinafter “County”).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, County desires to enter into a contract with Contractor to furnish a hosted Auto
Passenger Counting software system and support services (the “Project”) at the ECO Transit
Maintenance Service Center located at 3289 Cooley Mesa Road, Gypsum, CO 81637; and
WHEREAS, Consultant is authorized to do business in the State of Colorado and has the time,
skill, expertise, and experience necessary to provide the Services as defined below and in
paragraph 16 hereof; and
WHEREAS, this Agreement shall govern the relationship between Consultant and County in
connection with the Services.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the following promises Consultant
and County agree as follows:
AGREEMENT
1. DEFINITIONS. Whenever used herein, any schedules, exhibits, order forms, or
addenda to this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings assigned below
unless otherwise defined therein. Other capitalized terms used in this Agreement are
defined in the context in which they are used.
1.1. “Agreement” means this cloud computing Agreement between County and
Contractor, inclusive of all schedules, exhibits, attachments, addenda and other
documents incorporated by reference between the County and Contractor.
1.2. “Confidential Information” means any and all records or data not subject to
disclosure under CORA”). Confidential Information shall include, but is not
limited to, PII, PHI, PCI, Tax Information, CJI, and personnel records not subject
to disclosure under CORA. Confidential Information also means any information
or data that a disclosing party treats in a confidential manner and that is marked
“Confidential Information” or is considered “proprietary” prior to disclosure to
the other party. Confidential Information does not include information which: (a)
is public or becomes public through no breach of the confidentiality obligations
herein; (b) is disclosed by the party that has received Confidential Information
(the "Receiving Party") with the prior written approval of the other party; (c) was
known by the Receiving Party at the time of disclosure; (d) was developed
independently by the Receiving Party without use of the Confidential
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Information; (e) becomes known to the Receiving Party from a source other than
the disclosing party through lawful means; (f) is disclosed by the disclosing party
to others without confidentiality obligations; or (g) is required by law to be
disclosed.
1.3. “CORA” means the Colorado Open Records Act, §§24-72-200.1, et. seq., C.R.S.
1.4. “County Data” means all information, whether in oral or written (including
electronic) form, created by or in any way originating with County and End
Users, and all information that is the output of any computer processing, or other
electronic manipulation, of any information that was created by or in any way
originating with County and End Users, in the course of using and configuring the
Software provided under this Agreement, and includes all records relating to
County’s use of Contractor Services and Protected Information.
1.5. “Data Incident” means any accidental or deliberate event that results in or
constitutes an imminent threat of the unauthorized access, loss, disclosure,
modification, disruption, or destruction of any communications or information
resources of the County. Data Incidents include, without limitation (i) successful
attempts to gain unauthorized access to a County system or County information
regardless of where such information is located; (ii) unwanted disruption or denial
of service; (iii) the unauthorized use of a County system for the processing or
storage of data; or (iv) changes to County system hardware, firmware, or software
characteristics without the County’s knowledge, instruction, or consent. It shall
also include any actual or reasonably suspected unauthorized access to or
acquisition of computerized County Data that compromises the security,
confidentiality, or integrity of the County Data, or the ability of County to access
the County Data.
1.6. “Deliverable” means the outcome to be achieved or output to be provided, in the
form of a tangible object or software that is produced as a result of Contractor’s
Work that is intended to be delivered to the County by Contractor.
1.7. "Documentation" means, collectively: (a) all materials published or otherwise
made available to County by Contractor that relate to the functional, operational
and/or performance capabilities of the Software ; (b) all user, operator, system
administration, technical, support and other manuals and all other materials
published or otherwise made available by Contractor that describe the functional,
operational and/or performance capabilities of the Software; (c) any Requests for
Information and/or Requests for Proposals (or documents of similar effect) issued
by County, and the responses thereto from Contractor, and any document which
purports to update or revise any of the foregoing; and (d) the results of any
Contractor “Use Cases Presentation”, “Proof of Concept” or similar type
presentations or tests provided by Contractor to County.
1.8. “Downtime” means any period of time of any duration that the Softwareis not
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made available by Contractor to County for any reason, including scheduled
maintenance or Enhancements.
1.9. “Effective Date” means the date on which this Agreement is fully approved and
signed by the County as shown on the Signature Page for this Agreement. The
Effective Date for Services may be set out in an order form or similar exhibit.
1.10. “End User” means the individuals (including, but not limited to employees,
authorized agents, students and volunteers of County; Third Party consultants,
auditors and other independent contractors performing services for County; any
governmental, accrediting or regulatory bodies lawfully requesting or requiring
access to any Services; customers of County provided services; and any external
users collaborating with County) authorized by County to access and use the
Software and the Services provided by Contractor under this Agreement.
1.11. “End User Data” includes End User account credentials and information, and all
records sent, received, or created by or for End Users, including email content,
headers, and attachments, and any Protected Information of any End User or
Third Party contained therein or in any logs or other records of Contractor
reflecting End User’s use of Contractor Services.
1.12. "Enhancements" means any improvements, modifications, upgrades, updates,
fixes, revisions and/or expansions to the Software that Contractor may develop or
acquire and incorporate into its standard version of the Software or which the
Contractor has elected to make generally available to its customers.
1.13. “Intellectual Property Rights” includes without limitation all right, title, and
interest in and to all (a) Patent and all filed, pending, or potential applications for
Patent, including any reissue, reexamination, division, continuation, or
continuation-in-part applications throughout the world now or hereafter filed; (b)
trade secret rights and equivalent rights arising under the common law, state law,
and federal law; (c) copyrights, other literary property or authors rights, whether
or not protected by copyright or as a mask work, under common law, state law,
and federal law; and (d) proprietary indicia, trademarks, trade names, symbols,
logos, and/or brand names under common law, state law, and federal law.
1.14. “PCI” means payment card information including any data related to credit card
holders’ names, credit card numbers, or other credit card information as may be
protected by state or federal law.
1.15. “PII” means personally identifiable information including, without limitation,
any information maintained by the County about an individual that can be used to
distinguish or trace an individual’s identity, such as name, social security number,
date and place of birth, mother’s maiden name, or biometric records. PII includes,
but is not limited to, all information defined as personally identifiable information
in §§24-72-501 and 24-73-101, C.R.S.
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1.16. “PHI” means any protected health information, including, without limitation any
information whether oral or recorded in any form or medium: (i) that relates to the
past, present, or future physical or mental condition of an individual; the provision
of health care to an individual; or the past, present, or future payment for the
provision of health care to an individual; and (ii) that identifies the individual or
with respect to which there is a reasonable basis to believe the information can be
used to identify the individual. PHI includes, but is not limited to, any information
defined as Individually Identifiable Health Information by the federal Health
Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.
1.17. “Protected Information” includes, but is not limited to, personally-identifiable
information, student records, protected health information, criminal justice
information or individual financial information and other data defined under §24-
72-101 et seq., and personal information that is subject to local, state or federal
statute, regulatory oversight or industry standard restricting the use and disclosure
of such information. The loss of such Protected Information would constitute a
direct damage to the County.
1.18. “Service” or “Services” means Contractor’s computing solutions, provided to
County pursuant to this Agreement, that provide the functionality and/or produce
the results described in the Documentation, including without limitation all
Enhancements thereto and all interfaces.
1.19. “Subcontractor” means any third party engaged by Contractor to aid in
performance of the work or the Service.
1.20. "Third Party" means persons, corporations and entities other than Contractor,
County or any of their employees, contractors or agents.
1.21. “Third Party Host” means that the servers where the Contractor’s software
resides is at physical location which is not controlled by the Contractor,
sometimes called “managed hosting”, for example, Amazon Web Service.
2. RIGHTS AND LICENSE IN AND TO DATA
2.1. The parties agree that as between them, all rights in and to County Data shall
remain the exclusive property of County, and Contractor has a limited,
nonexclusive license to access and use County Data as provided in this
Agreement solely for the purpose of performing its obligations hereunder.
2.2. All End User Data and County Data created and/or processed by the Service is
and shall remain the property of County and shall in no way become attached to
the Service, nor shall Contractor have any rights in or to the County Data without
the express written permission of the County and may not include Protected
Information.
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2.3. This Agreement does not give a party any rights, implied or otherwise, to the
other’s data, content, or intellectual property, except as expressly stated in the
Agreement.
2.4. County retains the right to use the Service to access and retrieve data stored on
Contractor’s Service infrastructure at any time during the term of this Agreement
at its sole discretion.
3. DATA PRIVACY
3.1. Contractor will use County Data and End User Data only for the purpose of
fulfilling its duties under this Agreement and for County’s and its End User’s sole
benefit and will not share County Data with or disclose it to any Third Party
without the prior written consent of County or as otherwise required by law. By
way of illustration and not of limitation, Contractor will not use County Data for
Contractor’s own benefit and, in particular, will not engage in “data mining” of
County Data or communications, whether through automated or human means,
except as specifically and expressly required by law or authorized in writing by
County.
3.2. Contractor will provide access to County Data only to those Contractor
employees, contractors and subcontractors (“Contractor Staff”) who need to
access the County Data to fulfill Contractor’s obligations under this Agreement.
Contractor will ensure that, prior to being granted access to the County Data,
Contractor Staff who perform work under this Agreement have all undergone and
passed criminal background screenings; have successfully completed annual
instruction of a nature sufficient to enable them to effectively comply with all data
protection provisions of this Agreement; and possess all qualifications appropriate
to the nature of the employees’ duties and the sensitivity of the County Data they
will be handling.
3.3. If Contractor receives personal identifying information of a Colorado resident
under this Agreement, Contractor shall implement and maintain reasonable
written security procedures and practices that are appropriate to the nature of the
personal identifying information and the nature and size of Contractor’s business
and its operations. Unless Contractor agrees to provide its own security
protections for the information it discloses to a third-party service provider,
Contractor shall require all its third-party service providers to implement and
maintain reasonable written security procedures and practices that are appropriate
to the nature of the personal identifying information disclosed and reasonably
designed to help protect the personal identifying information subject to this
Agreement from unauthorized access, use, modification, disclosure, or
destruction. Contractor and its third-party service providers that maintain
electronic or paper documents that contain personal identifying information under
this Agreement shall develop a written policy for the destruction of such records
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by shredding, erasing, or otherwise modifying the personal identifying
information to make it unreadable or indecipherable when the records are no
longer needed.
3.4. Contractor may provide County Data to its agents, employees, assigns, and
Subcontractors as necessary to perform the work, but shall restrict access to
Confidential Information to those agents, employees, assigns, and subcontractors
who require access to perform their obligations under this Agreement. Contractor
shall ensure all such agents, employees, assigns, and Subcontractors sign
agreements containing nondisclosure provisions at least as protective as those in
this Agreement, and that the nondisclosure provisions are in force at all times the
agent, employee, assign, or Subcontractor has access to any Confidential
Information. Contractor shall provide copies of those signed nondisclosure
provisions to the County upon execution of the nondisclosure provisions if
requested by the County.
4. DATA SECURITY AND INTEGRITY
4.1. All facilities, whether Contractor hosted or Third Party Hosted, used to store and
process County Data will implement and maintain administrative, physical,
technical, and procedural safeguards and best practices at a level sufficient to
provide the requested Service availability and to secure County Data from
unauthorized access, destruction, use, modification, or disclosure. Such measures
include, but not limited to all applicable laws, rules, policies, publications, and
guidelines including, without limitation: (i) the most recently promulgated IRS
Publication 1075 for all Tax Information, (ii) the most recently updated PCI Data
Security Standard from the PCI Security Standards Council for all PCI, (iii) the
most recently issued version of the U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of
Investigation, Criminal Justice Information Services Security Policy for all CJI,
(iv) the Colorado Consumer Protection Act, (v) the Children’s Online Privacy
Protection Act (COPPA), (vi) the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act
(FERPA), (vii) §24-72-101 et seq., (viii) the Telecommunications Industry
Association (TIA) Telecommunications Infrastructure Standard for Data Centers
(TIA-942); (ix) the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
for all PHI and the HIPAA Business Associate Addendum attached to this
Agreement, if applicable. The Contractor shall submit to the County, within
fifteen (15) days of the County’s written request, copies of the Contractor’s
policies and procedures to maintain the confidentiality of protected health
information to which the Contractor has access, and if applicable, Contractor shall
comply with all HIPAA requirements contained herein or attached as an Exhibit.
4.2. Contractor warrants that all County Data and End User Data will be encrypted in
transmission (including via web interface) and in storage by a mutually agreed
upon National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) approved strong
encryption method and standard.
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4.3. Contractor shall at all times use industry-standard and up-to-date security tools,
technologies and procedures including, but not limited to anti-virus and anti-
malware protections and intrusion detection and reporting in providing Services
under this Agreement.
4.4. Contractor shall, and shall cause its Subcontractors, to do all of the following:
4.4.1. Provide physical and logical protection for all hardware, software,
applications, and data that meets or exceeds industry standards and the
requirements of this Agreement.
4.4.2. Maintain network, system, and application security, which includes, but is
not limited to, network firewalls, intrusion detection (host and network),
annual security testing, and improvements or enhancements consistent
with evolving industry standards.
4.4.3. Comply with State and federal rules and regulations related to overall
security, privacy, confidentiality, integrity, availability, and auditing.
4.4.4. Provide that security is not compromised by unauthorized access to
workspaces, computers, networks, software, databases, or other physical
or electronic environments.
4.4.5. Promptly report all Data Incidents, including Data Incidents that do not
result in unauthorized disclosure or loss of data integrity.
4.4.6. Upon reasonable prior notice, Contractor shall provide the County with
scheduled access for the purpose of inspecting and monitoring access and
use of County Data, maintaining County systems, and evaluating physical
and logical security control effectiveness.
4.4.7. Contractor shall perform current background checks in a form reasonably
acceptable to the County on all of its respective employees and agents
performing services or having access to County Data provided under this
Agreement, including any Subcontractors or the employees of
Subcontractors. A background check performed within 30 days prior to
the date such employee or agent begins performance or obtains access to
County Data shall be deemed to be current.
4.4.8. Upon request by the County, Contractor will provide notice to the County
IT Department confirming that background checks have been performed.
Such notice will inform the County of any action taken in response to such
background checks, including any decisions not to take action in response
to negative information revealed by a background check.
4.4.9. If Contractor will have access to Federal Tax Information under the
Agreement, Contractor shall comply with the background check
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requirements defined in IRS Publication 1075 and §24-50-1002, C.R.S.
4.5. Contractor shall use, hold, and maintain Confidential and Protected Information in
compliance with any and all applicable laws and regulations only in facilities
located within the United States, and shall maintain a secure environment that
ensures confidentiality of all Confidential and Protected Information.
4.6. Prior to the Effective Date of this Agreement, Contractor, will at its expense
conduct or have conducted the following, and thereafter, Contractor will at its
expense conduct or have conducted the following at least once per year, and
immediately after any actual or reasonably suspected Data Incident:
4.6.1. A SSAE 16/SOC 2 or other mutually agreed upon audit of Contractor’s
security policies, procedures and controls;
4.6.2. A quarterly external and internal vulnerability scan of Contractor’s
systems and facilities, to include public facing websites, that are used in
any way to deliver Services under this Agreement. The report must
include the vulnerability, age and remediation plan for all issues identified
as critical or high;
4.6.3. A formal penetration test, performed by a process and qualified personnel
of Contractor’s systems and facilities that are used in any way to deliver
Services under this Agreement.
4.7. Contractor will provide County the reports or other documentation resulting from
the above audits, certifications, scans and tests within seven (7) business days of
Contractor’s receipt of such results.
4.8. Based on the results and recommendations of the above audits, certifications,
scans and tests, Contractor will, within thirty (30) calendar days of receipt of such
results, promptly modify its security measures in order to meet its obligations
under this Agreement and provide County with written evidence of remediation.
4.9. County may require, at its expense, that Contractor perform additional audits and
tests, the results of which will be provided to County within seven (7) business
days of Contractor’s receipt of such results.
5. RESPONSE TO LEGAL ORDERS, DEMANDS OR REQUESTS FOR DATA
5.1. Except as otherwise expressly prohibited by law, Contractor will:
5.1.1. If required by a court of competent jurisdiction or an administrative body
to disclose County Data, Contractor will notify County in writing
immediately upon receiving notice of such requirement and prior to any
such disclosure;
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5.1.2. Consult with County regarding its response;
5.1.3. Cooperate with County’s reasonable requests in connection with efforts by
County to intervene and quash or modify the legal order, demand or
request; and
5.1.4. Upon County’s request, provide County with a copy of its response.
5.2. If County receives a subpoena, warrant, or other legal order, demand or request
seeking data maintained by Contractor, County will promptly provide a copy to
Contractor. Contractor will supply County with copies of data required for
County to respond within forty-eight (48) hours after receipt of copy from County
and will cooperate with County’s reasonable requests in connection with its
response.
6. DATA INCIDENT RESPONSE
6.1. The Contractor shall maintain documented policies and procedures for Data
Incident and breach reporting, notification, and mitigation. If the Contractor
becomes aware of any Data Incident, it shall notify the County immediately and
cooperate with the County regarding recovery, remediation, and the necessity to
involve law enforcement, as determined by the County. The Contractor shall
cooperate with the County to satisfy notification requirements as currently defined
in either federal, state, or local law. Unless Contractor can establish that none of
Contractor or any of its agents, employees, assigns or subcontractors are the cause
or source of the Data Incident, Contractor shall be responsible for the cost of
notifying each person who may have been impacted by the Data Incident. After a
Data Incident, Contractor shall take steps to reduce the risk of incurring a similar
type of Data Incident in the future as directed by the County, which may include,
but is not limited to, developing and implementing a remediation plan that is
approved by the County at no additional cost to the County.
6.2. Contractor shall report, either orally or in writing, to County any Data Incident
involving County Data, or circumstances that could have resulted in unauthorized
access to or disclosure or use of County Data, not authorized by this Agreement
or in writing by County, including any reasonable belief that an unauthorized
individual has accessed County Data. Contractor shall make the report to County
immediately upon discovery of the unauthorized disclosure, but in no event more
than forty-eight (48) hours after Contractor reasonably believes there has been
such unauthorized use or disclosure. Oral reports by Contractor regarding Data
Incidents will be reduced to writing and supplied to County as soon as reasonably
practicable, but in no event more than forty-eight (48) hours after oral report.
6.3. Immediately upon becoming aware of any such Data Incident, Contractor shall
fully investigate the circumstances, extent and causes of the Data Incident, and
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report the results to County and continue to keep County informed daily of the
progress of its investigation until the issue has been effectively resolved.
6.4. Contractor’s report discussed herein shall identify: (i) the nature of the
unauthorized use or disclosure, (ii) the data used or disclosed, (iii) who made the
unauthorized use or received the unauthorized disclosure (if known), (iv) what
Contractor has done or shall do to mitigate any deleterious effect of the
unauthorized use or disclosure, and (v) what corrective action Contractor has
taken or shall take to prevent future similar unauthorized use or disclosure.
6.5. Within five (5) calendar days of the date Contractor becomes aware of any such
Data Incident, Contractor shall have completed implementation of corrective
actions to remedy the Data Incident, restore County access to the Services as
directed by County, and prevent further similar unauthorized use or disclosure.
6.6. Contractor, at its expense, shall cooperate fully with County’s investigation of and
response to any such Data Incident.
6.7. Except as otherwise required by law, Contractor will not disclose or otherwise
provide notice of the incident directly to any person, regulatory agencies, or other
entities, without prior written permission from County.
6.8. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, and in addition to any
other remedies available to County under law or equity, Contractor will promptly
reimburse County in full for all costs incurred by County in any investigation,
remediation or litigation resulting from any such Data Incident, including but not
limited to providing notification to Third Parties whose data were compromised
and to regulatory bodies, law-enforcement agencies or other entities as required
by law or contract; establishing and monitoring call center(s), and credit
monitoring and/or identity restoration services to assist each person impacted by a
Data Incident in such a fashion that, in County’s sole discretion, could lead to
identity theft; and the payment of legal fees and expenses, audit costs, fines and
penalties, and other fees imposed by regulatory agencies, courts of law, or
contracting partners as a result of the Data Incident..
7. DATA RETENTION AND DISPOSAL
7.1. Contractor will retain Data in an End User’s account, including attachments, until
the End User deletes them or for the time period mutually agreed to by the parties
in this Agreement.
7.2. Using appropriate and reliable storage media, Contractor will regularly backup
Data and retain such backup copies consistent with the County’s data retention
policies.
7.3. At the County’s election, Contractor will either securely destroy or transmit to
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County repository any backup copies of County and/or End User Data.
Contractor will supply County a certificate indicating the records disposed of, the
date disposed of, and the method of disposition used.
7.4. Contractor will retain logs associated with End User activity consistent with the
County’s data retention policies.
7.5. Contractor will immediately preserve the state of the data at the time of the
request and place a “hold” on data destruction or disposal under its usual records
retention policies of records that include data, in response to an oral or written
request from County indicating that those records may be relevant to litigation
that County reasonably anticipates. Oral requests by County for a hold on record
destruction will be reduced to writing and supplied to Contractor for its records as
soon as reasonably practicable under the circumstances. County will promptly
coordinate with Contractor regarding the preservation and disposition of these
records. Contractor shall continue to preserve the records until further notice by
County.
8. DATA TRANSFER UPON TERMINATION OR EXPIRATION
8.1. Upon expiration or earlier termination of this Agreement or any Services provided
in this Agreement, Contractor shall accomplish a complete transition of the
Services from Contractor to the County or any replacement provider designated
solely by the County without any interruption of or adverse impact on the
Services or any other services provided by third parties in this Agreement.
Contractor shall cooperate fully with the County or such replacement provider
and promptly take all steps required to assist in effecting a complete transition of
the Services designated by the County. All services related to such transition
shall be performed at no additional cost beyond what would be paid for the
Services in this Agreement.
8.2. In the event of termination of any Services or this Agreement in entirety, the
Contractor shall not take any action to intentionally erase any County Data for a
period of 60 days after the effective date of termination. After such period, the
Contractor shall have no obligation to maintain or provide any County Data.
After the 60 day period, unless otherwise agreed upon by Contractor and County
in writing, Contractor will securely dispose all County Data in its systems or
otherwise in its possession or under its control.
8.3. During any period of service suspension, the Contractor shall not take any action
to intentionally erase any County Data.
9. ACCESS TO SECURITY LOGS AND REPORTS.
9.1. Upon request the Contractor shall provide the County within a timely manner,
access to Security Logs and Reports, Data Center Audit or Vulnerability Scanning
reports.
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10. SERVICE LEVELS. See Exhibit A, attached hereto and incorporated herein by this
reference.
11. INTERRUPTIONS IN SERVICE; SUSPENSION AND TERMINATION OF
SERVICE; CHANGES TO SERVICE. See Exhibit A, attached hereto and
incorporated herein by this reference.
12. COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE LAWS AND COUNTY POLICIES.
Contractor will comply with all applicable laws, codes, rules and regulations in
performing the Services under this Agreement. Any Contractor personnel visiting
County’s facilities will comply with all applicable County policies regarding access to,
use of, and conduct within such facilities. County will provide copies of such policies to
Contractor upon request.
13. WARRANTIES, REPRESENTATIONS AND COVENANTS. Contractor represents
and warrants that:
13.1. The Software will conform to applicable specifications, and operate and produce
results substantially in accordance with the Documentation and the Exhibits
attached hereto, and will be free from deficiencies and defects in materials,
workmanship, design and/or performance during the Term of this Agreement;
13.2. The SOW and all Services will be performed by qualified personnel in a
professional and workmanlike manner, consistent with industry standards;
13.3. Contractor has the requisite ownership, rights and licenses to perform its
obligations under this Agreement fully as contemplated hereby and to grant to the
County all rights with respect to the Software and Services free and clear from all
liens, adverse claims, encumbrances and interests of any Third Party;
13.4. There are no pending or threatened lawsuits, claims, disputes or actions: (i)
alleging that any software or service infringes, violates or misappropriates any
Third Party rights; or (ii) adversely affecting any software, service or supplier's
ability to perform its obligations hereunder;
13.5. The Software will not violate, infringe, or misappropriate any patent, copyright,
trademark, trade secret, or other intellectual property or proprietary right of any
Third Party;
13.6. The Software shall not contain malicious or disabling code that is intended to
damage, destroy or destructively alter software, hardware, systems or data.
Contractor shall be responsible for the completeness and accuracy of the Services,
including all supporting data or other documents prepared or compiled in
performance of the Services, and shall correct, at its sole expense, all significant
errors and omissions therein. The fact that the County has accepted or approved
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the Services shall not relieve Consultant of any of its responsibilities. If
Contractor is unable to correct any breach in the Services warranty by the date
which is sixty (60) calendar days after County provides notice of such breach,
County may, in its sole discretion, either extend the time for Contractor to cure
the breach or terminate this Agreement and receive a full refund of all amounts
paid to Contractor under this Agreement.
13.7. Disabling Code Warranty. Contractor represents, warrants and agrees that the
Software does not contain and County will not receive from Contractor any virus,
worm, trap door, back door, timer, clock, counter or other limiting routine,
instruction or design, or other malicious, illicit or similar unrequested code,
including surveillance software or routines which may, or is designed to, permit
access by any person, or on its own, to erase, or otherwise harm or modify any
County system or Data (a "Disabling Code"). In the event a Disabling Code is
identified, Contractor shall take all steps necessary, at no additional cost to
County, to: (a) restore and/or reconstruct any and all Data lost by County as a
result of Disabling Code; (b) furnish to County a corrected version of the
Software without the presence of Disabling Codes; and, (c) as needed, re-
implement the Software at no additional cost to County. This warranty shall
remain in full force and effect as long as this Agreement remains in effect.
13.8. Third Party Warranties and Indemnities. Contractor will assign to County all
third party warranties and indemnities that Contractor receives in connection with
any products provided to County. To the extent that Contractor is not permitted
to assign any warranties or indemnities through to County, Contractor agrees to
specifically identify and enforce those warranties and indemnities on behalf of
County to the extent Contractor is permitted to do so under the terms of the
applicable third party agreements.
13.9. THE WARRANTIES SET FORTH ABOVE ARE IN LIEU OF ALL OTHER
WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, WITH REGARD TO THE
SERVICES PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
LIMITED TO, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY.
14. CONFIDENTIALITY
14.1. Contractor shall keep confidential, and cause all Subcontractors to keep
confidential, all County Data, unless the County Data are publicly available.
Contractor shall not, without prior written approval of the County, use, publish,
copy, disclose to any third party, or permit the use by any third party of any
County Data, except as otherwise stated in this Agreement, permitted by law, or
approved in writing by the County. Contractor shall provide for the security of all
Confidential Information in accordance with all applicable laws, rules, policies,
publications, and guidelines. If Contractor or any of its Subcontractors will or
may receive the following types of data, Contractor or its Subcontractors shall
provide for the security of such data according to the following: (i) the most
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recently promulgated IRS Publication 1075 for all Tax Information and in
accordance with the Safeguarding Requirements for Federal Tax Information,
attached to this Contract as an Exhibit if applicable; (ii) the most recently updated
PCI Data Security Standard from the PCI Security Standards Council for all PCI;
(iii) the most recently issued version of the U.S. Department of Justice, Federal
Bureau of Investigation, Criminal Justice Information Services Security Policy for
all CJI; and (iv) the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
for all PHI and in accordance with the HIPAA Business Associate Agreement
attached to this Agreement as an Exhibit if applicable.
14.2. The Contractor agrees to exercise the same degree of care and protection with
respect to the Confidential Information that it exercises with respect to its own
similar Confidential Information and not to directly or indirectly provide,
disclose, copy, distribute, republish or otherwise allow any Third Party to have
access to any Confidential Information without prior written permission from the
disclosing party. However: (a) either party may disclose Confidential Information
to its employees and authorized agents who have a need to know; (b) either party
may disclose Confidential Information if so required to perform any obligations
under this Agreement; and (c) either party may disclose Confidential Information
if so required by law (including court order or subpoena). Nothing in this
Agreement shall in any way limit the ability of County to comply with any laws
or legal process concerning disclosures by public entities. Contractor
acknowledges that any responses, materials, correspondence, documents or other
information provided to County are subject to applicable state and federal law,
including CORA, and that the release of Confidential Information in compliance
with those acts or any other law will not constitute a breach or threatened breach
of this Agreement.
14.3. Contractor will inform its employees and officers of the obligations under this
Agreement, and all requirements and obligations of the Receiving Party under this
Agreement shall survive the expiration or earlier termination of this Agreement.
Contractor shall not disclose County Data or Confidential Information to
subcontractors unless such subcontractors are bound by non-disclosure and
confidentiality provisions at least as strict as those contained in this Agreement.
15. COLORADO OPEN RECORDS ACT. The parties understand that all the material
provided or produced under this Agreement, including items marked Proprietary or
Confidential, may be subject to the Colorado Open Records Act., § 24-72-201, et seq.,
C.R.S. In the event of a request to the County for disclosure of such information, the
County shall advise Contractor of such request in order to give Contractor the
opportunity to object to the disclosure of any of its documents which it marked as
proprietary or confidential material. In the event of the filing of a lawsuit to compel such
disclosure, the County will tender all such material to the court for judicial determination
of the issue of disclosure and Contractor agrees to intervene in such lawsuit to protect and
assert its claims of privilege against disclosure of such material or waive the same.
Contractor further agrees to defend, indemnify and save and hold harmless the County,
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its officers, agents and employees, from any claim, damages, expense, loss or costs
arising out of Contractor’s intervention to protect and assert its claim of privilege against
disclosure under this Article including but not limited to, prompt reimbursement to the
County of all reasonable attorney fees, costs and damages that the County may incur
directly or may be ordered to pay by such court.
16. SOFTWARE AS A SERVICE, SUPPORT AND SERVICES TO BE
PERFORMED:
16.1. Contractor, under the general direction of, and in coordination with, the County’s
IT Department or other designated supervisory personnel (the “Manager”) agrees
to provide the software (the “Software”) listed on Exhibit A, attached hereto and
incorporated herein by this reference, and to perform the technology related
services described on Exhibit A (the “Scope of Work” or “SOW”).
16.2. As the Manager directs, the Contractor shall diligently undertake, perform, and
complete the SOW and produce the Software and all the deliverables set forth on
Exhibit A to the County’s satisfaction.
16.3. By signing below, Contractor represents that it has the expertise and personnel
necessary to properly and timely perform the SOW and the Services required by
this Agreement.
16.4. The Contractor shall faithfully perform the SOW in accordance with the standards
of care, skill, training, diligence, and judgment provided by highly competent
individuals performing services of a similar nature to those described in the
Agreement and in accordance with the terms of the Agreement.
16.5. User ID Credentials. County user account credentials shall be restricted as per the
following, ensuring appropriate identity, entitlement, and access management and
in accordance with established policies and procedures:
16.5.1. Identity trust verification and service-to-service application (API) and
information processing interoperability (e.g., SSO and Federation)
16.5.2. Account credential lifecycle management from instantiation through
revocation
16.5.3. Account credential and/or identity store minimization or re-use when
feasible
16.5.4. Adherence to industry acceptable and/or regulatory compliant
authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA) rules (e.g.,
strong/multi-factor, expire able, non-shared authentication secrets)
16.6. Vendor Supported Releases. The Contractor shall maintain the currency all third-
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party software used in the development and execution or use of the Software
including, but not limited to: all code libraries, frameworks, components, and
other products (e.g., Java JRE, code signing certificates, .NET, jQuery plugins,
etc.), whether commercial, free, open-source, or closed-source; with third-party
vendor approved and supported releases.
16.7. Azure AD. The County’s Identity and Access Provider system is an integrated
infrastructure solution that enables many of the County’s services and online
resources to operate more efficiently, effectively, economically and securely. All
new and proposed applications must utilize federated single sign-on via Azure
AD. Strong authentication is required for privileged accounts or accounts with
access to sensitive information. This technical requirement applies to all
solutions, regardless to where the application is hosted.
17. GRANT OF LICENSE; RESTRICTIONS:
17.1. Contractor hereby grants to County during the Term hereof and any Renewal
Term a right and license to: (a) display, perform, and use the Software; and (b)
use all intellectual property rights necessary to use the Software as authorized in
subparagraph (a).
17.2. Title to and ownership of the Software will remain with Contractor. County will
not reverse engineer or reverse compile any part of the Software. County will not
remove, obscure or deface any proprietary notice or legend contained in the
Software or Documentation without Contractor's prior written consent.
18. DELIVERY AND ACCEPTANCE:
18.1. During the implementation of the Software, the County may test and evaluate the
Software to ensure that the Software conforms, in the County’s reasonable
judgment, to the specifications outlined in the SOW or the Documentation. If at
any time the Software does not conform to said specifications, the County will
notify Contractor in writing within sixty (60) days. Contractor will, at its
expense, repair or replace the nonconforming Software within fifteen (15) days
after receipt of the County’s notice of deficiency. The foregoing procedure will
be repeated until the County accepts or finally rejects the Software, in whole or
part, in its sole discretion. In the event that the Software does not perform to the
County’s satisfaction, the County reserves the right to repudiate acceptance and
terminate this Agreement in its sole discretion. In the event that the County
finally rejects the Software, or repudiates acceptance of it and terminates this
Agreement, Contractor will refund to the County all fees paid, if any, by the
County with respect to the Software.
18.2. If the County is not satisfied with the Contractor’s performance of the SOW the
County will so notify Contractor within thirty (30) days after Contractor’s
performance thereof. Contractor will, at its own expense, re-perform the
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applicable service set forth in the SOW within fifteen (15) days after receipt of
County's notice of deficiency. The foregoing procedure will be repeated until
County accepts or finally rejects the SOW service in its sole discretion. In the
event that County finally rejects any technology related service set forth in the
SOW, Contractor will refund to County all fees paid by County with respect to
such technology related service.
19. TERM: This Agreement shall commence upon the date first written above, and subject
to the provisions of paragraph 19 hereof, shall continue for a one-year period (the
“Term”). Thereafter, this Agreement shall be automatically renewed for successive one-
year periods (each a “Renewal Term”), unless either party notifies the other party of
termination, in writing, at least sixty (60) days before the end of the initial Term or any
Renewal Term.
20. COMPENSATION AND PAYMENT:
20.1. Compensation: The compensation to be paid to Contractor for the Software and
the SOW described in Exhibit A is thirteen thousand and NO/100 dollars
($13,000.00) with a one-time data backup fee of three thousand five hundred and
NO/100 dollars ($3,500.00), for a total amount not to exceed sixteen thousand
five hundred and NO/100 dollars ($16,500.00) for the Term hereof. In the event
of any Renewal Term, the parties agree that the compensation for the first
Renewal Term shall not exceed eight thousand six hundred and NO/100
($8,600.00), and that the compensation for the second Renewal Term shall not
exceed nine thousand and NO/100 dollars ($9,000.00). Thereafter, compensation
for a Renewal Term, if any, shall not exceed the sum that is equal to a three
percent (3%) increase over the prior year’s not to exceed amount. County will not
withhold any taxes from monies paid to the Consultant hereunder and Consultant
agrees to be solely responsible for the accurate reporting and payment of any
taxes related to payments made pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
20.2. Reimbursement Expenses: Any out-of-pocket expenses to be incurred by
Contractor and reimbursed by County shall be identified on Exhibit A. Out-of-
pocket expenses will be reimbursed without any additional mark-up thereon and
are included in the not to exceed amount set forth above. Out-of-pocket expenses
shall not include any payment of salaries, bonuses or other compensation to
personnel of Contractor. Contractor shall not be reimbursed for expenses that are
not set forth on Exhibit A unless specifically approved in writing by County.
20.3. Invoicing: Contractor must submit an invoice which shall include clear
identification of the deliverable that has been completed, and other information
reasonably requested by the County. Payment will be made for the Software and
the SOW satisfactorily performed within thirty (30) days of receipt of a proper
and accurate invoice from Contractor.
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20.3.1. No additional services or work performed by Consultant shall be the basis
for additional compensation unless and until Consultant has obtained
written authorization and acknowledgement by County for such additional
services in accordance with County’s internal policies. Accordingly, no
course of conduct or dealings between the parties, nor verbal change
orders, express or implied acceptance of alterations or additions to the
Services, and no claim that County has been unjustly enriched by any
additional services, whether or not there is in fact any such unjust
enrichment, shall be the basis of any increase in the compensation payable
hereunder. In the event that written authorization and acknowledgment by
County for such additional services is not timely executed and issued in
strict accordance with this Agreement, Consultant’s rights with respect to
such additional services shall be deemed waived and such failure shall
result in non-payment for such additional services or work performed.
20.3.2. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement,
County shall have no obligations under this Agreement after, nor shall any
payments be made to Consultant in respect of any period after December
31 of any year, without an appropriation therefor by County in accordance
with a budget adopted by the Board of County Commissioners in
compliance with Article 25, title 30 of the Colorado Revised Statutes, the
Local Government Budget Law (C.R.S. 29-1-101 et. seq.) and the
TABOR Amendment (Colorado Constitution, Article X, Sec. 20).
20.4. If, at any time during the term or after termination or expiration of this
Agreement, County reasonably determines that any payment made by County to
Consultant was improper because the Software or SOW for which payment was
made were not performed as set forth in this Agreement, then upon written notice
of such determination and request for reimbursement from County, Consultant
shall forthwith return such payment(s) to County. Upon termination or expiration
of this Agreement, unexpended funds advanced by County, if any, shall forthwith
be returned to County.
21. STATUS OF CONTRACTOR: This Agreement constitutes an agreement for
performance of the Services by Contractor as an independent contractor and not as an
employee of County. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be deemed to create a
relationship of employer-employee, master-servant, partnership, joint venture or any
other relationship between County and Contractor except that of independent contractor.
Contractor shall have no authority to bind County.
22. TERMINATION:
22.1. County may terminate this Agreement, in whole or in part, at any time and for any
reason, with or without cause, and without penalty therefor with thirty (30)
calendar days’ prior written notice to the Contractor.
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22.2. Notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, the County may terminate the
Agreement if the Contractor or any of its officers or employees are convicted,
plead nolo contendere, enter into a formal agreement in which they admit guilt,
enter a plea of guilty or otherwise admit culpability to criminal offenses of
bribery, kick backs, collusive bidding, bid-rigging, antitrust, fraud, undue
influence, theft, racketeering, extortion or any offense of a similar nature in
connection with Contractor’s business. Termination for the reasons stated in this
paragraph is effective upon receipt of notice.
22.3. Upon termination of the Agreement, with or without cause, the Contractor shall
have no claim against the County by reason of, or arising out of, incidental or
relating to termination, except for compensation for work duly requested and
satisfactorily performed as described in the Agreement and shall refund to the
County any prepaid cost or expenses.
23. WHEN RIGHTS AND REMEDIES NOT WAIVED: In no event shall any action by
either Party hereunder constitute or be construed to be a waiver by the other Party of any
breach of covenant or default which may then exist on the part of the Party alleged to be
in breach, and the non-breaching Party’s action or inaction when any such breach or
default shall exist shall not impair or prejudice any right or remedy available to that Party
with respect to such breach or default; and no assent, expressed or implied, to any breach
of any one or more covenants, provisions or conditions of the Agreement shall be deemed
or taken to be a waiver of any other breach.
24. INSURANCE:
24.1. General Conditions: Contractor agrees to secure, at or before the time of
execution of this Agreement, the following insurance covering all operations,
Software or Services provided pursuant to this Agreement. Contractor shall keep
the required insurance coverage in force at all times during the term of the
Agreement, or any extension thereof, during any warranty period, and for three
(3) years after termination of the Agreement. The required insurance shall be
underwritten by an insurer licensed or authorized to do business in Colorado and
rated by A.M. Best Company as “A-”VIII or better. Each policy shall contain a
valid provision or endorsement requiring notification to the County in the event
any of the required policies is canceled or non-renewed before the expiration date
thereof. Such written notice shall be sent to the parties identified in the Notices
section of this Agreement. Such notice shall reference the County contract
number listed on the signature page of this Agreement. Said notice shall be sent
thirty (30) days prior to such cancellation or non-renewal unless due to non-
payment of premiums for which notice shall be sent ten (10) days prior. If such
written notice is unavailable from the insurer, contractor shall provide written
notice of cancellation, non-renewal and any reduction in coverage to the parties
identified in the Notices section by certified mail, return receipt requested within
three (3) business days of such notice by its insurer(s) and referencing the
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County’s contract number. If any policy is in excess of a deductible or self-
insured retention, the County must be notified by the Contractor. Contractor shall
be responsible for the payment of any deductible or self-insured retention. The
insurance coverages specified in this Agreement are the minimum requirements,
and these requirements do not lessen or limit the liability of the Contractor. The
Contractor shall maintain, at its own expense, any additional kinds or amounts of
insurance that it may deem necessary to cover its obligations and liabilities under
this Agreement.
24.2. Proof of Insurance: Contractor shall provide a copy of this Agreement to its
insurance agent or broker. Contractor may not commence Services or work
relating to the Agreement prior to placement of coverages required under this
Agreement. Contractor certifies that the certificate of insurance attached as
Exhibit C, preferably an ACORD certificate, complies with all insurance
requirements of this Agreement. The County’s acceptance of a certificate of
insurance or other proof of insurance that does not comply with all insurance
requirements set forth in this Agreement shall not act as a waiver of Contractor’s
breach of this Agreement or of any of the County’s rights or remedies under this
Agreement.
24.3. Additional Insureds: For Commercial General Liability, Auto Liability and
Excess Liability/Umbrella (if required), Contractor and subcontractor’s insurer(s)
shall include the County, its elected and appointed officials, employees and
volunteers as additional insured.
24.4. Waiver of Subrogation: Consultant’s insurance coverage shall be primary and
non-contributory with respect to all other available sources. Consultant’s policy
shall contain a waiver of subrogation against Eagle County.
24.5. Subcontractors and Subconsultants: All subcontractors and subconsultants
(including independent contractors, suppliers or other entities providing Software
or Services required by this Agreement) shall be subject to all of the requirements
herein and shall procure and maintain the same coverages required of the
Contractor. Contractor shall include all such subcontractors as additional insured
under its policies (with the exception of Workers’ Compensation) or shall ensure
that all such subcontractors and subconsultants maintain the required coverages.
Contractor agrees to provide proof of insurance for all such subcontractors and
subconsultants upon request by the County.
24.6. Workers’ Compensation/Employer’s Liability Insurance: Contractor shall
maintain the coverage as required by statute for each work location and shall
maintain Employer’s Liability insurance with limits of $100,000 per occurrence
for each bodily injury claim, $100,000 per occurrence for each bodily injury
caused by disease claim, and $500,000 aggregate for all bodily injuries caused by
disease claims. Contractor expressly represents to the County, as a material
representation upon which the County is relying in entering into this Agreement,
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that none of the Contractor’s officers or employees who may be eligible under
any statute or law to reject Workers’ Compensation Insurance shall affect such
rejection during any part of the term of this Agreement, and that any such
rejections previously affected, have been revoked as of the date Contractor
executes this Agreement.
24.7. Commercial General Liability: Contractor shall maintain a Commercial General
Liability insurance policy with limits of $1,000,000 for each occurrence,
$1,000,000 for each personal and advertising injury claim, $2,000,000 products
and completed operations aggregate, and $2,000,000 policy aggregate.
24.8. Business Automobile Liability: Contractor shall maintain Business Automobile
Liability with limits of $1,000,000 combined single limit applicable to all owned,
hired and non-owned vehicles used in performing Services under this Agreement.
24.9. Technology Errors & Omissions: Contractor shall maintain Technology Errors
and Omissions insurance including cyber liability, network security, privacy
liability and product failure coverage with limits of $1,000,000 per occurrence
and $1,000,000 policy aggregate.
24.10. Additional Provisions:
24.10.1. For Commercial General Liability, the policy must provide the following:
24.10.1.1. That this Agreement is an Insured contract under the policy;
24.10.1.2. Defense costs are outside the limits of liability;
24.10.1.3. A severability of interests or separation of insureds provision (no
insured vs. insured exclusion); and
24.10.1.4. A provision that coverage is primary and non-contributory with
other coverage or self-insurance maintained by the County.
24.10.2. For claims-made coverage:
24.10.2.1. The retroactive date must be on or before the Agreement date or
the first date when any goods or Services were provided to the
County, whichever is earlier.
24.10.2.2. Contractor shall advise the County in the event any general
aggregate or other aggregate limits are reduced below the required
per occurrence limits. At their own expense, and where such
general aggregate or other aggregate limits have been reduced
below the required per occurrence limit, the Contractor will
procure such per occurrence limits and furnish a new certificate of
insurance showing such coverage is in force.
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24.10.3. Consultant is not entitled to workers’ compensation benefits except as
provided by the Consultant, nor to unemployment insurance benefits
unless unemployment compensation coverage is provided by Consultant
or some other entity. The Consultant is obligated to pay all federal and
state income tax on any moneys paid pursuant to this Agreement.
24.10.4. If Consultant fails to secure and maintain the insurance required by this
Agreement and provide satisfactory evidence thereof to County, County
shall be entitled to immediately terminate this Agreement.
24.10.5. The insurance provisions of this Agreement shall survive expiration or
termination hereof.
25. DEFENSE AND INDEMNIFICATION:
25.1. Contractor hereby agrees to defend, indemnify, reimburse and hold harmless
County, and any of its appointed and elected officials, agents and employees
(“Indemnified Parties”) for, from and against all liabilities, claims, judgments,
suits or demands for damages to persons or property arising out of, resulting from,
or relating to the Services or work performed under this Agreement or are based
on any performance or nonperformance by Contractor or any of its subcontractors
hereunder (“Claims”). This indemnity shall be interpreted in the broadest
possible manner to indemnify County for any acts or omissions of Contractor or
its subcontractors either passive or active, irrespective of fault, including County’s
concurrent negligence whether active or passive, except for the sole negligence or
willful misconduct of County. This indemnification shall not apply to claims by
third parties against the County to the extent that County is liable to such third
party for such claims without regard to the involvement of the Consultant.
25.2. Contractor’s duty to defend and indemnify County shall arise at the time written
notice of the Claim is first provided to County regardless of whether claimant has
filed suit on the Claim. Contractor’s duty to defend and indemnify County shall
arise even if County is the only party sued by claimant and/or claimant alleges
that County’s negligence or willful misconduct was the sole cause of claimant’s
damages.
25.3. Contractor will defend any and all Claims which may be brought or threatened
against County and will pay on behalf of County any expenses incurred by reason
of such Claims including, but not limited to, court costs and attorney fees incurred
in defending and investigating such Claims or seeking to enforce this indemnity
obligation. Such payments on behalf of County shall be in addition to any other
legal remedies available to County and shall not be considered County’s exclusive
remedy.
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25.4. Insurance coverage requirements specified in this Agreement shall in no way
lessen or limit the liability of the Contractor under the terms of this
indemnification obligation. The Contractor shall obtain, at its own expense, any
additional insurance that it deems necessary for the County’s protection.
25.5. Contractor shall indemnify, save, and hold harmless the Indemnified Parties,
against any and all costs, expenses, claims, damages, liabilities, and other
amounts (including attorneys’ fees and costs) incurred by the Indemnified Parties
in relation to any claim that any Deliverable, Service, software, or work product
provided by Contractor under this Agreement (collectively, “IP Deliverables”), or
the use thereof, infringes a patent, copyright, trademark, trade secret, or any other
intellectual property right.
25.6. This defense and indemnification obligation shall survive the expiration or
termination of this Agreement.
26. COLORADO GOVERNMENTAL IMMUNITY ACT: The parties hereto understand
and agree that the County is relying upon, and has not waived, the monetary limitations
and all other rights, immunities and protection provided by the Colorado Governmental
Act, § 24-10-101, et seq., C.R.S. (2003).
27. TAXES, CHARGES AND PENALTIES: The County shall not be liable for the
payment of taxes, late charges or penalties of any nature other than the compensation
stated herein.
28. ASSIGNMENT; SUBCONTRACTING: The Contractor shall not voluntarily or
involuntarily assign any of its rights or obligations, or subcontract performance
obligations, under this Agreement without obtaining the County’s prior written consent.
Any assignment or subcontracting without such consent will be ineffective and void and
shall be cause for termination of this Agreement by the County. The County has sole and
absolute discretion whether to consent to any assignment or subcontracting, or to
terminate the Agreement because of unauthorized assignment or subcontracting. The
parties agree that upon the creation of the Eagle Valley Transit Authority (“EVTA”), the
County shall assign this Agreement to the EVTA, and the EVTA will thereafter assume
and perform all obligations of the County as described herein. Following such
assignment, the County shall not be responsible for any obligations under this
Agreement, except for compensation for work duly requested and satisfactorily
performed by Contractor as described in the Agreement and Contractor shall refund to
the County any prepaid cost or expenses. In the event of any subcontracting or
unauthorized assignment: (i) the Contractor shall remain responsible to the County; and
(ii) no contractual relationship shall be created between the County and any sub-
consultant, subcontractor or assign.
29. NO THIRD PARTY BENEFICIARY: Enforcement of the terms of the Agreement and
all rights of action relating to enforcement are strictly reserved to the parties. Nothing
contained in the Agreement gives or allows any claim or right of action to any third
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