earned, insurance rebates and dividends to the extent necessary to adequately permit evaluation and verification of:

  • Contractors' compliance with Contract Requirements, and
  • Compliance with provisions for pricing change orders, invoices or claims submitted by the Contractor or any of its payees.

The Contractor shall require all payees (i.e., subcontractors/suppliers) to comply with the provisions of this article by insertion of the requirements in any Contract between the Contractor and the payee; such requirements to include flow-down right of the audit provision to all payees.

Audits and Inspections

The Contractor's records shall be open to inspection and subject to audit and/or reproduction during normal business working hours. An Authority representative or outside representative engaged by the Authority may perform such audits or inspections throughout the term of this Contract and for a period of three years after final payment or longer if required by law.

The Contractor shall provide, at its sole cost and expense the books of account and records requested by the Authority for audit within sixty (60) calendar days of receiving a written request. If the books of account and records are kept at locations other than the Airport, the Contractor shall arrange for them to be brought to a location convenient to the auditors for the Authority, or the Contractor may at its option transport the Authority audit team to the

Contractor's headquarters for purposes of undertaking said audit. In such event, the Contractor shall pay reasonable costs of transportation, food and lodging for the Authority's audit team.

There may be no limitation in the scope of the examination that would hinder the Authority or its authorized representative in testing the accuracy of the claims submitted.

An audit report will be issued by the Authority or its representative and made available to the Contractor. Contractor shall have thirty (30) calendar days to comment in writing on the audit report. Failure of Contractor to submit written comments shall constitute acceptance of the audit report as issued.

Any adjustments and/or payment which must be made as a result of any such audit or inspections of the Contractors' invoices and/or records shall be made within a reasonable amount of time (not to exceed 90 days) from presentation of the Authority's findings to the Contractor.

If an audit inspection or examination in accordance with this article, discloses overpricing or overcharges (of any nature) by the Contractor to the Authority in excess of one-half of one percent (.5%) of the total Contract billings the reasonable actual cost of the Authority's audit shall be reimbursed to the Authority by the Contractor.

H. PUBLIC RECORDS LAW, CONFIDENTIALITY:

Vendors should be aware that all submittals provided with a bid are subject to public disclosure and will not be afforded confidentiality. All proposal documents or other materials submitted by all bidders in response to this bid will be open for inspection by any person and in accordance with Chapter 119, Public Records Law, and as amended, Florida Statutes. The Vendor shall agree to comply with public records laws, and shall, specifically:

  • 1. Keep and maintain public records that ordinarily and necessarily would be required by the Authority in order to perform the services.

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