20.4 Procedure for Termination. Upon delivery by certified mail to Contractor of a Notice of Termination specifying the nature of the termination, the extent to which performance of Work under the Contract is terminated, and the date upon which such termination becomes effective, the Contractor shall stop work under the Contract on the date and to the extent specified in the Notice of Termination, except where Contractor is notified to continue Work until Contractor can be relieved by a successor Contractor.

Neither party will be liable for any delays or failures in performance due to any acts of God, fire, governmental order or any other circumstances beyond the reasonable control of either party. In the event any such delay continues for a period of thirty (30) days and there is no acceptable plan agreed to by KSU to fully provide the Services described herein to completion, KSU may terminate this Agreement.

Any dispute concerning performance of the contract shall be decided by the University's Attorney who shall reduce the decision to writing and serve a copy on the Contractor. The decision of the University's Attorney shall be final and conclusive unless within 30 days from the date of service the Contractor files with the University's Attorney a petition for administrative hearing. The University's Attorney's decision in the event of any such petition shall be final subject to the Contractor's right to administrative review pursuant to Kentucky Statutes.

Pending final determination of any dispute hereunder, the Contractor shall proceed diligently with the performance of the contract and in accordance with the University's Attorney's direction.

No official or employee of Kentucky State University and no other public official of the Commonwealth of Kentucky or the federal government who exercises any functions or responsibilities in the review or approval of the undertaking or carrying out of the Contract shall, prior to completion of the Contract, voluntarily acquire any personal interest, direct or indirect, in this Contract or proposed Contract.

Contractor covenants that it presently has no interest and shall not acquire any interest, direct or indirect, which would conflict in any manner or degree with the performance of its services hereunder. Contractor further covenants that in the performance of the Contract no person having any such known interests shall be employed.

If any provision or provisions of the RFP, response to the FRP, any Contract or Personal Services Contract, or similar document executed as a result of this RFP is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, such provision(s) will be automatically reformed and construed so as to be valid, legal, operative and enforceable to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law while preserving its original intent. The invalidity, illegality, or unenforceability of any part of this RFP, related documents, or Contract will not render invalid the remainder of the Documents. These documents shall be deemed amended to thereof in order to render it valid and enforceable.

Ities of paragraphs used herein are for the purpose of facilitating ease of reference only and shall not be construed to infer a contractual construction of language.

No person or selling agency shall be employed or retained or given anything of monetary value to solicit or secure this contract, except bona fide employees of the Offeror or bona fide established commercial or selling agencies maintained by the Offeror for the purpose of securing business. For breach or violation of this provision, the University shall have the right to reject the Proposal, annul the contract without liability, or, at its discretion, deduct from the contract price or otherwise recover the full amount of such commission, percentage, brokerage, or contingent fee or other benefit.