23-076 - National Purchasing Partners (NPPGov) - Intergovernmental Cooperative Purchasing Agreement

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DocuSign Envelope ID: 43C4B866-FBF2-4ECB-ACOB-CE3E891 E86B6 NOW, THEREFORE, the parties agree as follows: ARTICLE 1: LEGAL AUTHORITY Each party represents and warrants that it is eligible to participate in this Agreement because it is a local government created and operated to provide one or more governmental functions and possesses adequate legal authority to enter into this Agreement. ARTICLE 2: APPLICABLE LAWS The procurement of goods and services subject to this Agreement shall be conducted in accordance with and subject to the relevant statutes, ordinances, rules, and regulations that govern each party's procurement policies. Competitive Solicitations are intended to meet the public contracting requirements of the Lead Contracting Agency and may not be appropriate under, or satisfy Participating Agencies' procurement laws. It is the responsibility of each party to ensure it has met all applicable solicitation and procurement requirements. Participating Agencies are urged to seek independent review by their legal counsel to ensure compliance with all local and state solicitation requirements. ARTICLE 3: USE OF BID, PROPOSAL OR PRICE AGREEMENT a. A "procuring party" is defined as the Lead Contracting Agency or any Participating Agency that desires to purchase from the Master Price Agreements awarded by the Lead Contracting Agency. b. Each procuring party shall be solely responsible for their own purchase of goods and services under this Agreement. A non -procuring party shall not be liable in any fashion for any violation of law or contract by a procuring party, and the procuring party shall hold non -procuring parties and all unrelated procuring parties harmless from any liability that may arise from action or inaction of the procuring party. c. The procuring party shall not use this agreement as a method for obtaining additional concessions or reduced prices for similar goods and services outside the scope of the Master Price Agreement. d. The exercise of any rights or remedies by the procuring party shall be the exclusive obligation of such procuring party. e. The cooperative use of bids, proposals or price agreements obtained by a party to this Agreement shall be in accordance with the terms and conditions of the bid, proposal or price agreement, except as modified where otherwise allowed or required by applicable law, and does not relieve the party of its other solicitation requirements under state law or local policies.