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M <br />CITY OF SANTA ANA <br />L. JOINT OFFERS/SUBCONSULTANTS <br />Where two or more Proposers desire to submit a single Proposal in response to this <br />RFP, they should do so on a prime sub -consultant basis. The City intends to contract <br />with a single firm and not with multiple firms doing business as a joint venture. Should <br />the use of sub -consultants be offered, the Proposer shall provide the same assurances <br />of competence for the sub -consultant plus the demonstrated ability to manage and <br />supervise the subcontracted work. Sub -consultants shall not be allowed to further <br />subcontract with others for work under the Agreement. The provisions of the Agreement <br />shall apply to all sub -consultants in the same manner as the Proposer. <br />The City reserves the right to reject, replace and approve any and all Subcontractors. <br />All Subcontractor(s) shall be identified in the response to the RFP and the City reserves <br />the right to reject any proposed Subcontractor(s). Subcontractors shall be the <br />responsibility of the prime Contractor and the City shall assume no liability of such <br />Subcontractors. <br />M. INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR <br />Contractor is considered an independent Contractor and neither Contractor, its <br />employees, nor anyone working under Contractor will be considered an agent or an <br />employee of City. Neither Contractor, its employees, nor anyone working under <br />Contractor, will qualify for workers' compensation or other fringe benefits of any kind <br />through City. <br />N. LITIGATION STATUS <br />Each Proposer must include in its proposal a complete disclosure of any alleged <br />significant prior or ongoing contract failures, any civil or criminal litigation or investigation <br />pending which involves the Proposer or in which the Proposer has been judged guilty or <br />liable. Failure to comply with the terms of this provision will disqualify any proposal. The <br />City reserves the right to reject any proposal based upon the Proposer's prior history <br />with the City or with any other party, which documents, without limitation, unsatisfactory <br />performance, adversarial or contentious demeanor, significant failure(s) to meet contract <br />milestones or other contractual failures. <br />O. NEGOTIATIONS <br />The City reserves the right to negotiate final contract terms with any Proposer selected. <br />The contract between the parties will consist of the RFP together with any modifications <br />thereto, and the awarded Contractor's proposal, together with any modifications and <br />clarifications thereto that are submitted at the request of the City during the evaluation <br />and negotiation process. In the event of any conflict or contradiction between or among <br />these documents, the documents shall control in the following order of precedence: the <br />final executed contract, the RFP, any modifications and clarifications to the awarded <br />Contractor's proposal, and the awarded Contractor's proposal. Specific exceptions to <br />this general rule may be noted in the final executed contract. <br />Negotiations shall be confidential and not subject to disclosure to competing Contractors <br />unless and until an agreement is reached. If contract negotiations cannot be concluded <br />successfully, the City reserves the right to negotiate a contract with another Contractor <br />or withdraw the RFP. <br />RFP No. 20-124 Information Technology As -Needed Professional Services Page 20 of 35 <br />