9-BC Form - Electronic Signature Implementation.pdf

County of Bergen, New Jersey Bonfire E-Signature Agreement Page

WHERAS; the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act or E-Sign Act was signed into laws by the president on June 30th, 2000, provides a general rule of validity for electronic records and signatures; and

WHEREAS; the State of New Jersey subsequently passed the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act or UETA; and

WHEREAS; UETA (P. L. 2001, c. 116), authorizes state and local government agencies in New Jersey, as of 26 June 2001, to use electronic forms, electronic filing, and electronic signatures to conduct official business with the public. In doing this, agencies will create records with business, legal, and in some cases, historical value, and

WHEREAS; in order to be accepted parties must have an intent and consent to sign an agreement or document or otherwise conduct business electronically; and

WHEREAS; an affirmative signature with a record must be created to qualify as an electronic signature; and

WHEREAS; the governments in the state of New Jersey are required to keep and maintain records accordingly;

and

WHEREAS; the County of Bergen has entered into an agreement with Bonfire e-procurement solution to modernize and make available e-procurement to all local units in Bergen County;

WHEREAS; Bonfire allows for vendors to create one vendor profile to be used by all local units in the County of Bergen; and

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that ____________________________________________ (name of authorized individual) representing ______________________________________________________ (the vendor) does hereby affirm that the signature affixed below is a valid signature of an individual who is authorized to conduct business on “the vendor”’s behalf.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, except where explicitly requested by the participating local unit on unique documents or forms, that the signature below shall serve as the official signature on documents or bid acceptances as necessary to submit a bid, rfp, rfq, or as applicable a offer to the participating local unit;

Title: ___________________________________________________________________________

Phone ______________________________________________________________________________

E-Mail: ______________________________________________________________________________

Signature: __________________________________________________________________________

Date:

The signature affixed to this document shall be valid for a term of 1 year from the date on the form.