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This is the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Standard Contract Form jointly issued by the Office of the Comptroller, the Executive Office for Administration and Finance, and the Operational Services Division for use by all Commonwealth departments. The form serves as the default contract template when no other form is prescribed by regulation or policy. It is designed to accommodate various procurement types including statewide contracts, collective purchases, department procurements, emergency contracts, contract employees, and interim contracts. The form provides sections for contractor information, contract manager details, vendor codes, department MMARS codes, procurement type classification, contract terms, and performance scope. The related contract opportunity involves the Department of Developmental Services (DDS) purchasing clinical resources to strengthen support systems for individuals and families in the Central West Region, with the goal of preventing or mitigating acute behavioral and psychiatric episodes that might otherwise result in out-of-home placements. All clinical services must be available locally and culturally, linguistically, and ethnically appropriate for the populations served. The DDS is reopening the request for response to qualify additional clinical team providers specifically for this region.

The Standard Contract Form includes provisions for compensation structure selection, allowing either rate contracts with no maximum obligation or maximum obligation contracts with specified total amounts. The form incorporates Commonwealth Terms and Conditions by reference and addresses prompt payment discounts through Electronic Funds Transfer payments issued 45 days from invoice receipt, with options for accelerated payment through statutory or legal ready payments. The form requires specification of contract effective dates, performance termination dates, and surviving obligations post-termination. It includes a Supplier Diversity Program section requiring departments to document either their annual SDP commitment or provide an exemption justification if the department is an executive department. The document emphasizes that all changes to the standard terms through addenda or other attachments are deemed void, and only non-conflicting additional terms may be added by formal attachment following the established document hierarchy of precedence.

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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS | STANDARD CONTRACT FORM

This form is jointly issued and published by the Office of the Comptroller, the Executive Office for Administration and Finance, and the Operational Services Division as the default contract for all Commonwealth Departments when another form is not prescribed by regulation or policy. The Commonwealth deems void any changes made on or by attachment (in the form of addendum, engagement letters, contract forms or invoice terms) to the terms in this published form or to the Standard Contract Form Instructions and Contractor Certifications the Commonwealth Terms and Conditions, the Commonwealth Terms and Conditions for Human and Social Services or the Commonwealth IT Terms and Conditions which are incorporated by reference herein. Additional non-conflicting terms may be added by Attachment. Contractors are required to access forms at macomptroller.org/forms or ss.gov/list

Contractor Legal Name d/b/a Legal Address As entered on Form W-9 or Form W-4 Contract Manager Name

Phone Email

Vendor Code VC Vendor Code Address ID e.g. “AD001”. Note: The Address ID must be set up for Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) payments.

AD

Department MMARS Code Business Mailing Address

Billing Address If Different Phone Email Fax

MMARS Doc ID(s)

RFR/Procurement or Other ID Number

Procurement or Exception Type (Check one option only) Statewide Contract (OSD or an OSD-designated department.)

Collective Purchase (Attach OSD approval, scope, and budget.)

Department Procurement - Includes all Grants 815 CMR 2.00. (Attach Solicitation Notice or RFR, and Response or other procurement supporting documentation.)

Emergency Contract (Attach justification for emergency, scope, and budget.)

Contract Employee (Attach Employee Status Form, scope, and budget.)

Interim Contract with new Contractor (Attach justification for Interim Contract and updated scope/budget.)

Other Procurement Exception (Attach authorizing language, legislation with specific exemption or earmark, and exception justification, scope, and budget.)

Current Contract End Date PRIOR to Amendment

Amendment Amount Or Enter “No Change”

Amendment Type (Check one option only. Attach details of amendment changes.)

Amendment to Date, Scope, or Budget (Attach updated scope and budget.)

Interim Contract with Current Contractor (Attach justification for Interim Contract and updated scope/budget.)

Contract Employee (Attach any updates to scope or budget.)

Other Procurement Exception (Attach authorizing language/justification and updated scope/budget.)

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

The Standard Contract Form Instructions and Contractor Certifications and the following document are incorporated by reference into this Contract and are legally binding (Check ONE option):

Commonwealth Terms and Conditions Commonwealth Terms and Conditions for Human and Social Services Commonwealth IT Terms and Conditions COMPENSATION (Check ONE option.)

The Department certifies that payments for authorized performance accepted in accordance with the terms of this Contract will be supported in the state accounting system by sufficient appropriations or other non-appropriated funds, subject to intercept for Commonwealth owed debts under 815 CMR 9.00.

Rate Contract (No Maximum Obligation). (Attach details of all rates, units, calculations, conditions or terms and any changes if rates or terms are being amended.)

Maximum Obligation Contract. Total maximum obligation for total duration of this contract (or new total if contract is being amended):

PROMPT PAYMENT DISCOUNTS (PPD)

Commonwealth payments are issued through Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) 45 days from invoice receipt. See Prompt Pay Discounts Policy.

Contractors requesting accelerated payments must identify a PPD as follows:

Statutory/legal Ready Payments (M.G.L. c. 29, § 23A) If PPD percentages are left blank, identify reason:

Agree to standard 45-day cycle Only initial payment

10 days % PPD 15 days % PPD 30 days % PPD

Enter the Contract title, purpose, fiscal year(s) and a detailed description of the scope of performance or what is being amended for a Contract Amendment. Attach all supporting documentation and justifications.

Does the Supplier Diversity Program apply? YES

NO

If YES, the Contractor’s annual SDP commitment for this Contract is If NO, and the department is an Executive Department, enter the appropriate exemption:

1. may be incurred as of the Effective Date (latest signature date below) and no obligations have been incurred prior to the Effective Date.

, 20 may be incurred as of were incurred as of , 20 , a date LATER than the Effective Date below and no obligations have been incurred prior to the Effective Date.

, a date PRIOR to the Effective Date below, and the parties agree that payments for any obligations incurred prior to the Effective Date are authorized to be made either as settlement payments or as authorized reimbursement payments, and that the details and circumstances of all obligations under this Contract are attached and incorporated into this Contract. Acceptance of payments forever releases the Commonwealth from further claims related to these obligations.

Contract performance shall terminate as of , 20 , with no new obligations being incurred after this date unless the Contract is properly amended, provided that the terms of this Contract and performance expectations and obligations shall survive its termination for the purpose of resolving any claim or dispute, for completing any negotiated terms and warranties, to allow any close out or transition performance, reporting, invoicing or final payments, or during any lapse between amendments.

Notwithstanding verbal or other representations by the parties, the “Effective Date” of this Contract or Amendment shall be the latest date that this Contract or Amendment has been executed by an authorized signatory of the Contractor, the Department, or a later Contract or Amendment Start Date specified above, subject to any required approvals. The Contractor certifies that they have accessed and reviewed all documents incorporated by reference as electronically published and the Contractor makes all certifications required under the Standard Contract Form Instructions and Contractor Certifications under the pains and penalties of perjury, and further agrees to provide any required documentation upon request to support compliance, and agrees that all terms governing performance of this Contract and doing business in Massachusetts are attached or incorporated by reference herein according to the following hierarchy of document precedence, the applicable Commonwealth Terms and Conditions, this Standard Contract Form, the Standard Contract Form Instructions and Contractor Certifications, the Request for Response (RFR) or other solicitation, the Contractor’s Response (excluding any language stricken by a Department as unacceptable, and additional negotiated terms, provided that additional negotiated terms will take precedence over the relevant terms in the RFR and the Contractor’s Response only if made using the process outlined in 801 CMR 21.07, incorporated herein, provided that any amended RFR or Response terms result in best value, lower costs, or a more cost effective Contract.

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