form_standard-contract.pdf
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- Advertising Equity Audit Services
- Solicitation number
- BD-27-1068-1700-1-131018
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- Suffolk County, Massachusetts
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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, designed as the default contract template for all Commonwealth departments when no other form is required by regulation or policy. The form serves as a template for establishing contractual relationships between the Commonwealth and contractors for various procurement types, including statewide contracts, department procurements, emergency contracts, and contract employees. The document does not specify particular products, services, quantities, response dates, or award dates, as it functions as a blank template rather than a specific solicitation. Contract performance terms are flexible and must be completed on a case-by-case basis depending on the specific procurement, with contract end dates and performance obligations determined during the contracting process.
The compensation structure allows for either rate contracts with no maximum obligation or maximum obligation contracts with specified total amounts, with all payments issued through Electronic Funds Transfer within 45 days of invoice receipt unless accelerated prompt payment discounts are negotiated. The form incorporates by reference the Standard Contract Form Instructions and Contractor Certifications, Commonwealth Terms and Conditions, and applicable regulations under 815 CMR and 801 CMR, establishing a hierarchical framework for document precedence. Contractors must comply with the Supplier Diversity Program unless exemptions apply, and all contract obligations must be supported by sufficient appropriations or non-appropriated funds in the state accounting system. The form requires authorization signatures from both contractor and Commonwealth representatives and establishes that the effective date is the latest execution date by an authorized signatory, subject to any required approvals and with provisions for contract amendments addressing changes to date, scope, or budget.
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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 mass.gov/lists/osd-forms.
CONTRACTOR INFORMATION
Contractor Legal Name d/b/a Legal Address As entered on Form W-9 or Form W-4 Contract Manager Name
Phone Email x
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
COMMONWEALTH INFORMATION
COMMONWEALTH INFORMATION
Department MMARS Code Contract Manager Name 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
Payment issued within: 10 days % PPD. 15 days % PPD. 20 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 2. may be incurred as of
3. 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.
Signature Date
Print Name Print Title
Signature Date
Print Name Print Title
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TERMS AND CONDITIONS
COMPENSATION (Check ONE option.)
PROMPT PAYMENT DISCOUNTS (PPD)
Updated 12/04/2024
CONTRACT AMENDMENTNEW CONTRACT
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF CONTRACT PERFORMANCE or REASON FOR AMENDMENT
SUPPLIER DIVERSITY PROGRAM (SDP) PLAN
ANTICIPATED START DATE (Complete ONE option only.)
CONTRACT END DATE
CERTIFICATIONS
AUTHORIZING SIGNATURE FOR THE CONTRACTOR
Signature and date must be captured at time of signature.
AUTHORIZING SIGNATURE FOR THE COMMONWEALTH
Signature and date must be captured at time of signature.
The Department and Contractor certify for this Contract, or Contract Amendment, that Contract obligations:
http://www.macomptroller.org/wp-content/uploads/instructions_standard-contract-form.pdf http://www.macomptroller.org/wp-content/uploads/form_commonwealth-terms-and-conditions.pdf http://www.macomptroller.org/wp-content/uploads/form_commonwealth-terms-and-conditions-for-human-and-social-services.pdf http://www.macomptroller.org/wp-content/uploads/form_commonwealth-terms-and-conditions-for-information-technology.pdf https://www.mass.gov/lists/osd-forms https://www.mass.gov/law-library/815-cmr http://www.macomptroller.org/wp-content/uploads/form_commonwealth-terms-and-conditions.pdf http://www.macomptroller.org/wp-content/uploads/form_commonwealth-terms-and-conditions-for-human-and-social-services.pdf http://www.macomptroller.org/wp-content/uploads/form_commonwealth-terms-and-conditions-for-information-technology.pdf https://www.mass.gov/law-library/815-cmr https://www.powerdms.com/public/MAComptroller/documents/1779666 https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleIII/Chapter29/Section23A https://www.mass.gov/law-library/801-cmr
| COMMONWEALTH INFORMATION |
| CONTRACTOR INFORMATION |
| CONTRACT AMENDMENT |
| NEW CONTRACT |
| Procurement or Exception Type (Check one option only) |
| TERMS AND CONDITIONS |
| COMPENSATION (Check ONE option.) |
| PROMPT PAYMENT DISCOUNTS (PPD) |
| Payment issued within: 10 days % PPD 20 days % PPD15 days % PPD 30 days % PPD |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF CONTRACT PERFORMANCE or REASON FOR AMENDMENT |
| SUPPLIER DIVERSITY PROGRAM (SDP) PLAN |
| CONTRACT END DATE |
| CERTIFICATIONS |
| AUTHORIZING SIGNATURE FOR THE COMMONWEALTHSignature and date must be captured at time of signature. |
| AUTHORIZING SIGNATURE FOR THE CONTRACTOR Signature and date must be captured at time of signature. |
| Contractor Legal Name: |
| dba: |
| Department: |
| MMARS Code: |
| Business Mailing Address: |
| Phone: |
| Email: |
| Fax: |
| Phone_2: |
| Email_2: |
| Fax_2: |
| Vendor Code VC: |
| MMARS Doc IDs: |
| RFRProcurement or Other ID Number: |
| Current Contract End Date PRIOR to Amendment: |
| Amendment Amount Or Enter No Change: |
| Compensation: Off |
| Supplier Diversity Program: Off |
| Terms and Conditions: Off |
| Vendor Code Address ID: |
| 10 days %: |
| 15 days %: |
| 20 days %: |
| 30 days %: |
| Month and Day: |
| last two digists of year: |
| Contractor Date: |
| Contractor Print Name: |
| Contractor Print Title: |
| Commonwealth Date: |
| Commonwealth Print Name: |
| Commonwealth Print Title: |
| Brief description of contract performance or reason for amendment: |
| Month and Day 2: |
| last two of year 2: |
| Month and Day 3: |
| last two of year 3: |
| Total maximum obligation: |
| Annual SDP commitment: |
| Exemptions: |
| Contract Manager Name: |
| Billing Address If Different: |
| Ready Payments: Off |
| Statutory/Legal: Off |
| Agree to 45 Day Cycle: Off |
| Only Initial Payment: Off |
| Contract Manager Name1: |
| Group1: Off |
| Check Box3: Off |
| Check Box4: Off |
| Check Box5: Off |
| Check Box6: Off |
| Check Box7: Off |
| Check Box8: Off |
| Check Box9: Off |
| Check Box10: Off |
| Check Box11: Off |
| Check Box12: Off |
| Check Box13: Off |
| Group14: Off |
| Legal Address As entered on Form W-9 or Form W-4: |
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