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The COUNTY providing goods and services to the DEPARTMENT should be aware <br /> of the following time frames . Upon receipt, the DEPARTMENT has ten ( 10) working <br /> days to inspect and approve the goods and services . The DEPARTMENT has twenty <br /> (20) days to deliver a request for payment (voucher) to the Department of Financial <br /> Services . The Twenty (20 ) days are measured from the latter of the date the invoice is <br /> received or the goods or services are received , inspected and approved . <br /> K) If a payment is not available within Forty (40) days, separate interest penalty at a rate <br /> as established pursuant to Section 55 . 03 ( 1 ) , F . S . , will be due and payable , in addition <br /> to the invoice amount, to the COUNTY . interest penalties of less than one ( 1 ) dollar <br /> will not be enforced unless the COUNTY requests payment . Invoices that have to be <br /> returned to a COUNTY because of COUNTY preparation error will result in a delay <br /> in the payment . The invoice payment requirements do not start until a properly <br /> completed invoice is provided to the DEPARTMENT . <br /> L) A Vendor Ombudsman has been established within the Department of Financial <br /> Services . The duties of this individual include acting as an advocate for <br /> contractors/vendors who may be experiencing problems in obtaining timely <br /> payments (s) from a state agency . The Vendor Ombudsman may be contacted at ( 850) <br /> 410 - 9724 or by calling the Department of Financial Services Hotline , 1 - 800 - 848 - 3792 . <br /> M) Records of costs incurred under terms of this Agreement shall be maintained and made <br /> available upon request to the DEPARTMENT at all times during the period of this <br /> Agreement and for five years after final payment is made . Copies of these documents <br /> and records shall be furnished to the DEPARTMENT upon request. Records of costs <br /> incurred includes the COUNTY ' S general accounting records and the project records , <br /> together with supporting documents and records of the COUNTY and all <br /> subcontractors performing work on the project, and all other records of the COUNTY <br /> and subcontractors considered necessary by the DEPARTMENT for a proper audit of <br /> costs . <br /> N ) The DEPARTMENT , during any fiscal year , shall not expend money, incur any <br /> liability , or enter into any contract which , by its terms , involves the expenditure of <br /> money in excess of the amounts budgeted as available for expenditure during such <br /> fiscal year . Any contract, verbal or written , made in violation of this subsection is null <br /> and void , and no money may be paid on such contract . The DEPARTMENT shall <br /> require a statement from the Comptroller of the DEPARTMENT that funds are <br /> available prior to entering into any such contract or other binding commitment of <br /> funds . Nothing herein contained shall prevent the making of contracts for periods <br /> exceeding one year, but any contract so made shall be executory only for the value of <br /> the services to be rendered or agreed to be paid for in succeeding fiscal years . <br /> 5 . ROADWAY LEVEL OF SERVICE <br /> A) Fla . Stat. § 163 . 3180 requires that facilities funded through the Transportation <br /> Regional Incentive Program adopt the level of service standards established by the <br /> DEPARTMENT for the PROTECT limits . <br /> B ) The logical termini for level of service purposes are North Gifford/45 `h Street to 26' h <br /> Street. <br /> Page 4 of 13 <br />