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DocuSign Envelope ID: 0196401F-AD57-4F3A-BA4D-36650F82B203 <br />Department of any documentation or certifications, mandatory or otherwise permitted, that <br />the County files shall not constitute a waiver of the Department's rights as the funding <br />agency to verify all information at a later date by audit or investigation. <br />11. The County should be aware of the following time frames. Upon receipt of an <br />invoice, the Department has twenty (20) days to inspect and approve the goods and services. The <br />Department has twenty (20) days to deliver a request for payment (voucher) to the Department of <br />Financial 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. If a payment is not <br />available within forty (40) days, a separate interest penalty at a rate as established pursuant to <br />Section 55.03(1), Florida Statutes, will be due and payable, in addition to the invoice amount. <br />Interest penalties of less than one dollar ($1.00) will not be enforced unless the County requests <br />payment. Invoices which have to be returned to the County because of County preparation errors <br />will result in a delay in the payment. The invoice payment requirements do not start until a properly <br />completed invoice is provided to and accepted by the Department. A Vendor Ombudsman has <br />been established within the Department of Financial Services. The duties of this individual include <br />acting as an advocate for entities who may be experiencing problems in obtaining timely <br />payment(s) from a state agency. The Vendor Ombudsman may be contacted at (850) 413-5516 or <br />by calling the Division of Consumer Services at (877) 693-5236. <br />12. In the event this Agreement is in excess of $25,000.00 (Twenty Five Thousand <br />Dollars and 00/100) and a term for a period of more than one (1) year, the provisions of Section <br />339.135(6)(a), Florida Statutes, are incorporated as follows: <br />"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 <br />null 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 available <br />prior to entering into any such contract or other binding commitment of funds. <br />Nothing herein contained shall prevent the making of contracts for periods <br />exceeding one (1) year, but any contract so made shall be executory only for the <br />value of the services to be rendered or agreed to be paid for in succeeding fiscal <br />years; and this paragraph shall be incorporated verbatim in all contracts of the <br />Department which are for an amount in excess of $25,000.00 and which have a <br />term for a period of more than one (1) year." <br />13. The administration of the State resources awarded through the Department to the <br />County by this Agreement may be subject to audits and/or monitoring by the Department. The <br />following requirements do not limit the authority of the Department to conduct or arrange for the <br />conduct of additional audits or evaluations of Federal awards or State financial assistance or limit <br />the authority of any state agency inspector general, the State of Florida Auditor General, or any <br />other state official. The County shall comply with all audit and audit reporting requirements as <br />specified below and shall further require its subrecipient to comply with all audit and audit <br />reporting requirements as specified below. <br />5 <br />