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STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TRAFFIC SIGNAL MAINTENANCE AND COMPENSATION AGREEMENT 750-010-22 TRAFFIC OPERATIONS 04/15 Page 3 of 5 9. The Maintaining Agency shall note in the maintenance log any changes in timings and phasings, and keep a copy of the timings and phasings, and any approval documentation in a file. A copy of the log shall be provided to the Department upon request. Maintaining Agencies may provide this information electronically. 10. The Maintaining Agency and the Department shall update Exhibit A on an annual basis which Exhibit A is attached to and incorporated in this Agreement. Exhibit A will contain all Traffic Signals and Devices on the State Highway System which are within the jurisdiction of the Maintaining Agency, those that are maintained by the Maintaining Agency and those that are maintained but not included for compensation. No changes or modifications may be made to Exhibit A during the Department's fiscal year for compensation. New Traffic Signals and Devices added by the Department during its fiscal year must be maintained and operated by the Maintaining Agency upon the Department's final acceptance as stated in paragraph 2. The Maintaining Agency and the Department shall update Exhibit A preceding each Department's fiscal year, which will include all new Department Traffic Signals and Devices added during the Department's previous fiscal year and delete those removed. Exhibit A will need to be incorporated into this Agreement by an amendment to this Agreement each time Exhibit A is updated. The Maintaining Agency will begin receiving compensation for new Traffic Signals and Devices in the Department's fiscal year after the Traffic Signals and Devices are installed and final acceptance is given by the Department. In the event that no change has been made to the previous year's Exhibit A, a certification from the Maintaining Agency shall be provided to the Department certifying that no change has been made to Exhibit A in the Department's previous fiscal year. The annual compensation will be a lump sum payment (minus any retainage or forfeiture) as set forth in Exhibit B. Future payments will be based on the information provided in Exhibit A, in accordance with the provisions as set forth in Exhibit B, attached to and incorporated in this Agreement. 11. Payment will be made in accordance with Section 215.422, Florida Statutes. 12. There shall be no reimbursement for travel expenses under this Agreement. 13. Bills for fees or other compensation for services or expenses shall be submitted in detail sufficient for a proper pre -audit and post -audit thereof. 14. The Maintaining Agency should be aware of the following time frames. Inspection and approval of goods or services shall take no longer than twenty (20) working days. The Department has twenty (20) days to deliver a request for payment (voucher) to the Department of Financial Services. The twenty (20) days are measured from the latter of the date the invoice is received or the goods or services are received, inspected and approved. 15. If a payment is not available within forty (40) days, a separate interest penalty at a rate as established pursuant to Section 55.03(1), Florida Statutes, will be due and payable, in addition to the invoice amount, to the Maintaining Agency. Interest penalties of less than one (1) dollar will not be enforced unless the Maintaining Agency requests payment. Invoices returned to a Maintaining Agency because of Maintaining Agency preparation errors will result in a delay in the payment. The invoice payment requirements do not start until a properly completed invoice is provided to the Department. 16. A Vendor Ombudsman has been established within the Department of Financial Services. The duties of this individual include acting as an advocate for contractors or vendors who may be experiencing problems in obtaining timely payment(s) from a state agency. The Vendor Ombudsman may be contacted at (850) 413-5516 or by calling the Division of Consumer Services at 1- 877-693-5236. 17. Records of costs incurred under the terms of this Agreement shall be maintained and made available upon request to the Department at all times during the period of this Agreement and for three (3) years after final payment is made. Copies of these documents and records shall be furnished to the Department upon request. Records of costs incurred include the Maintaining Agency's general accounting records and the project records, together with supporting documents and records, of the contractor and all subcontractors performing work on the project, and all other records of the Contractor and subcontractors considered necessary by the Department for a proper audit of costs. 18. In the event this contract is for services in excess of $25,000.00 and a term for a period of more than one (1) year, the provisions of Section 339.135(6)(a), F.S., are hereby incorporated: "The Department, during any fiscal year, shall not expend money, incur any liability, or enter into any contract which, by its terms, involves the expenditure of money in excess of the amounts budgeted as available for expenditure during such fiscal year. Any contract, verbal or written, made in violation of this subsection is null and void, and no money may be paid on such contract. The Department shall require a statement from the Comptroller of the Department that such funds are available prior to entering into any such contract or other binding commitment of funds. Nothing herein contained shall prevent the making of contracts for periods exceeding 1 year, but any contract so made shall be executory only for the value of the services to be rendered or agreed to be paid for in succeeding fiscal years; and this paragraph shall be incorporated verbatim in all contracts of the Department which are for an amount in excess of $25,000.00 and which have a term for a period of more than 1 year."