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• <br />. <br />. <br />- 4I <br />specifies otherwise. With the exception of -payments to health <br />care providers for hospital, medical, or other health care <br />services, if payment is not available within 40 days, measured <br />from the latter of the date the invoice is received or the Goods <br />or services are received, inspected and approved, a separate <br />interest penalty set by the Comptroller pursuant to <br />Section 55.03, Florida Statutes, will be due and payable in <br />addition to the invoice amount. To obtain the applicable <br />interest rate, please contact the Agency's Fiscal Section at <br />(850)488-2020 or Purchasing Office at (850)488-7552. <br />Payments to health care providers for hospitals, medical or <br />other health care services, shall be made not more than 35 days <br />froth the date eligibility for payment is determined, and the <br />daily interest rate is -.03333 percent. <br />Invoices returned to a vendor due to preparation errors <br />will result in a payment. delay. Invoice payment requirements do <br />not start until a properly completed invoice is provided to the <br />agency. <br />A Vendor Ombudsman has been established within the <br />D epartment of Banking and Finance. The duties of this individual <br />include acting as an advocate for vendors who may be <br />experiencing problems in obtaining timely payment(s)from a State <br />agency. The Vendor Ombudsman may be contacted -at <br />(850)488-2924 or by calling the State Comptroller's Hotline, <br />1-800-848-3792. <br />The Department may make partial payments to the Contractor <br />upon partial delivery of services when a request for such <br />partial payment is made by the Contractor and approved by the <br />D epartment. <br />This contract may be cancelled by either party giving 30 <br />days written notice. <br />The Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services shall <br />h ave the right of unilateral cancellation for refusal by the <br />Contractor to allow public access to all documents, papers, <br />letters, or other material made or received by the Contractor in <br />conjunction with the contract, unless the records are exempt <br />from s. 24(a) of Article I of the State Constitution and <br />s. 119.07(1),. Florida Statutes. <br />Extension of a contract for contractual services shall be <br />in writing for a single period only not to exceed six (6) months <br />and shall be subject to the same terms and conditions set forth <br />2 <br />• <br />