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Administrative Services
Purchasing Division
February 13, 2007
Qwest Interprise America, Inc.
1801 California St., le Floor
Denver, CO 80202
Attn: Ms. Jacqueline Slate
Re: Proposal P871 Telephone Equipment Maintenance Services Agreement
The City of Fort Collins has elected to renew P871 Telephone Equipment Maintenance Services
Agreement for the City of Fort Collins with your firm. The terms and conditions of this renewal
will be the same as stated In the original Servlcm Agreement documents and the following:
Prohibition Against Emobving Illegal Aliens. This paragraph shall apply to all Contractors whose
performance of work under this Agreement does not Involve the delivery of a specific end product
other than reports that are merely incidental to the performance of sold work. Pursuant to Section 8-
17.6-101, C.R.S., et seq., Contractor represents and agrees that:
A. As of the date of this Agreement:
1. Contractor does not knowingly employ or contract with an illegal alien; and
2. Contractor has participated or attempted to participate in the basic pilot employment
verification program created in Public Low 208, 104th Congress, as amended, and
expanded in Public Law 156,108th Congress, as amended, administered by the
United States Department of Homeland Security (the "Basic Pilot Program") in order to
verify that Contractor does not employ any illegal aliens.
S. Contractor shall not knowingly employ or contract with an Illegal alien to perform works
under this Agreement or enter into a contract with a subcontractor that falls to certify to
Contractor that the subcontractor shall not knowingly employ or contract with an illegal
alien to perform work under this Agreement.
C. Contractor shall continue to apply to participate in the Basic Pilot Program and shall in
writing verify same every three (3) calendar months thereafter, until Contractor is
accepted or the public contract for services has been completed, whichever is earlier. The
requirements of this section shall not be required or effective if the Basic Pilot Program is
discontinued.
D. Contractor is prohibited from using Basic Pilot Program procedures to undertake pre-
employment screening of job applicants while this Agreement is being performed.
E. If Contractor obtains actual knowledge that a subcontractor performing work under this
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Agreement knowingly employs or contracts with an illegal alien, Contractor shall:
1. Notify such subcontractor and the City within three days that Contractor has actual
knowledge that the subcontractor Is employing or contracting with an illegal alien; and
2. Terminate the subcontract with the subcontractor ff within three days of receiving the
notice required pursuant to this section the subcontractor does not cease employing
or contracting with the Illegal alien; except that Contractor shall not terminate the
contract with the subcontractor if during such three days the subcontractor provides
information to establish that the subcontractor has not knowingly employed or
contracted with an illegal alien.
F. Contractor shall comply with any reasonable request by the Colorado Department of
Labor and Employment (the "Department') made in the course of an investigation that the
Department undertakes or is undertaking pursuant to the authority established in
Subsection 8-17.5-102 (5), C.R.S.
G. If Contractor violates any provision of this Agreement pertaining to the duties Imposed by
Subsection 8-17.5-102, C.R.S. the City may terminate this Agreement. If this Agreement
is so terminated, Contractor shall be liable for actual and consequential damages to the
City arising out of Contractor's violation of Subsection 8-17.5-102, C.R.S.
H. The City will notify the Office of the Secretary of State if Contractor violates this provision
of this Agreement and the City terminates the Agreement for such broach.
If the renewal Is acceptable to your firm, please sign this letter in the space provided and return
along with a curreot cony of vour insure to the City of Fort Collins, Purchasing Division, within
the next fifteen (15) days. if delivered, please deliver to 215 North Mason Street, 2ntl Floor, Fort
Collins, CO 80524. It mailed, the mailing address is P.Q. Box 580, Fort Collins, Colorado
80522-0580.
If this renewal is not acceptable with your firm, please send us a written notice stating that you
do not wish to renew the Services Agreement. If you have any questions regarding this renewal,
please contact Ed Bonnette, C.P.M., CPPB, Buyer, at 970-418-2247.
Si ely,
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Signature Date
(Please indicate your desire to renew P871 Telephone Equipment Maintenance Services
Agreement by signing this letter and returning it to Purchasing Division within the next fifteen
(15) days.)