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Registered Sex Offender Restriction, the vendor must agree by acceptance of purchase order that no employee or subcontractor of the vendor, who is required to register as a sex offender, pursuant to A.R.S. 13-3821, will perform work on District premises or equipment at any time when District students are, or are reasonably expected to be, present. Violation is a material breech and may result in cancellation.
Buy American Provision (For food purchases/contracts only)
“The contractor shall purchase, to the maximum extent practicable, domestic
agricultural commodities or products substantially processed in the United States, in
accordance with 7 CFR 210.21(d) and 7 CFR 220.16(d). “Substantially” means the
final processed product contains over 51% domestically grown agricultural
commodities. This provision applies to all food purchases paid from the nonprofit
school food services account. There are limited exceptions to this provision which
allow for the purchase of products not meeting the “domestic” standard as described
above (“non-domestic”) in circumstances when use of domestic products is truly not
practicable. However, before utilizing an exception, alternatives to purchasing nondomestic
food products should be considered.
Exceptions to the Buy American provision should be used as a last resort; however,
an alternative or exception may be approved upon request. Exceptions include: (1)
The product is not produced or manufactured in the U.S. in sufficient and reasonable
available quantities of a satisfactory quality, or (2) competitive bids reveal the costs
of a U.S. product are significantly higher than the non-domestic product.
To be considered for the alternative or exception, the request must be submitted in
writing to a designated official, a minimum of 10 days in advance of delivery. The
request must include: (1) the alternative substitutes that are domestic and meet the
required specifications, with price of the domestic food alternative substitute and the
availability of the domestic alternative substitute in relation to quantity ordered, and
(2) the reason for exception, whether limited/lack of availability or price. If price,
include the price of the domestic food product and the price of the non-domestic
product that meets the required specifications of the domestic product.”
