Common use of Contractor Responsibility and Debarment Clause in Contracts

Contractor Responsibility and Debarment. a. A responsible contractor is a contractor, consultant, vendor, or operating agency who has demonstrated the attribute of trustworthiness, as well as quality, fitness, capacity and experience to satisfactorily perform the Contract. It is the policy of the Commission, Housing Authority, and County to conduct business only with responsible contractors. b. The Operating Agency is hereby notified that if the County acquires information concerning the performance of the Operating Agency on this or other contracts which indicates that the Operating Agency is not responsible, the County may, in addition to other remedies provided in the Contract, debar the Operating Agency from bidding or proposing on, or being awarded, and/or performing work on County, Commission, and/or Housing Authority contracts for a specified period of time, which generally will not to exceed five years but may exceed five years or be permanent if warranted by circumstances, and terminate any or all existing contracts the Operating Agency may have with the County, Commission, and/or Housing Authority. c. The County may debar a contractor, consultant, vendor or operating agency if the Board of Commissioners finds, in its discretion, that the contractor, consultant, vendor, or operating agency has done any of the following: (1) violated any term of a contract with the Commission, Housing Authority, or County, or a nonprofit corporation created by the Commission, Housing Authority, or County (2) committed any act or omission which negatively reflects on the its quality, fitness or capacity to perform a contract with the Commission, Housing Authority, or County or any other public entity, or a nonprofit corporation created by the Commission, Housing Authority, or County, or engaged in a pattern or practice which negatively reflects on same,