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<br />FM#424374-1-58-01 <br />Page 5 of 23 <br /> <br />Original Draft: 7/25/2008 <br />Revised: <br /> <br />6. Local Governments providing goods and services to the DEP AR TMENT should be <br /> <br /> <br />aware of the following time frames. Upon receipt, the DEPARTMENT has twenty (20) working <br /> <br /> <br />days to inspect and approve the goods and services, unless the AGREEMENT specifies otherwise. <br /> <br /> <br />The DEPARTMENT has twenty (20) days to deliver a request for payment (voucher) to the <br /> <br /> <br />Department of Financial Services. The twenty (20) days are measured from the latter ofthe date the <br /> <br /> <br />invoice is received or the goods or services are received, inspected and approved. Ifpayment is not <br /> <br /> <br />available within forty (40) days, a separate interest penalty at a rate as established pursuant to <br /> <br /> <br />Section 55.03(1), Florida Statutes, will be due and payable, in addition to the invoice amount, to the <br /> <br /> <br />Local Government. Interest penalties ofless than one dollar ($1.00) will not be enforced unless the <br /> <br /> <br />Local Government requests payment. Invoices which have to be returned to a Local Government <br /> <br /> <br />because ofthe Local Government's preparation errors will result in a delay in the payment. The <br /> <br /> <br />invoice payment requirements do not start until a properly completed invoice is provided to the <br /> <br /> <br />DEPARTMENT. A Vendor Ombudsman has been established within the Department of Financial <br /> <br /> <br />Services. The duties of this individual include acting as an advocate for Contractors who may be <br /> <br /> <br />experiencing problems in obtaining timely payment( s) from a state agency. The Vendor <br /> <br /> <br />Ombudsman may be contacted by calling the Department of Financial Services Hotline at <br /> <br /> <br />1-800-848-3792 or by calling 1-850-410-9724. <br /> <br />7. Upon request, the LOCAL GOVERNMENT agrees to provide progress reports to the <br />DEPARTMENT in the standard format used by the LOCAL GOVERNMENT and at intervals <br />established by the DEPARTMENT. The DEPARTMENT will be entitled at all times to be advised, <br />at its request, as to the status of work being done by the LOCAL GOVERNMENT and of details <br />thereof. Either party to the AGREEMENT may request and shall, in a reasonable time thereafter, be <br />granted a conference with the other party. <br /> <br />8. The DEPARTMENT and the LOCAL GOVERNMENT agree that until such time as <br />the landscaping is needed to be removed from the Right of Way, the LOCAL GOVERNMENT shall, <br />