Description of Services (Continued From Page 1)
CONTRACTOR AGREES TO:
1. CONTRACTOR REQUIREMENTS:A. Contractor's Technical Requirements: Set up for a PowerPoint presentation: laptop/computer, projector, screen orblank wall, wireless clicker, and microphone for large groups / rooms (lapel mic preferred).B. The Contractor's slide presentation is her Intellectual Property, therefore she does not share it or send it ahead of time.C. The Contractor does not consent to having her presentation filmed, whether for archival purposes or later broadcast.Unrecorded live-streaming the event to accommodate a larger audience is acceptable.D. The Contractor does not accommodate phone calls related to services. If phone calls are deemed necessary, they will becharged at a rate of $320 per hour.2. TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS: Contractor will book and pay for all travel arrangements including flights, groundtransportation, airport parking, meals and lodging.3. FORCE MAJEURE: If the Contractor's performance is rendered impossible or hazardous or is otherwise prevented orimpaired due to sickness, accident, interruption or failure of means of transportation, Act(s) of God, riots, strikes, labordifficulties, epidemics, earthquakes, and/or any other cause or event, similar or dissimilar, beyond the control of theSpeaker, Contractor or University, then each party's obligations to the other under this Agreement shall be excused andneither party shall have any liability to the other under or in connection with this Agreement. For purposes of this document,a declaration of a state of emergency by the Governor of the State of Connecticut shall constitute a condition beyond thereasonable control of the University.4. IMPOSSIBILITY OF PERFORMANCE: If the Contractor or Speaker arrives at the performance venue under theinfluence of intoxicating beverages, illegal narcotics, or illegal drugs that prevent the Contractor and/or Speaker fromprofessionally performing, the University may cancel this Agreement and the Contractor shall pay to the University all costsincurred by the University in connection with the Speaker's performance including, but not limited to, costs of advertisementand the printing of tickets and programs, and all costs incurred in connection with the cancellation of theContractor's/Speaker's performance. 5. UNIVERSITY POLICIES: The Contractor shall, at no additional cost to the University, comply with all policies andprocedures of the University. Current policies are available at http://policy.uconn.edu/ and include, without limitation, theUniversity's smoking policy available at http://policy.uconn.edu/2011/06/02/smoking/. In the event the University establishesnew policies or procedures following issuance of this Agreement, or makes modifications to policies or procedures inexistence at the time of such issuance, the Contractor shall comply with such new or modified policies or procedures uponwritten notice. 6. CERTIFICATIONS: Contractor certifies that the signatory has the legal authority to sign contracts for the Contractorand/or Artist. A Nondiscrimination Certification form must also be provided at the time of execution and signed by anauthorized signatory of the contractor (or, in the case of an individual contractor, by the individual).7. WITHHOLDING TAXES: The Connecticut State Department of Revenue Services has issued Policy Statement PS2018(1) regarding Income Tax Withholding for Athletes and Entertainers under the Connecticut General Statue 12-705. TheUniversity of Connecticut therefore is required to withhold CT Income Tax at the maximum applicable rate where theaggregate annual gross payment exceeds $1,000.00. The Department of Revenue Services (860) 541-4550 can grant areduction or elimination of the withholdings, but the paperwork must be initiated by the Contractor. NOTE: Contract andW-9 should be forwarded to the University; withholding forms sent to the Department of Revenue Services.8. COUNTERPARTS: This Contract or Amendment (as the case may be) may be executed in counterparts, and eachcounterpart shall have the same force and effect as an original and, when taken together, shall constitute one and the sameinstrument and an effective binding agreement on the part of each of the undersigned. Execution of a facsimile or PDF copyshall have the same force and effect as execution of an original. Signed copies of this Contract may be faxed and e-mailedwith the same force and effect as if the originally executed Agreement had been delivered.9. ENTIRE AGREEMENT: This written Agreement shall constitute the entire agreement of the parties and no other termsand conditions in any document, acceptance or acknowledgements shall be effective or binding unless expressly agreed to inwriting by the University. This Agreement may not be changed other than by a formal written amendment signed by theparties hereto. This space intentionally left blank
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TERMS/CONDITIONS EXECUTIVE ORDERS
This Contract is subject to the provisions of Executive Order No. Three of Governor Thomas J. Meskill, promulgated June 16, 1971, concerning labor employment practices, Executive Order No. Seventeen of Governor Thomas J. Meskill, promulgated February 15, 1973, concerning the listing of employment openings and Executive Order No. Sixteen of Governor John G. Rowland promulgated August 4, 1999, concerning violence in the workplace, all of which are incorporated into and are made a part of the Contract as if they had been fully set forth in it. The Contract may also be subject to Executive Order No. 14 of Governor M. Jodi Rell, promulgated April 17, 2006, concerning procurement of cleaning products and services and to Executive Order No. 49 of Governor Dannel P. Malloy, promulgated May 22, 2015, mandating disclosure of certain gifts to public employees and contributions to certain candidates for office. If Executive Order 14 and/or Executive Order 49 are applicable, they are deemed to be incorporated into and are made a part of the Contract as if they had been fully set forth in it.
At the Contractor’s
request, the University shall provide a copy of these orders to the Contractor.
GOVERNING LAW
This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of Connecticut without regard to its principles of conflicts of laws.
NON-DISCRIMINATION
(a) For purposes of this Section, the following terms are defined as follows: i.
“Commission” means t
he Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities; ii.
“Contract” and “contract” include any extension or modification of the Contract or contract;
iii.
“Contractor” and “contractor” include any successors or assigns of the Contractor or contractor;
iv.
“Gender identity or expression” means a person’s gender
-related identity, appearance or behavior, whether or not that gender-related identity,
appearance or behavior is different from that traditionally associated with the person’s physiology or assigned sex a
t birth, which gender-relatedidentity can be shown by providing evidence including, but not limited to, medical history, care or treatment of the gender-related identity,consistent and uniform assertion of the gender-related identity or any other evidence that the gender-related identity is sincerely held, part of a
person’s core identity or not being asserted for an improper purpose.
v.
“good faith” means that degree of diligence which a reasonable person would exercise in the performance of legal dutie
s and obligations;vi.
“good faith efforts” shall include, but not be limited to, those reasonable initial efforts necessary to comply with statutor
y or regulatoryrequirements and additional or substituted efforts when it is determined that such initial efforts will not be sufficient to comply with suchrequirements;vii.
“marital status” means being single, married as recognized by the State of Connecticut, widowed, separated or divorced;
viii.
“mental disability” means one or more mental disorders, as defined in the most recent edition of the American Psychiatric Association’s“Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders”, or a record of or regarding a person as having one or more such diso
rders;ix.
“minority business enterprise” means any sma
ll contractor or supplier of materials fifty-one percent or more of the capital stock, if any, or assetsof which is owned by a person or persons: (1) who are active in the daily affairs of the enterprise, (2) who have the power to direct themanagement and policies of the enterprise, and (3) who are members of a minority, as such term is defined in subsection (a) of Conn. Gen. Stat.§32-9n; andx.
“public works contract” means any agreement between any individual, firm or corporation and the State or any
political subdivision of the Stateother than a municipality for construction, rehabilitation, conversion, extension, demolition or repair of a public building, highway or other changesor improvements in real property, or which is financed in whole or in part by the State, including, but not limited to, matching expenditures,grants, loans, insurance or guarantees.
For purposes of this Section, the terms “Contract” and “contract” do not include a contract where each contractor is (1) a po
litical subdivision of the state, including, but not limited to, a municipality, unless the contract is a municipal public works contract or quasi-public agency project contract, (2) any other state, including but not limited to any federally recognized Indian tribal governments, as defined in Conn. Gen. Stat. § 1-267, (3) the federal government, (4) a foreign government, or (5) an agency of a subdivision, agency, state or government described in the immediately preceding enumerated items (1), (2), (3), or (4). (b) (1) The Contractor agrees and warrants that in the performance of the Contract such Contractor will not discriminate or permit discrimination against any person or group of persons on the grounds of race, color, religious creed, age, marital status, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender identity or expression, status of a veteran, intellectual disability, mental disability or physical disability, including, but not limited to, blindness, unless it is shown by such Contractor that such disability prevents performance of the work involved, in any manner prohibited by the laws of the United States or of the State of Connecticut; and the Contractor further agrees to take affirmative action to ensure that applicants with job-related qualifications are employed and that employees are treated when employed without regard to their race, color, religious creed, age, marital status, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender identity or expression, status of a veteran, intellectual disability, mental disability or physical disability, including, but not limited to, blindness, unless it is
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