The Minnesota Chapter
of the National Institute
of Governmental Purchasing, Inc.

15. DATA PRACTICES.
    
    Information supplied by a bidder to the County is subject to the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act, Minn. Stat. § 13.01 et seq.  Such information shall become public unless it falls within one of the exceptions in the Act, such as security information, trade secret information, or labor relations information.  If a bidder believes any information which is not public will be supplied in its bid, a bidder shall take reasonable steps to identify for the County which data, if any, falls within the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act exceptions.  If the bid is not marked in such a way as to identify not public data, the County will treat the information as public and release it upon request after the bid opening.  In addition, the County reserves the right to make the final determination of whether data identified by a bidder as not public falls within the exceptions in the Act.
    
    The County assumes no obligaton to defend any action by a third party seeking to obtain access to material determined by a bidder to be not public information.  Defense of such actions shall be the responsibility of the bidder.  The County will release any or all data necessary to comply with administrative or court order.  The County further assumes no responsibility for any loss or damage which may result from the release of data provided by a bidder to the County.
     

16. TAXES.

The County is subject to federal excise or Minnesota sales taxes, unless the appropriate exemption numbers or certificates can be furnished to the successful bidder.

17. BIDDER'S REPRESENTATIONS.

By submission of a bid each bidder represents that the bidder has read and understood the bid documents and that the bid is made in accordance therewith.

It is the responsibility of each bidder to become familiarized with the conditions under which the work is to be done.

18. OTHER.

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