Form No. OGC-S-98-9

 

INTRASYSTEM COOPERATION CONTRACT

 

 

This AGREEMENT, effective      , is entered into by and between the component       and component       of the University of Houston System, pursuant to the authority granted and in compliance with the provisions of the Interagency Cooperation Act, Chapter 771, Texas Government Code.

 

 

1.      Contracting Parties.  The Receiving Party (“RECEIVING PARTY”) is      .  The Performing Party (“PERFORMING PARTY”) is      .       

 

 

2.      Statement Of Services To Be Performed.  (Continue on the backside should more space be required.)

 

 

3.      Basis For Calculating Reimbursable Costs.  (Continue on backside should more space be required.)

 

 

4.      Contract Amount.  The total amount of this contract shall not exceed:      .      

 

 

5.      Payment For Services.  RECEIVING PARTY shall pay for services received from appropriation items or accounts of the RECEIVING PARTY from which like expenditures would normally be paid, based upon vouchers drawn by the RECEIVING PARTY payable to PERFORMING PARTY.

 

Payments for services performed shall be billed:            (weekly, monthly, lump sum, etc.) and RECEIVING PARTY shall make payments to PERFORMING PARTY within a reasonable time from RECEIVING PARTY’s receipt of monthly invoices prepared to PERFORMING PARTY’s usual format and detail (including appropriate certification).

 

Payments received by the PERFORMING PARTY shall be credited to its current appropriation item(s) or account(s) from which the expenditures of that character were originally made.

 

 

6.      Term Of Contract.  This AGREEMENT is to begin Start Date       and shall terminate End Date.         (Term of AGREEMENT should not transcend the biennium.)

 

 

7.   Termination.  Either party may, by providing written notice to the other party thirty (30) days in advance, terminate this AGREEMENT in whole or in part at any time.  Upon such notice, PERFORMING PARTY shall (a) immediately discontinue all service affected (unless the notice directs otherwise); and (b) deliver to RECEIVING PARTY all reports for and/or accumulated by PERFORMING PARTY in performing this AGREEMENT, whether completed or in process.  Upon termination of this AGREEMENT, all equipment acquisitions purchased pursuant to this AGREEMENT shall remain with and become the property of PERFORMING PARTY.  Subject to Article IV, PERFORMING PARTY shall be reimbursed for services performed prior tobefore termination date and reasonable costs associated with delivery requirements set forth in (b) above.

 

 

8.   Governing Law.  The laws of the State of Texas and the United States govern the validity and interpretation of this AGREEMENT and the legal relation of the parties.

 

 

9.   Miscellaneous.    

 

(a)    THE UNDERSIGNED CONTRACTING PARTIES do hereby certify that:

 

(i)      the services specified above are necessary and essential for activities that are properly within the statutory functions and programs of the affected components of the University of Houston System;

 

(ii)    the proposed arrangements serve the interest of efficient and economical administration of the State Government; and

 

(iii)   the services, supplies, or materials contracted for are not required by section 21 of Article 16 of the Constitution of Texas to be supplied under contract given to the lowest responsible bidder.

 

(b)               RECEIVING PARTY further certifies that it has the authority to contract for the above services by authority granted in

 

                                                                                                                                         

(Statute, Constitution, Special Provision of Appropriation Bill)

 

(c)                PERFORMING PARTY further certifies that it has the authority to perform the services contracted for by authority granted in

 

                                                                                                                                         

(Statute, Constitution, Special Provision of Appropriation Bill, e.g., “Section 65.31 Tex. Edu. Code and Current Appropriations Act)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The parties have caused this AGREEMENT to be executed by their duly authorized representatives.

 

 

PERFORMING PARTY

 

By                                                                                                        Date                            

                                                                                               

Name                                                                                      

 

Title                                                                                         

 

 

RECEIVING PARTY

 

By                                                                                                        Date                            

                                                                                               

Name                                                                                      

 

Title