Specifications

New York State Office of General Services
Solicitation Number 1767 Integrated Facility Management
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3.12 Prime Contractor Responsibilities
The State will contract only with the successful Proposer who is the Prime Contractor. The Issuing Office
considers the Prime Contractor, the sole Contractor with regard to all provisions of the solicitation, and
the contract resulting from the solicitation.
No subcontract entered into by the Contractor shall relieve the Contractor of any liabilities or obligations in
this solicitation or the resultant contract. The Contractor accepts full responsibility for the actions of
subcontractors who carry out any of the provisions of any contract resulting from this solicitation.
All persons/contractors hired, paid and/or supervised by the Contractor, shall be the Contractor‘s
employee or its subcontractor‘s employee and not the State‘s employee.
3.13 Rules of Construction
Words of the masculine and feminine genders shall be deemed and construed to include the neuter
gender. Unless the context otherwise indicates, the singular number shall include the plural number and
vice versa, and words importing persons shall include corporations and associations, including public
bodies, as well as natural persons.
The terms ―hereby,‖ ―hereof,‖ ―hereto,‖ ―herein,‖ ―hereunder,‖ and any similar terms, as used in this
Solicitation, refer to this Solicitation.