CONTRACTS NOT EXEMPT FROM DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES APPROVAL - 1216

Any contract containing any of the following provisions shall be subject to approval by DGS even though it may also be one of the types otherwise exempted from approval:

1. Contracts of hazardous nature regardless of dollar amount require review by DGS OLS.
2.  Any provision whereby the state agrees to indemnify or save harmless any party to the contract or any third person against or on account of any claim, liability, or matter arising out of, or connected with the contract; or any provision which limits the contractor’s liabilities.
3. Any provision whereby the state agrees to assume responsibility for matters beyond its control (e.g., in rental contracts, a promise to assume full responsibility for damage to rented equipment, regardless of the cause of damage).
4. Any provision calling for payment of rental or other services in advance.
5. Any provision creating a contingent liability against the state (e.g., vendors’ printed rental contracts frequently contain clauses obligating the user of rented equipment to serious contingent liabilities).
6. Contracts that seek to modify the state’s standard terms and conditions (GTCs, CCCs, GIAs).