Records and Audits The Contractor shall maintain accounts and records, including personnel, property, and financial records, adequate to identify and account for all costs pertaining to the Contract and such other records as may be deemed necessary by the City to assure proper accounting for all project funds. These records will be made available for audit purposes to the City or any authorized representative, and will be retained for three years after the expiration of this Contract.
Records and Audit A. Concessionaire shall maintain complete, accurate, and detailed accounting records of all transactions pertaining to the Concession Operation covered by this Agreement that will enable Concessionaire to prepare financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. Concessionaire shall make such records available to any authorized representative of Department upon request, as often as it is deemed necessary by Department, to determine the effectiveness of the financial management system and internal procedures that have been established by Concessionaire, and to ensure compliance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement and that the financial statements and reports present fairly the results of Concessionaire's operations pursuant to this Agreement. Failure to do so shall be a material breach of this Agreement. Said records shall be maintained and made available to Department and the State of New Jersey for a period of seven (7) years after the termination or expiration of this Agreement.
B. Concessionaire shall utilize a cash register as part of the Concession Operation. Concessionaire may request Department approval to also or alternatively utilize a Point of Service (POS) device. If approved in writing by Department, Concessionaire may then utilize a POS device as part of the Concession Operation. Any use of a POS device as part of the Concession Operation without the required prior Department-written approval shall be a material breach of this Agreement, subject to Suspension of Operations and/or Termination in accordance with the Terms and Conditions set forth in Paragraphs 9 and 10.
C. All sales shall be recorded by means of cash registers or Department-approved POS devices that publicly display the amount of each sale and automatically issue a customer receipt or certify the amount recorded on a sales slip. Said cash registers or Department-approved POS devices shall, in all cases, have locked-in sales totals and transactions counters that constantly accumulate and that cannot, in either case, be reset. In addition, such cash registers must have a tape located within the register upon which transaction numbers and sales details are imprinted. Beginning and ending cash register or Department-approved POS device readings shall be recorded on a daily basis. In the event of technical or electrical failure of the cash register or Department-approved POS device, Concessionaire shall record all transactions by hand and issue a sequentially pre-numbered customer receipt in like manner. Failure to have a working cash register or Department-approved POS device shall be a material breach of this Agreement subject to immediate Suspension of Operations and/or Termination in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in Paragraphs 9 and 10. Each cash register or Department-approved POS device must have the following: ● Dual Tape/Readable tape/or Electronic Report that records individual sales, total sales, and can generate a receipt (customer must be offered a paper or electronic receipt upon request) ● Customer Display ● Continuous grand total Each cash register must have the following: • Cumulative “Z” counter • Current printed date on detail tape
Retention of Records and Audit A. The Contractor shall maintain all financial data, supporting documents, and all other records relating to performance and billing under this Agreement for a period in accordance with state and federal law, a minimum retention period being no less than four (4) years after final payment under this Agreement.
B. The Contractor shall permit the authorized representative of the Judicial Council or its designee or both at any reasonable time to inspect or audit all data relating to performance and billing to the Judicial Council under this Agreement. Without limiting the foregoing, this Agreement is subject to examinations and audit by the State Auditor for a period of three years after final payment.
Records and Audit Rights To ensure that the Contractor and its subcontractors are complying with the warranty under Section 7 below, Contractor’s and its subcontractors’ books, records, correspondence, accounting procedures and practices, and any other supporting evidence relating to this Agreement, including the papers of any Contractor and its subcontractors’ employees who perform any work or services pursuant to this Agreement (all of the foregoing hereinafter referred to as “Records”), shall be open to inspection and subject to audit and/or reproduction during normal working hours by the City, to the extent necessary to adequately permit (i) evaluation and verification of any invoices, payments or claims based on Contractor’s and its subcontractors’ actual costs (including direct and indirect costs and overhead allocations) incurred, or units expended directly in the performance of work under this Agreement and (ii) evaluation of the Contractor’s and its subcontractors’ compliance with the Arizona employer sanctions laws referenced in Section 7 below. To the extent necessary for the City to audit Records as set forth in this Section, Contractor and its subcontractors hereby waive any rights to keep such Records confidential. For the purpose of evaluating or verifying such actual or claimed costs or units expended, the City shall have access to said Records, even if located at its subcontractors’ facilities, from the effective date of this Agreement for the duration of the work and until three years after the date of final payment by the City to Contractor pursuant to this Agreement. Contractor and its subcontractors shall provide the City with adequate and appropriate workspace so that the City can conduct audits in compliance with the provisions of this Section. The City shall give Contractor or its subcontractors reasonable advance notice of intended audits. Contractor shall require its subcontractors to comply with the provisions of this Section by insertion of the requirements hereof in any subcontract pursuant to this Agreement.
FINANCIAL RECORDS AND AUDIT Seller shall retain all financial records and documents pertaining to the Services for a period of no less than three years after final payment. Such records and documents shall date back to the time this Contract was issued and shall include, without limitation, catalogs, price lists, invoices, underlying data and basis for cost estimates, and inventory records. Buyer shall have the right to examine, reproduce and audit all Seller records related to pricing, performance and proposed costs associated with any proposals (prior to or after contract award), invoices or claims.