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State of Washington, Department of Ecology <br />IAA No. C2600194 <br />Entity Name: Kittitas County Public Health Department <br />17. SEVERABILITY <br />If any provision of this Agreement or any provision of any document incorporated by reference shall be <br />held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the other provisions of this Agreement which can be given <br />effect without the invalid provision, if such remainder conforms to the requirements of applicable law <br />and the fundamental purpose of this Agreement, and to this end the provisions of this Agreement are <br />declared to be severable. <br />18. SUBCONTRACTORS <br />a. CONTRACTOR agrees to take complete responsibility for all actions of any Subcontractor used <br />under this Agreement for the performance. When federal funding is involved there will be <br />additional CONTRACTOR and subcontractor requirements and reporting. <br />Prior to performance, all subcontractors who will be performing services under this Agreement <br />must be identified, including their name, the nature of services to be performed, address, <br />telephone, WA State Department of Revenue Registration Tax number (UBI), federal tax <br />identification number (TIN), and anticipated dollar value of each subcontract. Identify whether <br />subcontractor is certified with Office of Minority and Women's Business Enterprises (OMWBE), <br />WA Dept. of Veterans Affairs (WDVA), or is a WA small business. Provide such information to <br />ECOLOGY's Agreement representative. <br />b. Subcontractor Payment Reporting Requirements —Access Equity: <br />This Agreement is subject to compliance tracking of subcontractor(s) spend using the State's <br />business diversity management system, Access Equity (132Gnow). Access Equity is web -based <br />and can be accessed at the Office of Minority and Women's Business Enterprises (OMWBE) at <br />https://omwbe.diversitycompliance.com/. The Contractor and all Subcontractor(s) shall report <br />and confirm receipt of payments made to the Contractor and each Subcontractor through <br />Access Equity. <br />The Contractor may contact Shanyese Trujillo, Shanyese.Trujillo@ecy.wa.gov for technical <br />assistance in using the Access Equity system. Changes to the contact information may be <br />communicated to the CONTRACTOR by email, and does not require an amendment. <br />User guides and documentation related to Contractor and Subcontractor access to and use of <br />Access Equity are available online at httos://omwbe.wa.govlaccess-equity-help-center. <br />ECOLOGY reserves the right to withhold payments from the Contractor for non-compliance with <br />this section. For purposes of this section, Subcontractor means any subcontractor working on <br />the Agreement, at any tier and regardless of status as certified WMBE or Non-WMBE. <br />The Contractor shall: <br />a. Register and enter all required Subcontractor information into Access Equity no later than <br />fifteen (15) days after ECOLOGY creates the file (Contract Record) in Access Equity. <br />b. Complete the required user training (two (2) one -hour online sessions) no later than twenty <br />(20) days after ECOLOGY creates the file (Contract Record) in Access Equity. <br />c. Report the amount and date of all payments <br />L received from ECOLOGY, and <br />ii. paid to Subcontractors, no later than fifteen (15) days after the issuance of each <br />payment made by ECOLOGY to the Contractor, unless otherwise specified in writing <br />Version 1/5/2026 <br />