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CITY INSPECTION OF CONTRACT MATERIALS The books, records, documents and accounting
procedures and practices of Service Provider related to this contract shall be subject to inspection,
examination and audit by the City of Nashua, including, but not limited to, the contracting agency,
the Board of Public Works, Corporation Counsel, and, if applicable, the Comptroller General of
the United States, or any authorized representative of those entities.
DISPOSITION OF CONTRACT MATERIALS Any books, reports, studies, photographs, negatives or
other documents, data, drawings or other materials, including but not limited to those contained in
media of any sort (e.g., electronic, magnetic, digital) prepared by or supplied to Service Provider
in the performance of its obligations under this contract shall be the exclusive property of the City
of Nashua and all such materials shall be remitted and delivered, at Service Provider's expense, by
Service Provider to the City of Nashua upon completion, termination, or cancellation of this
contract. Alternatively, if the City of Nashua provides its written approval to Service Provider, any
books, reports, studies, photographs, negatives or other documents, data, drawings or other
materials including but not limited to those contained in media of any sort (e.g., electronic,
magnetic, digital) prepared by or supplied to Service Provider in the performance of its obligations
under this contract must be retained by Service Provider for a minimum of four years after final
payment is made and all other pending matters are closed. If, at any time during the retention
period, the City of Nashua, in writing, requests any or all of the materials, then Service Provider
shall promptly remit and deliver the materials, at Service Provider's expense, to the City of Nashua.
Service Provider shall not use, willingly allow or cause to have such materials used for any purpose
other than the performance of Service Provider's obligations under this contract without the prior
written consent of the City of Nashua.
PUBLIC RECORDS LAW, COPYRIGHTS, AND PATENTS Service Provider expressly agrees that all
documents ever submitted, filed, or deposited with the City of Nashua by Service Provider
(including those remitted to the City of Nashua by Service Provider pursuant to paragraph 20),
unless designated as confidential by a specific statue of the State of New Hampshire, shall be treated
as public records and shall be available for inspection and copying by any person, or any
governmental entity.
No books, reports, studies, photographs, negatives or other documents, data, drawings or other
materials including but not limited to those contained in media of any sort (e.g., electronic,
magnetic, digital) prepared by or supplied to Service Provider in the performance of its obligations
under this contract shall be the subject of any application for a copyright or patent by or on behalf
of Service Provider. The City of Nashua shall have the right to reproduce any such materials.
Service Provider expressly and indefinitely waives all of its nghts to bring, including but not limited
to, by way of complaint, interpleader, intervention, or any third party practice, any claims, demands,
suits, actions, judgments, or executions, for damages or any other relief, in any administrative or
judicial forum, against the City of Nashua or any of its officers or employees, in either their official
or individual capacity of the City of Nashua, for violations of or infringement of the copyright or
patent laws of the United States or of any other nation. Service Provider agrees to indemnify, to
defend, and to hold harmless the City of Nashua, its representatives, and employees from any claim
or action seeking to impose liability, costs, and attorney fees incurred as a result of or in connection
with any claim, whether rightful or otherwise, that any material prepared by or supplied to Service
Provider infringes any copyright or that any equipment, material, or process (or any part thereof)
specified by Service Provider infringes any patent.
Service Provider shall have the right, in order to avoid such claims or actions, to substitute at its
expense non-infringing materials, concepts, products, or processes, or to modify such infringing
materials, concepts, products, or processes so they become non-infringing, or to obtain the
necessary licenses to use the infringing materials, concepts, products, or processes, provided that
such substituted or modified materials, concepts, products, or processes shall meet all the
requirements and be subject to all the terms and conditions of this contract.
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