02_RFP-26-801_Att_02_Darfur_Contracting_Act_ada.docx

This is an Attachment 2 certification form related to RFP-26-801 for Fossil Gas Related Technical Assistance issued by the California Energy Commission's Natural Gas Unit. The RFP seeks qualified technical consultants to provide assistance on an as-needed basis for tasks including scenario modeling for clean fuels such as renewable natural gas and hydrogen, scenario modeling for fossil gas pipeline decommissioning, gas supply and demand forecasting, gas rate modeling and forecasting, gas revenue requirement modeling, hydraulic modeling, and other relevant topics. Work will be scoped and priced through individual work authorizations and billed on a time and materials basis.

The Darfur Contracting Act certification form requires bidders to declare their business operations status relative to activities outside the United States within the previous three years. Bidders must initial one of three paragraphs: (1) certifying no international business activities in the past three years, (2) declaring scrutinized company status with written permission from the Department of General Services to submit a proposal, or (3) certifying international business activities exist but the company is not a scrutinized entity as defined by Public Contract Code section 10476, with certification under penalty of perjury. Proposal disqualification will result if this form is not submitted with either Paragraph 1 or 2 initialed, or Paragraph 3 both initialed and certified with authorized signature, printed name, title, date, county, and state of execution.