1-G. DRUG FREE WORKPLACE CERTIFICATE.pdf

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26B-009 NE 58TH AVE RESURFACE PROJECT, TIP080454 (FROM E HWY 326 TO NE 90TH STREET ROAD)
Solicitation number
26B-009
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Marion County, Florida

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This is a Drug-Free Workplace Program Certification document issued by the State of Florida Department of Transportation for use in state and local contract procurement processes. The certification applies to the 26B-009 NE 58th Ave Resurface Project, a 3.09-mile reclaim and resurfacing project extending from E Highway 326 to NE 90th Street Road in Florida. The project scope includes reclaiming and widening the existing roadway, resurfacing pavement, sodding shoulders, removing and adding cross drains and end treatments, constructing driveways and side road aprons, and installing or re-striping pavement markings. Respondents to this solicitation are required to certify whether their firm has implemented a drug-free workplace program in accordance with Section 287.087, Florida Statutes.

To qualify for drug-free workplace program certification under Florida law, a business must publish a statement prohibiting unlawful manufacture, distribution, dispensing, possession, or use of controlled substances in the workplace and specifying disciplinary actions for violations. The firm must inform all employees about the dangers of drug abuse, the company's drug-free workplace policy, available counseling and rehabilitation programs, and penalties for violations. Each employee engaged in providing commodities or contractual services must receive a copy of this statement and agree to comply with its terms, including notification to the employer of any drug-related conviction within five days. Businesses must also impose sanctions on or require satisfactory participation in drug abuse assistance or rehabilitation programs for any convicted employee. Certified drug-free workplace programs receive preference in the award process when bids, proposals, or replies are otherwise equal with respect to price, quality, and service.

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STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

DRUG-FREE WORKPLACE PROGRAM CERTIFICATION

(6) Make a good faith effort to continue to maintain a drug-free workplace through implementation of this section.

Does the individual responding to this solicitation certify that their firm has implemented a drug-free workplace program in accordance with the provision of Section 287.087, Florida Statutes, as stated above?

YES

NO

NAME OF BUSINESS:

287.087 Preference to businesses with drug-free workplace programs. --Whenever two or more bids, proposals, or replies that are equal with respect to price, quality, and service are received by the state or by any political subdivision for the procurement of commodities or contractual services, a bid, proposal, or reply received from a business that certifies that it has implemented a drug-free workplace program shall be given preference in the award process. In order to have a drug-free workplace program, a business shall:

(1) Publish a statement notifying employees that the unlawful manufacture, distribution, dispensing, possession, or use of a controlled substance is prohibited in the workplace and specifying the actions that will be taken against employees for violations of such prohibition.

(2) Inform employees about the dangers of drug abuse in the workplace, the business's policy of maintaining a drug-free workplace, any available drug counseling, rehabilitation, and employee assistance programs, and the penalties that may be imposed upon employees for drug abuse violations.

(3) Give each employee engaged in providing the commodities or contractual services that are under bid a copy of the statement specified in subsection (1).

(4) In the statement specified in subsection (1), notify the employees that, as a condition of working on the commodities or contractual services that are under bid, the employee will abide by the terms of the statement and will notify the employer of any conviction of, or plea of guilty or nolo contendere to, any violation of Chapter 893 or of any controlled substance law of the United States or any state, for a violation occurring in the workplace no later than 5 days after such conviction.

(5) Impose a sanction on, or require the satisfactory participation in a drug abuse assistance or rehabilitation program if such is available in the employee's community by, any employee who is so convicted.

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