2-ATTACHMENT - RESPONSIBLE CONTRACTOR VERIFICATION FORM AND CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE PART 2 OF 2.pdf

RESPONSIBLE CONTRACTOR VERIFICATION AND

CERTIFICATION OF COMPLIANCE

The following sections of the City of Reading Purchasing Policy apply to this project:

Section 1501.

(a) This Ordinance shall apply to public works projects undertaken by the City of Reading for the construction, demolition, alteration, renovation, modernization, service or maintenance of buildings, structures or facilities valued at $250,000 or more. All contractors and subcontractors that perform on such projects, regardless of the value of individual contracts or subcontracts, shall satisfy the requirements of this Ordinance in all respects.

(b) All firms engaged in contracts covered by this ordinance shall be qualified, responsible contractors or subcontractors that have suƯicient capabilities in all respects to successfully perform contracts on which they are engaged, including the necessary experience, equipment, technical skills and qualifications and organizational, financial and personnel resources. Firms bidding on public contracts shall also be required to have a satisfactory past performance record and a satisfactory record of law compliance, integrity and business ethics.

Section 1502

(a) As a condition of performing work on a public works contract subject to this ordinance, a general contractor construction manager or other lead or prime contractor seeking award of a contract shall submit a Contractor Responsibility Certification.

Section 1503

(a) A prospective awardee shall submit to the City a Subcontractor List containing the names of any subcontractors that will be used for the referenced project, their addresses and a description of the work each listed subcontractor will perform on the project.

(b) At the time a perspective awardee submits the Subcontractor List, it shall also submit Subcontractor Responsibility Certifications for all listed subcontractors to the City.

Subcontractor Responsibility Certifications shall be executed by the respective subcontractor on forms prepared by the City and shall contain the same information and representations required in the Responsible Contractor Certifications, including verification of apprenticeship qualifications as required by Section 15.02 (c), for each trade ore classification of craft workers it will employ on the project.

(c) Subcontractor Responsibility Certifications shall include an attestation stating, under the penalty of perjury and/or Unsworn Falsification to Authorities, that all information submitted is true, complete and accurate.

THEREFORE, THE UNDERSIGNED HEREBY CERTIFIES THAT:

1. The firm/company submitting this bid will pay all craft employees on the project, at a minimum, the applicable wage and fringe benefit rates, as established for classification in which the worker is employed, in accordance with the Pennsylvania Prevailing Wage Act and/or the Federal Davis Bacon Act, 40 U.S.C. 276a et. Seq.

These wages shall also be paid to employees performing any custom fabrication work for the project. For purposes of this subsection, custom fabnrication shall mean the fabrication, assembly modification or other production of non-standard goods or modified oƯsite, but producted specifically for a project covered by this Ordinance. This requiempenet shall include, but not limited to custom fabrication for electrical, plumbing, mechanical, refigeration, heating, cooking, ventilation, sheet metal or other duct systems, mechanical insulation, ornamental iron work or boiler systems. Fabrication shall also include the fabrication, assembly or other production of components or structures prefabricated to specifications for a particular project covered by this Ordinance.

2. The firm/company submitting this bid will ensure that all craft labor it employs on the project will have completed, prior to working on the project the OSHA 10-hour training course for safety established by the U.S. Department of Labor. If the firm is a prime contractor, it shall also ensure that at least one person on the project has completed the OSHA 30-hour construction training course established by the U.S. Department of Labor.

3. The firm/company submitting this participates in a Class A Apprenticeship Training Program, as defined below, for each separate trade or classification in which it employs craft employees.

(a) For purposes of this section, a Class A Apprenticeship Program is an apprenticeship program; registered with approved by the U.S. Department of Labor or state apprenticeship agency and has graduated apprentices to journey person status for at least three of the past five years. This may be an apprenticeship program subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, 29 U.S.C. 1001 et. Seq. (“ERISA”) or a non-ERISA program.

(b) To demonstrate compliance with this section, the firm/company submitting this bid shall provide, with this certification, a list of all trades or classifications of craft employees it will employ on the project and documentation verifying it participates in a Class A Apprenticeship Program for each trade or classification listed.

4. The construction manager, general contractor or other lead oir prime contractor responsible for the prouect shall ensure that at least 70 percent of the craft labor workers employed on the project shall be comprised of either journeyperson workers who have successfully completed a Class A Apprenticeship Program as defined in this Ordinance or apprentices registered in such programs. The apprenticeship participation of specified by this section must be in the same trade or craft for which the workers are employed on the project.

5. The firm/company submitting this bid has all other technical qualifications and resources, including equipment, personnel and financial resources, to perform the referenced contract, or will obtain the same through the use of qualified, responsible subcontractors.

6. The firm/company submitting this bid will maintain all qualifications, resources and capabilities referenced in this certification throughout the duration of the project.

7. The firm/company submitting this bid shall assign craft labor personnel only work in the craft or trade in which they are employed.

8. The firm/company submitting this bid shall notify the City within seven (7) days of any material changes to all matters attested to in this certification.

9. The firm/company submitting this bid understands that the Contractor Responsibility Certification required by this section shall be executed by a person who has suƯicient knowledge to address all matters in the certification and shall include an attestation stating, under the penalty of perjury and/or Unsworn Falsification to Authorities, that the information submitted is true, complete and accurate.

10. The submitting firm/company will provide a Subcontractor List and required subcontractor information as specified in Section 15.06 of the City’s Responsible Contractor Ordinance, if awarded a contract.

11. The submitting firm/company has not operated under another name, or is controlled by another company or business entity, or in the past five (5) years controlled or was controlled by another company or business entity, whether as a parent company, subsidiary or in any other business relation or if it has the company attached a separate statement to this Responsibility Certification that explains in detail the nature of any such relationship. Additional information may be required from such entity if relationship in question could potentially impact contract performance.

12. The submitting firm understands that if it fails to provide a Contractor Verification and Certification of Compliance shall be disqualified from bidding. No action of any nature shall lie against the City because of its refusal to accept a bid for failing to provide information required by this section.

CERTIFICATION

By signing this document I certify that I am an owner of the company, and I swear under oath that:

My company meets each of the Minimum Criteria to be a responsible contractor as defined herein.

Authorized Signature:

Printed Name:

Title:

Date:

Firm/Company Name: