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NOTICE-SAFETY COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENT

Safety or Environmental Violations and Experience Modification Rate All Bidders/Offerors shall submit the following information pertaining to their past Safety and Environmental record: (The information as outlined below shall be submitted at the time the sealed bid or request for proposal is submitted. For sealed bids, information shall be submitted in a separate sealed envelope identified by the solicitation number, company name, and identified as “Safety Compliance Information”)

1. VIOLATION INFORMATION: The information shall contain, at a minimum, a certification that the bidder/offeror has no more than three (3) serious, or one (1) repeat or one (1) willful OSHA or any EPA violation(s) in the past three years.

2. EXPERIENCE MODIFICATION RATE: All Bidders/Offerors shall submit information regarding their current Experience Modification Rate (EMR) equal to or less than 1.0. This information shall be obtained from the bidder’s/offeror’s insurance company and be furnished on the insurance carrier’s letterhead.

Self-insured contractors or other contractors that cannot provide their EMR rating on insurance letterhead must obtain a rating from the National Council on Compensation Insurance, Inc. (NCCI) by completing/submitting form ERM-6 and providing the rating on letterhead from NCCI. Note: Self-insured contractors or other contractors that cannot provide EMR rating on insurance letterhead from the states or territories of CA, DE, MI, NJ, ND, OH, PA, WA, WY, and PR shall obtain their EMR rating from their state run worker’s compensation insurance rating bureau.

DETERMINATION OF NON-RESPONSIVE--

All bids/offers in response to this solicitation will be reviewed for responsiveness to the solicitation. Failure to provide documentation as outlined above, at date and time set for bid opening or receipt of proposal, may deem the bid/proposal Non-Responsive.

Post award, this requirement is applicable to all subcontracting tiers, and prospective prime contractors will be responsible for determining the suitability of their prospective subcontractors. Information concerning any subcontractors will be provided to the Contracting Officer, in the same form and format as outlined above, prior to the prospective subcontractors commencing work under any resulting contract.