4-Attachment C-Safety Resolution.pdf

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Attachment C

FAIRFAX COUNTY

CONSTRUCTION SAFETY RESOLUTION

The Contractor shall comply with the resolution adopted by the Fairfax County Board of

Supervisors on December 8, 2003, as amended:

A. It shall be required that each bid submitted to the County for a contract for construction, alteration, and/or repairs, including painting or decorating of a building, highway, street, bridge, sidewalk, culvert, sewer, excavation, grading, or any other construction, include a list of all the following actions which have become final in the three years prior to the bid submission:

1. Willful violations, violations for failure to abate, or repeated violations, for which the bidder was cited by (a) the United States Occupational

Safety and Health Administration; (b) the Virginia Occupational Safety and Health Administration; or (c) the occupational safety and health plan for any other public jurisdiction; or

2. Three (3) or more serious construction safety violations for which the bidder was cited by the (a) United States Occupational Safety and Health

Administration; or (b) the Virginia Occupational Safety and Health

Administration; or (c) the occupational safety and health plan from any other public jurisdiction.

3. Termination of a contract between the contractor and any public entity by their purchasing agent or his designee for safety violations.

B. If the bidder has not received or been the subject of any such violations referenced in paragraph A in the three (3) years prior to the bid submission, then the bidder shall so indicate by certification on the bid form entitled Certification of Safety

Violations. The bidder will also indicate on this form each state in which work was performed in the three (3) years prior to the bid submission.

C. No bidder or contractor may bid on a County construction contract who has been the subject of any citations for the type and number of violations listed in aforementioned paragraph A, which have become final within the three (3) years prior to the bid submission.

1. Notwithstanding the language of paragraph C, above, any bidder or contractor who has been the subject of a violation, as described in paragraph A.1, which has become final in the three (3) years prior to the bid submission, may bid, if the bidder or contractor meets the eligibility criteria set forth in paragraph E, below.

2. Notwithstanding the language of paragraph C, above, any bidder or contractor who has been the subject of the type and number of violations as described in paragraph A.2, which have become final within three (3) years prior to bid submission, may bid, if the bidder or contractor meets the eligibility criteria in paragraph E, below.

3. Notwithstanding the language of paragraph C, above, any bidder or contractor who has previously been terminated from a public contract, as described in paragraph A.3, within three (3) years prior to the bid submission, may bid, if the bidder or contractor meets the eligibility criteria in paragraph E, below.

D. Prior to bidding on a project, under the provisions of paragraph C above, a contractor may request that a determination be made by the County's Purchasing

Agent or designee, regarding their eligibility to submit a bid on a contract under the terms of this resolution. However, this request for determination and any subsequent adjudication process must be completed prior to submitting a bid on any project and the request for determination must be received by the County's

Purchasing Agent or designee no later than twenty-one (21) days before bids are due unless otherwise stated in the Solicitation. A notice of the bidder’s request for determination of eligibility will be posted publicly for comments by any interested party. The bidder’s request for determination of eligibility and all supporting documentation provided by the bidder to the County in support of its request shall be open to the inspection of any interested person, firm or corporation in accordance to the requirements of Fairfax County Purchasing

Resolution and Virginia Freedom of Information Act.

E. At the request of the Purchasing Agent or designee, the County Risk Manager shall evaluate a contractor's eligibility. Contractors may be subject to a special audit of their safety records as required. The criteria used by the Risk Manager in evaluating contractor’s eligibility shall include but not be limited to the following:

1. Corrective action taken by a bidder or contractor to prevent the recurrence of safety violations.

2. Days Away From Work Incident Rate for the past three (3) years.

3. Summary of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses/Incident Rate for the past three (3) years.

4. Worker’s Compensation Experience Modification Rating for the past three

(3) years.

5. Fatality record for the past five (5) years.

6. Detailed information regarding the firm’s safety program including but not limited to a Safety and Health plan and qualifications of the safety personnel.

7. Verification that management staff directly in charge of projects that experienced safety violations listed in aforementioned paragraph A will not be involved in the County project.

8. Incorporation of safety and health related issues into their new employee orientation programs.

9. Incorporation of work safety as a part of an employee's performance evaluation.

10. Support of safety related matters by senior/corporate management. Does the firm have a safety policy statement signed by a member of senior/corporate management?

11. Designation of a full time Safety Manager. Does this person report to a high level, authoritative position within the Company?

12. Frequency and type of safety inspections conducted at work sites.

13. The number and type of safety training programs conducted for employees.

14. Frequency of safety "tailgate meetings" conducted by the firm.

15. Designation of an active safety committee, frequency of their meetings and list of members of the committee.

16. Active membership in a recognized construction safety organization in the

Washington Metropolitan area, or in the state of contractor's domicile.

F. The determination of eligibility rendered by the Purchasing Agent or his designee shall be final unless it is appealed in accordance with the provisions of the solicitation or the Fairfax County Purchasing Resolution.

G. It shall be a condition of each County construction contract, as discussed above, that no contractor or subcontractor contracting for any part of the contract work shall require any laborer, mechanic, or other person employed in the performance of the contract to work in surroundings or under working conditions which are hazardous or dangerous to his safety, as determined under construction safety standards promulgated by the U.S. Department of Labor or the Virginia

Department of Labor and Industry.

H. The contractor awarded a County construction contract shall certify in writing that they will not knowingly, willfully, or recklessly employ or contract with any person, company, corporation, or any other entity for services pursuant to that contract if such person, company, corporation, or other entity could not have been awarded such contract due to the restrictions in paragraph C, above.

I. The contractor shall also certify in writing that all safety related information provided in accordance with the Safety Resolution and contract requirements are complete, accurate and truthful.

J. The failure to provide information requested pursuant to this Resolution or the failure to conform to the certification requirements of this Resolution shall be grounds for disqualifying a prospective bidder.

K. The County may impose the following sanctions upon a contractor who willfully submits any false or misleading certification or information regarding material facts in connection with submissions pursuant to this Resolution, or willfully omits any certification or information regarding material facts in connection with submissions pursuant to this Resolution. The term willful shall include intentional or reckless acts or omissions.

(1) Disqualify the prospective bidder from bidding a contract.

(2) Debar the contractor from bidding future contracts for a period not to exceed three years.

(3) Terminate the contract awarded to the bidder after providing notice and opportunity to be heard.

CERTIFICATION OF SAFETY VIOLATIONS:

NAME(S) OF INSTALLER(S) AND/OR SUBCONTRACTOR: (Re: Attachment C)

NAME:

ADDRESS:

TELEPHONE NUMBER(S):

LIST SAFETY VIOLATIONS (Reference Attachment C).

If there were no safety violations list each state in which work was performed in past 3 (three) years (Ref.

Attachment C.):

I hereby certify that the above information is correct to the best of my knowledge.

Principal

State of )

County of )

On this day of , 20 , after first being duly sworn, appeared before me, the undersigned Notary Public and executed the foregoing instrument and acknowledge to me that he executed the same as and for the act and deed of said firm.

(SEAL)

Notary Public

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