5-7. REQUIRED Local Vendor Affidavit.docx

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Battery Testing For Electric Generation and Electric Generating Stations
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IFB-076-26-RM
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Leon County, Florida

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This is a Local Vendor Affidavit document required by the City of Tallahassee, Florida, for a battery testing contract for electric generation and electric generating stations. Vendors seeking location preference points must demonstrate a permanent place of business with full-time employees within Leon, Wakulla, Gadsden, or Jefferson County, Florida, for a minimum of six months prior to quote submission. The contract requires battery load testing services at two mandatory site visit locations: Hopkins Generating Station (1125 Geddie Road, Tallahassee, FL 32304) and Purdom Generating Station (667 Port Leon Drive, St. Marks, FL 32355), with site visits scheduled for May 28, 2026, at 10:00 a.m., subject to change at the City's discretion. The contractor must provide all services, labor, materials, equipment, and supplies necessary to complete the testing, with the City reserving the right to increase or decrease the number of tests.

To qualify as a local business and receive location preference points, vendors must meet all of the following requirements: maintain a fixed office or distribution point with a street address in the four-county area for at least six months prior to bid submission; hold all required business licenses from the four-county area; and employ at least one full-time employee or two part-time employees whose primary residence is within the four counties, or, if the business has no employees, be at least fifty percent owned by persons whose primary residence is in the four-county area. Vendors must submit copies of county and/or city business licenses with their affidavits. The purchasing agent has sole discretion to determine local business qualification and is not required to verify certification accuracy. Failure to provide requested information will result in denial of local business certification.

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Local Vendor Affidavit

To qualify for Location points, a vendor must maintain a permanent place of business with full-time employees within Leon, Wakulla, Gadsden or Jefferson County, Florida, for a minimum of six (6) months prior to the date quotes are received. Local vendor must submit this Local Vendor Affidavit with their proposal for the preference.

The undersigned, as a duly authorized representative of the vendor listed herein, certifies to the best of his/her knowledge and belief, that the vendor meets the definition of a “Local Business.” For purposes of this section, "local business" shall mean a business which meets ALL below requirements:

a) Has had a fixed office or distribution point located in and having a street address within the four county area of Leon, Wakulla, Gadsden and Jefferson for at least six (6) months immediately prior to the submission of bids/quotes, to the City of Tallahassee, and

b) Holds any business license required by the four county area of Leon, Wakulla, Gadsden, and Jefferson (please attach copies); and

c) Employs at least one (1) full time employee, or two (2) part time employees whose primary residence is in the four county area of Leon, Wakulla, Gadsden, and Jefferson, or, if the business has no employees, the business shall be at least fifty percent (50%) owned by one or more persons whose primary residence is in the four county area of Leon, Wakulla, Gadsden, and Jefferson.

Please complete the following in support of the self-certification and submit copies of your County and/or City business licenses. Failure to provide the information requested will result in denial of certification as a local business.

Business/Company Name:

Current Local Address:
Phone: (
)

Fax: ( )

If the above address has been for less than six months, please provide the prior local address:

Length of time at this address:

Home Office Address:
Phone: (
)

Fax: ( )

NOTE: The purchasing agent shall not be required to verify the accuracy of any such certifications, and shall have the sole discretion to determine if a bidder meets the definition of a "local business."

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