5 - Cert of Ind Price .pdf
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- Solicitation number
- Paper and Cleaning 25-26
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- St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana
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This document is a Prototype Certificate of Independent Price Determination for St. Bernard Parish Public Schools, which is part of a Paper, Cleaning, and Custodial Supplies Bid for the 2025-2026 fiscal year (July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026). The certificate requires vendors to certify that their pricing has been determined independently, without consultation or communication with competitors, and that no attempts have been made to restrict competition in the bidding process.
The certificate serves as a formal declaration by the vendor that their pricing is arrived at independently, with specific attestations regarding price determination, non-disclosure of pricing before procurement opening, and an absence of collusive actions. Each signatory must confirm they are either responsible for pricing decisions or authorized to act on behalf of those responsible. The document also requires vendors to declare that they are not currently under governmental investigation and have not been convicted of any bid-related misconduct in the past three years. The school food authority (represented by Michael Morel, Food Services Manager) will counter-sign the document to confirm the independence of the procurement process.
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Prototype Certificate of Independent Price Determination
Both the school food authority and the Vendor (offeror) shall execute this Certificate of Independent Price Determination.
_______________________________ _St. Bernard Parish Public Schools (Name of Vendor) (Name of School Food Authority)
(A) By submission of this offer, the offeror certifies and in the case of a joint offer, each party thereto certifies as to its own organization, that in connection with this procurement:
(1) The prices in this offer have been arrived at independently, without consultation, communication or agreement, for the purpose of restricting competition, as to any matter relating to such prices with any other offeror or with any competitor;
(2) Unless otherwise required by law, the prices which have been quoted in this offer have not been knowingly disclosed by the offeror and will not knowingly be disclosed by the offeror prior to opening in the case of an advertised procurement, or prior to award in the case of a negotiated procurement, directly or indirectly to any other offeror or to any competitor; and
(3) No attempt has been made or will be made by the offeror to induce any person or firm to submit or not to submit, an offer for the purpose of restricting competition.
(B) Each person signing this offer on behalf of the Vendor certifies that:
(1) He or she is the person in the offeror's organization responsible within the organization for the decision as to the prices being offered herein and has not participated, and will not participate, in any action contrary to (A)(1) through (A)(3) above; or
(2) He or she is not the person in the offeror's organization responsible within the organization for the decision as to the prices being offered herein, but that he or she has been authorized in writing to act as agent for the persons responsible for such decision in certifying that such persons have not participated and will not participate, in any action contrary to (A)(1) through (A)(3) above, and as their agent does hereby so certify; and he or she has not participated, and will not participate, in any action contrary to (A)(1) through (A)(3) above.
To the best of my knowledge, this Vendor, its affiliates, subsidiaries, officers, directors and employees are not currently under investigation by any governmental agency and have not in the last three years been convicted or found liable for any act prohibited by State or Federal law in any jurisdiction, involving conspiracy or collusion with respect to bidding on any public contract, except as follows:
Signature of Vendor’s Title Date Authorized Representative
In accepting this offer, the SFA certifies that no representative of the SFA has taken any action which may have jeopardized the independence of the offer referred to above.
_Mr. Michael Morel Food Services Manager March 21, 2025 5ignature of School Food Authority's Title Date Authorized Representative
Note: Accepting a bidder's offer does not constitute award of the contract.
Certificate of Independent Price Determination
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