5 - Cert of Ind Price .pdf
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- Solicitation number
- Paper 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, specifically related to the Paper, Cleaning, and Custodial Supplies Bid for the 2025-2026 fiscal year. The certificate is designed to ensure fair and independent pricing for a procurement opportunity covering the period from July 1, 2025, to June 30, 2026. The document 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 or manipulate the bidding process.
The certificate includes comprehensive declarations by the vendor affirming that their pricing is arrived at independently, has not been improperly disclosed, and that no actions have been taken to unduly influence the procurement. The vendor must also confirm that to the best of their knowledge, they are not under investigation by any governmental agency and have not been convicted or found liable for any prohibited acts related to public contract bidding in the past three years. The document must be signed by an authorized representative from both the vendor and the school food authority, with Michael Morel, the Food Services Manager, signing for St. Bernard Parish Public Schools on March 21, 2025.
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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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