7-RFP 25-302 Drainage Erosion Control Products - For Release.pdf

CITY OF BUDA

SOLICITATION #25-302

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS

DRAINAGE/EROSION CONTROL PRODUCTS

Issued September 10, 2025

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REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS

SOLICITATION #FY25-302

DRAINAGE/EROSION CONTROL PRODUCTS

Issued by the City of Buda, Texas

Sealed Proposals will be accepted until 2:00 PM CST, SEPTEMBER 25, 2025 and then publicly opened and read aloud thereafter.

Legal Name of Responding Firm SAM.GOV ID#

Contact Person Title

Telephone Number E-Mail Address

Street Address of Principal Place of Business City/State Zip

Complete Mailing Address City/State Zip

Acknowledgment of Addenda: #1_______ #2 _______ #3 _______ #4 _______ #5 _______

Acknowledgment of ADA ATTACHMENT V: _______

By signing below, you hereby certify that the information contained in this submittal and any attachments is true and correct and may be viewed as an accurate representation of proposed goods or services to be provided by this organization. You agree that failure to submit all requested information may result in rejection of your company’s submittal as non-responsive. You certify that no employee, board member, or agent of the City of Buda has assisted in the preparation of this submittal. You acknowledge that you have read and understand the requirements and provisions of this solicitation and that the organization will comply with the regulations and other applicable local, state, and federal regulations and directives in the implementation of any awarded contract. And furthermore, that you certify that you are legally authorized to sign this offer and to submit it to the City of Buda, on behalf of said offeror by authority of its governing body.

Authorized Signature

Note: Complete and submit this page as the cover of your proposal.

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REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS

A. Introduction

1. Project Overview: The City of Buda is issuing a Request for Proposals (RFP) with the intent of awarding a contract to a firm to purchase drainage/erosion control product.

2. Contract parties: The City of Buda, herein shall be referred to as “the City”. The person or company responding to the solicitation may herein be referred to as the “Offeror”.

3. Questions:

i. Clarifications: All questions related to requirements or processes of this solicitation should be submitted electronically via the City of Buda’s e-procurement portal (https://budatx.bonfirehub.com/) before the deadline for questions as stated in the schedule in Appendix A. Suppliers must be registered and logged in to ask questions and you may register at https://budatx.bonfirehub.com/login.

ii. Replies: Responses to inquiries that directly affect an interpretation or effect a change to this RFP will be issued in writing by addendum. All such addenda issued by City before the submittal deadline shall be considered part of the RFP. The City will not be bound by any reply to an inquiry unless such reply is made by such formal written addendum. Any communication related to solicitations, including the posting of Addenda, will be available on the e-procurement portal at https://budatx.bonfirehub.com/.

iii. Acknowledgement of Addenda: Offerors submitting electronically must acknowledge all addenda electronically via the City of Buda’s procurement portal (https://budatx.bonfirehub.com/). Offerors submitting via paper submission must acknowledge addenda by initialing appropriate area of cover page of the RFP. Failure to do so may result in disqualification of the proposal submitted. Failure to do so may result in disqualification of the proposal submitted.

4. Notification of Errors or Omissions: Offerors shall promptly notify the City of any omissions, ambiguity, inconsistency or error that they may discover upon examination of this RFP. The City shall not be responsible or liable for any errors and/or misrepresentation that result from the solicitations which are inadvertently incomplete, ambiguous, inconsistent or obviously erroneous.

5. Conflict of Interest Questionnaire (Form CIQ): Per Chapter 176 of the Texas Local Government Code, a vendor who submits to the City of Buda a response to a request for proposals or bids, shall file a completed conflict of interest questionnaire if the vendor has a business relationship with a local governmental entity that meets the conditions of the statute.

If Offeror falls under the requirements of Chapter 176, and submits a proposal in response to this RFP, a conflict-of-interest questionnaire (Attachment II) should be completed and included with the proposal. The form is also available at https://www.ethics.state.tx.us/data/forms/conflict/CIQ.pdf

If you have any questions about compliance, please consult your own legal counsel. Compliance is the individual responsibility of each person or agent of a person who is subject to the filing requirement. An offense under Chapter 176 is a Class C misdemeanor.

6. Form 1295 Certificate of Interested Parties: If selected for award of a contract, the Offeror may be requested to file a Form 1295 with the Texas Ethics Commission. Texas law states that a governmental entity or state agency may not enter certain contracts with a business entity unless the business entity submits a disclosure of interested parties (Form 1295) to the governmental entity.

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B. General Information

1. Tax Exempt Status: City purchases are exempt from State Sales Tax and Federal Excise Tax. Do not include tax in any cost proposals negotiated as part of this solicitation. City will furnish a sales Tax Exemption Certificate upon request.

2. Public Inspection of Proposals: The City strictly adheres to the Texas Public Information Act (Texas Government Code Chapter 552.001, et seq.) and all other governing statutes, regulations, and laws regarding the disclosure of solicitation information. Responses to solicitations are not available for public inspection until after the contract award. If the offeror has notified the city, in writing, that a response to the solicitation contains trade secrets or confidential information, the city will generally take reasonable steps to prevent disclosure of such information, in accordance with the Texas Public Information Act. This is a proposal of general policy only, and in no event shall the City be liable for disclosure of such information by the City in response to a request, regardless of the City’s failure to take any such reasonable steps, even if the City is negligent in failing to do so.

C. Proposal Withdrawals and Solicitation Amendments

1. Withdrawal: The City reserves the right to withdraw this solicitation for any reason.

2. Addenda: The City reserves the right to amend any aspect of this solicitation by issuing a formal written addendum prior to the solicitation submittal deadline. Addenda will be posted on the bid distribution services where the solicitation has been posted by the City. However, it is the vendor’s responsibility to check for any addenda that may be issued for this solicitation. Please acknowledge receipt of addenda by checking the appropriate spaces on the cover sheet of this solicitation.

D. Submittal Instructions

1. Proposal Submission: Offers are strongly encouraged to submit a response to a solicitation electronically via the Procurement Portal at https://budatx.bonfirehub.com, under the respective Project. Electronic submissions will be accepted only through the Bonfire Portal. Submissions sent via email, fax, or any other electronic means will not be accepted.

The City of Buda strongly encourages and prefers submissions through the Bonfire Portal; however, paper submissions will also be accepted. Offerors are required to submit only one format — either electronic OR paper, not both.

Paper submissions must include one original, unbound copy (secured with a binder clip only) and must be delivered in a sealed package to the physical address listed below prior to the submission deadline.

Submit one (1) signed original paper copy, bound by clip only, and delivered in a sealed package to the following physical address:

City of Buda Attn: Purchasing Bid Box – RFP #25-302 Buda City Hall 405 E. Loop Street, Building 100 Buda, TX 78610

IMPORTANT: Write “SEALED PROPOSAL” with the Solicitation Number, Name, and Due Date on the outside of the shipping package. Failure to do so may result in a misdirected package, which may become late if not delivered to the Purchasing Bid Box by the solicitation closing time. Faxed, emailed or late proposals will be ineligible and not accepted for consideration. It is the responsibility of the offeror(s) to ensure that the proposals are received at the City address as described above by the designated due date and time. City assumes no responsibility for delays caused by postage, mail courier, email, package misdirection or any other form of delivery. Late proposals will not be opened, returned nor considered in the evaluation of the proposal.

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Proposals may be withdrawn at any time prior to the submittal deadline, but they may not be withdrawn after the official opening. Proposals received will be publicly opened after the solicitation closing time at the address above. People wishing to attend the opening should notify the City Hall receptionist upon arrival. A staff member will escort attendees to the opening location. Only the names of the offeror(s) submitting a proposal will be read aloud. No other information will be disclosed at that time. Proposal information is restricted and not publicly available until after award of a contract. All documents associated with the proposal submitted, unless the offeror indicates a portion of the proposal is proprietary, may be subject to public inspection in accordance with the Public Information Act. All information obtained during this solicitation will become property of the City of Buda.

2. Submittal Packet – Required Content: All documents for consideration as part of the proposal must be submitted to the City on or before the closing time. Packets will be date stamped at time of receipt. The City does reserve the right to request additional information during the evaluation process, including Best and Final Offers from those offerors submitting proposals considered reasonably qualified.

3. Submittal Deadline: The deadline for submittal of responses to the RFP shall be as identified on the cover page of this RFP. It is the Offeror’s responsibility to have their proposal physically submitted by the deadline. No extensions will be granted, and no late submissions will be accepted.

4. Responses Received Late: Offerors are encouraged to submit their response to the RFP as soon as possible.

The time and date of receipt as recorded with Purchasing Manager or designated receiver shall be the official time of receipt. The City is not responsible for late submission regardless of the reason.

5. Alterations or Withdrawals of Proposal: Any submitted proposal to the RFP may be withdrawn or a revised proposal may be substituted before the RFP submittal deadline. Proposals cannot be altered, amended, or withdrawn by the Offeror after the submittal deadline, unless such alteration, amendment, or withdrawal notice is approved in writing by the Purchasing Manager, or is in response to a Best and Final Offer request by the City.

6. Proposal Format: See instructions in Appendix B.

7. Public Information: The requirements of Subchapter J, Chapter 552, Government Code, may apply to this solicitation and the contractor or vendor agrees that the contract can be terminated if the contractor or vendor knowingly or intentionally fails to comply with a requirement of that subchapter.

E. Evaluation and Award

1. Completeness: If a response to the RFP is incomplete or otherwise fails to conform to the requirements of the RFP, City alone will determine whether the variance is so significant as to render the Offer’s proposal non-responsive, or whether the variance may be cured by the Offeror or waived by the City, such that the response to the RFP may be considered for award.

2. Ambiguity: Any ambiguity in the response to the RFP as a result of omission, error, lack of clarity or non-compliance by the Offeror with specifications, instructions and all conditions shall be construed in the favor of the City. In the event of a conflict between these standard RFP requirements and details provided in Appendices A & B, the Appendices shall prevail.

3. Additional Information: City may request any other information necessary to determine Offeror’s ability to meet the minimum standards required by this solicitation.

4. Evaluation and Contract Award Process: The City’s intent is to award a contract to the responsible offeror

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5. Unit Prices and Extensions: If unit prices and their extensions are submitted in a proposal and do not coincide, the unit price shall govern.

6. Contract Award: An award of a contract to provide the services specified herein will be made in accordance with the Texas statute, federal regulations (when applicable) and with the City’s purchasing policy. The City will evaluate and rank all responses received. Discussions in accordance with the terms of a request for proposals and with regulations adopted by the governing body of the municipality may be conducted with offerors who submit proposals and who are determined to be reasonably qualified for the award of the contract. Offerors may be provided an opportunity for discussion and revision of proposals through a Best and Final Offer (“BAFO”) process after proposals have been evaluated and before the award of the contract.

The acceptance and award of a contract is subject to approval by the City executive/and or City Council.

7. House Bill 89 Verification Form: Passed by the Legislature in 2017, House Bill 89 prohibits a governmental entity, including a school district, from entering into a contract for goods or services with a company unless the contract contains a written verification from the company that it does not boycott Israel and will not boycott Israel during the term of the contract (Texas Government Code 2270.002). The form must be completed and included in the Offeror’s response, unless exempted by the statute, in order to ensure compliance with House Bill 89. Failure to enclose a verification form may result in Offeror’s response being deemed non-responsive.

8. Disclosure Requirements for Vendors (Conflict of Interest Questionnaire Form CIQ): Per Chapter 176 of the Texas Local Government Code a vendor who submits a response to a request for proposals or bids to the City of Buda shall file a completed conflict of interest questionnaire with the City.

9. Form 1295 Certificate of Interested Parties: If selected for award of a contract, the Offeror may be required to file a Form 1295 with the Texas Ethics Commission. Texas law states that a governmental entity or state agency may not enter into certain contracts with a business entity unless the business entity submits a disclosure of interested parties to the governmental entity. The City will notify the vendor to request the filing when necessary.

10. Anti-Terrorism Disclosure: Texas S.B. 252 provides that (1) the City may not enter into a governmental contract with a Provider that is identified on a list prepared and maintained by the comptroller and that does business with Iran, Sudan, or a foreign terrorist organization; and (2) a company that the United States government affirmatively declares to be excluded from its federal sanctions regime relating to Sudan, its federal sanctions regime relating to Iran, or any federal sanctions regime relating to a foreign terrorist organization is not subject to contract prohibition under this subchapter.

11. Contract: Upon successful completion of revision negotiations, the City will submit to the successful offeror a a contract for execution. The City of Buda will offer for execution its standard form of agreement with the successful firm chosen for award. No vendor contracts will be accepted. By submitting a proposal in response to this RFP, the offeror understands and accepts this requirement and that failure to execute the City’s contract may result in rejection of the offeror’s submitted proposal.

12. Partial Contract Award: City reserves the right to award one contract for some or all the requirements proposed or award multiple contracts for various portions of the requirements to different Offerors based on the responses to this RFP, or to reject any and all responses to the RFP and re-solicit the RFP, when deemed to be in the best interest of City.

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13. Required Representations:

a. Required Licenses: Offeror certifies that he holds any and all applicable licenses required by the State of Texas for a provider of the goods and/or services described by the Scope of Services herein.

b. Authority to Submit Response and Enter Contract: The person signing on behalf of Offeror certifies that the signer has authority to submit a proposal on behalf of the Offeror and to bind the Offeror to any resulting contract.

14. Insurance Requirements: The City has the following financial responsibility provisions:

a. Insurance: The Offeror certifies, consistent with its status as an independent contractor, shall carry, and shall require any of its subcontractors to carry, at least the following insurance in such form, with such companies, and in such amounts (unless otherwise specified) as City may require:

i. Worker’s Compensation and Employer’s Liability insurance, including All States Endorsement, to the extent required by federal law and complying with the laws of the State of Texas;

ii. Commercial General Liability insurance, including Blanket Contractual Liability, Broad Form Property Damage, Personal Injury, Completed Operations/Products Liability, Premises Liability, Medical Payments, Interest of Employees as additional insureds, and Broad Form General Liability Endorsements, for at least One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) Combined Single Limit Bodily Injury and Property Damage on an occurrence basis;

iii. Comprehensive Automobile Liability insurance covering all owned, non-owned or hired automobiles to be used by the Contractor, with coverage for at least One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) Combined Single Limit Bodily Injury and Property Damage.

b. The awarded firm will be required to provide a current certificate of insurance to the City prior to execution of any agreement.

c. The City of Buda must be endorsed as a named additional insured to the applicable policies.

F. Evaluation Process All submissions in response to this solicitation will be evaluated in a manner consistent with the City’s applicable rules and policies.

A proposal review committee will be assembled to perform the evaluations. In the evaluation process, the evaluation committee will review all proposals that have been received before the solicitation due date. Nonresponsive submissions (those not conforming to the solicitation requirements) will be eliminated. Each respondent bears sole responsibility for submitting all requested information with their proposal. The City reserves the right to disqualify any submission that includes significant deviations or exceptions to the terms, conditions, and/or specifications in this solicitation.

Once proposals have been submitted, the City evaluates the proposals and determines which of those are determined to be reasonably qualified for award. Those so determined will be reviewed and scored. Best and final offers ("BAFO") for those reasonably qualified may be obtained by allowing the submission of a BAFO before the final decision is made to award a contract.

The City reserves the right to be the sole judge as to the overall acceptability of any submission or to judge the individual merits of specific provisions within competing offers.

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G. Cooperative Governmental Purchasing Note: The successful bidder to be awarded the contract under this solicitation has the right to opt out of this section by indicating as such on the contract to be executed between the successful bidder and the City of Buda.

Other governmental entities which have executed interlocal agreements with the City of Buda may desire to purchase goods or services defined in this solicitation from the awarded contractor. Those entities may utilize the contract awarded by the City of Buda upon agreement between the entity and the awarded contractor. Each entity will place their own orders directly with the contractor. All purchases by those entities will be billed by the contractor directly to the entity and payment to the contractor shall by paid directly to the contractor. The City of Buda will not be responsible for another governmental entity’s debts. Each governmental entity will be responsible for ensuring full compliance with the contract specifications.

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Appendix A – Scope of Work & Specifications

A. Description of Services:

The City of Buda, Texas is requesting sealed proposals for the purchase of Draining/Erosion Control products.

There is no expressed or implied obligation for the City to reimburse responding firms for any expenses incurred in the preparation of a proposal in response to this request. The City reserves the right to increase or decrease the scope of work related to this project as outlined in the RFP after a firm is selected to accommodate changes in the needs of the City and serve the best interests of City. Providers who participate in this RFP process may hereinafter be referred to as “Offerors” or “Firms”.

B. Scope of Work & Specifications

1. Description:

Description Comment/Notes Total Qty.

UOM

Flexamat Plus (Recyclex Backing) 1201 (or equivalent)

Section 1 - 1,890 SF 1 Roll 8x55 1 Roll, 8x50

1 Roll, 10x55 1 Rolls, 10x50

Section 2 - 2,720 SF 3 Rolls 10x50 1 Roll 10x42 1 Roll 16x50

Section 3 - 2,720 SF 3 Rolls 10x50 1 Roll 10x42 1 Roll 16x50

7,330 SF

Flexamat Plus w/Right Side Flap 1211 (or equivalent)

Section 1- 2,325 SF 3 Rolls - 15.5x50

Section 2 - 8,928 SF 9 Rolls - 15.5x50 3 Rolls - 15.5x42

Section 3 - 8,928 SF 9 Rolls - 15.5x50 3 Rolls -15.5x42

20,181 SF

Recyclex Trim 2.5'x90'x25SY (or equivalent)

3 RL

Flexamat Stainless Steel Zip Ties

(or equivalent)

1,400 EA

U-Anchor 18 (or equivalent) 950 EA

Freight (if applicable):

Delivery to Buda, TX 78610

1 EA

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2. Cost Proposal Format:

Prepare a Cost Proposal with the pricing information for the items outlined in “Product Description” explained in an easy-to-read format. Offerors are encouraged to use “Appendix C- Cost Proposal Sheet” and include it with their submission. Offerors should include any other relevant additional costs that will be incurred.

3. Proposal Evaluation Criteria:

RFP Scoring Criteria Scoring Points Available

Proposal Cost 70

Delivery Timeframe 10

References 10

Historically Underutilized Business Status 10

TOTAL AVAILABLE POINTS 100

The proposals will be reviewed by an evaluation committee. The City reserves the right to use all pertinent information (including that learned from sources other than the proposal submitted) that might affect the City’s judgment as to the appropriateness of an award.

The City reserves the right to waive any irregularities, request additional information from any offeror, reject any offeror or cancel the entire process should it be deemed in the City’s best interest.

This solicitation does not commit the City to pay for any direct and/or indirect costs incurred in the preparation and presentation of a proposal. All finalist(s) shall pay their own costs incurred in preparing for their submittal, including any site travel.

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Appendix B – Proposal Preparation A. Required Information

The offeror’s proposal response to this solicitation must include information addressing all criteria listed in this Appendix for the submittal to be considered complete and to be fully evaluated by the City.

To facilitate the efficient review of the responses, offerors are encouraged to submit electronically via the e- Procurement portal. Offerors shall follow the instructions under the section titled Submission Format. The intent of the format requirements is to expedite review and evaluation. It is not the intent to constrain offerors regarding content, but to assure that the specific requirements set forth in this RFP are addressed in a uniform manner amenable to review and evaluation. Failure to arrange your proposal as requested may result in the disqualification.

Your proposal should be prepared in an easy to review format. Attach the documents requested below at the rear of the proposal. The response should be prepared as a straightforward concise description of a offeror’s ability to meet the requirements of this solicitation. Emphasis should be placed on completeness and clarity of content. It is strongly recommended that the offeror exactly follow the content order identified in this section of the RFP, as well as use the RFP Evaluation and Award criteria for presenting general and specific qualifications.

B. Submission Format In order for a response to this RFP to be considered complete, and to be evaluated for a contract award by the City, offeror must submit all the following information:

1. Cover Sheet Cover page of your proposal shall be the completed PAGE 2 of this solicitation document.

2. Cost Proposal Attach your detailed cost proposal for the goods/services offered. Offerors are encouraged to use “Appendix C- Cost Proposal Sheet”. If “Appendix C- Cost Proposal Sheet” is not used, offerors are asked to follow a similar, easy to read pricing format. Offerors should include any other relevant additional costs that will be incurred.

3. Delivery Timeframe:

Please provide an estimated timeframe (in calender days) of when product could be delivered to Buda, TX (78610).

4. References Offeror shall provide three (3) references where Offeror has performed similar to or the same types of goods/services as described herein. Please provide the client contact information including phone and email, project description and date the work was performed.

5. Local Certifications Please complete local Attachments I-IV and return all with your proposal. If an attachment does not apply, please notate and still sign as acknowledgement.

C. Key Events Schedule Deadline for Submittal of Written Questions Sealed Response to RFP Due to & Opened by City Anticipated Committee Review & Scoring Anticipated Award Date

5:00 PM CT September 18, 2025 2:00 PM CT September 25, 2025 October 2025 October-November 2025

D. Contact No offeror shall directly or indirectly engage in any conduct (other than the submission of the proposal or invited discussions during evaluation) to influence any employee or elected official of the City of Buda concerning award

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E. Confidentiality of Documents ALL PROPOSALS SUBMITTED WILL BE SUBJECT TO THE TEXAS PUBLIC INFORMATION ACT. In the event a request for public information is filed with the City, which involves a Firm or Individual’s proprietary information submitted to the City in a proposal, the Firm or Individual affected by such public information request will be notified by the City of the request in order to give the affected Firm or Individual an opportunity to respond to the request. On each page where confidential information appears, the Firm or Individual must label the confidential information. Failure to so label the confidential information shall be considered as a waiver of any confidentiality rights or interests by said Firm or Individual.

Note: Marking your entire Proposal of Qualifications CONFIDENTIAL/PROPRIETARY is not in conformance with the Texas Open Records Act.

F. Award of the Contract The City reserves the right to reject all proposals received and terminate the solicitation process at any time.

G. Non-Appropriations Clause In the event no funds are appropriated by the City Council for this project in a future fiscal year, the City of Buda has the right to terminate any resulting contract without penalties of any sort.

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Appendix C – Cost Proposal Sheet

Product Description Comment/Notes Qty. UOM Unit Price Total Costs Flexamat Plus (Recyclex Backing)

1201 (or equivalent) Section 1 - 1,890 SF

1 Roll 8x55 1 Roll, 8x50 1 Roll, 10x55 1 Rolls, 10x50

Section 2 - 2,720 SF 3 Rolls 10x50 1 Roll 10x42 1 Roll 16x50

Section 3-2,720 SF 3 Rolls 10x50 1 Roll 10x42 1 Roll 16x50

7,330 SF $ $

Flexamat Plus w/Right Side Flap 1211 (or equivalent)

Section 1 2,325 SF 3 Rolls, 15.5x50

Section 2 8,928 SF 9 Rolls 15.5x50 3 Rolls 15.5x42

Section 3 8,928 SF 9 Rolls 15.5x50 3 Rolls 15.5x42

20,181 SF $ $

Recyclex Trim 2.5'x90'x25SY (or equivalent)

3 RL $ $

Flexamat Stainless Steel Zip Ties (or equivalent)

1,400 EA $ $

U-Anchor 18 (or equivalent) 950 EA $ $

Freight (if applicable):

Delivery to Buda, TX 78610

1 EA $ $

Other Charges (if applicable) (please include any other relevant additional costs that will be incurred)

Combined Total:

By signing below, you hereby certify that the pricing information contained in this submittal and information included in any attachments is true and correct and may be viewed as an accurate representation of proposed goods or services to be provided by this organization. You acknowledge that you have read and understand the requirements and provisions of this solicitation and that the organization will comply with the regulations and other applicable local, state, and federal regulations and directives in the implementation of any awarded contract.

Authorized Signature Date

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Please review Local Certifications ATTACHMENTS I through V on the following pages and provide signatures where necessary.

(if an attachment does not apply, please notate and sign as acknowledgement)

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ATTACHMENT I:

HOUSE BILL 89 VERIFICATION (REVISED)

I, ____________________________________, [Person Name] the undersigned representative of

_____________________________________________________ [Company or Business Name]

(hereafter referred to as Company) being an adult over the age of eighteen (18) years of age, does hereby depose and verify that the Company named above, under the provisions of Texas Government Code Chapter

2271:

1. Does not currently boycott the country of Israel; and

2. Will not boycott the country of Israel during the term of the contract with City of Buda, Texas.

Pursuant to Section 2270.001, Texas Government Code:

1. “Boycott Israel” means refusing to deal with, terminating business activities with, or otherwise taking any action that is intended to penalize, inflict economic harm on, or limit commercial relations specifically with Israel, or with a person or entity doing business in Israel or in an Israeli-controlled territory, but does not include an action made for ordinary business purposes; and

2. “Company” means a for-profit sole proprietorship, organization, association, corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited partnership, limited liability partnership, or any limited liability company, including a wholly owned subsidiary, majority-owned subsidiary, parent company or affiliate of those entities or business associations that exist to make a profit.

3. Pursuant to Section 2270.002 of the Texas Government Code, Respondent certifies that either

a. it meets an exemption criterion under Section 2270.002; or

b. it does not boycott Israel and will not boycott Israel during the term of the contract resulting from this solicitation.

Respondent shall state any facts that make it exempt from the boycott certification in its Response. (HB 793 –exemptions).

EXEMPTIONS APPLY TO THE FOLLOWING:

A. Contract between a governmental entity and a company with less than 10 full-time employees

B. Contract has a value of less than $100,000 paid wholly or partly from public funds of the governmental entity

Signature: _____________________________________________________ Date: _________________

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ATTACHMENT II:

CONFLICT OF INTEREST QUESTIONNAIRE

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Rev Aug 25 2022

ATTACHMENT III:

HISTORICALLY UNDERUTILIZED BUSINESS CERTIFICATION

Historically Underutilized Businesses (HUBs), minority or women-owned or disadvantaged businesses enterprises (M/W/DBE) are encouraged to participate in the solicitation process. The City recognizes the certifications of the State of Texas Program administered by the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts.

For consideration of points in the evaluation process, an offeror who is certified by the Comptroller as a

HUB with active status should complete the information at the bottom of this page.

Companies seeking information concerning HUB certification should contact:

State of Texas HUB Program

Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts

Lyndon B. Johnson State Office Building

111 East 17th Street

Austin, Texas 78774

(512) 463-6958 http://www.window.state.tx.us/procurement/prog/hub/

Vendor CMBL Information as Registered with Texas Comptroller’s Office

Vendor ID from CMBL: _______________________________

Vendor Name from CMBL: ______________________________________________________________

HUB Status is active: _____ yes _____ no

Date HUB Status Expires: _________________

Acknowledgment

By signing its submission, Offeror acknowledges that it has read and understands the above requirements for acceptance of the Offeror’s proposals.

Name of Offeror: ______________________________________________________________________

Signature of Authorized Representative: ____________________________________________________

Date:

_____ does not apply

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ATTACHMENT IV:

DISCLOSURE OF BUSINESS RELATIONSHIPS WITH IRAN, SUDAN, OR A FOREIGN

TERRORIST ORGANIZATION

Texas S.B. 252 (Effective 9/1/2017): provides that (1) the City may not enter into a governmental contract with a Provider that is identified on a list prepared and maintained by the comptroller and that does business with Iran, Sudan, or a foreign terrorist organization; and (2) a company that the United States government affirmatively declares to be excluded from its federal sanctions regime relating to Sudan, its federal sanctions regime relating to Iran, or any federal sanctions regime relating to a foreign terrorist organization is not subject to contract prohibition under this subchapter.

By signing below, Offeror acknowledges that it has read and understands that it does not appear on the list maintained by the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts.

Name of Offeror: ______________________________________________________________________

Signature of Authorized Representative: ___________________________________________________

Date:

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ATTACHMENT V:

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