Attachment C - Certification of Drug-Free.pdf

ATTACHMENT C

CERTIFICATION OF DRUG-FREE WORKPLACE

IDENTICAL TIE BIDS - Preference will be given to businesses with drug-free workplace programs. Whenever two or more bid submissions which are equal with respect to price, quality, and services are received by the State or by any political subdivision for the procurement of commodities or contractual services, a bid submission received from a business that certifies that it has implemented a drug-free workplace program will be given preference in the award process. Established procedures for processing tie bids will be followed if none of the tied Vendors have a drug-free workplace program. In order to have a drug-free workplace program, a business must:

1) Publish a statement notifying employees that the unlawful manufacture, distribution, dispensing, possession, or use of a controlled substance is prohibited in the workplace and specifying the actions that will be taken against employees for violations of such prohibition.

2) Inform employees about the dangers of drug abuse in the workplace, business’s policy of maintaining a drug-free workplace, any available drug counseling, rehabilitation, and employee assistance programs, and the penalties, that may be imposed upon employees for drug abuse violations.

3) Give each employee engaged in providing the commodities or contractual services that are under bid submission a copy of the statement specified in subsection (1).

4) In the statement specified in subsection (1), notify the employees that, as a condition of working on the commodities or contractual services that are under bid submission, the employee will abide by the terms of the statement and will notify the employer of any conviction of, or plea of guilty or nolo contendere to, any violation of Chapter 893, Florida Statutes or of any controlled substance law of the United States or any state, for a violation occurring in the workplace no later than five (5) days after such conviction.

5) Impose a sanction on, or require the satisfactory participation in a drug abuse assistance or rehabilitation program if such is available in the employee’s community, by any employee who is so convicted.

6) Make a good faith effort to continue to maintain a drug-free workplace through implementation of this section. As the person authorized to sign the statement, I certify that this firm complies fully with the above requirements.

Vendor’s Signature: _________________________________________________________________________

Name: ____________________________________________________________________________________

Title: _____________________________________________________________________________________

Date: _____________________________________________________________________________________