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This is an Attestation of Personnel document required by the State of Tennessee Department of General Services, Central Procurement Office, on behalf of the Department of Safety and Homeland Security for RFP 32110-22726, a comprehensive facility protection services contract. The attestation requires the contractor to certify that it will not knowingly utilize illegal immigrants in contract performance and will not knowingly engage any subcontractors who utilize illegal immigrants. The document must be signed by an individual with authority to contractually bind the contractor, with supporting evidence of signatory authority required unless the signer is the contractor's chief executive officer or president. The attestation applies to the facility protection services contract covering armed Facility Protection Officers and related personnel for multiple Tennessee regions, with proposals due April 1, 2026, at 2:00 p.m. CST, contract award notice scheduled for May 11, 2026, and contract effective date of January 1, 2027, for an initial thirty-six-month term with options for two additional twelve-month renewals.

This attestation document serves as a mandatory compliance requirement for contract performance, establishing the contractor's legal commitment to employment compliance standards. All respondents to RFP 32110-22726 must execute and submit this attestation document as part of their proposal package. The contract encompasses an estimated state liability of fifty million dollars with no guaranteed minimum purchases, and the contractor assumes all costs associated with personnel recruitment, training, licensing, equipment, insurance, background checks, and drug screening. No set-asides are designated for disadvantaged enterprises, and the incumbent contractor providing services under Contract #73187 since January 1, 2022, is eligible to compete for the renewed contract.