Certification_Human_Trafficking.pdf
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- PD 25-26.009
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- Escambia County, Florida
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This is a Human Trafficking Certification document required by Escambia County, Florida, for architectural and engineering firms bidding on the new Animal Welfare Facility project. The certification, effective July 1, 2024, requires all contractors executing, renewing, or extending contracts with the county to provide a signed affidavit under penalty of perjury attesting that they do not use coercion for labor or services. The RFQ for the approximately 50,000 square-foot animal welfare facility was released on October 27, 2025, with a mandatory pre-solicitation meeting on November 7, 2025, and proposal responses due December 2, 2025, at 10:30 a.m. via the ProcureNow portal. The contract is anticipated to commence upon execution and extend for 36 months with potential renewal options for additional 12-month periods. Evaluation criteria include Respondent's Statement of Qualifications (20 points), Experience and Performance on Past Projects (25 points), Litigation and Claims (20 points), Current Workload (10 points), Project Specific Criteria (20 points), and Respondent's Office Location (5 points).
The certification document defines coercion broadly to include physical force, restraint without lawful authority, fraudulent debt practices, confiscation of identification documents, financial harm, fraud or deceit, and provision of controlled substances for exploitation purposes. All officer representatives or authorized signatories must complete and sign the affidavit with their printed name, title, and date. The RFQ does not specify set-asides for disadvantaged enterprises, identify incumbent vendors, or provide an explicit budget range for the design and construction administration services. The facility will be located on a 15.2-acre parcel at 3910 N. Palafox Street in Pensacola and will replace a 1997 shelter with a modern complex including animal intake areas, adoption spaces, veterinary services, and administrative offices.
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Certification Regarding the Use of Coercion for Labor and Services
Pursuant to Section 787.06(13), Florida Statutes, when a contract is executed, renewed, or extended between a nongovernmental entity and a governmental entity, the nongovernmental entity must provide the governmental entity with an affidavit signed by an officer or a representative of the nongovernmental entity under penalty of perjury attesting that the nongovernmental entity does not use coercion for labor or services as defined in this section.
As defined in Section 787.06(2), Florida Statutes, the term “coercion” means:
1. Using or threatening to use physical force against any person;
2. Restraining, isolating, or confining or threatening to restrain, isolate, or confine any person without lawful authority and against her or his will;
3. Using lending or other credit methods to establish a debt by any person when labor or services are pledged as a security for the debt, if the value of the labor or services as reasonably assessed is not applied toward the liquidation of the debt, the length and nature of the labor or services are not respectively limited and defined;
4. Destroying, concealing, removing, confiscating, withholding, or possessing any actual or purported passport, visa, or other immigration document, or any other actual or purported government identification document, of any person;
5. Causing or threatening to cause financial harm to any person;
6. Enticing or luring any person by fraud or deceit; or
7. Providing a controlled substance as outlined in Schedule I or Schedule II of Section
893.03, Florida Statutes, to any person for the purpose of exploitation of that person.
In accordance with Section 787.06, Florida Statutes, the undersigned, as an officer or authorized representative of the Contractor, hereby attests that the Contractor does not use coercion for labor or services as defined above.
CONTRACTOR:
Business Name
By: _______________________________
Signature
Name: ____________________________
Printed
Title: ______________________________
Date: ______________________________
* Effective July 1, 2024
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