Certification_of_Independent_Price_Determination.pdf
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- Commodity Processing Foods
- Solicitation number
- 011-DW-0325
- Issued by
- Polk County, Florida
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This document is a Certification of Independent Price Determination form, which appears to be part of a competitive bidding process for the Polk County School District in Florida regarding commodity food processing. The document requires offerors to certify that their pricing has been determined independently, without collusion or agreement with other potential vendors, and that they have not engaged in activities designed to restrict competition. The certification mandates that pricing was developed autonomously, will not be disclosed to competitors before bid opening or contract award, and that no attempts have been made to manipulate the bidding process.
The form provides a legal framework for ensuring fair and competitive pricing, requiring authorized signatories to confirm they are responsible for pricing determination and have not participated in any actions that would compromise the integrity of the bidding process. The offeror must certify that prices have been calculated independently, without consultation with other potential bidders, and that they will not attempt to discourage other companies from submitting competitive offers. The document is specifically tied to a state and local contract opportunity for processing USDA commodity products into approved end products for delivery to the Polk County School District's central warehouse in Bartow, Florida.
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Certification of Independent Price Determination
(a) The offeror certifies that:
(1) The prices in this offer have been arrived at independently, without, for the purpose of restricting competition, any consultation, communication or agreement with any other offeror or competitor relating to-
i. Those prices;
ii. The intention to submit an offer; or
iii. The methods or factors used to calculate the prices offered.
(2) The prices in this offer have not been and will not be knowingly disclosed by the offeror, directly or indirectly, to any other offeror or competitor before bid opening (in the case of a sealed solicitation) or contract award (in the case of a negotiated solicitation) unless otherwise required by law; and
(3) No attempt has been made or will be made by the offeror to induce any other concern to submit or not to submit an offer for the purpose of restricting competition.
(b) Each signature on the offer is considered to be a certification by the signatory that the signatory
(1) Is the person in the offeror’s organization responsible for determining the prices being offered in this proposal, and that the signatory has not participated and will not participate in any action contrary to paragraphs (a) (1) through (a) (3) of this provision; or
(2)(i) Has been authorized, in writing, to act as agent for the following principals in certifying that those principals have not participated, and will not participate in any action contrary to paragraphs (a) (1) through (a) (3) of this provision:
Print Name of Authorized Signatory Date
Signature of Authorized Signatory Title
(ii) As an authorized agent, does certify that the principals named in subdivision (b)(2)(i) of this provision have not participated, and will not participate in any action contrary to paragraphs (a) (1) through (a) (3) of this provision; and
(iii) As an agent, has not personally participated, and will not participate, in any action contrary to paragraphs (a) (1) through (a) (3) of this provision.
(c) If the offeror deletes or modifies paragraph (a)(2) of this provision, the offeror must furnish with their offer a signed statement setting forth in detail the circumstances of the disclosure.
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