Contractor_Responsibility_Certification.pdf

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Solar Canopy for Employee Parking Lot
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RTSX-260018-DS
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Alachua County, Graceville City, Florida

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This is a Contractor Responsibility Certification form required by the City of Gainesville for the Regional Transit System's solar canopy project. The certification requires bidders to attest to their contractor responsibility status across eleven key criteria, including suspension or debarment status, felony convictions of firm officers or principals, project defaults, license revocations, violations of business-related laws resulting in penalties exceeding $1,000, bankruptcy proceedings within the past three years, satisfactory performance history on similar projects, current possession of required licenses and certifications, technical qualifications and resources necessary to perform the work, and compliance with applicable insurance requirements including general liability, workers' compensation, and automobile liability coverage. All responses must be submitted under penalty of perjury by an authorized company representative, with the understanding that the City of Gainesville may request supporting documentation and additional information to verify the accuracy and completeness of the certification.

The certification serves as a pre-qualification mechanism for the $4.3 million solar canopy design and construction project, which involves installing a 1,058 kW DC photovoltaic panel system across approximately 470 parking spaces. Bidders must demonstrate they meet all responsibility standards through affirmative responses to the certification questions, with particular emphasis on recent performance history, current licensing status, technical capabilities, and financial stability. The form establishes that failure to provide accurate and complete information or inability to substantiate claims may result in bid disqualification, making this certification a critical compliance document within the broader procurement process that includes Buy America provisions, Davis-Bacon wage standards, Federal Transit Administration requirements, and Disadvantaged Business Enterprise participation mandates.

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CONTRACTOR RESPONSIBILITY CERTIFICATION

The Bidder is required to certify compliance with the following contractor responsibility standards by checking appropriate boxes. For purposes hereof, all relevant time periods are calculated from the date this Certification is executed.

YES NO

1. Has the firm been suspended and/or debarred by any federal, state or local government agency or authority in the past three years?

2. Has any officer, director, or principal of the firm been convicted of a felony relating to your business industry?

3. Has the firm defaulted on any project in the past three (3) years?

4. Has the firm had any type of business, contracting or trade license revoked or suspended for cause by any government agency or authority in the past three (3) years?

5. Has the firm been found in violation of any other law relating to its business, including, but not limited to antitrust laws, licensing laws, tax laws, wage or hour laws, environmental or safety laws, by a final unappealed decision of a court or government agency in the past three (3) years, where the result of such adjudicated violation was a payment of a fine, damages or penalty in excess of $1,000?

6. Has the firm been the subject of voluntary or involuntary bankruptcy proceedings at any time in the past three (3) years?

7. Has the firm successfully provided similar products or performed similar services in the past three (3) years with a satisfactory record of timely deliveries or on-time performance?

8. Does the firm currently possess all applicable business, contractor and/or trade licenses or other appropriate licenses or certifications required by applicable state or local laws to engage in the sale of products or services?

9. Does the firm have all the necessary experience, technical qualifications and resources, including but not limited to equipment, facilities, personnel and financial resources, to successfully provide the referenced product(s) or perform the referenced service(s), or will obtain same through the use of qualified, responsible subcontractors?

10. Does the firm meet all insurance requirements per applicable law or bid specifications including general liability insurance, workers’ compensation insurance, and automobile liability insurance?

11. Firm acknowledges that it must provide appropriate documentation to support this Contractor Responsibility Certification if so requested by the City of Gainesville. The firm also understands that the City of Gainesville may request additional information or documents to evaluate the responsibility of firm. Firm agrees to provide such additional information or supporting documentation for this Certification.

Under the penalty of perjury, the Bidder’s authorized representative hereby certifies that all responses marked in this form or otherwise submitted for purposes of determining the Bidder’s status as a responsible contractor is true, complete and accurate and that he/she has knowledge and authority to verify the information in this certification or otherwise submitted on behalf of the Bidder by his or her signature below.

Company:

Name: ___________________________________________________________________________________________

Title: ____________________________________________________________________________________________

Signature: Date: ______________

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