Contractor_Responsibility_Certification.pdf
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- Solar Canopy for Employee Parking Lot
- Solicitation number
- 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 Solar Canopy for Employee Parking Lot project, a $4.3 million design and construction procurement for the Regional Transit System (RTS). The project involves installation of a photovoltaic panel system with 1,058 kW DC capacity covering approximately 470 parking spaces across 207,000 square feet to generate renewable power, reduce utility costs, and provide vehicle shade. The Request for Proposal was released on October 20, 2025, with proposals due December 2, 2025, at 3:00 pm, and oral presentations potentially scheduled for December 16, 2025. The project must achieve Permission to Operate by January 30, 2027. Bidders must certify compliance with responsibility standards covering suspension or debarment status, felony convictions of officers or principals, project defaults, license revocations, legal violations resulting in fines exceeding $1,000, bankruptcy proceedings, satisfactory performance history, current business licenses and certifications, technical qualifications and resources, and insurance requirements including general liability, workers' compensation, and automobile liability coverage.
The certification requires bidders to affirm they possess all necessary experience, technical qualifications, and resources—including equipment, facilities, personnel, and financial resources—to successfully perform the work or will obtain these through qualified subcontractors. The total project budget is capped at $4,490,000, comprising $4,265,000 for purchase, installation, and first-year maintenance and $225,000 for workforce training. The project requires compliance with federal regulations including Federal Transit Administration requirements, Buy America provisions, and Davis-Bacon wage standards. Bidders must be currently listed in the Florida Unified Certification Program Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Directory maintained by the Florida Department of Transportation to participate. Additional mandatory documentation includes an Anti-Human Trafficking Affidavit, Buy America Certification, Debarment Certification, certification of no outstanding federal tax liabilities, and adherence to federal telecommunications equipment restrictions. The bidder's authorized representative must certify under penalty of perjury that all responses are true, complete, and accurate, and the City of Gainesville reserves the right to request supporting documentation and additional information to evaluate contractor responsibility.
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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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