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- COMPLETE ARCHITECTURAL AND ENGINEERING SERVICES – TILLMAN ELEMENTARY CAMPUS WIDE RENOVATION, SDMC 2025-09
- Solicitation number
- 2025-09
- Issued by
- Manatee County, Florida
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This is a Debarment Certification form required by the School District of Manatee County (SDMC) for the Tillman Elementary Campus Wide Renovation project (RFQ 2025-09). The certification requires prospective contractors and their principals to confirm that they are not debarred, suspended, proposed for debarment, declared ineligible, or voluntarily excluded from participation in federal transactions by any Federal department or agency. The submittal deadline for all proposals, including this completed certification, is December 9, 2025 at 12:00 PM via VendorLink. Short-listed architectural and engineering firms will participate in a mandatory site visit on January 14, 2026, with interviews and final ranking conducted on February 3, 2026. Board approval for negotiation is scheduled for February 24, 2026. The contract encompasses comprehensive architectural and engineering services for a complete interior and exterior renovation of the existing campus, which consists of three classroom buildings totaling 96,928 square feet serving 722 student stations, with an estimated project budget of $31,000,000 and design completion targeted for May 2026.
The certification is a material representation of fact, and any prospective contractor who knowingly renders an erroneous certification may be subject to suspension and/or debarment by the Federal Government. Contractors must provide immediate written notice if their certification becomes erroneous due to changed circumstances. The project is approximately 30% federally funded, which introduces additional federal compliance requirements including prevailing wage standards. All team members must be licensed in Florida and include five professional disciplines: Architecture, Structural Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering. Mandatory submission requirements include professional licenses, insurance certification, audited financial statements, Standard Form 330, project references, and multiple federal and state compliance certifications addressing debarment, drug-free workplace, anti-lobbying, anti-discrimination, E-Verify, scrutinized companies, coercion practices, and employment eligibility verification. The evaluation will be based on criteria established under Florida Statute 287.055, including staff qualifications, firm approach, past project experience, and overall capacity to perform, with points awarded for certified minority business status and location preference.
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Debarment Certification
CERTIFICATION REGARDING DEBARMENT, SUSPENSION
INELIGIBILITY AND VOLUNTARY EXCLUSION - LOWER TIER COVERED TRANSACTIONS
This certification is required by the regulations implementing Executive Order 12549, Debarment and Suspension, 7 CFR Part 3017, Section 3017.510, Participants responsibilities. The regulations were published as Part IV of the January 30, 1989, Federal Register (pages 4722-4733)
*** BEFORE COMPLETING CERTIFICATION, READ INSTRUCTIONS ON NEXT PAGE ***
(1) The prospective lower tier participant certifies, by submission of this proposal, that neither it nor its principals are presently debarred, suspended, proposed for debarment, declared ineligible, or voluntarily excluded from participation in this transaction by any Federal department or agency.
(2) Where the prospective lower tier participant is unable to certify to any of the statements in this certification, such prospective participant shall attach an explanation to this proposal.
Signature of Contractor’s Authorized Official
Name and Title of Contractor’s Authorized Official
Date
INSTRUCTIONS FOR CERTIFICATION
1. By signing and submitting this form, the prospective lower tier participant is providing the certification set out on the reverse side in accordance with these instructions.
2. The certification in this clause is a material representation of fact upon which reliance was placed when this transaction was entered into. If it is later determined that the prospective lower tier participant knowingly rendered an erroneous certification, in addition to other remedies available to the Federal Government, the department or agency with which this transaction originated may pursue available remedies, including suspension and/or debarment.
3. The prospective lower tier participant shall provide immediate written notice to the person to whom this proposal is submitted if at any time the prospective lower tier participant learns that its certification was erroneous when submitted or has become erroneous by reason of changed circumstances.
4. The terms "covered transaction," "debarred," "suspended," "ineligible," "lower tier covered transaction," "participant," "person," "primary covered transaction," "principal," "proposal," "voluntarily excluded," as used in this clause, have the meanings set out in the Definitions and Coverage sections of rules implementing Executive Order 12549. You may contact the person to which this proposal is submitted for assistance in obtaining a copy of those regulations.
5. The prospective lower tier participant agrees by submitting this form that, should the proposed covered transaction be entered into, it shall not knowingly enter into any lower tier covered transaction with a person who is debarred, suspended, declared ineligible, or voluntarily excluded from participation in this covered transaction, unless authorized by the department or agency with which this transaction originated.
6. The prospective lower tier participant further agrees by submitting this form that it will include this clause titled "Certification Regarding Debarment, Suspension, Ineligibility and Voluntary Exclusion - Lower Tier Covered Transactions," without modification, in all lower tier covered transactions and in all solicitations for lower tier covered transactions.
7. A participant in a covered transaction may rely upon a certification of a prospective participant in a lower tier covered transaction that it is not debarred, suspended, ineligible, or voluntarily excluded from the covered transaction, unless it knows that the certification is erroneous. A participant may decide the method and frequency by which it determines the eligibility of its principals. Each participant may, but is not required to, check the Non-procurement List.
8. Nothing contained in the foregoing shall be construed to require establishment of a system of records in order to render in good faith the certification required by this clause. The knowledge and information of a participant is not required to exceed that which is normally possessed by a prudent person in the ordinary course of business dealings.
9. Except for transactions authorized under paragraph 5 of these instructions, if a participant in a covered transaction knowingly enters into a lower tier covered transaction with a person who is suspended, debarred, ineligible, or voluntarily excluded from participation in this transaction, in addition to other remedies available to the Federal Government, the department or agency with which this transaction originated may pursue available remedies, including suspension and/or debarment.
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