Drug_Free_Workplace_Certification_Form.pdf
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- Armored Car Services
- Solicitation number
- 001-MJ-0727
- Issued by
- Polk County, Florida
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This is a Drug-Free Workplace Certification Form applicable to the School Board of Polk County, Florida's armored car services solicitation in accordance with Florida Statute 287.087. The certification establishes requirements for businesses seeking preference in competitive bidding when bids are equal in price, quality, and service. Respondents must demonstrate implementation of a comprehensive drug-free workplace program that includes publishing a workplace drug prohibition statement to employees, informing employees of drug abuse dangers and available assistance programs, distributing the prohibition statement to all employees engaged in performing the contracted services, requiring employee notification of any drug-related convictions within five days, imposing sanctions or requiring participation in rehabilitation programs for violations, and maintaining good faith efforts to sustain a drug-free workplace environment throughout contract performance.
The certification requires an authorized company representative to sign and affirm full compliance with all six program requirements. Businesses that complete and submit this certification form gain competitive preference in the award process for the armored car and secure courier services contract, particularly in tie-bid scenarios where multiple vendors submit equal bids regarding price, quality, and service. This certification mechanism incentivizes vendors to establish and maintain drug-free workplace programs as a condition of receiving preference in the District's procurement process for secure transportation services between school district locations and financial institutions.
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Drug-Free Workplace Certification Form
In accordance with Florida Statute 287.087, preference shall be given to businesses with drug free workplace programs. Whenever two or more bids which are equal with respect to price, quality, and service are received by the State or by any political subdivision for the procurement of commodities or contractual services, a bid received from a business that certifies that it has implemented a drug-free workplace program shall be given preference in the award process.
Established procedures for processing tie bids will be followed if none of the tied vendors have a drug-free workplace program. In order to have a drug-free program, a business shall:
1) Publish a statement notifying employees that the unlawful manufacture, distribution, dispensing, possession, or use of a controlled substance is prohibited in the workplace and specifying the actions that will be taken against employees for violations of such prohibition.
2) Inform employees about the dangers of drug abuse in the workplace, the business’s policy of maintaining a drug-free workplace, any available drug counseling, rehabilitation, and employee assistance programs, and the penalties that may be imposed upon employees for drug abuse violations.
3) Give each employee engaged in providing the commodities or contractual services that are under bid a copy of the statement specified in subsection (1).
4) In the statement specified in subsection (1), notify the employees that, as a condition of working on the commodities or contractual services that are under bid, the employee will abide by the terms of the statement and will notify the employer of any conviction of, or plea of guilty or nolo contendere to, any violation of chapter 893 or of any controlled substance law of the United States or any state, for a violation occurring in the workplace no later than five (5) days after such conviction.
5) Impose a sanction on, or require the satisfactory participation in a drug abuse assistance or rehabilitation program if such is available in the employee’s community, by any employee who is so convicted.
6) Make a good faith effort to continue to maintain a drug-free workplace through implementation of this section.
As the person authorized to sign the statement, I certify that this firm complies fully with the above requirements.
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