Drug_Free_Workplace_Certification_Form.pdf
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- LUNCHROOM SMALL EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES - STOCK
- Solicitation number
- 020-RW-1026
- 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 for a one-year contract to procure small equipment and supplies for the School Nutrition program to be delivered to the Polk County warehouse in Bartow, Florida. The certification form is required in accordance with Florida Statute 287.087, which mandates that when multiple bids are equal in price, quality, and service, preference shall be given to businesses that have implemented drug-free workplace programs. Bidders must certify compliance with six specific requirements to qualify for this preference consideration.
To obtain drug-free workplace certification status, bidding businesses must publish a workplace drug prohibition statement to employees, inform employees of drug abuse dangers and available assistance programs, distribute the policy statement to all employees engaged in performing the contract work, require employee notification of drug-related convictions within five days, impose sanctions or require rehabilitation program participation for convicted employees, and demonstrate good faith efforts to maintain a drug-free workplace. The authorized company representative must sign and certify full compliance with all requirements. This certification serves as a tiebreaker mechanism in the bid evaluation process, with established procedures followed if no tied vendors possess drug-free workplace certification.
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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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