ESBD_502021_1778275187273_RFQ 2026-016 Addendum 2.pdf

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Addendum No: 2 The above-mentioned bid invitation has been changed in the following manner. Sign and return addendum to the Purchasing Office by the closing time and date with your RFB/P/Q response. Returning this page signed by your authorized agent will serve to acknowledge this change. All other requirements of the invitation remain unchanged. If you have any questions, please call or stop by the Purchasing Office at the above address.

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May 8, 2026 2026-016 Section 3 Build America, Buy America Compliance Monitoring Services Paul Campos pcampos@wacotx.gov

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THE FOLLOWING IS BEING ISSUED AS ADDENDUM NO. 2

PLEASE REVIEW THE FOLLOWING PAGES

• Federal Grant Requirements

• Additional Forms to Return

Closing Time: May 14, 2026, at 2:00 P.M. CT Opening Time: May 14, 2026, at 2:01 P.M. CT

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Section 3 Build America, Buy America Compliance Monitoring Services Addendum 2, May 8, 2026

Federal Requirements:

Funding Sources and Objectives for this Service:

A. Federal Funding:

• Funding for this solicitation are funded under the The Community Development

Block Grant (CDBG) federal program and HOME-American Rescue Plan (HOME-ARP). Not To Exceed $150,000.00.

Federal Project Background:

• The Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program is a flexible federal funding initiative managed by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). It provides annual formula-based grants to state and local governments to develop viable communities. https://www.hudexchange.info/programs/cdbg/

• The HOME-American Rescue Plan (HOME-ARP) program is a federal funding program initiative managed by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). It provides funding for activities that must reduce homelessness and increase housing stability. https://www.hudexchange.info/programs/home-arp/

• Section 3 of the Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Act of 1968 is a federal mandate designed to ensure that employment and other economic opportunities generated by certain HUD financial assistance are directed to low- and very low-income persons. https:// www.hudexchange.info/programs/section-3/

• The Build America, Buy America Act (BABA) is a federal requirement enacted on November 15, 2021, as part of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). It mandates that all iron, steel, manufactured products, and construction materials used in federal funded infrastructure projects must be produced in the United States. https:// www.hudexchange.info/programs/baba/

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Additional Federal Forms to Submit:

• Attached to this Addendum.

o Anti Lobbying o Certification Regarding Debarment

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Provisions for Contracts Involving Federal Funding:

Compliance with Federal Law, Regulations, and Executive Orders, and Guidance. This is an acknowledgement that federal financial assistance will be used to fund all or a portion of the contract. The contractor will comply with all applicable federal law, regulations, executive orders, policies of the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD), procedures, and directives.

Specifically, the following federal funding will be used for this project: Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and HOME-American Rescue Plan (HOME-ARP).

The Contractor will comply with all applicable Federal law, regulations, executive orders, policies of U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) procedures, and directives, as they may be amended or promulgated from time to time during the term of this contract.

Link to full details: https://files.wacotx.gov/f/bd1eea8c30a50ea1•

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BYRD ANTI-LOBBYING AMENDMENT COMPLIANCE AND

CERTIFICATION

The following certification and disclosure regarding payments to influence certain federal transactions are made per the provisions contained in 31 U.S.C. 1352, the "Byrd Anti-Lobbying Amendment."

The offerer, by signing its offer, hereby certifies to the best of his or her knowledge and belief that:

(1) No Federal appropriated funds have been paid or will be paid to any person for influencing or attempting to influence an officer or employee of any agency, a Member of Congress, an officer or employee of Congress, or an employee of a Member of Congress on his or her behalf in connection with the awarding of any Federal contract, the making of any Federal grant, the making of any Federal loan, the entering into of any cooperative agreement, and the extension, continuation, renewal, amendment or modification of any Federal contract, grant, loan, or cooperative agreement;

(2) If any funds other than Federal appropriated funds (including profit or fee received under a covered Federal transaction) have been paid, or will be paid, to any person for influencing or attempting to influence an officer or employee of any agency, a Member of Congress, an officer or employee of Congress, or an employee of a Member of Congress on his or her behalf in connection with this solicitation, the offerer shall complete and submit, with its offer, 0MB standard form LLL, Disclosure of Lobbying Activities, to the Contracting Officer; and

(3) He or she will include the language of this certification in all subcontract awards at any tier and require that all recipients of subcontract awards in excess of $100,000 shall certify and disclose accordingly.

(a) This certification is a material representation of fact upon which reliance is placed when this transaction was made or entered into. Submission of this certification and disclosure is a prerequisite for making or entering into this contract imposed by section 1352, title 31, United States Code. Any person making an expenditure prohibited under this provision or who fails to file or amend the disclosure form to be filed or amended by this provision, shall be subject to a civil penalty of not less than $10,000, and not more than $100,000, for each such failure.

Signature of Contractor's Authorized Official:

Printed Name and Title: _________________________ _

Company Name: ____________________________ _

Date: __________________________ _

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Certification Regarding Debarment, Suspension, Ineligibility and Voluntary Exclusion - Lower Tier Covered Transactions

This certification is required by the Department of Education regulations implementing Executive Order 12549, Debarment and Suspension, 34 CFR Part 85, for all lower tier transactions meeting the threshold and tier requirements stated at Section 85.110.

Instructions for Certification

1. By signing and submitting this proposal, the prospective lower tier participant is providing the certification set out below.

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 which 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," and "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 proposal 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 proposal that it will include the clause titled A Certification Regarding Debarment, Suspension, Ineligibility, and Voluntary Exclusion-Lower Tier Covered Transactions, and 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 Nonprocurement 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.

(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.

Certification

* PRINTED NAME AND TITLE OF AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE

ED 80-0014, 9/90 (Replaces GCS-009 (REV.12/88), which is obsolete)

DATESIGNATURE

Suffix:

Middle Name:* First Name:

* Last Name:

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* Title:

* NAME OF APPLICANT

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