IFB_RFP_RFA Language.docx
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- Dutchess County, New York
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This is an Invitation for Bid (IFB)/Request for Proposal (RFP)/Request for Application (RFA) language document issued by the State of New York regarding compliance requirements for gender-based violence policies in the workplace. The document establishes mandatory certification requirements for all bidders on New York State contracts where competitive bidding is required, effective November 5, 2025. Bidders must submit a signed statement certifying that they have implemented a written policy addressing gender-based violence in the workplace and have distributed this policy to all employees, directors, and board members. The policy must meet the minimum requirements outlined in subdivision 11 of section 575 of the New York Executive Law. Any bid submitted without this certification or without an explanation of non-compliance will not be considered for award. The certification may be submitted electronically in accordance with New York State Finance Law section 163, subdivision 7.
The related contract opportunity involves Switchgear Cleaning/Testing and Partial Discharge Testing services in New York State with no prior identical or substantially similar contracts awarded in the past five years. The contract includes Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Business (SDVOB) participation goals of 6.00% and Minority/Women Business Enterprise (MWBE) contracting goals totaling 15.00%. No Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) goals apply to this procurement. Corporate bidders are deemed to have board authorization for bid submission when including the required gender-based violence policy certification statement.
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GENDER-BASED VIOLANCE AND THE WORPLACE
Pursuant to New York State Finance Law § 139-M, every bid made on or after November 5, 2025 to the State or any public department or agency thereof, where competitive bidding is required by statute, rule or regulation, for work or services performed or to be performed or goods sold or to be sold, shall contain the following statement subscribed by the bidder and affirmed by such bidder as true under the penalty of perjury:
"By submission of this bid, each bidder and each person signing on behalf of any bidder certifies, and in the case of a joint bid each party thereto certifies as to its own organization, under penalty of perjury, that the bidder has and has implemented a written policy addressing gender-based violence and the workplace and has provided such policy to all of its employees, directors and board members. Such policy shall, at a minimum, meet the requirements of subdivision 11 of section five hundred seventy-five of the executive law."
The statement required by New York State Finance Law § 139-M subdivision 1.a may be submitted electronically in accordance with the provisions of New York State Finance Law § 163 subdivision 7.
A bid shall not be considered for award, nor shall any award be made to a bidder who has not complied with this section; provided, however, that if the bidder cannot make the foregoing certification, such bidder shall so state and shall furnish with the bid a signed statement which sets forth in detail the reasons therefor.
Any bid hereafter made to the state or any public department, agency or official thereof, by a corporate bidder for work or services performed or to be performed or goods sold or to be sold, where such bid contains the statement required by this section, shall be deemed to have been authorized by the board of directors of such bidder, and such authorization shall be deemed to include the signing and submission of such bid and the inclusion therein of such statement as the act and deed of the corporation.
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