REPRESENTATIONS_AND_CERTIFICATIONS.pdf

REPRESENTATIONS, CERTIFICATIONS AND OTHER

STATEMENTS OF OFFERORS

AUTHORIZED NEGOTIATORS

The Offeror represents that the following persons are authorized to negotiate on its behalf with WCSA in connection with this RFP: (list names, titles, and telephone numbers of the authorized negotiators).

TYPE OF BUSINESS ORGANIZATION

The Offeror, by checking the applicable box, represents that,

(a) It operates as:

A corporation incorporated under the laws of the State of:

A limited liability corporation incorporated under the laws of the State of: ____________________;

An individual;

A partnership organized under the laws of the State of:

A limited liability partnership organized under the laws of the State of: ____________________;

A nonprofit organization; or

A joint venture.

(b) If the Offeror is a foreign entity, it operates as:

An individual;

A joint venture; or

A corporation registered for business in __________________________ (Country)

CERTIFICATION AS TO COMPLIANCE WITH EQUAL OPPORTUNITY

OBLIGATIONS

The Contractor shall submit an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Statement. The EEO Policy Statement is to be in narrative form and should serve as the framework for the Contractor’s Affirmative Action Program (AAP). On the outset, the Contractor’s AAP should clearly state that:

The officials, managers, and the duly appointed Equal Employment Opportunity Officer of the Contractor, have read and understand the EEO Policy and its implementing rules;

All of the Contractor’s officials and employees have been informed of the statement of the policy and that the policy shall be applied to every phase of employee recruitment, including employment agencies and advertising, compensation and opportunities for advancement, upgrading, promotions, transfer and selection for training. The Contractor’s employment policies and practices are to recruit and hire applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, marital status, personal appearance, sexual orientation, family responsibilities, matriculation, political affiliation, or physical handicap;

The policy applies to all matters relating to hiring, promotion, transfer or termination of the Contractor’s employees, and covers all salaried and hourly paid positions in the office and the field, including all hourly paid jobs within all trades used in connection with the performance of the Contract;

The Contractor submits this AAP to assure compliance with all applicable District orders and regulations, and agrees that the provisions of the Contractor’s policy will bind all subcontractors;

The Contractor agrees to assert leadership whenever possible in the community and to put forth the maximum effort to achieve full employment utilization of the capabilities and productivity of all citizens without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, marital status, personal appearance, sexual orientation, family responsibilities, matriculation, political affiliation, or physical handicap; and

The Contractor will cooperate fully with the applicable regulations of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Executive Order 11246.

The Contractor shall sign and submit its policy statement on the Contractor’s official letterhead.

DISCLOSURE STATEMENT

The Offeror or each Partner of the joint venture Offeror shall complete the Disclosure Statement (separately attached) that discloses any past or present business, familial or personal relationships with any of the WCSA Board of Directors or WCSA Executive Staff.

CERTIFICATION OF INDEPENDENT PRICE DETERMINATION

Each signature of the Offeror is considered to be a certification by the signatory that:

(1) The prices contained in its response to this RFP have been arrived at independently, without, for the purpose of restricting competition, any consultation, communication, or agreement with any offeror or competitor relating to:

(a) those prices;

(b) the intention to submit a contract; or,

(c) the methods or factors used to calculate the prices in the Contract.

(2) The prices contained in its response to this RFP have not been and will not be knowingly disclosed by the Offeror, directly or indirectly, to any other offeror or competitor before bid opening unless otherwise required by law; and

(3) No attempt has been made or will be made by the Offeror to induce any concern on the part of any other offeror or competitor to submit or not to submit a response to this RFP for the purpose of restricting competition.

Each signature on the Offer is considered to be a certification by the signatory that the signatory;

(1) Is the person in the Offeror’s organization responsible for determining the prices being submitted in response to this RFP, and that the signatory has not participated and will not participate in any action contrary herein; or

(2) Has been authorized, in writing, to act as agent for the following principals in certifying that those principals have not participated, and will not participate in any action contrary herein;

(insert full name of person(s) in the organization responsible for determining the prices offered in response to this RFP and the title of his/her position in the Offeror’s organization);

(3) As an authorized agent, does certify that the principals named immediately above have not participated, and will not participate, in any action contrary herein; and, If the Offeror deletes or modifies the terms above, the Offeror must furnish with its offer a signed statement setting forth in detail the circumstances giving rise to the modification

TAX CERTIFICATION

Each Offeror must submit a Tax Certificate of Good Standing obtained directly from:

District of Columbia Office of Tax and Revenue 1101 4th St. SW Ste W600 Washington, D.C. 20024

(202) 727-4829