Russia Belarus Certification (BOP 2401).docx

This document is a Statewide Contract Waiver Request from the Pennsylvania Department of General Services, Bureau of Procurement, establishing compliance procedures for Pennsylvania Act 57 of 2023 regarding Russia and Belarus certification. The waiver request applies to all Commonwealth agency contracts for supplies and services exceeding $50,000 and outlines the mandatory verification process that must be completed prior to contract award. The contracting officer is required to review the Russia and Belarus lists published by the Pennsylvania Treasury Department as part of the contractor responsibility determination. The attestation process requires the contracting officer to verify that the selected supplier does not appear on either Treasury-published list, document this verification with the supplier's name as it appears on the bid submission, and attach the completed attestation form (BOP-2401) to the executed contract. The procedure applies to all competitive sealed bidding (IFB) procurements meeting the monetary threshold.

This compliance requirement is statutory in nature and carries no pricing implications for the contract itself. Suppliers appearing on the Treasury-published Russia or Belarus lists are automatically deemed not responsible and are ineligible to receive a contract award. The certification document itself requires no specific funding appropriation, as it functions as a mandatory procedural control rather than a cost-generating component. All Commonwealth agencies must implement this verification process uniformly across procurement activities, and the completed attestation must be retained in the contract file as documentation of compliance with Act 57 of 2023.