Schedule F - Federal Provisions Addendum.docx

Enter your company name Schedule F – Federal Provisions Addendum Bidder Instructions

Bidder may not alter these federal provisions. Failure to accept these provisions as presented may make you ineligible for award.

☐ I confirm that I accept these Federal Provisions as presented.

☐ I confirm that I do not accept these Federal Provisions as presented and understand that it may affect the ability to receive an award.

Contractor acknowledges and agrees that the State may utilize funds obtained from the federal government which may have additional contractual requirements. Contractor agrees that, if the State determines that federal rules or regulations require the appendage of specific contractual language to this Contract related to specific types of federal funding, including but not limited to Title 2 of the Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.) Part 200 and Appendix II to Part 200 – Contract Provisions for Non-Federal Entity Contracts Under Federal Awards, Contractor agrees to, through a Contract Change Notice, append such required contractual language to this Contract if necessary to keep the State and Contractor in compliance with federal funding requirements and comply with the terms set forth therein.

A. Equal Employment Opportunity This Contract is not a “federally assisted construction contract” as defined in 41 CFR Part 60-1.3.

B. Davis-Bacon Act (Prevailing Wage)

This Contract is not a “federally assisted construction contract” as defined in 41 CFR Part 60-1.3, nor is it a prime construction contract in excess of $2,000.

C. Copeland “Anti-Kickback” Act This Contract is not a “federally assisted construction contract” as defined in 41 CFR Part 60-1.3, nor is it a prime construction contract in excess of $2,000 where the Davis-Bacon Act applies.

D. Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act

The Contract does not involve the employment of mechanics or laborers.

E. Rights to Inventions Made Under a Contract or Agreement If this Contract is funded by a federal “funding agreement” as defined under 37 CFR §401.2 (a) and the recipient or subrecipient wishes to enter into a contract with a small business firm or nonprofit organization regarding the substitution of parties, assignment or performance of experimental, developmental, or research work under that “funding agreement,” the recipient or subrecipient must comply with 37 CFR Part 401, “Rights to Inventions Made by Nonprofit Organizations and Small Business Firms Under Government Grants, Contracts and Cooperative Agreements,” and any implementing regulations issued by the awarding agency.

F. Clean Air Act and the Federal Water Pollution Control Act If this Contract is in excess of $150,000, the Contractor must comply with all applicable standards, orders, and regulations issued under the Clean Air Act (42 USC 7401-7671q) and the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 USC 1251-1387), and during performance of this Contract the Contractor agrees as follows:

(1) Clean Air Act

(i) The Contractor agrees to comply with all applicable standards, orders or regulations issued pursuant to the Clean Air Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 7401 et seq.

(ii) The Contractor agrees to report each violation to the State and understands and agrees that the State will, in turn, report each violation as required to assure notification to the Federal Emergency Management Agency or the applicable federal awarding agency, and the appropriate Environmental Protection Agency Regional Office.

(iii) The Contractor agrees to include these requirements in each subcontract exceeding $150,000 financed in whole or in part with Federal assistance provided by FEMA or the applicable federal awarding agency.

(2) Federal Water Pollution Control Act

(i) The Contractor agrees to comply with all applicable standards, orders, or regulations issued pursuant to the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended, 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.

(ii) The Contractor agrees to report each violation to the State and understands and agrees that the State will, in turn, report each violation as required to assure notification to the Federal Emergency Management Agency or the applicable federal awarding agency, and the appropriate Environmental Protection Agency Regional Office.

(iii) The Contractor agrees to include these requirements in each subcontract exceeding $150,000 financed in whole or in part with Federal assistance provided by FEMA or the applicable federal awarding agency.

G. Debarment and Suspension A “contract award” (see 2 CFR 180.220) must not be made to parties listed on the government-wide exclusions in the System for Award Management (SAM), located at https://sam.gov, in accordance with the OMB guidelines at 2 CFR 180 that implement Executive Orders 12549 (51 FR 6370; February 21, 1986) and 12689 (54 FR 34131; August 18, 1989), “Debarment and Suspension.” SAM Exclusions contains the names of parties debarred, suspended, or otherwise excluded by agencies, as well as parties declared ineligible under statutory or regulatory authority other than Executive Order 12549.

(1) This Contract is a covered transaction for purposes of 2 C.F.R. Part 180 and 2 C.F.R. Part 3000. As such, the Contractor is required to verify that none of the Contractor’s principals (defined at 2 C.F.R. § 180.995) or its affiliates (defined at 2 C.F.R. § 180.905) are excluded (defined at 2 C.F.R. § 180.940) or disqualified (defined at 2 C.F.R. § 180.935).

(2) The Contractor must comply with 2 C.F.R. Part 180, subpart C and 2 C.F.R. Part 3000, subpart C, and must include a requirement to comply with these regulations in any lower tier covered transaction it enters into.

(3) This certification is a material representation of fact relied upon by the State. If it is later determined that the contractor did not comply with 2 C.F.R. Part. 180, subpart C and 2 C.F.R. Part. 3000, subpart C, in addition to remedies available to the State, the Federal Government may pursue available remedies, including but not limited to suspension and/or debarment.

(4) The bidder or proposer agrees to comply with the requirements of 2 C.F.R. Part 180, subpart C and 2 C.F.R. Part 3000, subpart C while this offer is valid and throughout the period of any contract that may arise from this offer. The bidder or proposer further agrees to include a provision requiring such compliance in its lower tier covered transactions.

H. Byrd Anti-Lobbying Amendment, 31 U.S.C. § 1352 (as amended) Contractor has applied or bid for an award of more than $100,000 and shall file the required certification in Exhibit 1 – Byrd Anti-Lobbying Certification attached to the end of this Addendum. Each tier certifies to the tier above that it will not and has not used federally appropriated funds to pay any person or organization for influencing or attempting to influence an officer or employee of any agency, a Member of Congress, officer or employee of Congress, or an employee of a Member of Congress in connection with obtaining any federal contract, grant, or any other award covered by 31 U.S.C. § 1352. Each tier shall also disclose any lobbying with non-federal funds that takes place in connection with obtaining any federal award. Such disclosures are forwarded from tier to tier up to the recipient who in turn will forward the certification(s) to the federal awarding agency.

I. Procurement of Recovered Materials If this Contract is a procurement to purchase products or items designated by the EPA under 40 C.F.R. part 247 during the course of a fiscal year, then under 2 CFR 200.323, Contractors must comply with section 6002 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended by the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.

(1) In the performance of this contract, the Contractor shall make maximum use of products containing recovered materials that are EPA-designated items unless the product cannot be acquired:

(i) Competitively within a timeframe providing for compliance with the contract performance schedule;

(ii) Meeting contract performance requirements; or

(iii) At a reasonable price.

(2) Information about this requirement, along with the list of EPA- designated items, is available at EPA’s Comprehensive Procurement Guidelines web site, https://www.epa.gov/smm/comprehensive- procurement-guideline-cpg-program.

(3) The Contractor also agrees to comply with all other applicable requirements of Section 6002 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act.

J. Prohibition on Contracting for Covered Telecommunications Equipment or Services Contractor acknowledges and agrees that Section 889(b) of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019, Pub. L. No. 115-232 (the “McCain Act”), and 2 C.F.R. §200.216, prohibit the obligation or expending of federal award funds on certain telecommunication products or with certain entities for national security reasons on or after August 13, 2020.

During performance of this Contract, the Contractor agrees as follows:

(a) Definitions. As used in this Section J. Prohibition on Contracting for Covered Telecommunications Equipment or Services (“Section J”):

(1) the terms “backhaul,” “critical technology,” “interconnection arrangements,” “reasonable inquiry,” “roaming,” and “substantial or essential component” have the meanings defined in 48 CFR § 4.2101;

(2) the term “covered foreign country” has the meanings defined in § 889(f)(2) of the McCain Act; and

(3) the term “covered telecommunications equipment or services” has the meaning defined in § 889(f)(3) of the McCain Act.

(b) Prohibitions.

(1) Unless an exception in paragraph (c) of this Section J applies, neither the Contractor nor any of its subcontractors may use funds received under this Contract to:

(i) Procure or obtain any equipment, system, or service that uses covered telecommunications equipment or services as a substantial or essential component of any system, or as critical technology of any system;

(ii) Enter into, extend, or renew a contract to procure or obtain any equipment, system, or service that uses covered telecommunications equipment or services as a substantial or essential component of any system, or as critical technology of any system;

(iii) Enter into, extend, or renew a contract with an entity that uses any covered telecommunications equipment or services as a substantial or essential component of any system, or as critical technology as part of any system; or

(iv) Provide, as part of its performance of this contract, subcontract, or other contractual instrument, any equipment, system, or service that uses covered telecommunications equipment or services as a substantial or essential component of any system, or as critical technology as part of any system.

(c) Exceptions.

(1) This Section J does not prohibit Contractor from providing—

(i) A service that connects to the facilities of a third-party, such as backhaul, roaming, or interconnection arrangements; or

(ii) Telecommunications equipment that cannot route or redirect user data traffic or permit visibility into any user data or packets that such equipment transmits or otherwise handles.

(d) Reporting requirement.

(1) In the event the Contractor identifies covered telecommunications equipment or services used as a substantial or essential component of any system, or as critical technology as part of any system, during contract performance, or the contractor is notified of such by a subcontractor at any tier or by any other source, the Contractor shall report the information in paragraph (d)(2) of this Section J to the recipient or subrecipient, unless elsewhere in this contract are established procedures for reporting the information.

(2) The Contractor shall report the following information pursuant to paragraph (d)(1) of this Section J:

(i) Within one business day from the date of such identification or notification: The contract number; the order number(s), if applicable; supplier name; supplier unique entity identifier (if known); supplier Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) code (if known); brand; model number (original equipment manufacturer number, manufacturer part number, or wholesaler number); item description; and any readily available information about mitigation actions undertaken or recommended.

(ii) Within 10 business days of submitting the information in paragraph (d)(2)(i) of this Section J: Any further available information about mitigation actions undertaken or recommended. In addition, the contractor shall describe the efforts it undertook to prevent use or submission of covered telecommunications equipment or services, and any additional efforts that will be incorporated to prevent future use or submission of covered telecommunications equipment or services.

(e) Subcontracts. The Contractor shall insert the substance of this Section J, including this paragraph (e), in all subcontracts and other contractual instruments.

K. Domestic Preferences for Procurements

(a) As appropriate, and to the extent consistent with law, the Contractor should, to the greatest extent practicable, provide a preference for the purchase, acquisition, or use of goods, products, or materials produced in the United States. This includes, but is not limited to iron, aluminum, steel, cement, and other manufactured products.

(b) For purposes of this Section K – Domestic Preferences for Procurements:

(1) “Produced in the United States” means, for iron and steel products, that all manufacturing processes, from the initial melting stage through the application of coatings, occurred in the United States.

(2) “Manufactured products” mean items and construction materials composed in whole or in part of non-ferrous metals such as aluminum; plastics and polymer-based products such as polyvinyl chloride pipe; aggregates such as concrete; glass, including optical fiber; and lumber.

(c) Build America, Buy America Act (BABAA).

This Contract does not involve purchases for an infrastructure project that is subject to the domestic preference requirement in the Build America, Buy America Act.

L. Affirmative Socioeconomic Steps For all contracts utilizing federal funding sources subject to Title 2 of the Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.) Part 200 issued on or after November 12, 2020, if subcontracts are to be let, the prime contractor is required to take all necessary steps identified in 2 C.F.R. § 200.321(b)(1)-(5) to ensure that small and minority businesses, women’s business enterprises, and labor surplus area firms are used when possible.

M. Copyright and Data Rights Pursuant to 2 CFR § 200.315(b), the State may copyright any work which is subject to copyright and was developed, or for which ownership was acquired, under a Federal award. The Federal awarding agency reserves a royalty-free, nonexclusive and irrevocable right to reproduce, publish, or otherwise use the work for Federal purposes, and to authorize others to do so.

N. Additional FEMA Contract Provisions This Contract does not involve purchases that will be paid for in whole or in part with funds obtained from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

O. Other Federal Contract Provisions No additional federal provisions currently apply to this Contract.

Schedule F – Exhibit 1 - Byrd Anti-Lobbying Certification Contractor must complete this certification if the purchase will be paid for in whole or in part with funds obtained from the federal government and the purchase is greater than $100,000.

APPENDIX A, 44 C.F.R. PART 18 – CERTIFICATION REGARDING LOBBYING

Certification for Contracts, Grants, Loans, and Cooperative Agreements The undersigned certifies, to the best of his or her knowledge and belief, that:

No Federal appropriated funds have been paid or will be paid, by or on behalf of the undersigned, to any person for influencing or attempting to influence an officer or employee of an agency, a Member of Congress, an officer or employee of Congress, or an employee of a Member of Congress 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.

If any funds other than 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 in connection with this Federal contract, grant, loan, or cooperative agreement, the undersigned shall complete and submit Standard Form-LLL, “Disclosure Form to Report Lobbying,” in accordance with its instructions.

The undersigned shall require that the language of this certification be included in the award documents for all subawards at all tiers (including subcontracts, subgrants, and contracts under grants, loans, and cooperative agreements) and that all subrecipients shall certify and disclose accordingly.

This certification is a material representation of fact upon which reliance was placed when this transaction was made or entered into. Submission of this certification is a prerequisite for making or entering into this transaction imposed by section 1352, Title 31, U.S. C. Any person who fails to file the required certification shall be subject to a civil penalty of not less than $10,000 and not more than $100,000 for each such failure.

The Contractor, enter contractor name here, certifies or affirms the truthfulness and accuracy of each statement of its certification and disclosure, if any. In addition, the Contractor understands and agrees that the provisions of 31 U.S.C. Chap. 38, Administrative Remedies for False Claims and Statements, apply to this certification and disclosure, if any.

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