VENDOR_AFFIDAVIT_REGARDING_THE_USE_OF_COERCION_FOR_LABOR_AND_SERVICES.pdf
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- Hillsborough County, Florida
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This is a Vendor Affidavit document required by the School Board of Hillsborough County, Florida, for all nongovernmental contractors executing, renewing, or extending contracts with the district. The affidavit implements compliance requirements under Section 787.06(13) of the Florida Statutes and mandates that authorized company representatives certify under penalty of perjury that their organization does not engage in coercive labor practices or human trafficking. Vendors must affirm they do not use or threaten physical force, restrain or confine persons unlawfully, establish exploitative debt arrangements, confiscate identification documents, threaten financial harm, use fraud or deceit for recruitment, or provide controlled substances for exploitation purposes. The document requires the signature, printed name, title, and date from an authorized company representative.
This affidavit is a prerequisite compliance document for the procurement of two Scotchman Circular Cold Saws (Model CPO350) and two Scotchman Utility Band Saws (Model SU-280-G) for Lott Technical College's welding laboratories. The Invitation to Quote was released November 4, 2025, with questions due by November 11, 2025, and quotes required by November 18, 2025, at 3:00 PM through the VendorLink portal. Delivery is expected within 15 days of board approval, with a target completion date prior to December 1, 2025. The initial contract term begins upon board approval with automatic renewal options for up to four additional one-year periods, contingent on budget appropriations and contractor performance. Vendors must submit this affidavit along with vendor registration forms, proof of insurance, licenses, business certifications, and a Contracting with Entities of Foreign Countries of Concern affidavit. The district offers preference to OSD-registered Small Business Enterprise vendors and maintains a cost-plus markup option not exceeding 15 percent, with standard payment terms of 45 days net.
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HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
VENDOR AFFIDAVIT REGARDING THE USE OF COERCION FOR LABOR AND SERVICES
HUMAN TRAFFICKING: § 787.06 (13), FLORIDA STATUTES
Section 787.06(13), Florida Statutes, requires all nongovernmental entities (the “Contractor”) executing, renewing, or extending a contract with a governmental entity (such as The School Board of Hillsborough County, Florida, or Hillsborough County Public Schools) to provide an affidavit signed by an officer or representative of the Contractor under penalty of perjury that the Contractor does not use coercion for labor or services as defined in that statute.
As the person authorized to sign on behalf of the Contractor, I certify that the company identified above does not:
• use or threaten to use physical force against any person; or
• restrain, isolate, or confine or threaten to restrain, isolate, or confine any person without lawful authority and against her or his will; or
• use lending or other credit methods to establish a debt by any person when labor or services are pledged as a security for the debt, if the value of the labor or services as reasonably assessed is not applied toward the liquidation of the debt, the length and nature of the labor or services are not respectively limited and defined; or
• destroy, conceal, remove, confiscate, withhold, or possess any actual or purported passport, visa, or other immigration document, or any other actual or purported government identification document, of any person; or
• cause or threaten to cause financial harm to any person; or
• entice or lure any person by fraud or deceit; or
• provide a controlled substance as outlined in Schedule I or Schedule II of § 893.03, Florida Statutes, to any person for exploitation of that person.
Under penalties of perjury, I declare that I have read the foregoing document and that the facts stated in it are true.
By:
Authorized Signature
Name:
Title:
Date:
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