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SECTION 00420 <br />AWARD PREFERENCE <br />FOR <br />IDENTICAL TIE BIDS <br />Whenever two or more Bids which are equal with respect to price, quality, and service are received by the State or by <br />any political subdivision for the procurement of commodities or contractual services, a Bid received from a business that <br />certifies that it has implemented a drug -free workplace program shall be given preference in the award process. <br />Established procedures for processing tie Bids will be followed if none of the tied vendors have a drug -free workplace <br />program. In order to have a drug -free workplace program, a business shall: <br />1) Publish a statement notifying employees that the unlawful manufacture, distribution, dispensing, possession, or <br />use of a controlled substance is prohibited in the workplace and specifying the actions that will be taken against <br />employees for violations of such prohibition. <br />2) Inform employees about the dangers of drug abuse in the workplace, the business' policy of maintaining a drug - <br />free workplace, any available drug counseling, rehabilitation, and employee assistance programs, and the <br />penalties that may be imposed upon employees for drug abuse violations. <br />3) Give each employee engaged in providing the commodities or contractual services that are under Bid a copy of <br />the statement specified in subsection (1). <br />4) In the statement specified in subsection (1), notify the employees that, as a condition of working on the <br />commodities or contractual services that are under Bid, the employee will abide by the terms of the statement <br />and will notify the employer of any conviction of, or plea of guilty or noto contendere to, any violation ofchapter <br />893 or of any controlled substance law of the United States or any state, for a violation occurring in the <br />workplace no later than five days after such conviction. <br />5) Impose a sanction on, or require the satisfactory participation in a drug abuse assistance or rehabilitation <br />program, if such is available in the employee's community, by any employee who is so convicted. <br />6) Make a good faith effort to continue to maintain a drug -free workplace through implementation of this section. <br />As the person authorized to sign the state I certify that this firm complies fully with the above requirements. <br />VENDOR'S SIGNATURE: <br />END OF SECTION <br />00420-1 <br />