RFQ 18-02-01 Marine and Coastal Professional Engineering Consulting Services

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City of Sunny Isles Beach |Request for Qualifications No. 18-02-01 13 (1) Are not presently debarred, suspended, proposed for debarment, declared ineligible, or voluntarily excluded from participating in covered transactions by any Federal department or agency; (2) Have not within a three-year period preceding this proposal been convicted of or had a civil judgment rendered against them for commission of fraud or a crimina l offense in connection with obtaining, attempting to obtain, or performing a public (Federal, State or local) transaction or contract under a public transaction; violation of Federal or State antitrust statutes or commission of embezzlement, theft, forgery, bribery, falsification or destruction of records, making false statements, or receiving stolen property; (3) Are not presently indicted for or otherwise criminally or civilly charged by a governmental entity (Federal, State or local) with commission of any of the offenses enumerated in paragraph (a)(2) of this certification; and (4) Have not within a three-year period preceding this application/proposal had one or more public transactions (Federal, State or local) terminated for cause or default. b. Where the prospective participant is unable to certify to any of the statements in this certification, such prospective participant shall attach an explanation to this proposal. 2.14 E-VERIFY Contractor acknowledges that the City may be utilizing the Contractor’s services for a project that is funded in whole or in part by State funds pursuant to a contract between the City and a State agency. Contractor shall be responsible for complying with the E-Verify requirements in the contract and using the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s E-Verify system to verify the employment of all new employees hired by Contractor during the Agreement term. The Contractor is also responsible for e-verifying its subcontractors, if any, pursuant to any agreement between the City and a State Agency, and reporting to the City any required information. Contractor acknowledge- edges that the terms of this paragraph are material terms, the breach of any of which constitute a default under the Agreement. 2.15 DISCRIMINATION/NONDISCRIMINATION A. Any entity or affiliate who has been placed on the discriminatory vendor list may not submit a bid on a contract to provide goods or services to a public entity, may not submit a bid on a contract with a public entity for construction or repair of a public building or public work, may not submit bids on leases of real property to a public entity, may not award or perform work as a contractor, supplier, subcontractor, or consultant under contract with any public e ntity, and may not transact business with any public entity. B. During the performance of this Contract, Proposer agrees to not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, religion, color, sex, handicap, marital status, age or national origin, and will take affirmative action to ensure that they are afforded equal employment opportunities without discrimination. Such action shall be taken with reference to, but