Specifications

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Revised 7/23/14
24. Bidder/Subcontractor/
Supplier Responsibility
A. The County, in determining the
responsibility of the apparent lowest
Bidder, may require, and the apparent
lowest Bidder shall provide, such
information as the County deems
necessary in order to ascertain the
pecuniary and financial responsibility,
accountability, operational responsibility,
reliability, skill, capacity, ability, judgment,
integrity and moral worth of the apparent
lowest Bidder. In the event that the
apparent lowest Bidder shall be rejected or
fails to furnish the requested information
and is thereby disqualified and/or
otherwise determined to be not
responsible, the next lowest Bidder shall
become the apparent lowest Bidder.
B. The County may require the apparent
lowest Bidder, in addition to other
information, to furnish the following items:
i) Description of its experience with
projects of comparative size, complexity,
and cost within the past five years,
together with documentary evidence of
such projects; demonstration of the
Bidder’s ability and capacity to perform
a substantial portion of the project with
its own forces;
ii) Documentation from previous projects
regarding: timeliness of performance;
quality of work; extension requests;
labor disputes; litigation and arbitration
arising from such work, including fines
and penalties imposed and payment
thereof; liens filed; history of claims for
extra work; Contract defaults; together
with explanations of same;
iii) Identification and description of any
projects within the previous five years
that the apparent lowest Bidder was
determined by a municipality not to be a
Responsible Bidder, the reasons given
by such municipality therefore, together
with an explanation thereof;
iv) An adequate demonstration of
financial responsibility, which may
include, in the County’s discretion, a
Certified Financial Statement prepared
by a Certified Public Accountant, to
assure that the apparent lowest Bidder
possesses adequate resources and
availability of credit and the means and
ability to procure insurance and bonds
required for the project;
v) Disclosure of any suspensions or
revocations of any professional license
of any director, officer, County, or
managerial employee of the apparent
lowest Bidder, to the extent that any
work to be performed is within the field
of such licensed profession;
vi) Disclosure of any and all OSHA
violations within the previous five years,
as well as all notices of OSHA violations
filed against the apparent lowest Bidder
in the same five year period, together
with a description and explanation of
remediation or other steps taken
regarding such violations and notices of
violation;
vii) Disclosure of any and all violations
within the previous five years pertaining
to unlawful intimidation or discrimination
against any employee by reason of
race, creed, color, disability, sex or
natural origin and/or violations of an
employee's civil rights or equal
employment opportunities;
viii) Certification and list of equipment
owned and/or leased by the apparent
lowest Bidder that will be utilized on the
project, together with maintenance
records and such assurances regarding
safety thereof as the County considers
appropriate;
ix) Disclosure of any litigation
(including copies of pleadings) in which
the apparent lowest Bidder has been
named as a defendant or third party
defendant in an action involving a claim
for personal injury or wrongful death
arising from performance of work related
to any project in which it has been
engaged within the previous five years;
x) Disclosure of violations of the
Prevailing Wage and Supplement
Payment Requirements of the Labor
Law, and any other Labor Law
provisions, including, but not limited to,
child labor violations, failure to pay
wages, or unemployment insurance tax
delinquencies within the past five years;
xi) Disclosure of violations of the
Worker's Compensation Law, including,
but not limited to the failure to provide
proof of Workmen's Compensation or