City of Emeryville
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS
Business License Tax Revenue
Consulting Services
Due by, Friday, August 12, 2021 @ 3:00 P.M.
CITY OF EMERYVILLE
NOTICE FOR PROPOSALS
Business License Tax Revenue Consulting Services
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City of Emeryville (City) is soliciting proposals from an experienced, qualified Firm ("hereinafter interchangeably referred to as Firm or Proposer") to provide Business License Tax Revenue Consulting Services ("Services") outlined in the RFP for the City of Emeryville. The timing of the project will correspond with the next renewal of Business Licenses for Calendar Year 2022.
Due to COVID-19, proposals shall ONLY be submitted via electronic mail to the Finance Director, Brad Farmer at [email protected] until 3:00 p.m., August 12, 2021. Said proposals will be evaluated and results will be made public after completion of the negotiation process with the selected consultant. The City reserves the right to reject any or all proposals and to waive any informalities or irregularities in any proposal or in the proposal process.
IMPORTANT!!!
The City is not responsible for misdelivered proposals, and the proposer is strictly liable for its chosen method of delivery. It is the proposer’s sole responsibility to make sure that proposals arrive at the proper location. Any proposal which does not actually arrive in the Finance Director’s email address by the RFP due date and time will be rejected as non-responsive, even if properly addressed or delivered to another City Department.
Your proposal MUST be emailed to: [email protected]
(TAX REVENUE CONSULTING SERVICES)
TABLE OF CONTENTS
SECTION Page
1.0 INTRODUCTION 5
2.0 TENTATIVE PROJECT SCHEDULE 7
3.0 SCOPE OF SERVICES 7
4.0 ASSURANCE OF DESIGNATED PROJECT TEAM 8
5.0 PROPOSAL FORMAT REQUIREMENTS 8
6.0 SUBMITTAL INSTRUCTIONS 10
7.0 EVALUATION CRITERIA 11
8.0 SELECTION PROCESS 11
9.0 GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS 12
10.0 ATTACHMENTS 17
PROPOSER’S CERTIFICATION 1
SAMPLE CONTRACT 19
1.0 INTRODUCTION
The City of Emeryville (hereinafter “City”) is soliciting proposals from qualified firms to provide Business License Tax Revenue Consulting Services to the City. This will be a competitive negotiation process. Qualified individuals, firms, contractors, consultants or entities (hereinafter “Consultant/Proposer(s)”), that meet the requirements set forth in this Request for Proposals (hereinafter “RFP”) and are capable of providing the services requested are encouraged to participate.
1.1 BACKGROUND
The City is interested in providing the business community the ability to obtain business licenses though on on-line platform while reducing the impact on the limited finance staff. Business License revenue accounted for approximately 14% of the City of Emeryville’s FY2020-21 General Fund operating revenues. Total business licenses issued by calendar year for the past five years are outlined below:
Year Businesses
within the City
Businesses
outside the City
Total Business
Licenses
Issued
Total Revenue
2021 1,788 852 2,640 $ 4,121,437
2020 2,067 801 2,868 5,286,984
2019 2,562 1,195 3,757 5,552,065
2018 2,808 1,057 3,865 5,164,376
2017 2,341 1,023 3,364 5,154,274
1.2 CITY OVERVIEW
The City is a taxpayer funded California Charter City providing full services to the residents and business community of Emeryville. The City is governed by a five-member City Council. The City Manager and staff implement the policies approved by the Council and handle the City's day-to-day operations. The City 's primary service area is approximately 1.2 square miles, located between Oakland and Berkeley, CA with an estimated population of 12,586. The ability to continue to provide the level of services desired is significantly impacted by the decrease in Transient Occupancy Tax and Sales Tax resulting from the economic slowdown associated with the global pandemic. Increasing operational and personnel costs, including the funding of existing Unfunded Actuarial Liabilities have also increased pressure on the available funds the City uses to provide the desired service levels in the community.
1.3 INSTRUCTIONS
This RFP includes a description of the scope of services, proposal requirements, and instructions for submitting your proposal. Failure to follow these instructions may result in rejection of your proposal.
No oral representations or interpretations will be made to any proposer as to the meaning of this RFP. Direct all inquiries regarding this RFP in writing to:
City of Emeryville
Finance Administration
Attn: Brad Farmer
Email: [email protected]
Do not contact other individuals or City departments in this regard. Information provided by anyone other than the above contact may be invalid and proposals which are submitted in accordance with such information may be declared non-responsive.
In the event that it becomes necessary to revise any part of this RFP, written addenda will be issued. Any amendment to this RFP is valid only if it is in writing and issued by the City department issuing the RFP. No oral interpretations or answers shall bind the City unless confirmed by the City in writing.
2.0 TENTATIVE SCHEDULE
The following represents the tentative schedule for this RFP. Deadline for Final Questions, or Proposal Submission Deadline will be advertised in the form of an addendum to this RFP. The schedule for the evaluation process and other future dates may be adjusted without notice.
RFP Released by the City…………………………… 07/20/2021
Deadline for Final Questions………………………... 07/30/2021
City Responses to Written Questions……………… 08/04/2021
Proposal Submission Deadline……………………… 08/12/2021 – 3:00 pm Consultant Interviews as needed…………………… 08/16/2021
Contract Negotiations concluded…………………… 08/27/2021
Contract Approval by City Council………………… 09/13/2021
Commencement of Services.……………………… 09/14/2021
3.0 SCOPE OF SERVICES
Please describe the firms’ ability to meet each of the requirements below. If a requirement cannot be met, please provide an alternative approach or state that your proposal does not include that category of services.
3.1 Business Operations Tax Administration
Maintain the City’s Tax Registration Database and provide copies of the data or report at the City's request. The City will not be required to use or maintain any software inhouse for managing the business registry but will have access to the system to verify publicly available license information.
Send active business license accounts a renewal notice within 30 days of the renewal period end date. The Consultant will provide all applicable forms necessary to complete the renewal process. The Consultant shall follow the City guidelines for processing delinquent accounts.
Process new business license applications and complete the new account registration process according to established City guidelines.
Process all business license functions in accordance with the City of Emeryville Municipal Code Section as they relate to Business License. Process all payments for new and renewal accounts. The Consultant will update all license accounts with payment information and remit all revenues to the City, net banking, and related processing fees on no less than a monthly basis. Provide businesses with multiple support options for registering, renewing, making payments, and for general inquiries.
Make available options for businesses to visit a website linked to the City's website to submit online transactions, including, but not limited to, renewal processing, new
account processing, and payment processing.
Provide customer support to City staff on business operations tax inquiries.
4.0 ASSURANCE OF DESIGNATED PROJECT TEAM
Consultant shall assure that the designated project team, including sub-consultants or subcontractors (if any), is used for this project. Departure or reassignment of, or substitution for, any member of the designated project team, sub-consultant(s) or sub-contractor(s) shall not be made without the prior written approval of the City.
5.0 PROPOSAL FORMAT REQUIREMENTS
Each response to this RFP shall include the information described in this section. Provide the information in the specified order. Failure to include all of the information specified may be cause for rejection. Additional information may be provided but should be succinct and relevant to the goals of this RFP. Any additional information that a proposing Consultant wishes to include that is not specifically requested should be included in an appendix to the proposal.
Proposers are encouraged to keep the proposals brief and to the point, but sufficiently detailed to allow evaluation of the project approach. Excessive information will not be considered favorably. Unauthorized conditions, omissions, limitations, or provisions attached to a proposal will render the proposal non-responsive and may cause its rejection.
Proposers are warned against making erasures or alterations of any kind, without initialing each and every such change. Proposals that contain erasures or irregularities of any kind, without such initialing, or omissions, may be rejected.
5.1 Cover Letter with the following information:
Title of this RFP
Name and Mailing Address of Firm (include physical location if mailing address is a PO Box)
Contact Person, Telephone Number, Fax Number, and Email Address A statement that the submitting Consultant will perform the services and adhere to the requirements described in this RFP, including any addenda (reference the addenda by date and/or number).
5.2 Signature Requirements - The attached Proposer’s Certification (Attachment A) shall be executed by an official(s) legally authorized to bind the Consultant which states that the proposal is valid for ninety (90) days. Include the executed copy of the Proposer’s Certification under Tab G. Note: This is ninety (90) days following the closing date for the receipt of all proposals.
Proposals submitted on behalf of a Partnership shall be signed in the firm name by a partner or the Attorney-in-Fact. If signed by the Attorney-in-Fact, there shall be attached to the proposal a Power-of-Attorney evidencing authority to sign proposals, dated the same date as the proposal and executed by all partners of the firm.
Proposals which are submitted on behalf of a Corporation shall have the correct corporate name thereon and the actual signature of the authorized officer of the corporation written (not typed) below the corporate name. The title of the office held by the person signing for the corporation shall appear below the signature of the officer.
Proposals which are submitted on behalf of a Limited Liability Company (“LLC”) shall be signed by the person or persons authorized to bind the LLC under the LLC’s articles of organization.
Proposals which are submitted by an Individual Doing Business under a firm name (“dba”) shall be signed in the name of the individual doing business under the proper firm’s name and style.
5.3 Firm’s Qualifications – Describe your firm and provide a statement of your firm's qualifications for performing the requested services. Identify the services which would be completed by your firm's staff and those that would be provided by sub-consultants or subcontractors, if any. Identify any sub-consultants or sub-contractors you propose to utilize to supplement your firm’s staff. Include the firm’s organizational chart, including its constituent parts, and size variation of staffing levels in the past five (5) years.
5.4 Experience and References – Provide a summary of your firm’s experience in providing these or similar services. Provide a minimum of three (3) references for projects or services similar in nature and scope that your firm’s team members have completed in the last five (5) years. Include brief descriptions of the projects, dates, client names and contact persons’ names, addresses and telephone numbers. Public sector references are preferred.
5.5 Qualifications of Team – Provide a brief summary of the role, qualifications and experience of each team member and designated project manager/lead assigned to this project, including length of service with the firm and the qualifications/experience of any sub-consultant or sub-contractor staff on your project team. A project team organizational diagram and brief resume of each team member and the designated project manager/lead for each applicable category shall be included. The geographic location of the firm and key personnel shall also be identified. Any proposed sub-consultants or sub-contractors shall be listed. Include sub-consultant’s and sub-contractor’s assigned task(s) and experience. Full resumes may be included in the appendix.
5.6 Project Understanding – Based on the available information, supplemental research, field observations, and experience with similar projects, provide a narrative describing your understanding of the services requested in this RFP, your general approach and any major challenges to achieving the City’s stated goals. Include any issues you believe will require special consideration for this project. Also identify any unique approaches or strengths that your firm may have related to this project. City staff will assess your understanding of all aspects of the project based on the overview. Please include examples report deliverables, for both staff analysis and for public reporting.
5.7 Project Plan – Provide a detailed discussion of your firm’s approach to the successful implementation of this project. Include thorough discussions of methodologies you believe are essential to accomplishing this project. Include a proposed work schedule to
accomplish all of the required tasks within the desired timeline. Identify the staff who would be assigned to each task, including sub-consultants and sub-contractors. List any necessary equipment, training or installation services required.
5.8 Cost Proposal – Provide a total cost proposal for all products and services to be delivered, and a breakdown of costs delineated by tasks as described in your project plan. Include a schedule of hourly rates for all proposed staff and the amount of time each person will be devoted to this project. Define any reimbursable expenses requested to be paid by the City.
5.9 Required Statements/Documents – Include statements of assurance regarding the following requirements in the proposal:
Non-substitution for the designated members of the team without approval by City staff (Section 4.0)
The absence of a conflict of interest (Section 9.4)
Indicate your ability and agreement to fulfill the indemnification and insurance requirements contained in the sample contract (Section 9.7). (Please note that actual certificates of insurance are not required as part of your submittal.) A statement that nothing contained in the submitted proposal will be proprietary. (Section 9.23)
Submit the following documents with proposal:
Executed copy of Proposer’s Certification (Attachment A)
5.10 Exceptions – Describe any and all proposed exceptions, alterations or amendments to the Scope of Services or other requirements of this RFP, including the Sample Contract (Attachment B). The nature and scope of your proposed exceptions may negatively affect the evaluation of your submittal and the City’s determination of whether it is possible to successfully negotiate a contract with your firm.
5.11 Competency of Proposers – The City wants to ensure that the successful Consultant has the necessary facilities, ability, experience, and financial resources to provide the services specified herein in a satisfactory and timely manner. Please list and explain any pending bankruptcies, liens, stop payment notices, judgments, lawsuits, arbitrations, mediations, foreclosures, and any similar actions filed or resolved in the past seven (7) years. Please indicate whether a client has ever terminated a contract with your firm for breach, and if so, please explain.
6.0 SUBMITTAL INSTRUCTIONS
6.1 Proposals shall be submitted not later than the time and date indicated on the cover page of this RFP. All submittals shall be submitted with the title of the RFP and “Sealed Proposal” in the subject line and the body of the email.
6.2 Proposals shall be emailed to:
[email protected]
6.3 Faxed or hand delivered proposals will not be accepted. Email will be accepted up until the deadline date and time - August 12, 2021 – 3:00 pm.
6.4 The City shall not be responsible for proposals delivered to a person or location other than specified herein.
6.5 The City reserves the right to waive minor defects and/or irregularities in proposals and shall be the sole judge of the materiality of any such defect or irregularity.
6.6 All costs associated with proposal preparation shall be borne by the proposer.
7.0 EVALUATION CRITERIA
The following evaluation criteria and rating schedule will be used to determine the most highly qualified firm(s).
A. Experience and qualifications of firm and proposed staff (per sections 5.3-5.5) B. Understanding of the Project – Proposed Project Plan (per section 5.6-7) C. Proposed Cost - (per section 5.8)
8.0 SELECTION PROCESS
8.1 Award of the RFP shall be made to the responsible Proposer whose proposal is determined, through a formal evaluation panel process, to be the most advantageous to the City after the evaluation panel has taken into consideration the evaluation factors set forth in the RFP. A master averaged score sheet shall be created based on the evaluation panel’s initial evaluation. Proposals shall be scored according to the criteria stated in the RFP.
8.2 Proposals submitted will be reviewed by a selection committee. Proposers who have submitted the best and most complete proposal may be invited to an interview. The number of Proposers invited to an interview may vary depending upon the number of proposals submitted.
8.3 Should the City elect to conduct interviews with any Proposers, the following criteria shall be considered, and each Proposer ranked by the evaluation panel during the interview process: a) Quality of presentation, b) Ability to meet the City’s business goals, c) Communication style.
8.4 The City reserves the right to select after review of the proposals without oral interviews; therefore, the proposal should be submitted initially on the most favorable terms that the Proposer might propose.
8.5 A contract will be negotiated with the Proposer considered best meeting the City’s need for this project. In the event a mutually satisfactory contract cannot be negotiated
with the City’s first choice, negotiations may be terminated and commenced with the Proposer considered next best in meeting the City’s needs for this project.
8.6 The selected Consultant will be required to execute a City prepared contract. The contract may further refine the scope of services and will provide for the terms and conditions of employment.
8.7 The award of any contract is expressly contingent upon City Council approval and the availability of funds. City staff may not legally bind the City to a contract.
8.8 The City reserves the right to reject any or all proposals, or to waive minor irregularities in said proposals, or to negotiate minor deviations with the successful Consultant(s). In the case of differences between written words and figures in a proposal, the amount stated in written words shall govern. In the case of a difference in unit price versus the extended figure, the unit price shall govern.
8.9 The City reserves the right to seek clarification on any or all proposal submittals to ensure the RFP specifications are met. Proposals may be rejected from any proposer who does not comply with the City’s request for clarification.
8.10 Once a decision has been made to award the contract, then a formal notice of the intent to award to the recommended proposer(s) shall be made by the Department.
8.11 A City of Emeryville business license as well as all applicable permits, licenses and certifications required by local, state or federal law are required before the contract award.
9.0 GENERAL TERMS & CONDITIONS
9.1 Standard Contract. Upon completion of the evaluation and recommendation for award, the selected Consultant will be required to execute an agreement prepared by the City, a sample of which is included as Attachment B.
9.2 Independent Contractor. At all times, the Consultant shall represent to be an independent contractor offering such services to the public and shall not represent their selves, or their employees, to be an employee of the City. Therefore, the Consultant shall assume all legal and financial responsibility for taxes, FICA, employee fringe benefits, workers’ compensation, employee insurance, minimum wage requirements, overtime, etc., and agrees to indemnify, save, and hold the City, its officers, agents, and employees, harmless from and against, all loss, cost (including attorneys’ fees), and damage of any kind related to such matters.
9.3 Non-Appropriation. The City may terminate any resulting contract at the end of any fiscal year, June 30th, without further liability other than payment of debt incurred during such fiscal year, should funds not be appropriated by its governing body to continue services for which the contract was intended.
9.4 Conflict of Interest. The Consultant shall warrant that no official or employee of the City has an interest, has been employed or retained to solicit or aid in the procuring of the resulting contract, nor that any such person will be employed in the performance of such contract without immediate divulgence of such fact to the City. Proposers submitting a proposal in response to this RFP must disclose any actual, apparent, direct, indirect, or potential conflicts of interest that may exist with respect to the Proposer or the Proposer’s management or employees relative to the services to be provided to the City. Conflict of interest issues may require consultation with legal counsel. If a Proposer has no conflicts of interest, a statement to that effect must be included in the proposal. Violation of this section shall be a material breach of the contract entitling the City to all remedies by law or in equity.
9.5 Undue Influence. The Consultant shall warrant via an executed Proposer’s Certification (Attachment A) that no undue influence or pressure is used against or in concert with any officer or employee of the City in connection with the award or terms of the contract that will be executed because of this RFP, including any method of coercion, confidential financial arrangement or financial inducement. No officer or employee of the City shall receive compensation, directly or indirectly, from the Proposer, or from any officer, employee or agent of the Proposer, in connection with the award of the contract or any work to be conducted as a result of this RFP. Violation of this section shall be a material breach of the contract entitling the City to all remedies by law or in equity.
9.6 Non-Collusion. Proposers submitting proposals shall warrant via an executed Proposer’s Certification (Attachment A) that their offer is made without any previous understanding, agreement or connection with any person, firm or corporation submitting a separate proposal for the same project and is in all respects fair, without outside control, collusion, fraud, or otherwise illegal action. This condition shall not apply to proposals which are submitted by firms who have partnered with others to submit a cooperative proposal that clearly identifies a primary consultant and the associated sub-consultants or sub-contractors.
9.7 Indemnification & Insurance Requirements. The City’s standard indemnification and insurance requirements are provided in the sample contract, included in Attachment C.
All costs of complying with the insurance requirements shall be as included in your pricing. The selected Consultant shall provide complete and valid insurance certificates within ten (10) days of the City’s written request. Failure to provide the documents within the time stated may result in rejection of the Consultant’s proposal. Alterations to the terms and conditions shall not be allowed.
9.8 Cost of Preparing Proposal. The City will not pay any costs incurred by any Consultant in preparing or submitting a proposal in response to this RFP.
9.9 Proposals Property of the City. All documents or materials submitted with or in conjunction with any proposal, including but not limited to electronic files, shall become the property of the City after the proposal submission deadline. No submission documents will be returned. During negotiations, the scope of services may be amended by the City and negotiated based upon ideas provided by other proposers or any other source.
9.10 Proposals are Public Records. All proposals submitted are subject to the public disclosure requirements under the laws of the State of California, unless the City identifies and exercises a right or obligation to exempt any record from public disclosure. However, proposals will not be disclosed until negotiations are complete and a recommendation for selection and award is made.
9.11 Rejection of RFP. The City reserves the right to reject any or all proposals, to waive defects or irregularities in any proposal or in the RFP process, and to offer to negotiate or contract with any Consultant in response to any RFP. This RFP does not constitute any form of offer to contract.
9.12 Modifying RFP. The City reserves the right to modify any portion of, or to postpone or cancel this RFP at any time, and/or reject all submissions without indicating any reason.
9.13 If no proposal is accepted, the City may elect to have the services performed in some other manner.
9.14 Rejecting Team Members, Firms or Sub-consultants. The City reserves the right to reject individual team members, firms, sub-consultants or sub-contractors and request substitution prior to contract award.
9.15 Withdrawal of Proposals. Proposals may be withdrawn prior to the date and time specified for proposal submission with a formal written notice by an authorized representative of the proposer delivered to the City Clerk’s Office. Proposals submitted will become property of the City after the proposal submission deadline.
Proposals may not be withdrawn for ninety (90) days after the due date unless the City enters a contract with another Consultant prior to the expiration of that ninety (90) day period.
9.16 Prohibited Submittals. No hand delivered, telephone or facsimile proposals will be accepted.
9.17 Proposal Postponement and Amendment. The City reserves the right to revise or amend the RFP or specifications up to the time set for opening of the proposals. Such revisions and amendments, if any, shall be announced by amendments to this RFP through the City’s web site. Copies of such amendments shall be furnished to all prospective Proposers. Prospective proposers are defined as those Proposers who have registered and are on the City’s RFP list for this service. If revisions and amendments require changes in quantities, prices or scope of services, the date set for opening of the proposals may be postponed by such number of days as in the opinion of the City shall enable Proposers to revise their proposals. Proposals which fail to acknowledge a substantive addendum to the RFP, as determined by the City Attorney’s Office, on the City supplied addendum form will be rejected as non-responsive. Any revisions or amendments to the RFP will become incorporated into any contract awarded pursuant to the RFP.
9.18 Proprietary Information. Consultants submitting a proposal in response to this RFP must provide a statement that nothing contained in the submitted proposal will be
proprietary. However, if a Consultant desires to claim a privilege against public disclosure for a trade secret or other proprietary information, such information must be submitted with the proposal in a separate envelope marked “confidential.” The City Attorney’s Office will determine if the information is in fact proprietary, based on state and federal law. Note that under California law, a price proposal to a public agency is not a trade secret. The Consultant shall defend, indemnify, and hold harmless the City regarding any claim by any third party for the public disclosure of the “confidential” portion of the proposal.
9.19 Right to Request Additional Information. During the evaluation process, the City reserves the right, where it may serve the best interests of the City, to request additional information and clarifications from Proposers. Such information will be requested in writing to the specific proposer. This information will become a part of the original proposal submitted by the specific Proposer and will be used by the City in evaluating the proposal and will not be shared with other Proposers during the evaluation and negotiation process.
9.20 Modification of Proposals. Modification of a proposal already received will be considered only if the modification is received prior to the deadline date for receiving proposals. All modifications shall be made in writing, executed, and submitted in the same form and manner as the original proposal.
9.21 Examination of Contract Documents. Each Proposer shall thoroughly examine and be familiar with the terms of this RFP, the sample contract attached as Attachment B, legal and procedural documents, general conditions, specifications, and addenda (if any), which will constitute the contract documents. Submission of a proposal shall constitute acknowledgement, upon which the City may rely, that the Proposer has thoroughly examined and is familiar with the contract documents. Failure or neglect of a Proposer to receive or examine any of the contract documents shall in no way relieve the Proposer of any obligation with respect to their proposal or to the contract. No claim for additional compensation will be allowed which is based upon lack of knowledge of any contract document.
9.22 Non-Discrimination. The City maintains various policies related to contractual service providers. Among these is an anti-discrimination policy, which requires that the City’s contractors not discriminate in hiring based on gender, race, religion, sexual orientation, medical condition, and all other categories protected by law. Upon acceptance of a proposal, the City may request that the selected Consultant sign a statement affirming its compliance with this policy.
9.23 No Assignment or Modifications. This awarded contract is to be binding on the successors and assigns of the parties hereto. The services called for herein are deemed unique and except as provided herein. Consultant shall not assign, transfer, subcontract, or otherwise substitute its interest in the contract or any of its obligations herein without the written consent of the City. The contract may be modified only by a written amendment signed by the parties.
9.24 Bankruptcy. Upon filing for any bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding whether voluntary or involuntary, or upon the appointment of a receiver, trustee, or assignee for the benefit of creditors, the Consultant must notify the City immediately. Upon learning the actions herein identified, the City reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to cancel the contract.
Attachment A
PROPOSER’S CERTIFICATION
I hereby propose to furnish the goods or services specified in the Request for Proposals (“RFP”). I agree that my proposal will remain firm for a period of up to ninety (90) days to allow the City of Emeryville (“City”) adequate time to evaluate the qualifications submitted.
I have carefully examined the Request for Proposals and any other documents accompanying or made a part of this RFP. The information contained in this proposal is true and correct to the best of my knowledge and is signed under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California. I further certify that I am duly authorized to submit this proposal on behalf of the firm as its authorized agent and that the firm is ready, willing and able to perform if awarded the contract.
I further certify that this proposal is made without prior understanding, agreement, connection, discussion, or conspiracy with any other person, firm or corporation submitting a proposal for the same product or service; that this proposal is fair and made without outside control, collusion, fraud or illegal action; that no officer, employee or agent of the City or any other proposer is financially interested in said proposal; that no undue influence or pressure was used against or in concert with any officer, employee or agent of the City in connection with the award or terms of the contract that will be executed as a result of this RFP; and that the undersigned executed this Proposer’s Certification with full knowledge and understanding of the matters therein contained and was duly authorized to do so.
NAME OF BUSINESS
SIGNATURE
NAME & TITLE, TYPED OR PRINTED
MAILING ADDRESS
TELEPHONE NUMBER
EMAIL
Type of Organization:
Sole Proprietorship Corporation State of Incorporation
Partnership Limited Liability Company