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2.10. BACKGROUND CHECKS: 2.10.1. As per City Ordinance Sec. 2-142.4. — Criminal Background Checks, for any contracts which require a Contractor, subcontractor, consultant or subconsultant to perform work in or on City property where the Contractor or any subcontractors or employees will perform work or services in close proximity to facilities with minors, the elderly or persons with special needs or where the services are of a nature which would reasonably warrant background checks, the Contractor, subcontractor, consultant or sub -consultant who is doing the work in or on City property shall be required to undergo a criminal background check, at the contractor's expense. 2.10.2. All criminal background checks must be conducted prior to any covered individual's initial access to City's property and, depending on the contract's term, on an annual basis thereafter. The Contractor or consultant shall be required to submit an affidavit on the form included with the bid or solicitation documents, certifying that background checks have been completed for all employees as set forth in Section 2-142.4(2) and certify that no employee who has been convicted or who has entered a plea of nolo contendere for any crime set forth within Section 2-142.4(4) shall perform work on City property as referenced above. 2.11. EMPLOYMENT VERIFICATION: The successful Vendor shall comply with Section 448.095, Fla. Stat., "Employment Eligibility," including registration and use of the E -Verify system to verify the work authorization status of employees. Failure to comply with Section 448.095, Fla. Stat. shall result in termination of the contract. Any challenge to termination under this provision must be filed in the Circuit Court no later than twenty (20) calendar days after the date of termination. If this contract is terminated for a violation of the statute by the successful Vendor, the successful Vendor may not be awarded a public contract for a period of one (1) year after the date of termination. All cost(s) incurred to initiate and sustain the aforementioned program shall be the responsibility of the Contractor. Failure to meet this requirement may result in termination of the Agreement by the City. 2.12. PROHIBITION OF INTEREST: No contract will be awarded to a Vendor who has City elected officials, officers or employees affiliated with it, unless the Vendor has fully complied with current Florida State Statutes and City Ordinances relating to this issue. Vendors must disclose any such affiliation. Failure to disclose any such affiliation will result in disqualification of the Vendor and removal of the Vendor from the City's Bidder's List and prohibition from engaging in any business with the City. 2.13. CONFLICT OF INTEREST: 2.13.1. The Vendor covenants that they presently have no interest and shall not acquire any interest, directly or indirectly, which would conflict in any manner or degree with the performance of the services hereunder. The Vendor further covenants that no person having any such known interest shall be employed or conveyed an interest, directly or indirectly, in the contract. 2.13.2. The Vendor represents itself to be an independent firm offering such services to the general public and shall not represent itself or its employees to be employees City of Parkland RFP 2021-03 Page 10