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DRUG FREE WORKPLACE (Tie Bid Form) <br /> FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 287.087 <br /> Identical Tie Bids: Preference shall be given to business with drug-free workplace programs. Whenever <br /> 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 <br /> business that certifies that it has implemented a drug-free workplace program shall be given preference in <br /> the award process. Established procedures for processing tie bids will be followed if none of the tied <br /> vendors have a drug-free workplace program. In order to have a drug-free workplace program,a business <br /> shall: <br /> 1. Publish a statement notifying employees that the unlawful manufacture,distribution,dispensing, <br /> possession, or use of a controlled substance is prohibited in the workplace and specifying the <br /> actions that will be taken against employees for violations of such prohibition. <br /> 2. Inform employees about the dangers of drug abuse in the workplace, the business's policy of <br /> maintaining a drug-free workplace, any available drug counseling, rehabilitation,and employee <br /> assistance programs, and the penalties that may be imposed upon employees for drug abuse <br /> violations. <br /> 3. Give each employee engaged in providing the commodities or contractual services that are <br /> under Bid a copy of the statement specified in subsection (1). <br /> 4. In the statement specified in subsection(1), notify the employees that, as a condition of working <br /> on the commodities or contractual services that are under Bid, the employee will abide by the <br /> terms of the statement and will notify the employer of any conviction of, or plea of guilty or nolo <br /> contendere to, any violation of Chapter 893 or of any controlled substance law of the United <br /> States or any state, for a violation occurring in the workplace no later than five (5) days after <br /> such conviction. <br /> 5. Impose a sanction on, or require the satisfactoryparticipation in a drug abuse assistance or <br /> rehabilitation program if such is available in the employee's community, by any employee who is <br /> so convicted. <br /> 6. Make a good faith effort to continue to maintain a drug-free workplace through the <br /> implementation of this section. <br /> As the,person authorized to sign the statement, I certify that this firm complies fully with the above <br /> requirements. <br /> /7/16 <br /> Bid 'stSignature Date <br /> 00300-23/26 <br />