Specifications

COUNTY OF TOMPKINS
GENERAL CONDITIONS
NON-COLLUSION CERTIFICATE
NON-COLLUSIVE CERTIFICATION:
(a) By submission of this bid/proposal, each bidder/proposer and each person signing on behalf of any
bidder/proposer certifies, and in the case of a joint bid/proposal each party thereto certifies as to its own
organization, under penalty of perjury, that to the best of his/her/their knowledge and belief:
1. The prices in this bid/proposal have been arrived at independently without collusion, consultation,
communication, or agreement, for the purpose of restricting competition, as to any matter relating to
such prices with any other bidder/proposer or with any competitor;
2. Unless otherwise required by law, the prices that have been quoted in this package have not been
knowingly disclosed by the bidder/proposer prior to opening, directly or indirectly, to any other
bidder/proposer or to any competitor; and
3. No attempt has been made or will be made by the bidder/proposer to induce any other person,
partnership, or corporation to submit or not to submit a bid/proposal for the purpose of restricting
competition.
Name of Bidder/Proposer
Signature and Title of Signer
Date
NOTE:
A bid/proposal shall not be considered for award nor shall any award be made where (a) 1, 2 and 3 above have not been
complied with; provided, however, that if in any case the bidder/proposer cannot make the foregoing certification, the
bidder/proposer shall so state and shall furnish with the bid/proposal a signed statement that sets forth in detail the
reason(s) therefore. Where (a) 1, 2, and 3 above have not been complied with, the bid/proposal shall not be considered
for award nor shall any award be made unless the head of the purchasing unit of the political subdivision, public
department, agency or official thereof to which the bid/proposal is made, or his designee, determines that such disclosure
was not made for the purpose of restricting competition.
The fact that a bidder/proposer (a) has published price lists, rates or tariffs covering items being procured, (b) has
informed prospective customers of proposed or pending publication of new or revised price lists for such items, or (c) has
sold the same items to other customers at the same prices being bid/proposed, does not constitute, without more, a
disclosure within the meaning of subparagraph (a) 1.