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EXHIBIT F <br />Bid/Proposal Attachment regarding the Darfur Contracting Act of 2008 <br />Effective January 1, 2009, all Invitations for Bids (IFB) or Requests for Proposals (RFP) <br />for goods or services must address the requirements of the Darfur Contracting Act of <br />2008 (Act). (Public Contract Code sections 10475, et seq.; Stats. 2008, Ch. 272). The <br />Act was passed by the California Legislature and signed into law by the Governor to <br />preclude State agencies generally from contracting with "scrutinized" companies that do <br />business in the African nation of Sudan (of which the Darfur region is a part), for the <br />reasons described in Public Contract Code section 10475. <br />A scrutinized company is a company doing business in Sudan as defined in Public <br />Contract Code section 10476. Scrutinized companies are ineligible to, and cannot, bid <br />on or submit a proposal for a contract with a State agency for goods or services. <br />(Public Contract Code section 10477(a)). <br />Therefore, Public Contract Code section 10478 (a) requires a company that currently <br />has (or within the previous three years has had) business activities or other operations <br />outside of the United States to certify that it is not a "scrutinized" company when it <br />submits a bid or proposal to a State agency. (See # 1 on the sample Attachment). <br />A scrutinized company may still, however, submit a bid or proposal for a contract with a <br />State agency for goods or services if the company first obtains permission from the <br />Department of General Services (DGS) according to the criteria set forth in Public <br />Contract Code section 10477(b). (See # 2 on the sample Attachment). <br />The following sample Attachment may be included in an IFB or RFP to satisfy the Act's <br />certification requirements of bidders and proposers. <br />17 <br />