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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) for <br />goods or services must address the requirements of the Darfur Contracting Act of 2008 (Act). <br />(Public Contract Code sections 10475, et seq.; Stats. 2008, Ch. 272). The Act was passed by <br />the California Legislature and signed into law by the Governor to preclude State agencies <br />generally from contracting with "scrutinized" companies that do business in the African nation of <br />Sudan (of which the Darfur region is a part), for the reasons described in Public Contract Code <br />section 10475. <br />A scrutinized company is a company doing business in Sudan as defined in Public Contract <br />Code section 10476. Scrutinized companies are ineligible to, and cannot, bid on or submit a <br />proposal for a contract with a State agency for goods or services. (Public Contract Code <br />section 10477(a)). <br />Therefore, Public Contract Code section 10478 (a) requires a company that currently has (or <br />within the previous three years has had) business activities or other operations outside of the <br />United States to certify that it is not a "scrutinized" company when it submits a bid or proposal to <br />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 State <br />agency for goods or services if the company first obtains permission from the Department of <br />General Services (DGS) according to the criteria set forth in Public Contract Code section <br />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 />20 <br />