Clean Water
All Contracts and Subcontracts over $150,000
Contractor shall comply with all applicable standards, orders or regulations issued pursuant
to the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended, 33 USC 1251 et seq. Contractor
shall report each violation to the recipient and understands and agrees that the recipient
shall, in turn, report each violation as required to FTA and the appropriate EPA Regional
Office. Contractor shall include these requirements in each subcontract exceeding
$150,000 financed in whole or in part with FTA assistance. The contractor agrees:
A) It will not use any violating facilities;
B) It will report the use of facilities placed on or likely to be placed on the U.S. EPA
“List of Violating Facilities;”
C) It will report violations of use of prohibited facilities to FTA; and
D) It will comply with the inspection and other requirements of the Federal Water
Pollution Control Act as amended, (33 U.S.C 1251-1387).
False Or Misleading Statements
Proposals which contain false or misleading statements, or which provide references which
do not support an attribute or condition claimed by the Bidder, may be rejected. If, in the
opinion of NTS, such information was intended to mislead NTS in its evaluation of the
proposal, and the attribute, condition or capability 1 is a requirement of this proposal, it will
be the basis for rejection of the proposal.
Bus Testing
Contractor [manufacturer] shall comply with 49 USC 5318e) and FTA's implementing
regulation 49 CFR 665,; and shall perform the following:
A. A manufacturer of a new bus model or a bus produced with a major change in
components or configuration shall provide a copy of the final test report to the recipient
prior to the recipient's final acceptance of the first vehicle.
B. A manufacturer who releases a report under para. 1 above shall provide notice to
the operator of the testing facility that the report is available to the public.
C. If the manufacturer represents that the vehicle was previously tested, the vehicle
being sold should have the identical configuration and major components as the vehicle in
the test report, which must be provided to the recipient prior to the recipient's final
acceptance of the first vehicle. If configuration or components are not identical, the
manufacturer shall provide a description of the change and the manufacturer's basis for
concluding that it is not a major change requiring additional testing.
D. If the manufacturer represents that the vehicle is "grandfathered" (has been used in
mass transit service in the US before Oct. 1, 1988, and is currently being produced without
a major change in configuration or components), the manufacturer shall provide the name
and address of the recipient of such a vehicle and the details of that vehicle's configuration
and. major components.
This affidavit must be on the form provided by NTS, which is enclosed with this bid
package
