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Contract Terms and Conditions 222209954,0 i) Contractor is advised that the County has entered into an agreement (the IMAGE Agreement) with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) wherein the County will, in part, seek to promote the principles of ethical business conduct, prevent knowingly hiring unauthorized workers through self -governance, and encourage voluntary reporting of the discovery of unauthorized workers to ICE. Accordingly, by submitting its Offer, Contractor represents and warrants: aa) that Contractor is in compliance with all applicable Federal, State and local laws, including, but not limited to, the laws related to the requirement of an employer to verify an employee's eligibility to work in the United States; bb) that all of Contractor's employees are legally eligible to work in the United States; and cc) that the Contractor has actively and affirmatively verified such eligibility utilizing the E -Verify system and/or the Federal Government's Employment Eligibility Verification Form (the Form I-9). ii) A mere allegation of Contractor's intent to use and/or current use of unauthorized workers may not be a basis to delay the County's award of a Contract to the Contractor unless the County has a good faith belief that the Contractor knowingly violated Florida Statutes Section 448.09(1) or such allegation has been determined to be factual by ICE prior to the date the Contract is scheduled to be awarded by the County. iii) Good faith claims/beliefs of the Contractor's use of unauthorized workers must be reported to both of the following agencies: The County's Compliance Services hotline at (813) 272-6554; and ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) at 1 -866 -DHS -2 -ICE (1-866-347-2423). c) IMAGE Best Practices Contractor is required to incorporate the following IMAGE Best Practices into its business and, when practicable, incorporate verification requirements into its agreements with Subcontractors: i) Use the Department of Homeland Security employment eligibility verification program (E -Verify) to verify the employment eligibility of all new hires. ii) Use the Social Security Number Verification Service and make a good faith effort to correct and verify the names and Social Security numbers of the current workforce. Establish a written hiring and employment eligibility verification policy. iii) Establish an internal compliance and training program related to the hiring and employment verification process, to include, but not be limited to, completion of Form I-9, how to detect fraudulent use of documents in the verification process, and how to use E -Verify and the Social Security Number Verification Service. iv) Require the Form I-9 and E -Verify process to be conducted only by individuals who have received appropriate training and include a secondary review as part of each employee's verification to minimize the potential for a single individual to subvert the process. Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners Page 49 of 61