Attachment 6: Provision 4-3 - FAD Services

PROVISION 4-3: REPRESENTATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS (FEBRUARY 2025)

a. Type of Business Organization. The offeror, by checking the applicable blocks, represents that it: (1) Operates as:
incorporated in a country other than the United States of America. ☐ an individual;
☐ a partnership;
☐ a joint venture;
☐ a limited liability company;
☐ a nonprofit organization; or
☐ an educational institution; and
(2) Is (check all that apply)
☐ a small business concern;
☐ a minority business (indicate minority below):
☐ Black American
☐ Hispanic American
☐ Native American
☐ Asian American:
☐ a woman-owned business; or
☐ none of the above entities.
(a) A small business concern for the purposes of Postal Service purchasing means a business, including an affiliate, that is independently owned and operated, is not dominant in producing or performing the supplies or services being purchased, and has no more than 500 employees, unless a different size standard has been established by the Small Business Administration (see 13 CFR 121, particularly for different size standards for airline, railroad, and construction companies). For subcontracts of $50,000 or less, a subcontractor having no more than 500 employees qualifies as a small business without regard to other factors.
(b) Minority Business. A minority business is a concern that is at least 51 percent owned by, and whose management and daily business operations are controlled by, one or more members of a socially and economically disadvantaged minority group, namely U.S. citizens who are Black Americans, Hispanic Americans, Native Americans, or Asian Americans. (Native Americans are American Indians, Eskimos, Aleuts, and Native Hawaiians. Asian Americans are U.S. citizens whose origins are Japanese, Chinese, Filipino, Vietnamese, Korean, Samoan, Laotian, Kampuchean (Cambodian), Taiwanese, in the U.S. Trust Territories of the Pacific Islands or in the Indian subcontinent.)

(c) Woman-owned Business. A woman-owned business is a concern at least 51 percent of which is owned by a woman (or women) who is a U.S. citizen, controls the firm by exercising the power to make policy decisions, and operates the business by being actively involved in day-to-day management. (d) Educational or Other Nonprofit Organization. Any corporation, foundation, trust, or other institution operated for scientific or educational purposes, not organized for profit, no part of the net earnings of which inures to the profits of any private shareholder or individual.