New construction contract is now available and must be included in all construction contract specifications, the new boilerplate accommodates three distinct program requirements and requires very deliberate actions by the owner andall potential bidders:

1. Davis-BaconPrevailing Federal Wages, Including Labor Standards Provisions: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Fiscal Year 2010 appropriation (Public Law 111-88) mandates compliance with Federal prevailing wage requirements for all DWRF and SRF loans funded after October 30, 2009 through at least September 30, 2010.  The owner must obtain a copy of the appropriate Wage Determination and incorporate it into this section of the boilerplate prior to bid advertisement and is required to conduct prescribed compliance activities during construction.
2. Disadvantage Business Enterprises (DBE): The EPA created the DBE program to increase the participation of small, minority and women owned firms in the procurement process for goods and services as required by rule, 40 CFR Part 33. There are substantive changes made by the DBE rule. The changes include certification requirements for minority and women owned businesses, Good Faith Efforts, a bidders list, and contract administration requirements. The DBE program requires information on the participation of minority and women owned businesses be reported to the EPA.
3. Debarment/Suspension Certifications: Entities appearing on the Federal Governments Extended Parties List are prohibited from participating in the DWRF/SRF programs and all bidders are required to provide a signed copy of the enclosed certification form.

The required bolierplate, Required Standard Contract Language: Clean Water State Revolving Fund and Drinking Water Revolving Fund, is available at this link and in the tables below.

The tables below list a number of DWRF and SRF/SWQIF forms/guidance that you can either print or download and save to your computer system.

To download, simply double click the hyperlink next to the name of the document you want that indicates the format that you currently want to use on your system. For detailed directions about downloading and using the Microsoft Word 97 format, please see the bottom of this page . To view and/or print a document in Portable Document Format (PDF), Acrobat Reader is required (a free download).

Helpful Tips :

• If you do not have Microsoft Word 97, use the PDF version of the document.
• Review the quality of printing of your document and do not submit a document where printing is incomplete, not formatted properly, or otherwise looks odd.
• To retain a documents proper formatting, document downloads must enable macros to run.
• At this time, documents which require a signature can not be returned via e-mail.

  DWRF Forms and Guidance
  Form/Guidance Name	Microsoft Word	PDF
  Securing Financial Assistance Through the Drinking Water Revolving Fund (guidance booklet)	N/A	PDF
  DWRF Brochure	N/A	PDF
  DWRF Project Plan Preparation Guidance w/Attachments	Word	PDF
  DWRF Project Plan Submittal Form (including the Disadvantaged Community Worksheet and the Resolution adopting the Project Plan)	Word	PDF
  DWRF Eligibility Guidance	N/A	PDF
  DWRF Small Community Planning Loan Guidance	N/A	PDF
  DWRF Small Community Planning Loan Application	Word	PDF
  DWRF Project Bidding Documents/Design Phase Guidance	N/A	PDF
  Required Standard Contract Language for Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBE) and Debarment Certification	N/A	PDF
  DWRF Alternative Justifiable Expenditures (AJE) Guidance	N/A	PDF
  DWRF Alternative Justifiable Expenditures (AJE) Template	Excel	PDF
  DWRF Application Part I	Word	PDF
  DWRF Application Part II	Word	PDF
  Instructions for Part II	N/A	PDF
  EPA Preaward Compliance Review Report (EPA Form 4700-4)	Word	PDF
  DWRF Application Part III	Word	PDF
  DWRF Construction Phase Guidance	N/A	PDF
  Disbursement Request Guidance	N/A	PDF
  DWRF Request for Disbursement of Funds Form	Word Excel	PDF
  DWRF Disadvantaged Community Guidance	N/A	PDF
  DWRF Required Standard Contract Boilerplate	Word	PDF
  SRF/SWQIF Forms and Guidance
  Form/Guidance Name	Microsoft Word	PDF
  Securing Financial Assistance Through the Clean Water Revolving Loan Funds (guidance booklet)	N/A	PDF
  SRF/SWQIF Brochure	N/A	PDF
  SRF/SWQIF Project Plan Preparation Guidance w/Attachments	Word	PDF
  SRF/SWQIF Discharge Data Form	Word	PDF
  SRF/SWQIF Project Plan Submittal Form (including the Resolution adopting the Project Plan)	Word	PDF
  SRF Eligibility Guidance	N/A	PDF
  SRF/SWQIF Design Phase Guidance	N/A	PDF
  Required Standard Contract Language for Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBE) and Debarment Certification	N/A	PDF
  SRF/SWQIF Application Part I	Word	PDF
  SRF/SWQIF Application Part II	Word	PDF
  Instructions for Part II Application	N/A	PDF
  EPA Preaward Compliance Review Report (EPA Form 4700-4)	Word	PDF
  SRF/SWQIF Application Part III	Word	PDF
  SRF Construction Phase Guidance	N/A	PDF
  SWQIF Certification of Project Completion	Word	PDF
  Disbursement Request Guidance	N/A	PDF
  SRF/SWQIF Request for Disbursement of Funds Form	Word Excel	PDF
  SWQIF Documentation for Progress Payment	Word	PDF
  SRF Required Standard Contract Boilerplate	Word	PDF

The following steps will allow you to save RF forms/guidance, for your use, to your computer. The first column shows the form/guidance file name. The second column shows the Microsoft Word 97 version of the document and the third column shows the PDF version of the document.

To save a file to your computer using Microsoft Word 97, find the form/guidance document file you need from the list above and double click on the words "Word 97" in the second column. After you have double clicked on this column, a window may open informing you that you are about to download an item from another server. This warning will vary based on the browser you are using. Once the document opens, you can select the "Save As" command from your "File" menu and save the document to the templates folder (e.g. "C:/Program Files/MSOffice/Templates").

Once you have saved the document to your templates folder, the "Tab" key, or "Up" and "Down" arrow keys, will allow you to move around the document. Where a check box appears in a form, you can choose to mark, or unmark, that box by using the "Space Bar".

If you decide to "Open the file from its current location", do not be alarmed if a "Warning" dialog box pops up indicating, "The document you are opening contains macros or customizations". All of the forms contain macros and/or customizations from a trusted source. Therefore, please select to enable the macros to proceed with opening the document. You can then fill in the form and print or save it directly from the Revolving Loan and Operator Certification Section web site.