U.S. Department of Agriculture
Rural Utilities Service
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY ADDENDUM
To Be Inserted in Construction Contracts and
Subcontracts, and Materials Contracts and Purchase Orders
PART I
The Contractor represents that:
It has
, does not have
, 100 or more employees, and if it has, that
It has
, has not
, furnished the Equal Employment Opportunity - Employers Information
Report EEO-1, Standard Form 100, required of employers with 100 or more employees pursuant to
Executive Order 11246 and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
The Contractor agrees that it will obtain, prior to the award of any subcontract for more than
$10,000 hereunder to a subcontractor with 100 or more employees, a statement, signed by the proposed
subcontractor, that the proposed subcontractor has filed a current report on Standard Form 100.
The Contractor agrees that if it has 100 or more employees and has not submitted a report on
Standard Form 100 for the current reporting year and that if this contract will amount to more than
$10,000, the Contractor will file such report, as required by law, and notify the Owner in writing of such
filing prior to the Owner's acceptance of this Proposal.
PART II
CERTIFICATION OF NONSEGREGATED FACILITIES
The Contractor certifies that it does not maintain or provide for its employees any segregated
facilities at any of its establishments, and that it does not permit its employees to perform their services
at any location, under its control, where segregated facilities are maintained. The Contractor certifies
further that it will not maintain or provide for its employees any segregated facilities at any of its
establishments, and that it will not permit its employees to perform their services at any location, under
its control, where segregated facilities are maintained. The Contractor agrees that a breach of this
certification is a violation of the Equal Opportunity Clause in this contract. As used in this certification,
the term ''segregated facilities'' means any waiting rooms, work areas, restrooms and washrooms,
restaurants and other eating areas, time clocks, locker rooms and other storage or dressing areas,
parking lots, drinking fountains, recreation or entertainment areas, transportation, and housing facilities
provided for employees which are segregated by explicit directive or are in fact segregated on the basis
of race, color, religion, or national origin, because of habit, local custom, or otherwise. The Contractor
agrees that (except where it has obtained identical certifications from proposed subcontractors for
specific time periods) it will obtain identical certifications from proposed subcontractors prior to the
award of subcontracts exceeding $10,000 which are not exempt from the provisions of the Equal
Opportunity Clause, and that it will retain such certifications in its files.
NOTE: The penalty for making false statements in offers is prescribed in 18 U.S.C. 1001.
RUS Form 270
(Rev. 7-70)