Specifications include, but are not limited to: .1 The Contractor shall furnish all labor, materials, supplies, equipment, and supervision necessary for the completion of all background screening services specified. The Contractor shall provide professional and technical services to produce materials, procedures, and reports in accordance with contemporary federal and state employment statutes and guidelines, principles, and practices in the field of background screening services. 5.2 The procedures and methods to be used by the company for background screening services must conform with all current federal and state employment statutes and guidelines governing public agency human resource administration, to include Title VII of Chapter 42 of the United States Code the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Uniform Guidelines on Employment Selection Procedures, Americans with Disabilities Act Amendment Act, Department of Labor Fair Labor Standards Act, Fair Credit Reporting Act, et al. 5.3 To this end, the procedures must be free from non-job related factors which might function as biases against any group on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, genetic information, national origin, physical disability, or any other classification protected by federal and state law. The Contractor will certify it has no actual or potential conflicts of interest that may negatively impact the integrity of an investigation or the results of such screening. 5.4 The Contractor shall perform a variety of background screenings as requested. 5.5 The PVL will be region-specific. The services may be provided in eight different regions of the state, including: (1) North Delta; (2) Northeast; (3) South Delta; (4) East Central; (5) Central; (6) Pinebelt; (7) Southwest; and, (8) Coastal. There will be a separate PVL for each of these regions. (See Attachment A for a map showing the regions and a listing of counties in each region). Bidders may bid to provide services in one or more regions, or they may bid on all regions. Bidders placing bids on more than one region should submit a complete and separate bid package for each region and mail or deliver in a separate sealed envelope for each region bid. To bid on a region, bidders must complete the Bid Package and certify that they can provide services for the entire region. For each region, the lowest qualified bidders will be added to the PVL. (See 6.1 below.) Being placed on the PVL does not guarantee contracts will be issued.