Opening of Bids - Ductile Iron Pipes, Valves and Hydrant Material Specs Proj No. 120-054 - Core & Main

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MINORITY AND WOMEN BUSINESS ENTERPRISE DIVERSITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM The City of South Bend, Indiana has shown its commitmen t to addressing Minority Business (“MBE”) and Women’s Business Enterprise (“WBE”) participation in public contracting through the adoption of the City of South Bend Ordinance No. 10081-11. Persons, partnerships, corporations, associations, or joint ventures awarded a contract by the City of South Bend through its agencies, boards, or commissions shall not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment in the performance of a C ity contract with respect to hire, tenure, terms, conditions, or pr ivileges of employment, or any matter directly or indirectly related to employment because of race, sex, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, age or disability that does not affect that person’s ability to perform work. Minority and Women’s Businesses are described on the Indiana Department of Administration website: http://www.in.gov/idoa/. It is the bidder’s sole responsibility to verify wh ether any listed minority or woman business meets the qualifications of a Minority or Women’s owned business. Documentation shall be provided with the bid that states the MBE/WBE that will be contracted, the dollar amount of the work that will be performed on the project and the percentage of the dollar amount as it relates to the total bid amount by using Form MWBE-1.0, MBE/WBE Participation Form. The City, its agencies, boards, or commissions requires the Contractor’s good faith efforts to obtain participation by those Contractors classified as a Minority Business (“MBE”) or as a Women’s Business Enterprise (“WBE”). Failure to provide ALL the required evidence of good faith efforts with the bid will be grounds for rejecting a bid as non-responsive. The requirements that bidders shall supply as good faith efforts to have active participation from MBEs and/or WBEs on this Project is written documentation evidencing the efforts by using Form MWBE-2.0, Evidence of Good Faith Efforts and Form MWBE-2.1, MBE/WBE Contacted. Such documentation shall include but is not limited to the following items: a. A listing of all MBE/WBEs contacted including: (1) the name and address of the MBE/WBE; (2) the date of contact; (3) the type of contact (i.e. phone call, written solicitation, etc.); (4) the nature or type services or goods requested; and (5) the result of the contact. b. Written evidence of outreach and copies of email exchanges inviting and receiving quotes or other responses from MBE/WBE businesses or other documentations of efforts to encourage and secure competitive quotes from M BE/WBE and local businesses to be included in the benefits of building this Project. c. Written documentation of letters of introduction, invitations to forging majority/minority strategic alliances for capacity building including but not limited to mentori ng, extensions of assistance on payroll, insurance, bonding, line of credit, technical skills or business skills. All bidders are actively encouraged to reach out to the MBE/WBE businesses in St. Joseph County , Indiana and other local Indiana counties to utilize a good faith effort to forge constructive and lasting business partnerships. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the award and performance of all City contracts shall comply with applicable federal, state, and local laws.