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MINORITY AND WOMEN BUSINESS ENTERPRISE INCLUSION PROGRAM PLAN <br />The City of South Bend, Indiana has shown its commitment to addressing Minority and Women's Business <br />Enterprise ("MWBE") participation in public contracting through the adoption of the City of South Bend <br />Ordinance No. 10693-19. Persons, partnerships, corporations, associations, or joint ventures awarded a <br />contract by the City of South Bend through its agencies, boards, or commissions shall not discriminate <br />against any employee or applicant for employment in the performance of a City contract with respect to <br />hire, tenure, terms, conditions, or privileges of employment, or any matter directly or indirectly related to <br />employment because of race, sex, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, age or disability that does not <br />affect that person's ability to perform work. <br />Minority and Women's Business Enterprises (MWBEs) are described in the Ordinance. A list of MWBEs <br />(both certified and non -certified) can be found on the Indiana Department of Administration website: <br />httg://www.in.gov/idoa/. Documentation shall be provided with the bid that states the MWBEs that will be <br />contracted, the dollar amount of the work that will be performed by the MWBEs on the project and the <br />percentage of the dollar amount as it relates to the total bid amount by using Form MWBE-1.0, MWBE <br />Utilization Plan. <br />The City, its agencies, boards, or commissions requires the Contractor's good faith efforts to obtain <br />participation by those Contractors classified as MWBEs. <br />Failure to provide ALL the required evidence of good faith efforts with the bid will be grounds for <br />rejecting a bid as non -responsive. <br />Bidders shall demonstrate good faith efforts to have active participation from MWBEs on this Project and <br />supply written documentation evidencing such efforts by using Form MWBE-2.0, Evidence of Good Faith <br />Efforts and Form MWBE-2.1, MWBEs Contacted. Such documentation shall include, but is not limited to, <br />the following items: <br />a. A listing of all MWBEs contacted including: (1) the name and address of the MWBE; (2) the date <br />of contact; (3) the type of contact (i.e., phone call, written solicitation, etc.); (4) the nature or type <br />services or goods requested; and (5) the result of the contact. <br />b. Written evidence of outreach and copies of email exchanges inviting and receiving bids, cotes or <br />other responses from MWBEs or other documentation of efforts to encourage and secure <br />competitive responses from MWBE and local businesses to be included in the benefits of building <br />this Project. <br />c. Written documentation of letters of introduction, invitations to forging majority/minority strategic <br />alliances for capacity building, including but not limited to, mentoring, extensions of assistance on <br />payroll, insurance, bonding, line of credit, technical skills or business skills. <br />All bidders are actively encouraged to reach out to the MWBEs in St. Joseph County, Indiana, other local <br />Indiana counties, and Berrien County, Michigan to utilize a good faith effort to forge constructive and lasting <br />business partnerships. <br />Notwithstanding the foregoing, the award and performance of all City contracts shall comply with applicable <br />federal, state, and local laws. <br />The City reserves the right to request verification of goal implementation throughout the course of the <br />project. <br />Version 01/13/2021 General Conditions - 5 <br />