New Chapter 14.5 Entitled Affirmative Action Procedures

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application is considered and certification is authorized based on that new application. ( 2) Denial of certification. In the event the contracting agency denies a bidder' s application for certification it shall make written findings of the reasons for that decision. The aggrieved bidder may appeal the findings to the Mayor for reconsideration. The Mayor may appoint a person to make an independent review and recommendation to the Mayor. The Mayor' s determination shall be final for purposes of judicial review. (d) Procedure for awarding contracts. ( 1) The contracting agency will review and evaluate each bid submitted to insure that each bidder is qualified as a responsible and responsive bidder and has met all contract requirements. (2) The contracting agency will also review whether the bidder is certified as a Minority Business Enterprise or a Women Business Enterprise. ( 3 ) If the contracting agency has set a remedial goal for awarding contracts to Minority Business Enterprises or. Women Business Enterprises within the business category involved in the contract, certification of a bidder as a Minority Business Enterprise or a Women Business Enterprise shall be considered as an additional positive factor in determining the lowest responsible and responsive bidder on the City contract. (4) The contracting agency shall take certification as a Minority Business Enterprise or Women Business Enterprise into consideration as an additional positive factor in determining the lowest responsible and responsive quoter on City contracts which are not required by law to be bid when the contract involves a business category for which the contracting agency has set remedial goals for awarding contracts to Minority Business Enterprises or Women Business Enterprises. (e) Establishment of goals. Each contracting agency shall: ( 1) Review contracting decisions of the last five ( 5) years and revise those contract award procedures which reflect any discriminatory practice; ( 2) Evaluate contracting awards of the last five ( 5) years in order to determine the dollar volume of City contracts awarded in each business category per year; ( 3 ) If necessary, set remedial goals for awarding its dollar volume of City contracts within each business category to Minority Business Enterprises and Women Business Enterprises in proportion to the percentage of qualified minority-owned and women-owned businesses in the community; ( 4) In establishing business categories for the establishment of remedial goals, to the greatest extent possible, use major groups of the Standard Industrial Classification Manual, published by the United States Office of Management and Budget, which manual is hereby incorporated by reference and a copy of which is available in the office of the City Clerk; and