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his/her /its newly hired employees through the E -Verify program as defined in IC 22- 5- 1.7 -3. The <br />Contractor shall not knowingly employ or contract with an unauthorized alien. The Contractor <br />shall not retain an employee or contract with a person that the Contractor subsequently ]earns is <br />an unauthorized alien. <br />The Contractor is not required to participate in the E -Verify program should the E- Verify <br />program cease to exist. Additionally, the Contractor is not required to participate if the <br />Contractor is self - employed and does not employ any employees. <br />The Contractor shall require his/her /its subcontractors, who perform work under this contract, to <br />certify to the Contractor that the subcontractor does not knowingly employ or contract with an <br />unauthorized alien and that the subcontractor has enrolled and is participating in the E- Verify <br />program. The Contractor agrees to maintain this certification throughout the duration of the term <br />of a contract with a subcontractor. <br />The City may terminate for default if the Contractor fails to cure a breach of this provision no <br />later than thirty (30) days after being notified by the City. <br />Section 11. Minority and Womens Enterprise Diversity Development. <br />Persons, partnerships, corporations, associations, or joint venturers awarded a contract by the <br />City of South Bend through its agencies, boards, or commissions shall not discriminate against <br />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 <br />related to employment because of race, sex, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, age, or <br />disability that does not affect that person's ability to perform the work. <br />In awarding contracts for the purchase of work, labor, services, supplies, equipment, materials, <br />or any combination of the foregoing including, but not limited to, public works contracts <br />awarded under public bidding laws or other contracts in which public bids are not required by <br />law, the City, its agencies, boards, or commissions may consider the Contractors good faith <br />efforts to obtain participation by those Contractors certified by the State of Indiana as a Minority <br />Business ( "MBE ") or as a Women's Business Enterprise ( "WBF" as a factor in determining the <br />lowest, responsible, responsive bidder. <br />In no event shall persons or entities seeking the award of a City contract be required to award a <br />subcontract to an MBE/WBE; however, it may not unlawfully discriminate against said <br />WBE/MBE. A finding of a discriminatory practice by the City's MBE/WBE Utilization Board <br />shall prohibit that person or entity from being awarded a City contract for a period of one (1) <br />year from the date of such determination, and such determination may also be grounds for <br />terminating the contact for which the discriminatory practice or noncompliance pertains. <br />Notwithstanding the foregoing, the award and performance of all City contracts shall comply <br />with applicable federal, state, and local laws. <br />