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CITY OF SOUTH BEND’S GUIDELINES FOR BIDDING OR QUOTING ON <br />PROJECTS WITH MBE/WBE CONTRACT GOALS <br />The City of South Bend (the City) is authorized to set “contract specific” goals to increase MWBE <br />participation in City contracts and procurements per Ordinance No 10761-21, signed May 12, <br />2021 by the Common Council of the City of South Bend. <br />MBE/WBE participation goals are set based on based upon activities within the scope of work <br />and the MWBE contractors available within the State of Indiana and Berrien County Michigan as <br />identified within the disparity study completed in 2020 for the City of South Bend. <br />Project bidders and quoters must try diligently to meet the goal. Failure to do so may result <br />in rejection of your bid/quote as non-responsive to the request for bids or quotes. <br /> <br />______________________________________________________________________________ <br />Key Terms: <br />Goal-Eligible Contract refers to a contract that is able to be divided in a way that would allow a <br />subcontractor to perform a commercially useful function AND that contains work represented <br />by at least one of NAICS codes listed in Table 4-9 (“Unweighted Availability”) in the 2020 City of <br />South Bend Disparity Study. <br />Good faith efforts means actions undertaken by a contractor to achieve a contract goal, which, <br />by their scope, intensity, and appropriateness to the objective, can reasonably be expected to <br />fulfill the Program's goals. <br />Goal waiver means the acceptance of the lowest responsive and responsible bidder, despite an <br />inability to meet the established contract goals, as a result of the bidder’s demonstration of <br />good faith efforts to achieve the contract goals. <br />Appeal means to request within 7 days of the bid opening that good faith efforts be reviewed <br />regarding the actions undertaken by a contractor to achieve a contract goal, which, by their <br />scope, intensity, and appropriateness to objective, can reasonably be expected to fulfill the <br />Program's goals. <br />__________________________________________________________________ <br /> <br />Should you need a goal waiver, you must complete all MBE/WBE forms for the goal on which <br />you need a waiver. Waiver requests will be evaluated with your bid and granted based upon <br />the GFEs communicated on MBE/WBE Forms 1.0, 2.0, and 2.1. Whether or not a bidder submits <br />a bid with the lowest dollar amount, the bidder will be designated as non -responsive if either <br />project goals are not met or the good faith efforts described in the above-mentioned forms do