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110 <br />a. - <br />CITY OF SOUTH BEND <br />MINORITY AND WOMEN BUSINESS ENTERPRISE INCLUSION PROGRAM <br />PLAN <br />•-. eons <br />This completed form should be included as part of the Bids documents related to City of South Bend Public <br />Works Projects requiring Good Faith Efforts to obtain MBE participation. <br />Project Number: <br />Project Name: <br />Bidder: <br />Contact Person: <br />Address: <br />123-040 Date: 4/11 /2023 <br />VPA Athletic Court Renovations, Phase 3, 2023 <br />Milestone Contractors North Inc. <br />Dustin P. Hilary <br />24358 SR 23 <br />Telephone: 574-288-4811 <br />City: South Bend State: Indiana Zip: 46614 <br />Email: dhilary@milestonelp.com <br />To determine whether a bidder has demonstrated good faith efforts to reach the MBE utilization goals set forth in <br />the City of South Bend Public Works Project Specifications, the City and its agencies, boards, or commissions, <br />REQUIRE ALL of the following Good Faith Efforts as listed in the table below': <br />CE OF GOOD FAITH EFFORTS <br />1E LIST(S): The bidder reviewed 1) the City of South Bend's Minority and Women Business Enterprise <br />lusion Program Plan; 2) the list of certified MWBEs provided by the City; and 3) the Indiana Department of <br />ministration list of Minority and Women Owned Businesses (both certified and non -certified) found f` <br />hftp://www.in.gov/idoa/. <br />FAITH EFFORTS TO OBTAIN MBE PARTICIPATION <br />bidder shall initial each item below, as evidence of its good faith efforts to obtain MBE participation in <br />awarded contract. <br />affirm that I reviewed the City of South Bend's Minority and Women Business Enterprise <br />iclusion Program Plan and the Indiana Department of Administration's certified list of <br />idiana Minority and Women Business Enterprises, found on their website <br />iftp://www.in.gov/idoa). <br />affirm that I have made good faith efforts to select portions of the contract work to be <br />erformed by MWBEs, including, where appropriate, breaking out contract work items into <br />conomically feasible units to facilitate MBE participation. <br />affirm that I have made good faith efforts to solicit through all reasonable and available <br />leans the interest of all MBEs in the scopes of work of the contract. <br />affirm that I attended all pre -bid meetings scheduled by the City of South Bend to inform <br />IBEs of contracting and subcontracting opportunities. <br />affirm that I advertised in general circulation and/or trade association publications <br />mcerning subcontract opportunities and allowed MBEs reasonable time to respond to such <br />affirm that I performed any and all necessary steps to provide written notices in a manner I <br />-asonably calculated to inform MBEs of subcontracting opportunities and allowed sufficient <br />me for MBEs to participate effectively. <br />%�Y f I affirm that I followed up on initial solicitations with interested MBEs. <br />affirm that I negotiated with interested MBEs in good faith, including providing such MBEs <br />rith adequate information about the plans, specifications and other requirements of the <br />I affirm that I have made good faith efforts to assist interested MBEs in obtaining bonding, <br />PP lines of credit, or insurance as required by the City or the bidder, where appropriate. <br />Version 4/2/2019 Contractor's Bid for Public Works - <br />