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Bidder: Gibson -Lewis, LLC
<br />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. 10761-21. 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 are described in the Ordinance. A list of MBEs and WBEs
<br />(both certified and non -certified) can be found on the Indiana Department of Administration website:
<br />htto://www.in.gov/idoa/. Documentation shall be provided with the bid that states the MBEs and WBEs that
<br />will be contracted, the dollar amount of the work that will be performed by the MBEs and WBEs on the
<br />project and the percentage of the dollar amount as it relates to the total bid amount by using Form MBE-
<br />1.0, MBE Utilization Plan, and Form WBE-1.0, WBE 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 MBEs and WBEs.
<br />Failure to either meet the MBE and WBE goals or to provide evidence of good faith efforts for the
<br />bid will be grounds for 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 Forms MBE-2.0, Evidence of Good Faith
<br />Efforts and WBE-2.0, Evidence of Good Faith Efforts and Forms MBE-2.1, MBE Contacted and WBE-2.1,
<br />WBE Contacted. Such documentation shall include, but is not limited to, the following items:
<br />a. A listing of all M/WBEs contacted including: (1) the name and address of the M/WBE; (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, quotes or
<br />other responses from M/WBEs or other documentation of efforts to encourage and secure
<br />competitive responses from M/WBE 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 MIWBEs in St. Joseph County, Indiana, other Indiana
<br />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 />If a goal exists, the winning bidder is contractually obligated to utilize the M/WBE's firms in a manner
<br />consistent with what the bidder represents in its bid submission to the City. Deviations to the utilization plan
<br />must be requested in writing and approved by the City. The City reserves the right to initiate a change
<br />order in the amount equal to the difference in any subcontractor utilization if the utilization plan change is
<br />not approved.
<br />Version 02/23/2022 General Conditions - 5
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