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CITY OF SOUTH BEND <br />MINORITY AND WOMEN BUSINESS ENTERPRISE INCLUSION PROGRAM PLAN <br />FORM MBE-2.0 <br />EVIDENCE OF GOOD FAITH EFFORTS <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: 125-081 Date: 1 2 -1 5 -2 5 <br />Project Name : Wastewater Treatment Plant Access Road Milling and Resurface <br />Bidder: <br />Contact Person: <br />Rieth-Riley Construction Co ., Inc . <br />Derek Sauer Telephone: 5 7 4 -2 8 8 -8 3 2 1 <br />Address : 25200 SR 23 <br />City: South Bend State : ~I ~N ______ _ Zip: 4 6 6 1 4 <br />Email: dsauer@rieth-riley .com <br />To determine whether a bidder has demonstrated good faith efforts to reach the MBE utilization goal 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 />EVIDENCE OF GOOD FAITH EFFORTS <br />MBE LIST(S): The bidder reviewed 1) the City of South Bend's Minority and Women Business Enterprise <br />Inclusion Program Plan ; 2) the list of certified MWBEs provided by the City ; and 3) the Indiana Department <br />of Administration list of Minority and Women Owned Businesses (both certified and non-certified) found <br />at: htt1:r//www .in .gov/idoa/. <br />GOOD FAITH EFFORTS TO OBTAIN MBE PARTICIPATION <br />The bidder shall initial each item below , as evidence of its good faith efforts to obtain MBE participation <br />in the awarded contract. <br />I affirm that I reviewed the City of South Bend's Minority and Women Business Enterprise J; Inclusion Program Plan and the Indiana Department of Administration's certified list of <br />Indiana Minority and Women Business Enterprises , found on their website <br />(http ://www .in .gov/idoa). <br />7i <br />I affirm that I have made good faith efforts to select portions of the contract work to be <br />performed by MBEs , including , where appropriate, breaking out contract work items into <br />economically feasible units to facilitate MBE participation. <br />jJ I affirm that I have made good faith efforts to solicit through all reasonable and available <br />means the interest of all MBEs in the scopes of work of the contract. <br />~ I affirm that I attended all pre-bid meetings scheduled by the City of South Bend to inform <br />MBEs of contracting and subcontracting opportunities. <br />15 <br />I affirm that I advertised in general circulation and/or trade association publications <br />concerning subcontract opportunities and allowed MBEs reasonable time to respond to <br />such advertisements . <br />j} I affirm that I performed any and all necessary steps to provide written notices in a manner <br />reasonably calculated to inform MBEs of subcontracting opportunities and allowed <br />sufficient time for MWBEs to participate effectively . <br />ft I affirm that I followed up on initial solicitations with interested MBEs. <br />1, I affirm that I negotiated with interested MBEs in good faith, including providing such MBEs <br />with adequate information about the plans, specifications and other requirements of the <br />subcontract. <br />fr I affirm that I have made good faith efforts to assist interested MBEs in obtaining bonding , <br />lines of credit, or insurance as required by the City or the bidder, where appropriate . <br />Version 1/3/2025 Page -23 Public Works Quote