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CITY OF SOUTH BEND <br />A <br />MINORITY AND WOMEN BUSINESS ENTERPRISE DIVERSITY ,k <br />DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM <br />JPJ <br />FORM MWBE-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 IMBE/WBE participation. It is the bidder's sole <br />responsibility to verify whether any listed minority or woman business meets the qualifications of a Minority <br />or Women's owned business as defined by the Indiana Department of Administration ("IDOA11). <br />Project Number: <br />Project Name: <br />Bidder: <br />Contact Person: <br />Address: <br />City: <br />Email: <br />116.118A Date: 4/10/18 <br />Tucker Drive <br />Walsh & Kelly, Inc. <br />-Jason Minne Telephone: 574-288-4811 <br />24358 SIR 23 <br />South Bend state: Indiana <br />jminne@walshkeHy.com <br />Zip: <br />46614 <br />To determine whether a bidder has demonstrated good faith efforts to reach the MBENVBE utilization goals set <br />forth in the City of South Bend Public Works Project Specifications, the City and its agencies, boards, or <br />commissions, REQUIRE ALL of the following Good Faith Efforts as listed in the table (below*: <br />EVIDENCE OF GOOD FAITH EFFORTS <br />MBEIWBE LIST(S): The bidder reviewed the City of South Bend's Minority and Women Business <br />Enterprise Diversity Development Program, which uses the (DOA approved list of Minority and Women <br />Owned Business as found on their website (http:i/www.in.g,ov/idoa). <br />ACTION (ADVERTISE/CONTACT): In, order for your bid to be deemed responsive, the City of South <br />B e, ntt�. , <br />ir quires that all perspective bidders complete no less than 2 of the following: <br />r <br />Attend all pre -bid meetings scheduled by the City to inform MBEAMBEs of contracting and <br />subcontracting opportunities. <br />2. Advertise in general circulation and/or trade association publications concerning subcontracting <br />opportunities, and allow MBE/WBEs reasonable time to respond. <br />3. Perform any and all necessary steps to provide written noflce in a manner reasonably calculated <br />to inform MBE/WBEs of subcontracting opportunities and allowed sufficient time for them to <br />participate effectively. <br />4, Utilize pre-existing services of available community organizations, small and/or disadvantaged <br />business assistance offices and other organizations that provided assistance in the recruitment <br />and placement of MBEIWBE firms. <br />"Bidder must circle or otherwise notate which of the two (2) required actions were performed. <br />GOOD FAITH NEGOTIATIONS: The bidder negotiated in good faith with interested MBE/WBEs, <br />including providing such MBE/WBE's with adequate information about the plans, specifications and other <br />requirements of the subcontract and did not reject MBENVBEs as unqualified without sound business <br />reasons based on a thorough Investigation of their capabilities, <br />SMALL CONTRACT(S): The bidder selected specific portions of the work to be performed by <br />MBEIWBEs in order to increase the likelihood of meeting the MBE/WBE goals (including breaking down <br />contracts into smaller units to facilitate MSEIWBE participation) <br />CONTRACT RECORDS. The bidder has maintained the following records for each MBE/WBE that has <br />bid on the subcontracting opportunity: <br />1. Name, address, and telephone number; <br />Z A description of information provided by the bidder or subcontractor; and <br />3. A statement of whether an agreement was reached, and if not, why not. including any reasons for <br />concluding that the MBE/WBE was unqualified to perform the job. <br />*Proper demonstration of Good Faith Effort requires your initials next to all of the above boxes. Any <br />emissions shall be considered grounds for rejection of the bid by the Board of Public Works. The City of <br />South Bend reserves the right to request additional information. <br />Version 10/17/2017 Contractor's Bidl for Public Works - 19 <br />