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PRIME CONTRACTOR COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENTSPrime contractors participating on SAHA Section 3 HUD-assisted projects are specificallyrequired to address and satisfy the Section 3 Program requirements described below prior tothe award of the contract. Once the good faith compliance plan is accepted by SAHA,Contractor must continually demonstrate monthly efforts in good faith to achieve the plan asaccepted throughout the duration of the contract. The Section 3 Program requirements shall beapplicable throughout the duration of the contract and to any amendment and renewal.1. In the absence of evidence to the contrary, a prime contractor that meets the minimumSection 3 Program numerical goals set forth in the solicitation will be considered to havecomplied with the Section 3 Program requirements. A prime contractor who meets thisgoal must submit with the bid/proposal a “Good Faith Effort Compliance Plan”(Attachment A) by simply completing Sections A and B which present the project andcontractor information and goal commitment information respectfully.2. In evaluating compliance, a prime contractor that has not met the numerical goals setforth in the solicitation has the burden of fully demonstrating its efforts to achieve theSection 3 goals through the submittal and approval of a “Good Faith Effort CompliancePlan” (Attachment A) to include completion of Sections A. B and C which must beincluded with the bid/proposal. SAHA representatives shall review and determine in theirsole discretion whether a bidder or proposer’s (contractor) good faith effort complianceplan achieves the Section 3 Program goals and objectives. A responsive good faith effortcompliance plan shall address all questions in Sections A, B and C and describe theconcrete efforts that were taken and will be taken to reach numerical goals inhiring/employment, training, and contracting. The final agreed-upon plan shall becomepart of the SAHA contract.3. SAHA reserves the right to disregard bids/proposals as non-responsive bids andproposals which fail to demonstrate a good faith effort towards compliance with theSection 3 Program requirements.4. As required under the Section 3 Program’s contractual clause, prime contractorsspecifically agree to include the Section 3 Clause in every subcontract subject tocompliance with regulations in 24 CFR Part 135, and agree to take appropriate action,as provided in an applicable provision of the subcontract or in the Section 3 Clause,upon a finding that a subcontractor is in violation of the regulations in 24 CFR Part 135.A prime contractor shall not subcontract with any subcontractor where thebidder/proposer has notice or knowledge that the subcontractor has been found inviolation of the regulations in 24 CFR Part 135.5. Prime contractors shall submit a properly completed and executed “Section 3 EligibilityForm” for all participating Section 3 residents and/or Section 3 Business Concerns(Attachment B). It is the responsibility of the prime contractor to ensure that eligiblePage 5 of 6