Resolutions - Jersey City

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Miority¿Women Business Parcipation
. In City Constction Contracts
City Df Jersey City
Deparent of Administration
Offce of Equa Opporttyl Aftive Action.
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Revised Apri 6, 2010
The City of Je.rsey City ha a policÝ ofequa opportty and nondiscriation in public contractig
baSed on race, national origi or gender. Furer, the CitY's policy is to encourage increased.
. parcipation of miority oWned businesses in city contracts. Ths is in accordace withN.lS.A.
"1 O:~~32, which pt9vides' tht public works contracts shal providé for equaty in opporttyby any
contrctor engaged ID a public works project. . , .
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The City ha detenred that a ~.'responsible" bidder does not, engage in unaWf race or gender.
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'. disc~ation in its .awardig of subcontracts or the purchae of supplies us.edin consction, and .
does niake reasonable efforts to solicit and award subcontracts to miority and female businesses.
The city has aclopted réguations to assue that bidclers receivig City Constructions are ~ot engaged
in unäwf discrition and make reasonable good faith to incluçle persons of color and women
owned -bUsinesses as .subcontra~tors.The intent and purose of these procedures is not to requit;
tht a specifc proporton òf every contract be alocated to miority aid womeii oWned businesses,
but to aS~e tht they aré included in the competitive process and have opportties to parcipate
in the city's publicly contracted proJects. Pursrit to ths policy; contractor isexpecte.d to inclllde.
.niöritý/womeii owned. businesses in al formal or. ipórm mvitationa to qupte,etc, and to make
eyery. teasonable effort to provide subcontractig opportties to quaedmiorityand wqmen
owned bUsinesses. . .
The'purpse'ofthe "parcipation levels" referred to herein is.to help the city determe wb;ether the
contrctor has met tle requiements of nondicriation and of good' faith efforts to make
subcöritrctigopportties avaiable to miority and woman owned businesses. These reguations
presUe '$t contrctors who have attaied or exceeed the suggested parcipation levels for
miority .and female subëonträctor parcipation on parcular City conSction contracts. Ele not
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engagg in unawf sex'or racial discriation and have engaged in reasonable effort. to involve
miority and female subcontractors; A contractor who is unble to att or exceed such ievei~ may
have -its subcontrctig practices examed by the citY to deteIme if it. is engag. in unawf
discrition in subcontractig practices or has faied to engage in reasonable oute'ach effort.