Resolutions - Jersey City

I Policy.
Mionty¿Women Business Parcipation
. In City Constction Contracts
. City of Jersey City
Depinent of Admstration
Offce of Equ Opportty/ Afative Action
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Revied Apri 6,'2010 .
The City of J ersey City ha a policÝ of equa opportty and nondiscriaton in public contractig .
ba.ed on race, natiòna origi or gender. Furer, the CitY's policy Is to encourage increased
parcípation of miority oWned businesses in city contracts. Uis is in accordace with N.JJ3 .A. . .
. '1 0:?:"32, which ptovides' tht public works contract~ shal provide for equaty in opporttybyany
contractor engaged ID a public works project.
The City has detenred th a ~.'responsible" bidder does not engage in unaWf race or gender.
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IT Purpose'- ,
The city has a40pted reguations to assue that bidclersreceivig City Consctions are not engaged
discrfaton in its ,awardig of subcontracts or the purchase of supplies us.ed in consction, and
does make reasonable effort to solicit and award subcontracts to miority and f~male businesses.
. in unàWf discriation and mae reasonable good faith to include persons of color 'and women
ownedbÏiinesses as.subcontractors.The intent and p~ose of these procedures is not to requi~
tht a specifc proporton of every contract be alocated to miority and womeii oWned. businesses,
but .to aSSue tht thèy aré included in the competitive process ard have oppor:ties to parcipate
in the dty's publicly cpntractedproJects~ PursUt to th policy; contractor is expected to include
J:nÌnòrity/women ownetlbusinessesin al form or.ipórn livitatioIl to quote, etc, andto make
. eyery reasonable. e:fortt6 provide .:subcontractig opportties to quaedmiority and . wqnien
owned bûsinesses. . .."
The 'purpse. of the "parcipation .levels" referred to herein is ,to. help the city determe w~ether the
cònt:ctor has met tle requiements of nondiscriation and of good faith effort t-o make
. subcontrctig opportties avaiable to miority ånd wo~an owned businesses. These reguations
presUe tnat contractors who have atted or exceeded the. suggestd parcipation levels for
miority .and femae sub60ntràctor parcipation oli parcular City conStrction contracts are not
engagg in unawful sex'or racial discriation and have engaged in reasonable effort to involve
Iiority and female subcontractors. A contractor who ìs unable to att or exc~ed such levels may
have -its subèontractig practices examed by the citY to deteime if it is engagig in unawf ~,
dicriation in subcontractig prac~ces or has faied. to engage ~ reasonable outre"ach effort.