97-060 - King County - Solid Waste Reduction and Recycling Grant

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MINORITY AND WOMEN'. 3USINESS ENTERPRISES 4.18.060 unassisted and those minority /women's businesses which will exclusively use minority /women's businesses as subcontractors, suppliers or in similar assisting roles to the extent set forth above. Second, minority /women's businesses which alone or as part of joint ventures serve as the prime contractor where minority /women's business participation is at least twenty -five percent of the dollar value of a contract; Third, non minority /non- women's businesses which use minority /women's businesses as subcontractors, suppliers, or in similar assisting roles in an amount equal to at least twenty -five percent of the contract amount. Fourth, non minority /non- women's businesses which do not use minority /women's businesses as subcontractors, suppliers, or in similar assisting roles to the extent set forth above. b. All responding parties within each particular ranking shall be grouped according to the amount of their bid or the evaluation score of their proposal as determined by the awarding authority, with low bidders and higher scoring proposals receiving the highest priority. The lowest bidder or higher scoring proposal within the highest ranking category shall be awarded the contract in question. c. In determining the percentage factor to be used for a particular contract, the director shall consider the following factors: (1) Price differentials between M /WBEs and non -MWBEs on previously submitted bids; (2) Standard industry costs; (3) Standard industry profit margins; (4) Availability of M /WBEs to perform as retailers, distributors, wholesalers and manufacturers, by commodity area;,and (5) Other pertinent facts. d. Generally applied percentages shall be determined by commodity area, and these percentages shall be implemented by April 1, 1992. 2. For every construction, architectural and engineering, and consultant contract the following set aside requirements shall be met: a. Contracts for construction, consultant and architectural /engineering services, the estimated cost of which exceeds ten thousand dollars, shall require responding parties to include in their responses to solicitation both minority and women's business participation in the contract in a percentage which equals or exceeds the percentages determined for the contract by the director. The director, with the advice of the administrator, shall determine the percentages for each contract based on the extent of subcontracting opportunities presented by the contract and the availability of minority and women's business enterprises qualified to perform such subcontracting work. Such percentages may be higher or lower than the annual goals for the type of contract involved. b. Where a contract is awarded to a minority or women's business which will perform at least twenty -five percent of the work, the set aside requirements of these subsections shall not apply. c. As part of the bid or proposal package, all responding parties shall identify the dollar amount and /or percentage value of minority /women's business participation. All responding parties shall also identify the particular minority /women's businesses to be used in performing the contract, specifying for each the dollar and /or percentage value of the participation, the type of work to be performed, and other information as may reasonably be required to determine the responsiveness of the bid or proposal. d. During the term of the contract, any failure to comply with the percentages of minority /women's business participation required for the bid or proposal shall be considered a material breach of contract. The dollar value 145 -9 (King County 12 -94)