Contractor Requirements And Procedures For Business Participation Opportunities For New York State Certified Minority- And Women Sample Clauses

Contractor Requirements And Procedures For Business Participation Opportunities For New York State Certified Minority- And Women. Owned Business Enterprises And Equal Employment Opportunities For Minority Group Members And Women NEW YORK STATE LAW The New York State Office of General Services (OGS), as part of its responsibility, recognizes the need to promote the employment of minority group members and women and to ensure that certified minority- and women-owned business enterprises have opportunities for maximum feasible participation in the performance of OGS Centralized Contracts. In 2006, the State of New York commissioned a disparity study to evaluate whether minority- and women-owned business enterprises had a full and fair opportunity to participate in State contracting. The findings of the study were published on April 29, 2010, under the title "The State of Minority- and Women-Owned Business Enterprises: Evidence from New York" (the “Disparity Study”). The report found evidence of statistically significant disparities between the level of participation of minority- and women-owned business enterprises in State procurement contracting versus the number of minority- and women-owned business enterprises that were ready, willing and able to participate in State procurements. As a result of these findings, the Disparity Study made recommendations concerning the implementation and operation of the statewide certified minority- and women-owned business enterprises program. The recommendations from the Disparity Study culminated in the enactment and the implementation of New York State Executive Law Article 15-A, which requires, among other things, that OGS establish goals for maximum feasible participation of New York State certified minority- and women–owned business enterprises (“MWBEs”) and the employment of minority groups members and women in the performance of New York State contracts. REQUIREMENTS FOR CONTRACTOR COMPLIANCE WITH AUTHORIZED USER MINORITY- AND WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESS ENTERPRISES PARTICIPATION GOALS New York State Executive Law Article 15-A requires that OGS provide opportunities for the maximum feasible participation of New York State certified minority- and women-owned business enterprises (MWBEs) in the performance of OGS Centralized Contracts. OGS has determined that the overall MWBE participation rate for MWBEs on the contracts resulting from this solicitation shall be 20% of the State Agency and Authority (as defined in New York State Executive Law §310 and hereinafter referred to as “State Agency”) spend. When a State Agency issues a competitive solicitati...
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Contractor Requirements And Procedures For Business Participation Opportunities For New York State Certified Minority- And Women. Owned Business Enterprises And Equal Employment Opportunities For Minority Group Members And Women 30 Administrative and Reporting Requirements 32 Report of Contract Purchases 32 Updated Certification of Required Insurances 00 Xxx Xxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx Financial System 33 Electronic Workflow System 33 Non-State Agencies Participation in Centralized Contracts 33 Accessibility of Web-Based Information and Applications 33 Price Adjustments for OGS Centralized Contracts 34 Price Decreases 34 Price Increases 34 GSA Benchmarked Pricing Performance/Bid Bond and Letter Of Credit 35 35 Severability 35 Entire Agreement 35 5 AUTHORIZED USER OVERVIEW AND MINI-BID PROCESS Authorized User’s Statement of Work 36 36 Fixed-Price 37 6 AUTHORIZED USER TERMS AND CONDITIONS Mini-Bid Transactional Order of Precedence 37 37 Contract Survival 37 No Cost Change Request 37 Enhancement Budget 38 Contractor Responsibilities 38 Project Organization Chart 38 Eligibility to Work 38 Additional Requirements from Authorized Users Authorized User Engagement Requirements 39 39 Deliverables for an Authorized User Agreement (Transaction) 39 Retainage 39 Reasonableness of Price 39 Travel, Meals and Lodging 40 Payment Schedule 40 Mini-Bid Dispute Resolution Process 41 Mini-Bid Proposal Validity 41 SIGNATURE PAGE 43 Appendix A – Standard Clauses For New York State Contracts Appendix B – General Specifications January 2015 22772 Project Based Information Technology Consulting (Statewide) Appendix C – Contract Modification Procedure Appendix D – Pricing Schedule Appendix E – Report of Contract Purchases Appendix F – Project Based Information Technology Consulting Services Processes and Forms Attachment 1- Mini-Bid Template Attachment 2- How to Use This Contract Attachment 3- Enhancement Request Template Attachment 4- No Cost Change Request Template Attachment 5- Mini-Bid Participation Interest Template Appendix G – Contractor and OGS Information 1 Introduction
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