GUIDANCE CONCERNING GOOD FAITH EFFORTS. When Milwaukee County establishes a DBE contract goal on a DOT-assisted contract a bidder/proposer must, in order to be responsible and/or responsive, make good faith efforts to meet the goal. The bidder/proposer can meet this requirement in either of two ways. First, the bidder/proposer can meet the goal, documenting commitments for participation by DBE firms sufficient for this purpose. Second, even if it doesn’t meet the goal, the bidder/proposer can document adequate good faith efforts. This means that the bidder/proposer must show that it took all necessary and reasonable steps to achieve a DBE goal or other requirement of this part which, by their scope, intensity, and appropriateness to the objective, could reasonably be expected to obtain sufficient DBE participation, even if they were not fully successful.
GUIDANCE CONCERNING GOOD FAITH EFFORTS. When a goal has been established on a contract, a bidder must, in order to be responsible and/or responsive, make good faith efforts to meet the goal. The bidder can meet this requirement in either of two ways. First, the bidder can meet the goal, documenting commitments for participation by SBE firms sufficient for this purpose. Second, even if it does not meet the goal, the bidder can document adequate good faith efforts. This means that the bidder must show that it took all necessary and reasonable steps to achieve a SBE goal or other requirement of this Program that, by their scope, intensity, and appropriateness to the objective, could reasonably be expected to obtain sufficient SBE participation, even if they were not fully successful.
GUIDANCE CONCERNING GOOD FAITH EFFORTS. When, as a recipient, you establish a contract goal on a DOT- assisted contract, a bidder must, in order to be responsible and/or responsive, make good faith efforts to meet the goal. The bidder can meet this requirement in either of two ways. First, the bidder can meet the goal, documenting commitments for participation by DBE firms sufficient for this purpose. Second, even if it doesn't meet the goal, the bidder can document adequate good faith efforts. This means that the bidder must show that it took all necessary and reasonable steps to achieve a DBE goal or other requirement of this part which, by their scope, intensity, and appropriateness to the objective, could reasonably be expected to obtain sufficient DBE participation, even if they were not fully successful.
GUIDANCE CONCERNING GOOD FAITH EFFORTS. The DBE goal remains in effect throughout the term of the Contract. OWNER, in accordance with the provisions of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, (78 Stat. 252, 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000d to 200d-4) and the Regulations, hereby notifies all Bidders that it will affirmatively ensure that any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, disadvantaged business enterprises will be afforded full and fair opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, or national origin in consideration for award. The following Federal provisions are incorporated into the contract by reference: 1) Buy American Preference,
GUIDANCE CONCERNING GOOD FAITH EFFORTS. To determine whether a competitor that has failed to meet MBE contract goals may receive the contract, the recipient must decide whether the efforts the competitor made to obtain MBE participation were “good faith efforts” to meet the goals. Efforts that are merely pro forma are not good faith efforts to meet the goals. Efforts to obtain MBE participation are not good faith efforts to meet the goals, even if they are sincerely motivated. If, given all relevant circumstances, they could not reasonable be expected to produce a level of MBE participation sufficient to meet the goals. In order to award a contract to a competitor that has failed to meet MBE contract goals, the recipient must determine that the competitor’s efforts were those that, given all relevant circumstances, a competitor actively and aggressively seeking to meet the goals would make. To assist recipients in making the required judgment, the Department has prepared a list of the kinds of efforts that contractors may make in obtaining MBE participation. It is not intended to be a mandatory checklist; the Department does not require recipients to insist that a contractor do any one, or any particular combination, of the things on the list. Nor is the list intended to be exclusive or exhaustive. Other factors or types of efforts may be relevant in appropriate cases. In determining whether a contractor has made good faith efforts, it will usually be important for a recipient to look not only at the different kinds of efforts that the contractor has made, but also the quality and intensity of these efforts. The Department offers the following list of kinds of efforts that recipients may consider:
