Minority and Women Owned Businesses. COMPANY has goals regarding, and tracks goods and services purchased from, Minority and Women- owned Business Enterprises (“M/WBE”). CONTRACTOR agrees to make good faith efforts to place and award 7% of the total dollar amount of CONTRACTOR's CONTRACT related purchases of services and materials from qualified M/WBEs and establish other targets as may be agreed from time to time, based on potential opportunity. CONTRACTOR will report progress against those goals at times specified by COMPANY. M/WBE status will be reasonably established and verified to COMPANY. M/WBE vendors with subcontracted materials and services totalling USD $100,000 or greater will be certified through the National Minority Supplier Development Council (for minority-owned businesses) or the Women's Business Enterprise National Council (for women-owned businesses) and their affiliates.
Minority and Women Owned Businesses. Participant shall take all necessary affirmative steps to assure that minority businesses, women's business enterprises, and labor surplus area firms are used when possible.
Minority and Women Owned Businesses. Contractor acknowledges that Owner and its Affiliates are committed to the development, utilization and inclusion of certified women and minority owned businesses, as well as small businesses, businesses owned by veterans and EXECUTION COPY service-disabled veterans, and businesses located in historically underutilized business zones, in Owner’s and its Affiliates’ sourcing and procurement processes. Contractor shall provide Owner with reasonably satisfactory evidence that Contractor considered such businesses for inclusion in Contractor’s Subcontractors and Vendors. Contractor acknowledges that Contractor’s Invoices shall include information regarding the amount of such Invoices reflecting utilization of and amounts spent with such businesses and Contractor agrees to provide such additional information regarding utilization of such businesses as Owner reasonably requests. Contractor shall further provide Owner with reasonably satisfactory evidence that its Subcontractors and Vendors were selected in a non-discriminatory manner and, at least in part, on the basis of their qualifications and capabilities.
Minority and Women Owned Businesses. Contractor acknowledges that Owner and its Affiliates are committed to the development, utilization and inclusion of certified women and minority owned businesses, as well as small businesses, businesses owned by veterans and service-disabled veterans, and businesses located in historically underutilized business zones, in Owner’s and its Affiliates’ sourcing and procurement processes. Contractor shall provide Owner with reasonably satisfactory evidence that Contractor considered such businesses for inclusion in Contractor’s Subcontractors and Suppliers. Contractor acknowledges that Contractor’s Invoices shall include information regarding the amount of such Invoices reflecting utilization of and amounts spent with such businesses by Contractor, and to the extent such information can be EXECUTION COPY obtained from the Subcontractors using commercially reasonable efforts, by the Subcontractors, and Contractor agrees to provide such additional information, and to use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Subcontractors to provide such information, regarding utilization of such businesses as Owner reasonably requests. Contractor shall further provide Owner with reasonably satisfactory evidence that its Subcontractors and Suppliers were selected in a non-discriminatory manner and, at least in part, on the basis of their qualifications and capabilities.
Minority and Women Owned Businesses. Seller represents to Buyer that it has an active program to provide opportunities for participation in its procurement process to minority and women-owned businesses.
Minority and Women Owned Businesses a. For purposes of this AGREEMENT, it is understood that a Minority Business Enterprise is an independent and continuing enterprise which is at least 51 percent owned and controlled by minority group members and meets the following requirements:
(i) the minority ownership is real, substantial and continuing;
(ii) the minority ownership has and exercises the authority to independently control the decisions of the business; and
(iii) minority group members are citizens of the United States or permanent resident aliens who are Black, Hispanic, Asian and Pacific Islander, or American Indian/Alaskan Native.
b. For purposes of this AGREEMENT, it is understood that a Women-Owned Business Enterprise is an independent and continuing enterprise which is at least 51 percent owned and controlled by citizens or permanent aliens who are women, and such ownership is real, substantial and continuing.
Minority and Women Owned Businesses. In accordance with the legislative findings and policies set forth in Chapter 39.19 RCW, the State encourages participation in all of its contracts by firms certified by the Office of Minority and Women’s Business Enterprises (OMWBE). Participation may be either on a direct basis in response to this solicitation or on a Subcontractor basis. Bidders may go to xxxxx://xxxxx.xx.xxx/directory-certified-businesses to obtain information on certified firms.
