POLICY AND GOALS Sample Clauses

POLICY AND GOALS. A. It is the policy of the County of Cook to prevent discrimination in the award of or participation in County contracts and to eliminate arbitrary barriers for participation, as both prime and sub- contractors, in such contracts by local businesses certified as Minority Business Enterprises (MBE) and Women-owned Business Enterprises (WBE). In furtherance of this policy, the Cook County Board of Commissioners has adopted a Minority- and Women-owned Business Enterprise Ordinance (the "Ordinance") which establishes a goal of awarding not less than twenty-five percent (25%) of the annual total dollar amount of contracts to certified MBEs and ten percent (10%) of the annual dollar value of all such contracts to certified WBEs. B. The County may set contract-specific goals for each contract, based on the commodities or services specified in this bid document. The MBE/WBE percentages required for this contract are 0%. A Bid or Quotation shall be rejected if the County determines that a Bid or Quotation fails to comply with this General Condition, including but not limited to, commitments to achieve for this contract, the MBE/ WBE goals of the contract amount or to include a Petition for Reduction/Waiver documenting why the goals are not attainable despite the contractor's Good Faith Efforts. A Bid or Quotation may be rejected and a new Bid or Quotation may be solicited if the public interest is served thereby. Unless otherwise specified in the Bid or Quotation Documents, for purposes of this GC-19, the contract amount is the amount that has been entered on the Proposal page of the Bid or Quotation Documents. C. Except to the extent that a Bid or Quotation includes a Reduction/Waiver request, the contract MBE and WBE participation goals may be achieved by the Bid or Quotation entities’ status as a MBE or WBE; by entering into a joint venture with one or more MBEs and/or WBEs; by subcontracting a portion of the work to one or more MBEs and WBEs; by establishing and carrying out a mentor/protégé agreement; by the Indirect Participation of one or more MBEs and WBEs used by the entity submitting a Bid or Quotation in other aspects of its business; or by any combination of the foregoing so long as the Utilization Plan evidences a commitment to the MBE and WBE contract goals set forth in (B) above. D. The same Business Enterprise, whether as a contractor, subcontractor or supplier, cannot be utilized as both a MBE and a WBE on the same contract. E. To the extent that t...
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POLICY AND GOALS. It is the policy of the County of Cook to prevent discrimination in the award of or participation in County Contracts and to eliminate arbitrary barriers for participation in such Contracts by local businesses certified as a Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) and Women-owned Business Enterprise (WBE) as both prime and sub-contractors. In furtherance of this policy, the Cook County Board of Commissioners has adopted a Minority- and Women-owned Business Enterprise Ordinance (the "Ordinance") which establishes annual goals for MBE and WBE participation as outlined below: Contract Type Goals MBE WBE Goods and Services 25% 10% Construction 24% 10%
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POLICY AND GOALS. It is the policy of the County of Xxxx to prevent discrimination in the award of or participation in County Contracts and to eliminate arbitrary barriers for participation in such Contracts by local businesses certified as a Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) and Women-owned Business Enterprise (WBE) as both prime and sub-contractors. In furtherance of this policy, the Xxxx County Board of Commissioners has adopted a Minority- and Women-owned Business Enterprise Ordinance (the "Ordinance") which establishes annual goals for MBE and WBE participation as outlined below: Contract Type Goals MBE WBE Goods and Services 25% 10% Construction 24% 10%
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POLICY AND GOALS. Retrieved December 1, 2009, from Tetra Pak: xxxx://xxx.xxxxxxxx.xxx/environment/policy_and_goals/pages/default.aspx Tetra Pak. (2010). Tetra Pak - The company. Retrieved December 1, 2009, from Tetra Pak: xxxx://xxx.xxxxxxxx.xxx/about_tetra_pak/the_company/pages/default.aspx
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POLICY AND GOALS. It is the policy of the County of Cook to prevent discrimination in the award of or participation in County Contracts and to eliminate arbitrary barriers for participation in such Contracts by local businesses certified as a Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) and Women-owned Business Enterprise (WBE) as both prime and sub-contractors. In furtherance of this policy, the Cook County Board of Commissioners has adopted a Minority- and Women-owned Business Enterprise Ordinance (the "Ordinance") which establishes annual goals for MBE and WBE participation as outlined below:
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