Common use of State Policy Clause in Contracts

State Policy. Contracting agencies shall aggressively pursue a policy of providing opportunities to Certified Small Businesses (hereinafter "Certified Firms") according to ORS 200.090. As such, Oregon Certified firms must have an equal opportunity to participate in the performance of contracts financed with state funds. It is the policy of the Oregon Department of Transportation that Contractors shall take reasonable steps to ensure that Certified Firms are provided an equal opportunity to compete for and participate in the performance of any subcontracts resulting from this procurement. By signing the Contract, Contractor certifies and agrees that it has not discriminated and will not discriminate in its employment practices with regard to race, creed, age, religious affiliation, sex, disability, sexual orientation or national origin, and it has not discriminated and will not discriminate against a subcontractor in the awarding of a subcontract because the subcontractor is a disadvantaged business enterprise, a minority-owned business, a woman-owned business, a business that a service-disabled veteran owns or an emerging small business certified under ORS 200.055.

State Policy. Contracting agencies shall aggressively pursue a policy of providing opportunities to Certified Small Businesses (hereinafter "Certified Firms") according to ORS 200.090. As such, Oregon Certified firms must have an equal opportunity to participate in the performance of contracts Contracts financed with state funds. It is the policy of the Oregon Department of Transportation that Contractors shall take reasonable steps to ensure that Certified Firms are provided an equal opportunity to compete for and participate in the performance of any subcontracts resulting from this procurement. By signing the Contract, Contractor certifies and agrees that it has not discriminated and will not discriminate in its employment practices with regard to race, creed, age, religious affiliation, sex, disability, sexual orientation or national origin, and it has not discriminated and will not discriminate against a subcontractor in the awarding of a subcontract because the subcontractor is a disadvantaged business enterprise, a minority-owned business, a woman-owned business, a business that a service-disabled veteran owns or an emerging small business certified under ORS 200.055.