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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 28-48 Contracts of $50,000 or more.">
  <section prefix="§" num="28-48" heading="Contracts of $50,000 or more.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">The following standards and procedures apply to every contract for which the estimated cost is $50,000 or more.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Participation affidavit required.">
      <para num="(1)">In addition to any other applicable requirements, the bid conditions and requests for proposals must require each bidder to include in its bid a certified business enterprise participation affidavit in which the bidder commits to utilize certified business enterprises in a percentage that equals or exceeds the applicable contract goals.</para>
      <para num="(2)">Any bid that does not include the certified business participation affidavit is non-responsive.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Participation affidavit requirements.">
      <para num="(1)">Prior to bid opening, bidders must submit to the City the certified business enterprise participation statement, including executed statements of intent, that specify:<para num="(i)">the name of each certified business enterprise to whom the bidder intends to award a subcontract;</para>
        <para num="(ii)">whether that subcontractor is:<para num="(A)">a minority business enterprise; or</para>
          <para num="(B)">a women’s business enterprise.</para>
        </para>
        <para num="(iii)">the dollar value of each subcontract;</para>
        <para num="(iv)">the scope of the work to be performed under that subcontract; and</para>
        <para num="(v)">any other information the Office requires to determine whether the contract goals have been satisfied.</para>
      </para>
    </para>
    <para num="(d)" heading="Verifying certification.">Each bidder is responsible for verifying that all MBEs and WBEs to be used have been certified by the Office before bid opening.</para>
    <para num="(e)" heading="Maintaining levels during contract term.">During the term of the contract, any unjustified failure to comply with the levels of certified business enterprise participation identified in the bid is a material breach of contract.</para>
    <para num="(f)" heading="Report for final payment.">
      <para num="(1)">Before final payment may be made under the contract, the contractor must submit a list of all subcontractors utilized on the contract, both MBE/WBE and non-MBE/WBE.</para>
      <para num="(2)">The list must include, as to each subcontractor:<para num="(i)">its name;</para>
        <para num="(ii)">the service or goods provided;</para>
        <para num="(iii)">the total amount paid to it; and</para>
        <para num="(iv)">its owner’s race/ethnicity and sex.</para>
      </para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 00-098</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 07-606</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 11-557</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
