Combined Construction Inc. 7/22/2020

1 employees to seek or to prepare for, through appropriate training, etc., such 2 opportunities. 3 4 m. Ensure that seniority practices, job classifications, work assignments and 5 other personnel practices, do not have a discriminatory effect by continually 6 monitoring all personnel and employment related activities to ensure that I 7 the EEO policy and the Contractor's obligations under these specifications 8 are being carried out. 9 1 10 n. Ensure that all facilities and company activities are nonsegregated except 11 that separate or single-user toilet and necessary changing facilities shall be 12 provided to assure privacy between the sexes. 13 14 a. Document and maintain a record of all solicitations of offers for subcontracts 15 from minority and female construction contractors and suppliers, including 16 circulation of solicitations to minority and female contractor associations I 17 and other business associations. 18 19 p. Conduct a review, at least annually, of all supervisors' adherence to and I 20 performance under the Contractor's EEO policies and affirmative action 21 obligations. 22 I 23 8. Contractors are encouraged to participate in voluntary associations which assist in 24 fulfilling one or more of their affirmative action obligations (7a through 7p). The efforts 25 of a contractor association, joint contractor-union, contractor-community, or other 26 similar group of which the Contractor is a member and participant, may be asserted 27 as fulfilling any one or more of the obligations under 7a through 7p of this Special 28 Provision provided that the Contractor actively participates in the group, makes every 29 effort to assure that the group has a positive impact on the employment of minorities I 30 and women in the industry, ensure that the concrete benefits of the program are 31 reflected in the Contractor's minority and female work-force participation, makes a 32 good faith effort to meet its individual goals and timetables, and can provide access I 33 to documentation which demonstrate the effectiveness of actions taken on behalf of 34 the Contractor. The obligation to comply, however, is the Contractor's and failure of 35 such a group to fulfill an obligation shall not be a defense for the Contractor's I 36 noncompliance. 37 38 9. A single goal for minorities and a separate single goal for women have been 39 established. The Contractor, however, is required to provide equal employment 40 opportunity and to take affirmative action for all minority groups, both male and 41 female, and all women, both minority and non-minority. Consequently, the Contractor 42 may be in violation of the Executive Order if a particular group is employed in 43 substantially disparate manner (for example, even though the Contractor has 44 achieved its goals for women generally, the Contractor may be in violation of the 45 Executive Order if a specific minority group of women is underutilized). ' 46 47 10. The Contractor shall not use the goals and timetables or affirmative action standards 48 to discriminate against any person because of race, color, religion, sex, or national I 49 origin. 50 51 11. The Contractor shall not enter into any subcontract with any person or firm debarred I 52 from Government contracts pursuant to Executive Order 11246. MAPLE HEIGHTS BRIDGE SEISMIC RETROFIT PAGE 34 OF 106 SPECIAL PROVISIONS—Addendum 1 WORK ORDER#3693 MAY 4,2020 FEDERAL AID#BHM-2776(008)