Always Active Service 11/27/2023

CITY OF EVERETT - CITYWIDE BICYCLE WAYFINDING STATE FUND# HLP-BP21(014) WO#3786 September 25, 2023 7 RCW 35.22.650 CERTIFICATION City of Everett Disadvantaged/Women’s Business Enterprise Form A set percentage of minority group member employees or minority business subcontracts is not required in the performance of the Work under this Contract. However, RCW 35.22.650 requires bidders (a) to actively solicit (i) employment of minority group members and (ii) subcontract bids from minority businesses, and (b) to submit evidence of its compliance with these requirements for active solicitations: RCW 35.22.650 All contracts by and between a first-class city and contractors for any public work or improvement exceeding the sum of ten thousand dollars, or fifteen thousand dollars for construction of water mains, shall contain the following clause: "Contractor agrees that the contractor shall actively solicit the employment of minority group members. Contractor further agrees that the contractor shall actively solicit bids for the subcontracting of goods or services from qualified minority businesses. Contractor shall furnish evidence of the contractor's compliance with these requirements of minority employment and solicitation. Contractor further agrees to consider the grant of subcontracts to said minority bidders on the basis of substantially equal proposals in the light most favorable to said minority businesses. The contractor shall be required to submit evidence of compliance with this section as part of the bid." As used in this section, the term "minority business" means a business at least fifty- one percent of which is owned by minority group members. Minority group members include, but are not limited to, blacks, women, native Americans, Asians, Eskimos, Aleuts, and Hispanics. I. Bidder confirms that it actively solicits employment of minority group members. _________ [yes or no] II. Please estimate the percentage of Bidder’s employees on this Project that will be made up of minority group members: ___________ [state estimated percentage] III. Please estimate the percentage of goods and services that will be subcontracted to minority businesses on this Project: __________ [state estimated percentage]