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Proposed Second Amendment to File #19-2297 (Contract Compliance Committee May 22, 2019)
PROPOSED AN ORDINANCE CREATING THE GOOD FAITH EFFORT TRANSPARENCY REPORTING
BE IT ORDAINED, by the Cook County Board of Commissioners, Chapter 34 - Finance, Article IV - Procurement, Division 8 - Minority and Woman-Owned Business Enterprises, Section 34- 281 - The Good Faith Effort Transparency Report - Section 34-283 - Contract Compliance Director Waiver Transparency Reporting is hereby enacted as follows:
Sec. 34-281 - The Good Faith Effort Transparency Report.
Any Person who seeks a partial or full waiver request shall submit a Good Faith Effort Transparency Report upon its partial or full waiver request. The Good Faith Effort Transparency Report shall include:
(g) A detailed list of any and all PCEs whom the Contractor, Person, or Business engaged, contacted, and/or reviewed, in the County's Marketplace, from the County's list of PCEs and/or other State and local government agencies, whom Cook County recognizes and/ or has a reciprocity agreement with, which identify qualified PCEs for solicitation of bids, for the purposes of securing a bid with the County;
(h) A detailed explanation of the Contractor, Person, or Business' proposed divided procurement requirements. This explanation will include, but not limited to;
? How the Contractor, Person, or Business proposed to divide the procurement requirements into small tasks and/or quantities into economically feasible units to promote PCE participation; and
? Whether the proposed procurement requirement divisions are consistent with availability of PCEs;
(i) A detailed explanation of the Contractor, Person, or Business' negotiations in good faith with PCEs. If the Contractor, Person, or Business fails to contact a PCE, this explanation will include, but is not limited to;
? The timeliness when the Contractor, Person, or Business knew of the bid, when the Contractor, Person, or Party formulated its bid and utilizati...
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