13-MBEWBE~1.PDF

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Department of Community & Economic Dev.

DCED-CCD-286 Attachment B

MBE/WBE SECTION 3 CONTRACT SOLICITATION AND COMMITMENT STATEMENT

(8) NOTE: List those certified minority/women owned businesses from which you solicited quotes or which contacted you and gave you quotes in regard to this invitation for bid. Bidder’s contract with

Subcontractors and suppliers should be at least five days prior to the bid opening date.

*(3) COMPANY

NAME EIN/SSN

TELEPHONE NUMBER

(4)

MBE

(X)

(4)

WBE

(X)

(4)

Sec. 3

(X)

(5)

TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION,

EQUIPMENT, SERVICES AND/OR

SUPPLIES TO BE PROVIDED TO THE

PROJECT

(6)

TOTA

L

DOLLAR AMOUNT

OF

* (7) TOTAL

COMMITMENT

DOLLAR

AMOUNT

(9) NOTE Minimum Levels (MPL): MBE-5%, WBE-3%

A presumption of responsibility may be made if the dollar commitment of MBE/WBE reflects this minimum participation level.

Use additional sheets if necessary.

(10) Prepared By:

Telephone Number/E-mail Address:

(1) Name of Bidder (2) IFB Number

Address Bid Opening Date

Telephone Number Contact Person

EXPLANATION OF

COLUMN ITEMS

(MBE/WBE Section 3 Contract Solicitation and Commitment Statement)

1. Provide your company name, address, telephone number.

2. Provide the Invitation for Bid (IFB) number, if available, bid opening date and bidder’s contact person.

3. Company’s name, Employer Identification Number (EIN) or Social Security Number (SSN) and telephone number with area code. Name and contact number are mandatory items.

4. Indicate whether or not the firm is a Section 3, Minority Owned Business or a Women Owned Business. Place a check mark in the appropriate column.

5. Indicate type of work to be performed and/or material to be supplied.

6. Enter the total dollar amount of the quote received.

7. Enter the dollar amount of the commitment which you have made to the firm. If no amount is provided in this space, it will be presumed that your firm made no commitment.

8. NOTE: You must include information on both solicited and unsolicited quotes. Failure to include a firm providing solicited or unsolicited quotes may result in the rejection of the bid.

Five days is a guide. However, adequate time must be provided for subcontractors and suppliers to respond to bids.

9. NOTE: If the minimum participation levels for this project are not achieved, you must provide a written explanation on this on a separate sheet explaining the failure to achieve the MPL. Failure to provide this explanation will result in rejection of the bid as non-responsive.

10. Indicate the name and title of the person(s) who prepared form, along with an e-mail address.

*KEY NOTE: Mandatory Items: Failure to provide mandatory items will result in rejection of the bid as non-responsive. These items appear in Columns 3, 4 and 8.

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Department of Community and Economic Development

Center for Community Development

Section 3 Work Force Needs Table – Employees

Occupation

Category

(1)

Approximate

Number of Skilled

Employees Required

Total Number of

Skilled

Employees

Presently on

Payroll

Total Number of

Skilled

Employees to be Hired

Total Number of

Section 3

Residents to be

Hired

TOTALS

(1) The following occupational category classifications may be used above.

1. Accounting

2. Architecture

3. Appliance repair

4. Bookkeeping

5. Bricklaying

6. Carpentry

7. Carpet Installation

8. Catering 9.

Cement/Masonry 10.

Computer/Info

11. Demolition 12.

Drywall

13. Electrical

14. Elevator Construction

15. Engineering

16. Fencing

17. Florists

18. Heating

19. Iron Works

20. Janitorial

21. Landscaping

22. Machine Operation

23. Manufacturing

24. Marketing

25. Painting

26. Payroll

27. Plastering

28. Plumbing

29. Printing

30. Research

31. Surveying

32. Tile setting

33.Transportation

34. Word processing

Employment Certification

A. The Contractor hereby certifies that the above table represents the approximate number of employees positions that are needed and which are not presently filled by regular and permanent employees, and which will require new employees in the execution of the

Contract and also represents the number o f Section 3 project area residents that the contractor proposes to make a good faith effort to employ.

B. The Contractor certifies that it will make a good faith effort to employ the number of

Section 3 residents stated above.

C. The contractor, prior to subcontracting any portion of the work covered by this contract will require a

Work Force Needs Table to be prepared and certification similar to paragraphs A., B., and C. to be executed.

Please note: If the contractor is fully staffed and will not need additional employees it should indicate such by submitting a letter explaining that if employees are required at a later time an effort will be made to employ section 3 residents. The letter should also explain the procedures taken to solicit Section 3 Residents.

SECTION 3 DEFINITIONS

Section 3 Business Concern - means a business concern:

1. That is 51 percent or more owned by Section 3 residents; or

2. Whose permanent, full-time employees include persons, at least 30 percent of whom are currently Section 3 residents, or within three years of the date of first employment were Section 3 residents; or

3. That provides evidence of a commitment to subcontract in excess of 25 percent of the dollar award of all subcontracts to be awarded to business concerns that meet the qualifications set forth in (1) or

(2) above.

Section 3 Resident - means

1. A public housing resident; or

2. An individual who resides in the metropolitan area or non-metropolitan county in which the Section 3 covered assistance is expended, and who is:

a) A low-income person, as this term is defined in Section 3(b)(2) of the 1937 Act [42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)(2)]. Section 3 (b)(2) of the 1937 Act defines this term to mean families (including single persons) whose incomes do not exceed 80 per centum of the median income for the area, as determined by the Secretary, with adjustments for smaller and larger families, except that the

Secretary may establish income ceilings higher or lower than 80 per centum of the median for the area on the basis of the

Secretary’s findings that such variations are necessary because of prevailing levels of construction costs or unusually high or low-income families; or

b) A very low-income person, as this term is defined in Section 3(b)(2) of the 1937 Act [42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)(2)] defines this term to mean families (including single persons) whose incomes do not exceed 50 per centum of the median income for the area, as determined by the Secretary, with adjustments for smaller and larger families, except that the Secretary may establish income ceilings higher or lower than 50 per centum of the median for the area on the basis of the Secretary’s findings that such variations are necessary because of unusually high- or low-income families.

NOTE: Specific median family income levels are available from the

Redevelopment Authority A person seeking the training and employment preference provided by Section 3 bears the responsibility of providing evidence (if requested) that the person is eligible for the preference.

Service Area - means the geographical area in which the persons benefiting from the Section 3 covered Project reside. The service area shall not extend beyond the unit of County government in which the Section

3 covered assistance is expended.