2-d. Minority Firm Certification.pdf

This document is a Minority, Women, and Disabled-Owned Business Concern Representation form from Rockford Public Schools. The form provides detailed definitions for minority-owned businesses (at least 51% owned by minority group members), women-owned businesses (at least 51% owned by women), and disabled-owned businesses (at least 51% owned by persons with severe physical or mental disabilities). The district requires bidders to complete this form, with failure to do so potentially rendering the bid unacceptable.

The form outlines specific procedures for searching and obtaining suppliers and subcontractors, including placing minority-owned businesses on solicitation lists, ensuring solicitation of minority-owned vendors, considering contracting with consortia of minority-owned businesses, dividing larger requirements into smaller transactions, making contracting opportunities information available, and utilizing services from the SBA and Department of Commerce Minority Business Development Agency. The document provides checkboxes for various minority group classifications, including African American, Hispanic American, Asian-Pacific American, and others, along with options for woman-owned and disabled-owned business designations.