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 definitions for minority-owned, women-owned, and disabled-owned business concerns, which are generally defined as businesses that are at least 51% owned by members of specific groups. The form requires offerors to represent their business status by checking appropriate boxes for minority classification (including African American, Hispanic American, Asian-Pacific American, etc.), women ownership, or disabled ownership.

The document outlines procedures for searching and obtaining suppliers and subcontractors, including placing minority-owned businesses on solicitation lists, ensuring minority-owned vendors are solicited, considering contracting with consortia of minority-owned businesses, dividing larger requirements into smaller transactions, making information on contracting opportunities available, and using services from the SBA and Department of Commerce Minority Business Development Agency. The form must be completed and returned with the bid, and failure to do so may render the offeror's bid unacceptable. The school district will rely on written representations regarding the status of businesses as minority, women, or disabled-owned concerns.