24R0005 Attachment 4.docx

ATTACHMENT 4 – GOOD FAITH EFFORT

GOOD FAITH EFFORT (JANUARY 2022)

I. Certification - Upon contract award, the Contractor certifies to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) that:

a. It is committed to equal opportunity in employment and contracting; and

b. It has made and shall continue to make, or shall make, during the course of this contract, a Good Faith Effort (GFE) to ensure, to the maximum extent possible, the fair inclusion of minorities and women in its workforce and in the workforces of its applicable subcontractors.

II. Definitions - For the purposes of this certification:

a. “Minority” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 342 (g) of the Dodd- Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, 12 U.S.C. 5452(g) (the Act); and

b. “Good Faith Effort” shall include actions by the Contractor, consistent with applicable law, intended to identify and, if present, to remove barriers to minorities and women within its workforce or expand employment opportunities for minorities and women within its workforce by means such as recruiting minorities and women, providing job-related training, or other activity that could lead to those results. For more information visit, https://content.consumerfinance.gov/about-us/diversity-and-inclusion/good-faith-effort-clause-cfpb-contractors/.

III. Contractor Obligations Documentation –

a. Contractor –The Contractor confirms its commitment to equal opportunity in employment and contracting. To implement this commitment, the Contractor shall ensure, to the maximum extent possible consistent with applicable law, the fair inclusion of minorities and women in its workforce.

b. Subcontractors – The Contractor shall insert the substance of this clause (II.a. & II.b.) in all subcontracts under this contract.

IV. Documentation - Due within 30 days of contract award, or such longer time as OMWI and the Contracting Officer may determine, the Contractor shall provide documentation, satisfactory to the Bureau, at no additional cost to the Government, summarizing the actions it (and, as applicable, its subcontractors) has undertaken reflecting its Good Faith Effort to comply with the aforementioned provisions. The Contractor will submit documentation either electronically via form (available on the Bureau’s website) or via email to the Contracting Officer and copy OMWI_GFE@cfpb.gov. The documentation may include, but is not limited to, the following:

a. A completed Contractor Diversity Profile and related supporting documentation submitted online via form, or when requested, via email as an Adobe PDF document (to complete the Contractor Diversity Profile go to CFPB Contractor Diversity Profile);

b. An Affirmative Action Plan (AAP) and the EEO-1 form from the same year, as well as the Outreach section of the Contractor Diversity Profile (Questions 10 and 11);

c. Documentation demonstrating its efforts to address all six evaluation criteria encompassing the CFPB’s GFE which are: 1) Diversity Strategy; 2) Diversity Policies; 3) Recruitment; 4) Succession Planning; 5) Outreach; and 6) Supplier – Subcontractor Diversity. The documentation should address any actions taken by the Contractor to ensure that minorities and women have appropriate opportunities to enter and advance within its workforce and subcontracting pools; or

d. A complete copy of a prior GFE submission in the event a Contractor has, within the last two years, submitted information summarizing the actions it (and, as applicable, its subcontractors) have undertaken reflecting its Good Faith Effort to comply with Section 342 of the Dodd Frank Act, to the CFPB or to another agency subject to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act or to a voting member of the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC).

V. Failure to Comply -

a. Consistent with Section 342(c)(3) of the Act, a failure, in response to a request, to demonstrate to the Director of the CFPB Office of Minority and Women Inclusion (OMWI) a Good Faith Effort to include minorities and women in the Contractor’s workforce (and as applicable, the workforce of its subcontractors), may be cause for a recommendation of CFPB contract termination, referral to the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, or other appropriate action.

b. Compliance with this clause does not, however, necessarily satisfy the requirements of Executive Order 11246, as amended, nor does it preclude OFCCP compliance evaluations and/or enforcement actions undertaken pursuant to that Order.

VI. Submission - The Contractor shall electronically submit any required documents either via electronic form or via email to the Contracting Officer and copy OMWI_GFE@cfpb.gov within 30 days of contract award or within the timeframe specified via written request. The electronic submission via email shall contain:

a. In the subject headline: “Good Faith Effort documentation for Contract # (Insert Referenced Contract Number)”; and

b. In the body of the submission: Company Information: Company Name, Contact Name, Title, Phone Number, Email Address, Mailing Address, Website and DUNS Number.

The Contractor hereby certifies that it shall comply with the terms of the conditions set forth in the above sections.

The undersigned does hereby certify and acknowledge to the CFPB that, by signing your CFPB contract, the undersigned is fully authorized to act on behalf of and to bind the Contractor by virtue of the Contractor Doing Business Agreement or Sole Proprietorship documents, By-Laws, organizational documents, Operating Agreement, Partnership Agreement, Trust Agreement, Authorization to Act Agreement, and/or any Incumbency Statement or Resolution to Act signed by either the managing member, managing partner, Trustee, or corporate secretary.

Contractor Printed Name and Title and DUNS