3-GFE Docs.xlsx

This document consists of Good Faith Efforts (GFE) forms required by Louisville Metro Government for bidders responding to a Banking and Financial Services contract opportunity. The forms must be completed in their entirety and submitted with bid documents on the Bonfire platform, with access granted to the Human Relations Commission (HRC). The GFE-1 form requires bidders to provide complete information including bidder name, total bid amount, bid number, and project name, along with certification of minority business enterprise (MBE), female business enterprise (FBE), and historically Black enterprise (HBE) vendor status. Bidders must identify all divisions of work they will self-perform versus those to be subcontracted, and provide detailed subcontractor information including legal business name, contact person, street address, city, state, zip code, federal tax ID, and email address for each subcontractor or supplier utilized.

The GFE-2 form requires documentation of good faith efforts in contacting MFHBE (minority, female, and historically Black business enterprises) subcontractors and suppliers, including the division of work, request for quotes, bid activity results, reason for rejection if applicable, quote amounts and percentages of total bid, and whether quotes were used or rejected. Louisville Metro Government has established participation goals of 15% for MBE, 5% for FBE, and 0.5% for HBE. All forms must be signed by a company official with printed name provided and are subject to rejection if bidder information is incomplete, subcontractor information is not completed, the division of work section is not completed, or required signatures are missing. Inquiries regarding these forms should be directed to the Louisville Metro Human Relations Commission at 745 W. Main Street, Suite 251, Louisville, Kentucky 40202, by phone at 502-574-3631 or TDD at 502-574-4332.