4-200.321 Affirmative steps.pdf

This document is an affirmative steps confirmation related to contracting requirements under 2 CFR §200.321 for the Fiscal Court regarding the utilization of small and minority businesses, women's business enterprises, and labor surplus area firms. The document outlines mandatory affirmative steps that contractors, including engineers, must take when using subcontractors to ensure maximum participation of qualified minority and women-owned enterprises in contracting opportunities.

The confirmation establishes specific requirements for contractors including placing qualified enterprises on solicitation lists, ensuring enterprises are solicited whenever they are potential sources, dividing total requirements into smaller economically feasible tasks to permit maximum enterprise participation, establishing delivery schedules that encourage enterprise participation, and utilizing services and assistance from organizations such as the Small Business Administration and the Minority Business Development Agency of the Department of Commerce. This document serves as a compliance confirmation for federal contracting requirements designed to promote inclusivity and equal opportunity in government contracting processes.