5-affirmative steps.pdf
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The document is a Form 200.321 Affirmative Steps document from Boyd County Fiscal Court, addressing contracting requirements for small and minority businesses, women's business enterprises, and labor surplus area firms under 2 CFR §200.321 regulations. The form outlines mandatory affirmative steps that contractors and engineers must take when using subcontractors to ensure inclusive and equitable business participation.
The affirmative steps include placing qualified minority and women-owned enterprises on solicitation lists, actively soliciting these businesses as potential sources, dividing project requirements into smaller tasks to maximize their participation, establishing flexible delivery schedules that encourage enterprise involvement, and utilizing support services from organizations like the Small Business Administration and the Minority Business Development Agency of the Department of Commerce. These requirements aim to promote diversity and opportunity in government contracting by providing structured mechanisms for small, minority-owned, and women-owned businesses to compete for and secure government contracts.
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FORM: 200.321 Affirmative Steps
CONTRACTING WITH SMALL AND MINORITY BUSINESSES, WOMEN'S BUSINESS ENTERPRISES, AND
LABOR SURPLUS AREA FIRMS 2 CFR §200.321
Boyd County Fiscal Court is required to take all necessary affirmative steps to assure that minority business, women's business enterprises, and labor surplus area firms are used when possible. If contractors (including engineers) use subcontractors, they are required to take the following affirmative steps:
• Place qualified enterprises on solicitation lists
• Assure that enterprises are solicited whenever they are potential sources
• Divide total requirements when economically feasible into smaller tasks or quantities to permit maximum participation by enterprises
• Establish delivery schedules, where the requirement permits, which encourage participation by enterprises
• Use the services and assistance, as appropriate, of such organizations as the Small
Business Administration and the Minority Business Development Agency of the
Department of Commerce
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