9-Att. D. - NON-DISCRIMINATION PROVISION.pdf
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- Police Pursuit Vehicles
- Solicitation number
- 269- 2026-173
- Issued by
- Mecklenburg County, Cleveland Town, North Carolina
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This is a Non-Discrimination Provision document for RFP 269-2026-173 issued by the City of Charlotte and the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department (CMPD) in North Carolina for the procurement of Police Pursuit Vehicles. The document establishes mandatory certification requirements that all bidders must complete and submit with their bids. Bidders are required to certify that they have not engaged in or condoned discrimination in the solicitation, selection, or treatment of subcontractors, vendors, suppliers, or commercial customers based on protected characteristics including race, color, gender, religion, national origin, ethnicity, age, familial status, sex (including sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression), veteran status, pregnancy, natural hairstyle, or disability. The document specifies that discrimination also includes retaliation against any person or entity for reporting discrimination incidents.
As a condition of bidding, bidders must agree to provide the City with all requested information and documentation regarding the solicitation and selection of suppliers and subcontractors throughout the process. Additionally, bidders are required to disclose a list of all discrimination-related complaints or pending legal or administrative proceedings filed against them within the past ten years, along with descriptions of the status, resolution, and any remedial actions taken. False certification constitutes grounds for bid rejection, contract termination, and potential disqualification from City contracts or bid processes for up to two years. All bidders must comply with the City's Commercial Non-Discrimination Policy as outlined in Section 2, Article V of the Charlotte City Code and consent to binding arbitration conducted thereunder.
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RFP 269-2026-173
CCPA Police Pursuit Vehicles April 14, 2026
NON-DISCRIMINATION PROVISION
All requests for bids or Bids issued for City contracts shall include a certification to be completed by the Bidder or Proposer in substantially the following form:
The undersigned Bidder or Proposer hereby certifies and agrees that the following information is correct:
1. In preparing the enclosed Bid, the Bidder has considered all bids submitted from qualified, potential subcontractors and suppliers, and has not engaged in or condoned discrimination as defined in Section 2 below.
2. For purposes of this form, discrimination means discrimination in the solicitation, selection, or treatment of any subcontractor, vendor, supplier or commercial customer on the basis of a person's race, color, gender, religion, national origin, ethnicity, age, familial status, sex (including sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression), veteran status, pregnancy, natural hairstyle or disability, or any otherwise unlawful form of discrimination. Without limiting the foregoing, discrimination also includes retaliating against any person or other entity for reporting any incident of discrimination.
3. Without limiting any other remedies that the City may have for a false certification, it is understood and agreed that, if this certification is false, such false certification will constitute grounds for the City to reject the Bid submitted with Non this certification, and terminate any contract awarded based on such Bid. It shall also constitute a violation of the City’s Commercial Non-Discrimination Ordinance and shall subject the Bidder to any remedies allowed thereunder, including possible disqualification from participating in City contracts or bid processes for up to two years.
4. As a condition of contracting with the City, the Bidder agrees to promptly provide to the City all information and documentation that may be requested by the City from time to time regarding the solicitation and selection of suppliers and subcontractors in connection with this solicitation process.
Failure to maintain or failure to provide such information shall constitute grounds for the City to reject the Bid and to any contract awarded on such bid or Bid. It shall also constitute a violation of the City’s Commercial Non-Discrimination Ordinance and shall subject the Bidder to any remedies that are allowed thereunder.
5. As part of its bid, the Bidder shall provide to the City a list of all instances within the past ten years where a complaint was filed or pending against Bidder in a legal or administrative proceeding alleging that Bidder discriminated against its subcontractors, vendors or suppliers, and a description of the status or resolution of that complaint, including any remedial action taken.
6. As a condition of submitting a bid to the City, the Bidder or Proposer agrees to comply with the City’s Commercial Non-Discrimination Policy as described in Section 2, Article V of the Charlotte City Code, and consents to be bound by the award of any arbitration conducted thereunder.
NAME OF COMPANY:
SIGNATURE OF AUTHORIZED OFFICIAL:
BY: ________________
TITLE: ___________________
DATE:
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