EEO Policy Statement.docx

This is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Statement for a Request for Proposal issued by Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center in New York. The statement outlines mandatory EEO compliance requirements that the selected respondent and all subcontractors must adopt and implement throughout the contract term. The successful contractor must commit to non-discrimination in employment practices based on race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including gender identity and expression), sexual orientation, age, disability, genetic characteristics, marital status, military status, and domestic violence victim status, consistent with applicable Human Rights Law and prior criminal conviction provisions.

The respondent must undertake or continue existing EEO programs to ensure equal employment opportunities for minority group members and women, document efforts to employ and utilize these populations relative to the contract, include non-discriminatory language in all employment solicitations and advertisements, and coordinate with employment agencies and labor unions to ensure compliance. The contractor is further required to comply with all applicable Federal, State, and local statutory and constitutional non-discrimination laws and must incorporate all EEO Policy Statement provisions into every subcontract to bind each subcontractor to these requirements. The contract opportunity specifically relates to business development consulting services for Roswell Park's GMP Engineering and Cell Manufacturing Facility (GEM), which provides cell therapy manufacturing, viral vector production, process development, and related services to academic and commercial partners in the cell and gene therapy market.