SUBMITTAL – Small Business Preference

SMALL BUSINESS PREFERENCE – OPTIONAL

To encourage Small Businesses to participate in City solicitations and to increase the opportunities to do business with the City, the City of Austin maintains a Small Business Preference Procurement or “Small Business” Program. See details regarding the City’s Small Business Procurement Program on AustinTexas.gov at: https://www.austintexas.gov/financial-services/small-business-program.

1. Instructions. Offerors may identify themselves as a recognized Small Business at their option. Offerors meeting the following criteria are encouraged to complete this form and include it with their Offer. Participation in this program or completion of this form is not required to respond to this solicitation.

1.1. Who May Participate. Incentives under the Small Business Procurement Program are available to the following Offerors.

A. Small Business Primes. Offerors that are a Small Business themselves (Primes) may receive full preference, or B. Small Business Subs. Offerors that are not a Small Business but include one or more Subcontractors that are Small Businesses (Subs) may receive partial preference. To qualify for the Small Business Subs incentives, combined Small Business subcontracting values must meet or exceed 5% of the total contract amount. If subcontracting values are not included in the Subcontracting Plan the Offer cannot receive partial preference.

1.2. Small Business Definition. the City defines Small Businesses as any person or corporate entity holding a recognized Certification that, among the Certification’s requirements, includes compliance with the US Small Business Administration’s Small Business Size Standard.

1.3. Certifications Recognized. At this time, the City recognizes the following Certifications in determining a Small Business for purposes of this program. (see Small Business Program on AustinTexas.gov here: https://www.austintexas.gov/page/small-business-program).

2. Confirmation. The City may request additional information to confirm the Offeror’s or Subcontractor’s Certification and status, including contacting the certifying entity.

3. Misrepresentation. If the City determines any of the Offeror’s information regarding their Certification or the information include regarding Subcontractor Certifications is incorrect, the City may withhold any available preference. If the City determines the error was intentional, the City may disqualify the Offeror from any resulting contract as being non-responsible. If the Offeror is awarded the contract, and the misrepresentation is discovered after contract award, the City reserves the right to void the contract.

OFFEROR CERTIFICATION (Select/Check One, Not Both) ☐ Offeror is a Small Business Certifying Entity:

Certification Name (ACRONYM):

Certification Number:

Certification Expiration Date:

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