VSDS_-_BSO_Revised.pdf

VOLUNTARY STATISTICAL DATA SHEET

Information to be used for reporting purposes only

Public Contract Code 10111 requires state agencies to capture information on ethnicity, race and gender (ERG) of business owners on all awarded contracts and procurements to the extent that the information has been voluntarily reported to the department. The awarding department is prohibited from using this data to discriminate or provide a preference in the solicitation or acceptance of bids, quotes, or estimates for goods, services, construction and/or information technology. This information shall not be collected until after the contract award is made. The completion of this form is strictly voluntary.

The data you provide on this form should best describe the ownership of your business. Ownership of a business should be determined as follows:

• For a business that is an sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation, or joint venture at least 51 percent is owned by one or more individuals in a classification designated below or, in the case of any business whose stock is publicly held, at least 51 percent of the stock is owned by one or more individuals in a designated classification, or

• For other business entities, the owner is the person controlling management and daily operations and who “owns” the business.

For purposes of this report, respond only if the business has its home office in the United States and which is not a branch or subsidiary of a foreign corporation, firm, or other business.

Ethnicity/Minority Classification As defined in Public Contract Code Section 2051 (c)

� Asian-Indian – a person whose origins are from India, Pakistan, or Bangladesh.

� Black – a person having origins in any of the Black racial groups of Africa.

� Hispanic – a person of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central or South American, or other Spanish or Portuguese culture or origin regardless of race.

� Native American – an American Indian, Eskimo, Aleut, or Native Hawaiian.

� Pacific Asian – a person whose origins are from Japan, China, Taiwan, Korea, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, the Philippines, Samoa, Guam, or the United States Trust Territories of the Pacific including the Northern Marianas

� Other – Any other group of natural persons identified as minorities in the respective project specifications of an awarding department or participating local agency.

Race Classification As defined by the Office of Management and Budget, Federal Register Notice, October 30, 1997, at http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/fedref/1997standards.html

� American Indian or Alaska Native � Asian

� Black or African American � Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

� Other � White

Gender Classification

� Female � Male

ITEMS BELOW TO BE COMPLETED BY STATE AGENCY/DEPARTMENT ONLY

� Goods � Services � Construction

Contract Award Date: ________________ Total Contract Purchase: ________________

DGS VSDS (Rev 6/06)

Attention to CAL FIRE Personnel: Please return this original completed form to the SB/DVBE Advocate in the Business Services Office.