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(A) The SLBE Office shall collect, and the City’s Departments shall provide, data from all parties affected by this Section. This data shall include but not be limited to the following:
(1) Business name, address, telephone number and name/title of the vendor;
(2) The MWBE status of vendor;
(3) Any unique identification code or number for the vendor;
(4) A brief description of services to be performed by the vendor;
(5) Date and dollar amount of contract award;
(6) Funding source of contract; and
(7) Start and end dates of the contract.
(B) The data shall be submitted in conformity with the schedule and reporting format developed by SLBE.
(C) Data shall be collected for informational purposes and shall not be used in a discriminatory manner.
(D) All City Departments shall require any vendor affected by this Section to submit the data required under division (A) above as part of the standard billing/payment submission process.
(E) All City Departments shall report to the Mayor and the Boston City Council on a quarterly basis each Department’s contracting activities, including utilization of Minority and Women Owned Business Enterprises.
(F) (1) The SLBE Office shall compile the following information from City Departments and Central Procurement, and prepare quarterly reports which shall include, but not be limited to:
(a) The total dollars expended on procurement contracts to date;
(b) The number and type of contracts entered into to date;
(c) The number of contracts entered into with minority business enterprises;
(d) The number of contracts entered into with women business enterprises;
(e) The number of contracts entered into with city resident owned businesses;
(f) The number of contracts entered into with veteran business enterprises;
(g) The dollar value of contracts entered into with minority business enterprises;
(h) The dollar value of contracts entered into with women business enterprises;
(i) The dollar value of contracts entered into with city resident owned businesses; and
(j) The dollar value of contracts entered into with veteran business enterprises.
(2) Said reports shall be submitted to the Mayor and the City Council. The city shall post each quarterly report on its website.
(CBC 1985 4-4.6; Ord. 2008 c. 8; Ord. 2017 c. 7 § 4)
The city’s MWBE Initiative shall be implemented in conformity with any and all commonwealth and federal law, including, but not limited to, the statutory standards set forth in the commonwealth’s Construction Reform Law, Chapter 193 of the Acts of 2004 and the revisions it made to M.G.L. Chapter 23A, Section 44 and M.G.L. Chapter 7, Section 6.
(CBC 1985 4-4.8; Ord. 2008 c. 8)
The provisions of this Section are severable and if any provision, or portion thereof, should be held to be unconstitutional or otherwise invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, such unconstitutionality or invalidity shall not affect the remaining provisions which shall remain in full force and effect.
(CBC 1985 4-4.9; Ord. 1987 c. 14 § 8; Ord. 2008 c. 8)
It is the policy of the city to ensure that all City Departments, Authorities, Commissions and Agencies serving as awarding authorities for contracts for new construction, rehabilitation, renovation or remodeling work require the contractor and/or sub-contractor to certify in writing that he or she shall furnish labor who can and will work in harmony with all other labor employed in any work or at the worksite which is the subject of the written contract.
(CBC 1985 4-5.1; Ord. 1989 c. 3 § 100)
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