Prior to contract closeout, the Contracting Equity officer shall evaluate the contractor's fulfillment of the contracted goals, taking into account all approved substitutions, terminations and changes to the contract's scope of work. The Contracting Equity officer shall prepare a report of the closeout and file it with the City Council and the Chief Procurement Officer. If the Chief Procurement Officer determines that good faith efforts to meet the M.B.E. or W.B.E. commitments were not made, so that the M.B.E. or W.B.E. participation commitments have not been met, or that fraudulent mis-representations have been made, a remedy or sanction may be imposed. Such remedies or sanctions for failure to make good faith efforts, or for making any fraudulent misrepresentations, may include disqualification from contracting or subcontracting on additional City contracts for a period of up to three years, or the amount of the discrepancy between the amount of the commitment, as such amount may be amended through change orders or otherwise over the term of the contract, and the achieved amount may be imposed upon the contractor. The contractor shall have the opportunity, pursuant to administrative rule, to protest the remedy or other sanctions. The consequences provided herein shall be in addition to any other criminal or civil liability to which such entities may be subject. The Chief Procurement Officer shall inform the City's Inspector General, the State's Attorney of Cook County or other appropriate law enforcement agencies of instances of fraudulent misrepresentation and collusion.
(Added Coun. J. 5-26-04, p. 24585, § 3; Amend Coun. J. 12-2-09, p. 78837, Art. 4, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 11-16-11, p. 13798, Art. IV, § 3; Amend Coun. J. 10-27-21, p. 39543, Art. III, § 2)