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3R/20i2 3:25 Prl f(~1T? <br />3. <br />~. <br />5. <br />6. <br />7. <br />3. <br />Fr~a: QRAhGE CD~IIV PUR~iSit~ 9t8-644-3324 To: 1252439F~i22 Page 26 of 29 <br />b. Qf w~icli the manageznent aiid daily business operations are co~itrolled by ane or <br />more ofthe minoritypersons tzthQ o~vn it. <br />Uvtner - The County ~f Orange. <br />Bidder - Any person, ~rm, partnership, corporatior~, associaticjn,, or joint t~enture seeki~ig <br />#o be av,•ardad a public cantract ar subcc~ntraci. <br />Contract - A mutually binding legal reiationship or any modifcation thereof ubligatiiig <br />the s~11er to fiu•nish equipinent, material or s~rvices, including cansti~ctinn, and <br />obli~atin~ tli~ l~u}-er to pay for then~. <br />Contrac#~r -~,r-y person, firni, partn~rship, cnrporati~n, assuciation, or jaint venhue <br />which has contracted ~vith the County of Oran~e to perf~rm construction ~vork or repair. <br />Subcontractor -~ firm under contcact uritli the Prime Contractor for supplying maierials <br />or labor and niaterials andtar installafi~n. The subcontractor mayo ur may nat provide <br />materials in his subcontr~:ct. ~'ark subcantracted in an emergency aad u~hich could n~t <br />have beeu antlcipated is excluded as a part of this ~arograan. <br />Veri~aable ~oai means that the a«rardina aufiharityhas adopted tiz~rrtten b idelines <br />sp~cifying the ac#ions that the p~-ime cantractor must tal:e ~o eiisure a good faith effort in <br />the F~ec~uitme~~t and selection of rninarity bi~sinesses for participation in conh~acts <br />a~tiarded; the required actiUns must b~ clflcumented in ~~riting t~y the con#raetor to tha <br />~:ppropriate a~varding authorify. <br />SECTIf.~N 3: RESPDI?SIBILITIES <br />1. l~~inority Business R•Qerarn of the Countv of Oraii,~e (h~rea$er referred to a Mitlority <br />Business Pro~ram~. <br />Tlie I~~f inarity Businzss Program will establish a prograxn pursuau# to ~vhich it shall certifv <br />to in#erested pe~-sons, businesses qualifying as Minori#Z~ Business Ente~-prises (14~iBE). <br />The infai~rnation solicited from t~~e applicant vvill be used l~y the Minarity Business <br />Program to: <br />a. Determine I~~BE certification, i.z,, that tho~e c~-tified ure MBEs under GS 143- <br />128 as a contract~r andlor suhcontractor. <br />b. Iclentify ft~ose areas of~-ork for w•hich there are certified 1~iBEs, as requestecl. <br />c. Prnvide interested parties with a list c~f~ros~ectiz-e czrtified 1~ZBE contractors and <br />~~bcontractors. <br />d. :~ssisf in the determination of technica.l assistance in the certification program ~hat <br />needs to be ~7ravided. <br />In addi#ion fo being res~onsible far thz certifiea#ion of tl~ose small and eme~•ging <br />businesses that ~=ant to participate, the Minorit,y Business Program will: <br />1. hiaintain a current list of eertified I~iBEs of thase certified. 'I'he Tist <br />furnishzd shall include the areas ofjvork in ~~hich each hiBE is in3erested. <br />2. Vy'ork with the North Carolina Association of l~~inorin~ Businesses, the <br />Caralitias Branch ~GC, the Caroli~ia Electrical Gontractars r~ssociatioat <br />~d the I'~orth Caral'u~a Association ofPl~imbing-Heating-Cooling <br />Contractors in developing and i~nple~n~nting a certification progam <br />intended to imprc~ye tlie ability of MBE's to comgete in this program. <br />2. O»ner <br />(''IR~-0?-2012 10:31 From: <br />ID:1111 <br />Pa9e:026 R=93% <br />