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DocuSign Envelope ID: 04E136D1 -507C- 4219- BF16- 446F8D2192F8 <br />b. Of which the management and daily business operations are controlled by one or <br />more of the minority persons who own it. <br />3. Owner - The County of Orange. <br />4. Bidder - Any person, firm, partnership, corporation, association, or joint venture seeking <br />to be awarded a public contract or subcontract. <br />5. Contract - A mutually binding legal relationship or any modification thereof obligating <br />the seller to furnish equipment, material or services, including construction, and <br />obligating the buyer to pay for them. <br />6. Contractor - Any person, firm, partnership, corporation, association, or joint venture <br />which has contracted with the County of Orange to perform construction work or repair. <br />7. Subcontractor - A firm under contract with the Prime Contractor for supplying materials <br />or labor and materials and /or installation. The subcontractor may or may not provide <br />materials in his subcontract. Work subcontracted in an emergency and which could not <br />have been anticipated is excluded as a part of this program. <br />8. Verifiable goal means that the awarding authority has adopted written guidelines <br />specifying the actions that the prime contractor must take to ensure a good faith effort in <br />the recruitment and selection of minority businesses for participation in contracts <br />awarded; the required actions must be documented in writing by the contractor to the <br />appropriate awarding authority. <br />SECTION 3: RESPONSIBILITIES <br />1. Minority Business Program of the County of Orange (hereafter referred to a Minority <br />Business Program). <br />The Minority Business Program will establish a program pursuant to which it shall certify <br />to interested persons, businesses qualifying as Minority Business Enterprises (MBE). <br />The information solicited from the applicant will be used by the Minority Business <br />Program to: <br />a. Determine MBE certification, i.e., that those certified are MBEs under GS 143- <br />128 as a contractor and/or subcontractor. <br />b. Identify those areas of work for which there are certified MBEs, as requested. <br />C. Provide interested parties with a list of prospective certified MBE contractors and <br />subcontractors. <br />d. Assist in the determination of technical assistance in the certification program that <br />needs to be provided. <br />In addition to being responsible for the certification of those small and emerging <br />businesses that want to participate, the Minority Business Program will: <br />1. Maintain a current list of certified MBEs of those certified. The list <br />furnished shall include the areas of work in which each MBE is interested. <br />2. Work with the North Carolina Association of Minority Businesses, the <br />Carolinas Branch AGC, the Carolina Electrical Contractors Association <br />and the North Carolina Association of Plumbing- Heating - Cooling <br />Contractors in developing and implementing a certification program <br />intended to improve the ability of MBE's to compete in this program. <br />2. Owner <br />