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39 <br /> MINORITY BUSINESSES PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENTS <br /> Orange County has established a verifiable ten percent(10%) minority business participation <br /> goal for the total monetary value of this project. Verifiable goal means that the awarding <br /> authority has adopted written guidelines specifying the actions that the prime contractor must <br /> take to ensure a good faith effort in the recruitment and selection of minority businesses for <br /> participation in contracts awarded; the required actions must be documented in writing by the <br /> contractor to the appropriate awarding authority. These guidelines are published to accomplish <br /> that end. <br /> DEFINITIONS: <br /> Minority- a person who is a citizen or lawful permanent resident of the United States and <br /> who is: <br /> a. Black, that is, a person having origins in any of the black racial groups in Africa; <br /> b. Hispanic, that is, a person of Spanish or Portuguese culture with origins in <br /> Mexico, South or Central America, or the Caribbean Islands, regardless of race; <br /> c. Asian American, that is, a person having origins in any of the original peoples of <br /> the Far East, Southeast Asia and Asia, the Indian subcontinent, the Pacific Islands; <br /> d. American Indian or Alaskan Native, that is, a person having origins in any of the <br /> original peoples of North America; or <br /> e. Female. <br /> Socially and Economically Disadvantaged Individual: <br /> Socially disadvantaged individuals are those who have been subjected to racial or ethnic <br /> prejudice or cultural bias because of their identity as a member of a group without regard <br /> to their individual qualities. Economically disadvantaged individuals are those socially <br /> disadvantaged individuals whose ability to compete in the free enterprise system has been <br /> impaired due to diminished capital and credit opportunities as compared to others in the <br /> same business area who are not socially disadvantaged. <br /> Minority Business - means a business: <br /> a. In which at least fifty-one percent (51%) is owned by one or more minority <br /> persons, or in the case of a corporation, in which at least fifty-one percent (51%) <br /> of the stock is owned by one or more minority persons; and <br /> b. Of which the management and daily business operations are controlled by one or <br /> more of the minority persons who own it; and <br /> c. is certified in one of the MWBE categories as defined by the NC Department of <br /> Administration/Historically Underutilized Business (HUB) and the NC <br /> Department of Transportation/Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE). <br /> Bidder Responsibilities: <br /> Under the single prime contract system, the prime contractor will: <br /> a. Attend the scheduled Prebid conference. <br /> b. Identify or determine those work areas of a contract where MBEs may have an interest in <br /> performing contract work. <br /> 61 <br />