Specifications

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Solicitation XXX – Appendix _ - Sample Contract
Service Provided
Location
(One of the following 2 paragraphs will be included in the final contract)
*Contractor agrees it is responsible for updating and providing notice to the OGS of
any changes to the previously submitted Staffing Plan. This information is to be
submitted on a quarterly basis during the term of the contract to report the actual
workforce utilized in the performance of the contract by the specified categories
listed including ethnic background, gender, and Federal occupational categories. The
Workforce Report must be submitted to report this information.
*Contractor and OGS agree that Contractor is unable to separate out the workforce
utilized in the performance of the Contract from Contractor's and/or subcontractor's
total workforce and that the information provided on the previously submitted Staffing
Plan is Contractor's total workforce during the subject time frame, not limited to work
specifically under the contract.
E. Contractor shall comply with the provisions of the Human Rights Law, all other State
and Federal statutory and constitutional non-discrimination provisions. Contractor
and subcontractors shall not discriminate against any employee or applicant for
employment because of race, creed (religion), color, sex, national origin, sexual
orientation, military status, age, disability, predisposing genetic characteristic, marital
status or domestic violence victim status, and shall also follow the requirements of
the Human Rights Law with regard to non-discrimination on the basis of prior criminal
conviction and prior arrest.
IV. MWBE Utilization Plan
A. Contractor certifies that it has submitted a MWBE Utilization Plan to OGS and will
follow such Plan for the performance of MWBEs on the Contract pursuant to the
prescribed MWBE goals set forth in Section III-A of this Appendix.
B. Contractor further agrees that a failure to submit and/or use such MWBE Utilization
Plan shall constitute a material breach of the terms of the Contract. Upon the
occurrence of such a material breach, OGS shall be entitled to any remedy provided
herein, including but not limited to, a finding of Contractor non-responsiveness.
V. Waivers
A. If the Contractor, after making good faith efforts, is unable to comply with MWBE
goals, the Contractor may submit a Request for Waiver form (BDC 333) documenting
good faith efforts by the Contractor to meet such goals. If the documentation
included with the waiver request is complete, the OGS shall evaluate the request and
issue a written notice of acceptance or denial within twenty (20) days of receipt.