§ 57.25. Women Employment and Subcontracting Levels to be Achieved by Contractors with the City for Construction Services.

Contractors submitting bids to provide construction services to the City shall comply with the women group employment levels and women-owned business enterprise subcontracting percentages as established pursuant to Section 57.23 of this Chapter, or shall in the event such levels and percentages are not achieved, provide evidence of a good faith effort to achieve such levels and percentages. If such levels and percentages are not achieved and if it is deemed a good faith effort for compliance has not been shown, then the contractor's bid shall be rejected as non-responsive.

Compliance with "women-owned group employment levels" shall mean hiring and maintaining a minimum of 6% female workforce on the City construction job for which the contractor has bid.

Compliance with "women-owned business enterprise subcontracting percentages" shall mean subcontracting to women-owned business enterprises a minimum of 6% of the total dollar value of a construction contract for which the contractor has bid. For the purpose of this requirement "women-owned business enterprises" need not be located in Orange, Seminole or Osceola Counties.

(Ord. of 8-29-1983, Doc. #18037; Ord. of 2-25-1985, Doc. #19235)