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Bid Title: Motor Coach Transportation Bid No. FY23-029-1 The School Board of Broward County, Florida Page 13 of 26 SECTION 6 - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & DIVERSITY COMPLIANCE (EDDC) SUPPLIER DIVERSITY OUTREACH PROGRAM (SDOP) AFFIRMATIVE PROCUREMENT INITIATIES (API) ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & DIVERSITY COMPLIANCE DEPARTMENT (EDDC): SBBC has implemented a Supplier Diversity Outreach Program (SDOP) as part of the SBBC's competitive solicitation and contracting activity in accordance with School Board Policy 3330, and the results of the 2023 Disparity Study conducted by Keen Independent Research (KIR). The provisions of the Policy shall apply to all competitive solicitations for Construction, Architectural & Engineering, Professional Services, Goods and Other Services, and any resulting contract documents, including change orders and amendments. For information on E/S/V/M/WBE Certification, contact The Economic Development and Diversity Compliance Department at 754-321-0770 or visit www.browardschools.com/eddc. Nondiscrimination: Each Proposer/Bidder hereby certifies and agrees that the following information is correct: In preparing its response to this solicitation, the Proposer/Bidder has considered all proposals submitted from qualified, potential subcontractors and suppliers and has not engaged in "discrimination" as defined in School Board Policy 3330 — Supplier Diversity Outreach Program, Section D.1.; to wit: discrimination in the solicitation, selection, or commercial treatment of any subcontractor, vendor, supplier, or commercial customer on the basis of race, color, religion, ancestry or national origin, sex, age, marital status, sexual orientation or on the basis of disability or other unlawful forms of discrimination. Without limiting the foregoing, "discrimination" also includes retaliating against any person or other entity for reporting any incident of "discrimination." Without limiting any other provision of the solicitation for responses to this Bid, it is understood and agreed that if this certification is false, such false certification will constitute grounds for SBBC to reject the response submitted by the Proposer/Bidder on this solicitation and terminate any contract awarded based on the response as a condition of submitting a response to SBBC, the Proposer/Bidder agrees to comply with SBBC's Commercial Nondiscrimination Policy as described under its School Board Policy 3330. Industry —Specific Remedial Affirmative Procurement Initiative (API): Goal Setting Committee (GSC) has assigned the following API: For contracts related to the purchase of Goods, the Bidder Pricing Preference applies: THIS WILL BE PROVIDED AFTER THE GSC HAS APPROVED THE API. Documentation and Certification: All bidder/proposer(s) must submit Document 00471 (see Attachment A) at the time of submission. All Prime bidder/proposer(s) committing to E/SN/M/WBE participation must also include Doc. 00475 and 00470 along with a copy of the subcontractor/subconsultant(s) EDDC Certificate. To access the list of current E/SN/M/WBE certified firms and information on how to become certified, visit https://www.browardschools.com/sdop. Reporting Requirements: MANDATORY - Post -Award Monthly Compliance Monitoring/Reporting Requirements: Proposals that result in contracts being awarded must fully participate and comply with the EDDC Program Requirements. If awarded, ALL awardees shall log into the SDOP Management System powered by B2Gnow. Prime vendors must report all revenue and payment sources generated from the contract, and all payments made to E/S/V/M/WBE subcontractors must be reported by the 10th of every month. NOTE: In addition, any changes to the utilization and/or subcontracting plan, as well as any substitutions, deletions, and/or terminations, must be approved in advance and in writing by the EDDC Department. Broward County Public Schools Is An Equal Opportunity/Equal Access Employer Page 13