Amendment ID: S2842-25-R2

2nd Redraft Amendment 25

Relative to equity in public contracting in honor of Bruce C. Bolling

Ms. Chang-Diaz, Mr. Eldridge, Ms. Chandler, Ms. Jehlen, Ms. Comerford, Mr. Kennedy and Ms. Rausch move that the proposed new text be amended by inserting after section 3, the following section:- 

"SECTION 3A. Section 22O of chapter 7 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2018 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following sentence:-

The commonwealth shall seek to achieve minority business enterprise and women business enterprise contracting goals that reflect the diverse racial, ethnic and gender makeup of the commonwealth’s population within state procurement.”; and

by inserting after section 27 the following 2 sections:-

“SECTION 27A. Section 44A½ of said chapter 149, as so appearing, is hereby amended by adding the following 2 subsections:-

(d) The commonwealth shall seek to achieve minority business enterprise and women business enterprise contracting goals and workforce participation goals that reflect the diverse racial, ethnic, and gender make-up of the commonwealth’s population in the totality of state-funded design and construction contracts.

(e) The commonwealth shall seek to target members of the community in which a project is physically located for job creation on state-funded construction contracts and to ensure that the workforce on that project reflects the demographic diversity of the host community, when construction projects are located in low-income communities.

SECTION 27B. Paragraph (3) of subsection (e) of section 44D½ of chapter 149, as so appearing, is hereby amended by adding the following clause:-

(iii) Evidence of the bidder, contractor or proposed contractor’s ability to advance the commonwealth’s contracting and workforce inclusion goals under subsections (d) and (e) of section 44A½.”.