Mwbe Certification Of Good Faith Efforts (Cgfe) - Required Form (Page 2 of 3) in pdf

M/WBE 400 (Revised 1/11)

MWBE CERTIFICATION OF GOOD FAITH EFFORTS (CGFE) - REQUIRED FORM

Company:

Solicitation Contract No.

Soliciting in writing a reasonable number of NYS-certified MWBEs about the subcontracting or supplier opportunity in sufficient time to allow

those enterprises to participate effectively. Describe and document the actual or planned initial or follow-up solicitations you made to NYS-

certified MWBEs during the past year or plan to make in the upcoming year including actual or planned dates of solicitation, the names of

NYS-certified MWBEs you solicited or plan to solicit, and copies or logs of written or verbal solicitations.

During the past year, we made the following efforts:

During the upcoming year, we plan to make the following efforts:

After receiving responses (if any) to your solicitations from interested NYS-certified MWBEs, providing them with adequate information

about the plans, specifications and requirements for the subcontracting or supplier opportunity. For those MWBEs you solicited who

expressed interest, provide their names and describe specific plans, specifications, requirements or contract documents you provided to

them. If you received responses to your solicitations but did not select the responding MWBE(s) to participate in the project, describe the

specific reason(s) the responding MWBE(s) were not selected.

During the past year, we made the following efforts:

During the upcoming year, we plan to make the following efforts:

Negotiating in good faith with NYS-certified MWBEs that submit bids, proposals, or quotations to you concerning their participation in the

project and not rejecting, without justifiable reason, as unsatisfactory any bids, proposals or quotations prepared by any such enterprises.

Describe and, to the extent permissible by law or contract, provide documentation of such good faith negotiations, including your discussions

with these NYS-certified MWBEs about: (i) the nature of the work; (ii) scheduling; (iii) requirements for special equipment; and (iv)

opportunities for dividing of work among the bidders, proposers, and various subcontractors and the bids of the NYS-certified MWBEs,

including sharing with them any cost estimates from the request for proposal or invitation to bid documents, if available.

During the past year, we made the following efforts:

During the upcoming year, we plan to make the following efforts:

Submit copy via email:

mwbe@cio.ny.gov

or fax: (518) 474-6329. Originals need to be mailed to: NYS CIO/OFT, ESP, PO Box 2062, Albany, NY 12220

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