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WHEREAS, the board of Education is committed to the creation and preservation of
equal opportunities for all people to participate in the delivery of goods and
services through the contracting processes of the Denver Public Schools; and
WHEREAS, the Board of education intends and expects that the contracting processes
of the school district provide equal opportunity without regard to gender, race,
ethnicity, religion, age or disability; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Education intends and expects that those who contract
directly with the school district shall in turn make available equal opportunities
to the extent third parties are engaged to provide goods and services to the school
district as subcontractors, vendors, or otherwise.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED,
- That in all respects the processes by which the school district contracts for
goods and services be designed and implemented to further the foregoing principles.
- That, consistent with the foregoing principles, Denver Public Schools contracting
policies and practices conform to the following parameters:
- No person shall be excluded from participation in, denied the benefits of,
or otherwise be discriminated against in connection with the award and performance
of any contract on the grounds of gender, race, ethnicity, religion, age or disability.
- Neither the gender, race, ethnicity, religion, age nor disability of any
contractor or subcontractor shall be a factor in the evaluation of any proposal
or award of any contract.
- Any party contracting with the Denver Public Schools for the provision of
goods or services shall be required to agree as a condition of the contract not
to discriminate on any of the foregoing grounds in the performance of the contract.
- Information regarding contracting opportunities with the school district shall
be disseminated in a manner calculated to reach all persons qualified to provide
pertinent goods and services.
- The criteria to be used in evaluating contract proposals shall be based on the
school district's interest in securing cost-effective, quality goods and services
and shall not exclude or disadvantage parties for reasons that are not closely
related to those interests.
- In determining contract requirements, including the type and quantity of goods
and services to be provided, bonding and insurance requirements, and other specific
details over which the school district may have discretion, care shall be taken
to encourage submission of quotes or proposals from as wide a base of potential
vendors a is reasonably possible.
- School district contracts for the provision of goods or services shall require
that the contracting party disseminate information regarding ay third-party
contracting opportunities in a manner reasonably calculated to reach all persons
qualified and willing to participate and that the contracting party retain and
make available to the school district records, regarding its dissemination of
information and responses thereto.
- That the Denver Public Schools Purchasing Department collect and maintain
information necessary to permit the school district to determine the effectiveness
of school district contracting policies and practices in ensuring equal opportunity.
- That the school district implement and maintain a procedure for the review and
resolution of complaints from potential vendors, contractors, or subcontractors
regarding intentional discrimination or discriminatory practices, procedures, or
requirements in the award or performance of contracts, and that such procedure
provide for appropriate remedies and sanctions where discrimination is found to
have occurred.
- That the school district provide information and assistance regarding school
district opportunities and contracting processes to interested persons and groups,
in a manner and to the extent consistent with available resources.
- that this resolution supersede all prior resolutions, policies, and practices
to the extent inconsistent herewith.
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