2.107.050 Consultant Services Contracting Requirements.
Consultant Service contracts in excess of $10,000.00 shall be awarded and administered in accordance with the following standards and procedures:
A. The County recognizes that opportunities for the use of subconsultants may not be present in all consultant services contracts. If a consultant is capable of performing and elects to perform all work under such contract utilizing only employees of the consultant, no subcontracting is required. If the consultant elects to subcontract any portion of the work, the consultant shall make affirmative efforts to solicit and utilize M/WBEs as subconsultants.
B. The consultant will be considered to have made an affirmative effort to solicit and utilize M/WBEs as subconsultants if the consultant takes the following steps:
1. Obtain listings of M/WBEs capable of performing the specified subconsulting work, and;
2. Solicit proposals from M/WBEs by written request, and
3. To the greatest extent practical, award subcontracts to M/WBE subconsultants who are capable of performing the requested work.
C. Consultants who elect to utilize subconsultants will be required to certify and provide evidence that the aforementioned requirements have been met.