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CONTRACTOR OUTREACH PLANNED
Release Date: 01/25/2001
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FOR RELEASE: THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 2001
CONTRACTOR OUTREACH PLANNED
Information on the ethnic and racial composition of companies receiving EPA contracts will be gathered on a voluntary basis, following recent enactment of a new procurement policy. Beginning on January 4, EPA is collecting this information in an attempt to identify whether specific ethnic and racial minorities are under-represented in the Agency’s pool of contractors, and to attempt to ensure that the competitive procurement process is open to all responsible vendors. This effort was announced by EPA in the Federal Register on December 5, 2000, creating a new contract clause called “Business Ownership Representation.” The clause requests contract recipients to voluntarily identify the racial and ethnic categories most applicable to the owners of the business. EPA intends to utilize the collected business ownership information to target outreach activities toward greater participation in the contracting process by all qualified vendors. The collected information will not be utilized for award decisions, but rather, to assist the Agency in determining where outreach efforts should be focused.
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