NY Pub Auth L § 1696-2 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities Title 4-A* - Small Business Concerns Set-Aside Purchases and Contracts for Property and Services at the Bronx Community College 1696*2 - Designation of Small Business Set-Asides at the Bronx Community College and York College.

* §  1696.  Designation  of  small  business  set-asides  at the Bronx   community college and  York  college.  The  chairman  has  authority  to   designate  as small business set-asides specified commodities, equipment   or   services   or   contracts   for    construction,    reconstruction,   rehabilitation  or  improvement of college facilities for which purchase   or work contract have been requested by the board  of  trustees  of  the   Bronx  community  college  and York college under the provisions of this   title. The designation shall be made prior to the advertisement for bids   as provided by law, and when the advertisement  is  published  it  shall   indicate  the  purchases  which  have  been  designated  small  business   set-asides. To effectuate the purposes of this title, the  chairman  may   exercise  this authority whenever there is a reasonable expectation that   bids will be obtained from at least three small  businesses  capable  of   furnishing  the  desired  property  or  service at a fair and reasonable   price.In the case  of  purchases  or  work  contracts  designated  as  small   business  set-asides,  invitations  to  bid  shall  be confined to small   businesses and  bids  from  other  businesses  shall  be  rejected.  The   purchase,  contract  or  expenditure  of  funds  shall be awarded to the   lowest  responsible  bidder  among  the  small  businesses  (considering   conformity  with  specifications and terms) in accordance with the rules   and regulations for purchasing published by the authority.It is hereby declared that a portion  of  small  business  set-asides,   shall  be  set  aside  in  turn  as  exclusively  as  possible, to small   businesses owned or controlled by minority entrepreneurs  as  previously   defined,  and  that such aforementioned businesses, shall constitute not   less than twenty-five percent  of  the  successful  bidders  under  this   title.  Other contracts and business that in the opinion of the chairman   can be judged to be substantially beneficial to socially or economically   disadvantaged  individuals  may  also  be  excluded  from  the   general   provisions and procedures applicable to the larger set-aside contracts.Minority  business  concerns eligible hereunder shall be excluded from   stipulated limitations of sales volume, number of  employees  and  other   factors defined in this title.Offers  must  be  advertised in the locality where a contract is to be   effectuated. In locations where  twenty-five  percent  or  more  of  the   population  is  non-English-speaking,  notices  shall  be  published  in   appropriate translated form. The  procurement  officer  shall  cooperate   with  county-wide  business development organizations servicing minority   communities in the formulation and maintenance  of  lists  of  qualified   contractors,  and  shall  notify  such  contractors  of opportunities to   submit bids for set-aside contracts. Minority bidders will  be  notified   of  reasons  why  their bids were unsuccessful. That each minority small   business concern which bids is notified of reasons for failure to secure   a successful bid, and  that  where  responsibility  as  defined  by  the   procurement  officer  or  officers,  agent  or  agents is a factor, such   responsibility will be defined, and such reasons  for  determination  of   lack  of  responsibility  will  be  provided the minority small business   bidders.Bonding requirements shall be negotiable for minority bidders.* NB There are 2 § 1696's