NY Pub Auth L § 1696 (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 Hostos Community College 1696 - Designation of Small Business Set-Asides at the Hostos Community College.

* §  1696.  Designation  of  small  business  set-asides at the Hostos   Community 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  either  the  Bronx   Community  College  or the Hostos Community 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