2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 07 - Public Facilities and Finance › Chapter 279A - Public Contracting - General Provisions › Section 279A.107 - Certification as disadvantaged business enterprise, minority-owned business, woman-owned business, veteran-owned business or emerging small business during term of public contract; exceptions.

(1) A contracting agency that under ORS 279A.105 awards a public contract to a responsible bidder, as defined in ORS 200.005, that has made good faith efforts, as described in ORS 200.045 (3), or that awards a public contract in the course of carrying out an affirmative action goal, policy or program under ORS 279A.100 shall:
(a) Provide as a material condition of the public contract that a contractor remain certified as a disadvantaged business enterprise, minority-owned business, woman-owned business, veteran-owned business or emerging small business under ORS 200.055 for the entire term of the public contract, if the contracting agency awarded the public contract, in whole or in part, on the basis of the contractor’s certification.
(b) Require a contractor to provide in the contractor’s subcontracts that a subcontractor remain certified as a disadvantaged business enterprise, minority-owned business, woman-owned business, veteran-owned business or emerging small business under ORS 200.055 for the entire term of the subcontract, if the contractor awards the subcontract, in whole or in part, on the basis of the subcontractor’s certification.
(c) Verify the contractor’s or subcontractor’s compliance with the requirements set forth in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this subsection.
(d) Verify that a contractor is paying a subcontractor that is certified under ORS 200.055 promptly as provided in ORS 279B.220 or 279C.570, as appropriate.
(2)(a) If a contracting agency determines at any time during the term of a public contract that a contractor to which the contracting agency awarded the public contract on the basis described in subsection (1) of this section, or a subcontractor to which the contractor awarded a subcontract in connection with the public contract on the basis described in subsection (1) of this section, is no longer certified, the contracting agency may:
(A) Terminate the public contract;
(B) Require the contractor to terminate the subcontract; or
(C) Exercise any of the remedies for breach of contract that are reserved in the public contract.
(b) The actions a contracting agency may take under paragraph (a) of this subsection are in addition to and not in lieu of any other action the Oregon Business Development Department may take with respect to the contractor or subcontractor under ORS 200.065.
(c) Paragraph (a) of this subsection does not apply to an emerging small business as defined in ORS 200.005 that, because of growth in the number of full-time equivalent employees or average annual gross receipts that occurs during the term of the public contract, no longer qualifies as a tier one firm or tier two firm, as those terms are defined in ORS 200.005, or for which a certification under ORS 200.055 expires during the term of the public contract. [2015 c.325 §2; 2015 c.565 §26; 2023 c.497 §12]