Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 69 - GENERAL ORDERS, POLICY STATEMENTS AND GUIDELINES ON FIXED UTILITIES › DIVERSITY AT MAJOR JURISDICTIONAL UTILITIES AND MAJOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS UTILITIES-STATEMENT OF POLICY › Section 69.807 - Subcontracting program

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
Each major jurisdictional utility and each major
						telecommunications utility is encouraged to establish and maintain a
						subcontracting program for its prime contractors to utilize
						minority/women/persons with disabilities/ LGBTQ/veteran-owned business
						subcontractors. The subcontracting program will serve as an enhancement to and
						not a replacement for a minority/women/persons with
						disabilities/LGBTQ/veteran-owned business program.
(1) Each major jurisdictional utility and
					 each major telecommunications utility should incorporate in purchase orders,
					 requests for bid proposals and other appropriate procurement documents related
					 to procurement efforts subject to its subcontracting program, a statement such
					 as follows:
"It is the policy of this utility that businesses owned
						by minorities, women, persons with disabilities, LGBTQ and veterans should have
						an equal opportunity to compete for subcontracts. The contractor agrees to use
						its best efforts to carry out this policy to the fullest extent consistent with
						the efficient performance of this contract."
(2) Each major jurisdictional utility and
					 each major telecommunications utility is encouraged to assist its prime
					 contractors in developing plans to increase the opportunities for participation
					 by minority/women/persons with disabilities/LGBTQ/veteran-owned business
					 subcontractors. Prime contractors will be encouraged to submit these plans and
					 the results to the major jurisdictional utility or the major telecommunications
					 utility.
(3) The subcontracting
					 program should apply to purchases/contracts exceeding $500,000 for products and
					 services, and for construction contracts over $1 million. The subcontracting
					 program need not be applied to exempt procurements. See 52 Pa. Code §
											51.12 (relating to definitions)
					 for the definition of "exempt procurement."
(4) Each major jurisdictional utility and
					 each major telecommunications utility is encouraged to inform suppliers of
					 products and services that subcontracting with businesses owned by
					 minority/women/persons with disabilities/LGBTQ/veterans is a factor that may be
					 considered in the bid evaluation process.
(5) [Reserved].
The provisions of this §
													69.807 amended under the Public
						  Utility Code,
						  66 Pa.C.S. §
														§
														501,
						  505,
						  506 and
						  512.
This section cited in 52 Pa. Code §
													51.11 (relating to general); 52
						  Pa. Code §
													51.12 (relating to definitions);
						  52 Pa. Code §
													69.802 (relating to definitions
						  for reporting employee statistics); 52 Pa. Code §
													69.802a (relating to definitons
						  for reporting vendor statistics); and 52 Pa. Code §
													69.804 (relating to contracting
						  recommendations).