Wisconsin Statutes 84.075 – Contracting with minority businesses and disabled veteran-owned businesses
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Terms Used In Wisconsin Statutes 84.075
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Department: means the department of transportation. See Wisconsin Statutes 84.001
- Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
- Highway: includes all public ways and thoroughfares and all bridges upon the same. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
- Qualified: when applied to any person elected or appointed to office, means that such person has done those things which the person was by law required to do before entering upon the duties of the person's office. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
- State: when applied to states of the United States, includes the District of Columbia, the commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the several territories organized by Congress. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
- Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed; "year" alone means "year of our Lord". See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
(1c) In this section:
(a) “Disabled veteran-owned business” means a business certified by the department of administration under s. 16.283 (3).
(b) “Minority business” means a business certified by the department of administration under s. 16.287 (2).
(1m)
(a) In purchasing services under s. 84.01 (13), in awarding construction contracts under s. 84.06 and in contracting with private contractors and agencies under s. 84.07, the department shall attempt to ensure that 5 percent of the total amount expended in each fiscal year is paid to contractors, subcontractors, and vendors that are minority businesses. In attempting to meet this goal, the department may award any contract to a minority business that submits a qualified responsible bid that is no more than 5 percent higher than the low bid.
(b) In purchasing services under s. 84.01 (13), in awarding construction contracts under s. 84.06, and in contracting with private contractors and agencies under s. 84.07, the department shall attempt to ensure that at least 1 percent of the total amount expended in each fiscal year is paid to contractors, subcontractors, and vendors that are disabled veteran-owned businesses. In attempting to meet this goal, the department may award any contract to a disabled veteran-owned business that submits a qualified responsible bid that is no more than 5 percent higher than the low bid unless doing so would violate the provisions of any federal law or regulation or any contract between the department and a federal agency or would otherwise result in a reduction of the amount of federal highway aid received by this state.
(c) If a contractor, subcontractor, or vendor is both a minority business and a disabled veteran-owned business, the department may award a contract under par. (a) or (b) but the qualified responsible bid must be no more than 5 percent higher than the low bid, as provided under pars. (a) and (b).
(2) The contractor shall report to the department any amount of the contract paid to subcontractors and vendors which are minority businesses or disabled veteran-owned businesses.
(3) The department shall at least semiannually, or more often if required by the department of administration, report to the department of administration the total amount of money it has paid to contractors, subcontractors, and vendors that are minority businesses and that are disabled veteran-owned businesses under ss. 84.01 (13), 84.06, and 84.07 and the number of contacts with minority businesses and disabled veteran-owned businesses in connection with proposed purchases and contracts. In its reports, the department shall include only amounts paid to businesses certified by the department of administration as minority businesses or disabled veteran-owned businesses.