City of Madison - File #: 23331

• File #: 23331
• Version: 1
• Name: Compliance
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 7/18/2011
• In control: COMMITTEE ON SWEATFREE PURCHASES
• On agenda: 10/18/2011
• Final action: 10/18/2011
• Enactment date: 10/28/2011
• Enactment #: ORD-11-00144
• Title: Amending Sections 4.25(5)(b) and (6)(d) of the Madison General Ordinances, Procurement of Items of Apparel, to authorize the Committee on Sweatfree Purchases to establish procedures to rank bidders compliance with the bidder disclosure statement requirement.
• Sponsors: Satya V. Rhodes-Conway

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
10/18/2011	1	COMMON COUNCIL	Adopt	Pass
10/12/2011	1	COMMITTEE ON SWEATFREE PURCHASES	RECOMMEND TO COUNCIL TO ADOPT - REPORT OF OFFICER	Pass
7/19/2011	1	COMMON COUNCIL	Refer	Pass
7/18/2011	1	Attorney's Office/Approval Group	Referred for Introduction

Fiscal Note
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Title
Amending Sections 4.25(5)(b) and (6)(d) of the Madison General Ordinances, Procurement of Items of Apparel, to authorize the Committee on Sweatfree Purchases to establish procedures to rank bidders compliance with the bidder disclosure statement requirement.
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DRAFTER'S ANALYSIS: Sec. 4.25, MGO, currently requires all contractors bidding on a contract for the purchase of apparel to complete sworn bidder disclosure statements for each facility or factory from which the contractor sources its goods. The form requires extensive details about the location, wages, benefits, and other working conditions at each factory. Failure to submit complete forms eliminates a contractor from consideration for the contract. This amendment would allow the Committee on Sweatfree Purchases to establish a procedure to rank the level of a bidders compliance with the disclosure form requirement, to allow for some flexibility. This ordinance would allow the Committee to establish and change the procedure as needed, so the ordinance does not have to be amended every time the ranking system is changed. This ordinance would require the Committee to include their new procedure in the annual report that the Committee is already required to provide to the Common Council under Sec. 4.25(9)(a).
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The Common Council of the City of Madison do hereby ordain as follows:
1. Subdivision (b) entitled Bidder Disclosure Statements of Subsection (5) entitled Bid Specifications and Pre-Award Procedures of Section 4.25 entitled Procurement of Items of Apparel of the Madison General Ordinances is amended to read as follows:
(b) Bidder Disclosure Statements. The City shall require for each bid or proposal to which this ordinance applies under sub. (2), each bidder, proposer or potential contractor to submit disclosure statements that include the information below, to the city and...