CITY of ALBUQUERQUE
TWENTY THIRD COUNCIL
COUNCIL BILL NO. O-
19-88 ENACTMENT NO. ______________________
SPONSORED BY: Diane G. Gibson
ORDINANCE
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Amending City's Purchasing Ordinance 5-5-31 Relating To Pay Equity Reporting And Requirements For The Gender Pay Equity Preference For City Procurements (Gibson)
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AMENDING CITY'S PURCHASING ORDINANCE 5-5-31 RELATING TO PAY EQUITY REPORTING AND REQUIREMENTS FOR THE GENDER PAY EQUITY PREFERENCE FOR CITY PROCUREMENTS.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL, THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE:
SECTION 1. Section 5-5-31, ROA 1994, is hereby amended as follows:
"? 5-5-31 PAY EQUITY REPORTING FORM AND PAY EQUITY PREFERENCE.
(A) Reporting Form. The City requires that all responses to requests for bids or requests for proposals include a completed City of Albuquerque Pay Equity Reporting Form. The Form calculates the deviation between salaries for men and women and is designed to encourage compliance with the New Mexico State Fair Pay for Women Act and federal gender pay equity laws. The Central Purchasing Office or the CIP Official shall review all responses to bids and proposals to determine whether the Form is included. Any response that does not include a completed Form shall be deemed nonresponsive unless the Form is submitted within 24 hours of the response deadline. The Central Purchasing Office and the CIP Official may allow the respondent to submit a revised Pay Equity Reporting Form should, in their sole opinion, the originally submitted Form require a technical change.
(B) Pay Equity Preference. Prior to making a recommendation of award, the Central Purchasing Office or CIP Official shall apply a 5% pay equity preference to the amount bid or to the total score of any business that includes with its response a valid Form.
(1) Pay Equity Business. A business is eligible for a pay equity preference if it maintains an overall deviation and positi...
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