Consistent with Presidential Executive Orders 11625, 12138 and 12432, and Section 3 of the HUD Act of 1968, all feasible efforts shall be made to ensure that small and minority-owned businesses, women's business enterprises, and other individuals or firms located in or owned in substantial part by persons residing in the area of the WHA project are used when possible. Such efforts shall include, but shall not be limited to:
Including such firms, when qualified, on solicitation mailing lists;
Encouraging their participation through direct solicitation of bids or proposals whenever they are potential sources;
Dividing total requirements, when economically feasible, into smaller tasks or quantities to permit maximum participation by such firms;
Establishing delivery schedules, where the requirement permits, which encourage participation by such firms;
Using the services and assistance of the Small Business Administration and the Minority Business Development Agency of the Department of Commerce;
Including in contracts, to the greatest extent feasible, a clause requiring contractors, to provide opportunities for training and employment for lower-income residents of the project area and to award subcontracts for work in connection with the project to business concerns which provide opportunities to low-income residents, as described in 24 CFR Part 135 (so-called "Section 3 businesses"); and
Requiring prime contractors, when subcontracting is anticipated, to take the positive steps listed above.
Goals shall be established periodically for participation by small businesses, minority-owned businesses, women-owned business enterprises, labor surplus area businesses, and Section 3 business concerns in WHA prime contracts and subcontracting opportunities.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated: