6.15.120 Socioeconomic duties of the Chief Procurement Officer.
(a) Assistance to SLMBE Office/Supplier Diversity Office. Where feasible, the Chief Procurement Officer shall ensure that:
(1) WSSC using departments assist minority business enterprises (MBEs) and small local business enterprises (SLBEs) in learning how to do business with WSSC;
(2) The WSSC Procurement Office and procurement process actively promote equal opportunity for all segments of the contracting and business community to participate in WSSC contracts; and
(3) The WSSC procurement process supports the activities and mandates of WSSC SLMBE policies, including, but not limited to, policies associated with the MBE and SLBE programs.
(b) Special Publications. The Chief Procurement Officer shall assist the SLMBE Office/Supplier Diversity Office to give special publicity to procurement procedures and issue special publications designed to assist MBEs and SLBEs in learning how to do business with WSSC.
(c) MBE and SLBE Source Lists. The Chief Procurement Officer shall support the SLMBE Office/Supplier Diversity Office in its efforts to compile, maintain, and make available source lists of MBEs and SLBEs for the purpose of encouraging procurement from these businesses.
(d) Solicitation Mailing Lists. To the extent deemed by the Chief Procurement Officer to be appropriate and as may be required by regulation, the Chief Procurement Officer shall include MBEs and SLBEs on solicitation mailing lists.
(e) Solicitation of MBEs and SLBEs. The Chief Procurement Officer shall assure that MBEs and SLBEs receive solicitations for each procurement for which such businesses may be ready, willing and able to participate.
(f) Training Programs. The Chief Procurement Officer shall support SLMBE Office/Supplier Diversity Office efforts to develop special training programs to be conducted by WSSC to assist MBEs and SLBEs in learning how to do business with WSSC. (Procurement regulations § 3-202, dated August 1, 2012)