§ 24-08 Contract Designation and Competition.
RCNY § 24-08
(a)A mentoring program agency shall exercise its discretion to identify which eligible contracts shall be designated as mentoring program contracts.
(b)The centralized program office, a mentor construction manager, or a mentoring program agency may require a mentee business to submit additional qualifications, documentation, or certifications to confirm such mentee business’s suitability to compete for a particular designated contract. Such requirements may include, but are not limited to, project-specific experience or safety, technical, or capacity qualifications.
(c)A mentoring program agency, in consultation with the centralized program office, shall determine which mentee businesses are invited to compete for designated contracts. Mentoring program agencies, in consultation with the centralized program office, may limit or exclude participation of mentee businesses where the project scope, funding source, or schedule requires specialized qualifications or capacity, provided that at least 3 qualified mentee businesses must be invited to compete for each designated contract.
(d)If the number of bids or proposals responsive to the solicitation is fewer than 3, or if the mentoring program agency, in consultation with the mentor construction manager, determines that acceptance of the best offer will result in the payment of an unreasonable price, the mentoring program agency shall reject all offers and withdraw the designation of the contract as a mentoring program contract. The agency may reissue the solicitation at its discretion. (Added City Record 5/19/2026, eff. 6/18/2026)
