Iowa Administrative Code
Agency 261 - Economic Development Authority
Part IV - Business Development Division
Chapter 54 - Iowa Targeted Small Business Procurement Program
Rule 261-54.5 - Ided Administration

(1) Subcontracts. If a primary contractor will be subcontracting part or all of a contract, the primary contractor shall make a good faith effort to provide TSB's with opportunities to bid. IDED may review a primary contractor's good faith efforts and request modifications to planned efforts to ensure compliance with the purpose of the TSB program.

(2) Good faith efforts. Departments, agencies and education institutions may require primary contractors to submit documentation of good faith efforts to provide TSB's with subcontract opportunities along with the bid bond, noncollusion affidavit and similar documents which are submitted separate from the actual bid. Departments, agencies and education institutions may determine that the primary contractor has failed to meet minimum bidding qualifications due to inadequate documentation of good faith efforts to provide TSB opportunities to bid and may decline to open the bid. In cases where the good faith efforts documentation is submitted as part of the bid documents and after review of the low bidder's good faith efforts, departments, agencies and education institutions may reject the bid as nonresponsive due to inadequate documentation of good faith efforts.

(3) IDED review. IDED may conduct a review of a department, agency or education institution where there is evidence of little or no progress toward reaching the TSB goal. The purpose of the review will be to identify the barriers encountered, evaluate the efforts taken to reach the goal, and provide needed assistance.