R91-64 AUTHORIZING ENGINEERING AGREEMENT

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� - . EXHIBIT "A" EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY CIAUSE required by the Illino�s Feir Employment Pract�cez Commission as a material term of all public contracts: . "EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY In the e�•ent of the contractor's noncompliance «•ith any provision of this Equal Employment Opportunity Clause, the Illinois Fair Emplo�•ment Practices Act or the Fair Employment Practices Com- mission's Rules and P.egulations for Public Cont�•acts, the contractor may be declared nonresponsible and therefoi-e ineligible for future conti•acts or subcontracts ��•ith the State of Illinois or any of its poli- tical subdi�•isions or municipal corporations, and the contract may be cancelled or avoided in whole or in part, and such other sanctions or penalties ma}� be imposed or remedies invoked as provided by statute or re�ulation. Durin� the pei•foi•mance of this contr•act, the contractor agrees as follo�•s:� (1) That it «•ill not discriminate against any employee or app}icant for employment because of � race, color, religion, sex, national origin oi• ancesti•y; and fui•ther that it «ill examine all job classi- fications to determine if minority persons or ��omen are underutiliaed and «�ill take appropriate affir- mative action to rectify any such underutilization. i (2) That, if it hires additional employees in urder to perform this contract, or any portion hereof, it will determine the availability (in accordance �•iLh the Commission's R.ules and P.egulations for Public Contracts) of minorities and women in the area(s) from «�hich it may reasonably recruit and it �•ill hire for each job classification for K•hich emplovees are hired in such a w•ay that minorities and �•omen are not underutilized. (3) That, in all solicitations or advertisements foi• employees placed by it or on its behalf, it will state that all applicants �vill be afforded equal opportunity �•ithout discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin or ancestry. (�) That it ��ill send to each laboi• organization or representative of workers �•ith ��•hich it has or is bound by a collective bai-ga.ining or other agreement or understanding, a notice advising such Jabor organization or representative of the contractor's obligations under the Illinois Fair Employment Prac- tices Act and the Commission's Rules and F.egulations for Public Contracts. If any such labor organi- zation or representative fails or refuses to cooperate w•ith the contractor in its efforts to comply «•itli such Act and Rules and Regulations, the contractor «•ill promptly so notify the Illinois Fair Employment Pi-actices Commission and the contracting agency and will recruit employees from other sources �rheT� necessary to fulfill its obligations thereunder. (5) That it «•ill sul�mit reports as required by the Illinois Fair Employment Practices Commission's Rules and Regulations for Pablic Conti•acts, fui•nish all rele�ant information as may from time to time be requested by the Commission or the co►�tracting agency, and in alI respects comply �•ith the Illinois Fair Employment Practices act and the Commission's Rules and Regulations for Public Contracts. (6) That it «•ill permit access to all rele�•ant books, records, accounts and �•ork sites by personnel of the contracting ageiicy and the Illinois Fair Employment Practices Commission for purposes of.in�•es- tigation to ascertain compliance ��•ith the Illinois Fair Employment Practices Act and the Commission's Rvles and Regulations for Public Contrac�S. (7) That it «•ill include ��erbatim or by i•eference the provisions of paragraphs 1 thi•ough 7 of this clause in every performance suUcontract as defined in Section 2.10(b) of the Commission's Rules and Regulations for Public Contracts so that such pro��isions �sill be binding upon every such subcontractor; and that it will also so include the provisions of pai•agraphs 1, 5, 6 and '7 in every suppl3• subcontracl as defined in Section 2.10(a) of the Commission's P.ules and Regulations for Public Contracts so that such provisions ��•ill be binding upon e�-es•�� such subcontractor. In the same manner as K•ith other pro- �risions of this contract, the contractoi• k•ill be liable for compliance «•ith applicable pro��isions of thi� clause by all its subcontractors; and fui-ther it u•i]! promptly notify the contracting agency and the Illinois Fair Emplo}�ment Practices Commission in t1�e e�ent any subcot�tractor fails or refuses to comply there�•ith. In addition, no contractor �•ill utilize any subcontractor declared by the Commission to be nonresponsible and therefore ineligible for contracts or subcoi�tracts �vith the State of Illinois or any of its political subdi�•isions or municipal corporations."