Business Development & Procurement
Good Faith Effort

Policy Statement
It is the policy of the City of Dallas to involve qualified Minority and Women-Owned Business Enterprises (M/WBEs) to the greatest extent feasible on the City's construction, procurement and professional services contracts.  The City and its contractors shall not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, or sex in the award and performance of contracts.  In consideration of this policy, the City of Dallas has adopted the Good Faith Effort Plan (GFE Plan) for all City of Dallas contracts.  The purpose of the Good Faith Effort Plan is to ensure participation of locally owned M/WBEs in City procurement and contracting opportunities and to develop the local business base through the award of contracts and purchases to locally owned businesses.

The GFE Plan Goals
The GFE Plan establishes standard requirements for all prospective City of Dallas bidders/proposers to ensure a reasonable degree of participation by M/WBEs in all City contracts. It is the goal of the City that a certain percentage of work under each contract be performed by one or more M/WBEs.

On March 24, 2004, the City Council approved the following M/WBE participation goals (Council Resolution #041033). These goals were adopted without consideration for ethnicity or gender.

• Construction: 25.00%
• Architectural & Engineering: 25.66%
• Other Professional: 36.30%
• Other Services: 23.80%
• Goods: 18.00%

Prospective bidders/proposers are required to make a "good faith effort" to meet the established participation goals and must document their good faith effort to include M/WBEs in the contract.

GFE Credit (Local vs. Non-Local)
As required by State law, the M/WBE goals are set by City Council based on the availability of M/WBEs within the County of Dallas; therefore, only certified local M/WBEs (within the County of Dallas limits) can be counted toward achieving the participation goals. The participation of certified M/WBEs located outside the County's limits (non-local) are not counted toward the participation goals, but are cited as evidence of a good faith effort.

GFE Plan Documentation Forms

For any GFE communication, please contact us by email or call the GFE hotline 214-243-2121.