Vendor Debarment
In contracting for goods, services (both professional and non-professional), and construction, the City of Cincinnati ("City") has a responsibility to its citizens to ensure that those vendors it contracts with are responsible and capable. From time to time, the exercise of being good stewards of taxpayers' resources requires the City to debar, either temporarily or permanently, a defaulting, irresponsible, or non-performing vendor from doing business with the City.
Per CMC 321-153, the City may debar a person, company, vendor, bidder, contractor, subcontractor on a contract or bid, or principal or owner of a company, vendor, bidder, contractor, or subcontractor on a contract or a bid from submitting a bid or proposal for any business or participating on any contract in any capacity with the City for any of the following reasons:
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Defaults on any bid, proposal or contract with the City;
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Providing false information regarding SBE, SLBE, ELBE, MBE or WBE status;
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Failure to cooperate in the City’s monitoring of contract performance by refusing to provide information or documents required by a contract;
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Failure to respond adequately to complaints by City representatives regarding performance or other issues;
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Accumulation of repeated documented complaints regarding performance of a contract;
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Failure to be a taxpayer in good standing as defined in Chapter 321;
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Failure to pay any financial obligation to the city or any of its departments, boards, or commissions;
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Failure to pay prevailing wage as required by state or federal law or comply with similar laws, including without limitation the Davis Bacon and Related Acts and the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act;
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Debarment by any federal, state, or local government agency; or
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Commission of wage theft or payroll fraud as defined in chapter 326 of the Cincinnati Municipal Code.
Vendor Debarment Policy
The purpose of the City's Vendor Debarment Policy is to delineate the policies and procedures to be followed to determine when and how to debar a vendor, bidder, contractor, and subcontractor and what conditions apply to debarment.
Debarred Vendor List
A list of vendors currently debarred by the City.