Transportation", 49 CFR Part 21. In addition, the Contractor agrees to comply with applicable Federal
implementing regulations and other implementing requirements FTA may issue.
b. Equal Employment Opportunity
The Contractor will not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race,
color, creed, sex, disability, age, or national origin. The Contractor agrees to take affirmative action to ensure
that applicants are employed, and that employees are treated during employment, without regard to their
race, color, creed, sex, disability, age, or national origin. Such action shall include, but not be limited to, the
following: employment, upgrading, demotion or transfer, recruitment or recruitment advertising, layoff or
termination; rates of pay or other forms of compensation; and selection for training, including apprenticeship.
The Contractor shall insert the foregoing provision (modified only to show the particular contractual
relationship) in all its third party contracts, except contracts for standard commercial supplies or raw materials
and construction contracts, and shall require all such third party contractors to insert a similar provision in all
subcontracts, except contracts for standard commercial supplies or raw materials.
c. Access Requirements for Individuals with Disabilities
The Contractor shall comply with 49 USC 5301(d), stating Federal policy that the elderly and persons with
disabilities have the same rights as other persons to use mass transportation services and facilities and that
special efforts shall be made in planning and designing those services and facilities to implement that policy.
The Contractor shall also comply with all applicable requirements of Sec. 504 of the Rehabilitation Act (1973),
as amended, 29 USC 794, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of handicaps, and the Americans with
Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), as amended, 42 USC 12101 et seq., which requires that accessible facilities
and services be made available to persons with disabilities, including any regulations and subsequent
amendments.
d. Inclusion
The Contractor agrees to include the requirements of subsections (a) — (c) in each subcontract financed in
whole or in part with Federal assistance provided by FTA, modified only if necessary to identify the affected
parties.
e. Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE)
This Contract is subject to the requirements of Title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 26, Participation
by Disadvantaged Business Enterprises in Department of Transportation Financial Assistance Programs.
The national goal for participation of Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBE) is 10%. Nashua Transit's
overall goal for DBE participation is 2.0%. A separate contract goal has not been established for this
procurement.
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