(a) The purpose of this Part is to provide standards, criteria and procedures for establishing contract goals; to regulate, prepare, submit, and review utilization plans, to prescribe the elements of a contractor’s good faith efforts to be reviewed when a waiver of goals is requested, and to provide procedures for evaluating compliance and resolving disputes related to participation by certified minority- and women-owned business enterprises on State contracts.

(b) This Part shall also provide standards, criteria and procedures relating to the awarding of State contracts. Such standards, criteria and procedures shall relate to the past, present and prospective use of certified minority- and women-owned business enterprises as a subcontractor, joint ventures or partners and the establishment of quantitative factors for certified minority- and-women-owned business enterprise status.