Contract Compliance Specialist

About the company

Chicago Housing Authority

Government administration · 501 to 1,000 employees

What you'll do

• Attend pre‐bid and pre‐construction meetings with buyers and user departments to provide an overview of M/W/DBE and Section 3 compliance obligation prior to contract award.
• Responsible for reviewing the required CHA compliance documents submitted by vendors for contract purposes, investigate vendor discrepancies, and conduct on‐site visits to various project sites.
• Develop and implement contractor’s violation resolution plans to ensure compliance
• Gather and collect data to analyze and create reports on M/W/DBE expenditures, Section 3, and Davis‐Bacon.
• Review, analyze, and compare certified payrolls of project site employees to ensure contractors follow the current prevailing wages.
• Assess and compute back wages of employees that were not paid prevailing wages and ensure vendors comply with restitution of compensation.
• Gather and collecting formation on problems and procedures to determine areas of deficiency and make appropriate recommendations.
• Verify Minority Business Enterprise, Women Business Enterprise, and Disadvantaged 
• Business Enterprises participation percentages, M/W/DBE certification and recommend approval of vendors submitted utilization plans.
• Write various types of correspondences to CHA vendors, Housing Urban Development (HUD), Department of Labor (DOL), Inspector General's office, and CHA staff.
• Prepare and submit recommendation to CHA management staff and project manager to withhold vendor payment due to compliance violations.
• Maintain assigned project files documentation and ensure files are properly stored on CHA network.
• Prepare regular activity reports, program tracking and monitoring reports.
• Participate in vendor fairs sponsored by CHA and other affiliated agencies.
• Performs all other duties and projects as assigned.

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