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commonwealth, the United States of America, and other public and private agencies. Such program shall also include procedures for soliciting contracts from a list of businesses provided by the Virginia Department _of Small Business and Supplier Diversitv. or anv successor state agency or department ems. (bl A small. women-owned or minority-owned business that is certified by the Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversitv pursuant to Code of Virginia ~ 2.2-1606. as amended. restated or moved from time to time shall not be reauired to obtain anv additional certification to participate in anv program designed to enhance the participation of such businesses as vendors or to remedy anv documented disparity. (cl In awarding a contract for services to a small women-owned or minority-owned business that is certified in accordance with Code of Virginia & 2 2 1606 as amended. restated or moved from time to time. or to a business identified by a public body as a service disabled veteran-owned business where the award is being made pursuant to an enhancement or remedial program as provided in subsection (al the city shall include in every such contract of more than 10 000 the following language: "If the contractor intends to subcontract work as part of its performance under this contract. the contractor shall include in the proposal a plan to subcontract to small. women-owned minority-owned and service disabled veteran-owned businesses." Ldl As used in this section 12-176. the following words terms and phrases have the meanings ascribed to them in this subsection (dl• Employment services organization means an organi~atinn that provides community- based emplovrnent services to individuals with disabilities that is an approved Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARPI accre_ dited vendor of the Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services Minority individual means an individual who is a citizen of the TTn;tPrl ctatac ..,- a legal resident alien and who satisfies one or more of the following definitions' u 1. African American means a person having origins in any of the original peoples of Africa and who is regarded as such by the community of which this person claims to be a part. 2. Asian American means a person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East Southeast Asia the Indian subcontinent. or the Pacific Islands including but not limited to Japan China Vietnam Samoa Laos Cambodia Taiwan. Northern Mariana Islands the Phili pines a U S territory of the Pacific