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<br />Request for Qualifications:
<br />General Park Building Construction, Retrofit, Maintenance, and/or Repairs
<br />12. Vendor and/or supplier: A firm that owns, operates or maintains a store, warehouse, or other establishment in
<br />which the materials or supplies required for the performance of the contract are bought, kept in stock, and
<br />regularly sold to the public in the usual course of business. The firm must engage in, as its principal business, and
<br />its own name, the purchase and sale of the products in question. A vendor and/or supplier of bulk items such as
<br />steel, cement, stone and petroleum products need not keep such products in stock, if it owns or operates distribution
<br />equipment.
<br />13. Manufacturer: A firm that operates or maintains a factory or establishment that produces on the premises the
<br />materials or supplies obtained by the contractor.
<br />14. Broker: A firm that charges for providing a bona fide service, such as professional, technical, consultant or
<br />managerial services and assistance in the procurement of essential personnel, facilities, equipment, insurance or
<br />bonds, materials or supplies required for performance of the contract. The fee or commission is to be reasonable
<br />and not excessive as compared with fees customarily allowed for similar services.
<br />15. Participation Recognition: This applies to recognition as an MBE, WBE, SBE, EBE, DVBE.
<br />a. All listed MBE, WBE, SBE, EBE, and/or DVBE firms must be certified as defined under Paragraph B,
<br />Definitions, Item 4, on the date the task work order for the project is assigned before credit may be allowed
<br />toward the respective MBE, WBE, SBE, EBE, and/or DVBE pledged participation level.
<br />b. Work performed by a MBE, WBE, SBE, EBE, and/or DVBE prime consultant will not be considered when
<br />determining a prime consultant's BIP Outreach. The prime consultant will be required to make a BIP
<br />Outreach to obtain reasonable anticipated MBE, WBE, SBE, EBE, and/or DVBE participation levels
<br />through subconsulting or materials and supplies acquisition.
<br />C. Recognition for materials and/or supplies is limited to sixty percent (60%) of the amount to be paid to the
<br />vendor for such materials/supplies in computing the pledged levels of MBE, WBE, SBE, EBE, and/or
<br />DVBE participation, unless the vendor manufactures or substantially alters the materials/supplies.
<br />d. MBE, WBE, SBE, EBE, and/or DVBE credit for brokers required for performance of the contract is limited
<br />to the reasonable fee or commission charged, as not considered excessive, as compared with fees
<br />customarily allowed for similar services.
<br />e. A firm which qualified as both a MBE and a WBE will be credited as either MBE participation or as WBE
<br />participation, but will not be credited for both. However, a MBE and/or WBE firm may also receive SBE,
<br />EBE and/or DVBE credit if so qualified.
<br />f. A listed MBE, WBE, SBE, EBE, and/or DVBE firm must be potentially available to perform a
<br />commercially useful function, i.e., must be potentially responsible for the execution of a distinct element
<br />of the work and potentially available to carry out its responsibility by performing, managing and supervising
<br />the work.
<br />g. MBE/WBE credit shall not be given to a Joint Venture partner listed as a sub -consultant by a Joint Venture
<br />respondent.
<br />h. A SBE, EBE, DVBE prime consultant shall receive pledged participation credit for the work performed
<br />by its own workforce.
<br />IMPORTANT — RESPONDERS MUST SUBMIT ALL REQUIRED FORMS (COMPLETELY FILLED OUT) BY RFQ
<br />SUBMITTAL DEADLINE.
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