Agmt13 Bellecci & Assoc. Design Professional Services Agreement

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2. The proposer will meet the goal through wark performed by DBE subcontractors, suppliers or trucking companies. 3. The proposer,prior to proposing,made adequate good faith efforts to meet the goal. D. A DBE joint venture partner must be responsible for specific contract items of wark ar clearly defined portions thereo£ Responsibility means actually performing, managing, and supervising the work with its own forces. The DBE joint venture partner must share in the capital contribution, control, management, risks and profits of the joint venture commensurate with its ownership interest. E. A DBE must perform a commercially useful function pursuant to 49 CFR 26.55, that is, a DBE firm must be responsible far the execution of a distinct element of the work and must carry out its responsibility by actually performing,managing and supervising the work. F. The proposer shall list only one subcontractor for each portion of work as defined in their proposal and all DBE subcontractors should be listed in the bid/cost proposal list of subcontractors. G. A prime consultant who is a certified DBE is eligible to claim all of the work in the Contract toward the DBE participation except that portion of the work to be performed by non-DBE subcontractors. 5. RESOURCES A. The CUCP database includes the certified DBEs from all certifying agencies participating in the CUCP. If you believe a firm is certified that cannot be located on the database,please contact the Caltrans Office of Certification toll free number 1-866-810-6346 for assistance. B. Access the CUCP database from the Department of Transportation, Office of Business and Economic Opportunity Web site at: http://wvwv.dot.ca.gov/hq/bep/. 1. Click on the link in the left menu titled DisadvantaQed Business Enterprise; 2. Click on Search for a DBE Firm link; 3. Click on Access to the DBE Querv Form located on the first line in the center of the page. Searches can be performed by one or more criteria. Follow instructions on the screen. 6. MATERIALS OR SUPPLIES PURCHASED FROM DBES COUNT TOWARDS THE DBE GOAL UNDER THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS: A. If the materials or supplies are obtained from a DBE manufacturer, count l00 percent of the cost of the materials or supplies. A DBE manufacturer is a firm that operates or maintains a factory, or establishment that produces on the premises the materials, supplies, articles, or eyuipment required under the Contract and of the general character described by the specifications. B. If the materials or supplies purchased from a DBE regular dealer, count 60 percent of the cost of the materials or supplies.A DBE regular dealer is a firm that owns, operates or maintains a store, warehouse, or other establishment in which the materials, supplies, articles or equipment of the general character described by the specifications and required under the Contract are bought, kept in stock, and regularly sold or leased to the public in the usual course of business. To be a DBE regular dealer,the firm must be an established, regular business that engages, as its principal business and under its own name, in the purchase and sale ar lease of the products in question.A person may be a DBE regular dealer in such bulk items as petroleum products, steel, cement, gravel, stone or asphalt without owning, operating or maintaining a place of business provided in this section. C. If the person both owns and operates distribution equipment for the products, any supplementing of regular dealers' own distribution equipment shall be,by a long-term lease agreement and not an ad hoc or Agreement-by-Agreement basis. Packagers, brokers, manufacturers' representatives, or other persons who arrange or expedite transactions are not DBE regular dealers within the meaning of this section. REV:09-26-13 VR ATTY/AGR/2013.169/BELLECCI&ASSOCIATES Page 26 of 38 CHARTER ST.SRTS