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DBE: Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program

DBE: Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program. DBEs are generally small firms owned and controlled by minorities or women. DBE Program. Required for FAA grants of $250,000 or more. Generally prepared by Aeronautics. Must include: Policy statement Liaison officer

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DBE: Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program

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  1. DBE: Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program DBEs are generally small firms owned and controlled by minorities or women.

  2. DBE Program • Required for FAA grants of $250,000 or more. • Generally prepared by Aeronautics. • Must include: • Policy statement • Liaison officer • DBE financial institutions • Prompt payment clause • DBE directory • Monitoring and enforcement

  3. DBE Program: Overall Goals • The overall goal is % of contracts that will be completed by a DBE. • Aeronautics can also prepare this. • Aeronautics’ standard goal setting procedure: • A: count the DBE contractors in your area • B: count all contractors and subcontractors in the same area • Divide A by B to get % goal

  4. DBE Program: Contracts Goals • Separate goals for construction & engineering contracts. • Total of all contracts should equal Overall Goal. • Individual Contract Goals will NOT be the same % as Overall Goal.

  5. DBE Program: Contract Clauses • Required clauses to be included verbatim: • Nondiscrimination • Prompt Payment • Notice & Proposal requirements • Termination of DBE subcontract • Special Conditions • These Clauses are already in Aeronautics’ sample documents.

  6. DBE Program: Bidders List • Required Components. • Firm name • Firm address • Firm’s status as DBE or non-DBE • Firm’s age • Firm’s annual gross receipts.

  7. DBE Program: Contract Award • Two Questions to ask before award • 1. Did the bidder provide the following? • Names & addresses of DBE subcontractors • Description of DBE’s scope of work • Dollar amount of DBE subcontract • Bidder’s written commitment to use DBE • DBE’s written confirmation • If contract goal not met, good faith efforts. • 2. Did the bidder meet the goal or make a good faith effort to meet it?

  8. DBE Program: Counting DBE Participation • Count only work done by DBE’s own forces. • DBE must perform a commercially useful function. • DBE trucker can not lease from non-DBE firm. • Material & supplies generally count 60%.

  9. DBE Program: Monitoring • Monitor prompt payment of primes to subs. • Monitor that the DBE subs originally proposed are on the job. If not, changes must have airport/FAA approval. • Monitor that the DBE subs perform work that counts as participation.

  10. DBE Program: Final Results • Aeronautics /FAA form to verify that DBEs have been paid and calculate actual DBE achievements. • If DBEs used on contracts without a goal, keep a record of this. • Complete FAA’s annual survey.

  11. DBE Program: Unified Certification • In March 2002, the Dept. of Roads, airports, and a few cities agreed to ONE combined certification program.

  12. DBE Program: Sample Program • Aeronautics has sample program to meet all these requirements. • Insert Sponsor’s name and DBELO. • Add Appendix A: Organizational Chart. • Add Appendix B: Overall DBE Goal.

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