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<br />951-225-3500 • 31600 Railroad Canyon Road, Suite 100-L • Canyon Lake, CA 92587 • sdgroupinc.com <br />September 15, 2021 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Mr. Kenny Nguyen <br />Project Manager <br />City of Santa Ana <br />Public Works Agency; M-36 <br />20 Civic Center Plaza; Ross Annex <br />Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br /> <br />RE: RFP No. 21-103 <br />Appraisal Lump Sum Billing – 10-K Exception Request <br /> <br />Dear Mr. Nguyen: <br /> <br />The Santolucito Doré Group, Inc. (SD Group) is a small, women-owned, disadvantaged business <br />enterprise. We offer essentially one type of service – valuation services and typically bill our <br />services on a lump sum per appraisal basis. As such, we do not have the need for sophisticated <br />financial management software with cost segregation features as required on Exhibit 10-K, <br />Consultant Annual Certification of Indirect Costs and Financial Management System. <br />Implementing such software and practices would be cost prohibitive for us as a small DBE firm <br />and we cannot certify to something we can’t comply with. <br /> <br />If selected, our work for the City of Santa Ana's on-call contract will be billed on a lump sum per <br />appraisal basis. It is recommended that our firm is included as a Vendor or Other Direct Cost <br />(ODC) for any projects associated with the on-call contract. The Caltrans Local Assistance <br />Procedures Manual allows DBE’s to participate in a number of ways, including being contracted <br />as a vendor. Please see the attached page from the manual. <br /> <br />Please let me know if you have any questions or need any additional information. We are excited <br />for the opportunity to work with the City on this project. <br /> <br />Sincerely, <br /> <br /> Christine S. Santolucito, R/W-AC <br />President <br /> <br /> <br />City Council 17 –78 11/16/2021