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Local Assistance Procedures Manual ETIIDIT 104 Notice to Proposers DUE Information B. A certified DBE may participate as a prime consultant, subconsultant, joint venture partner, as a vendor of material or supplies, or as a tucking company. C. A DBE proposer not proposing as a joint venture with a non -DBE, will be required to document one Ora combination of the following: 1, The proposer is a DBE and will meet the goal by performing work with its own forces. 2. The proposer will meet the goal through work perforaned by DBE subconsultants, 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 work or clearly defined portions thereof. Responsibility means actually performing, managing, and soipervising the work with its own forces. The DBE j pint venture partner must share in the capital contribution, control, management, risks and profits of the j oint venture commensurate with its ownership interest. E. A DBE must perform a commercially useful function pursuant to 4 9 CPR 26.55, that is, a DBE firm must be responsible for the execution of 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 subconsuitant for each portion of work as def[nod in their proposal and all DBE subconsultants should be listed in the bid /cost proposal list of subconsultants. G. A prime consultant who is a certified DBE is eligible to claim all of the work in the Contract toward flee DBE participation except that portion of the work to be performed by non -DBE subconsultains. S. 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 flee number 1.866- 810 -6346 for assistance. B. Access the CUCP database from the Department of Transportation, Offim of Business and Economic Opportunity Web site at: litp: / /www,dot.ca.gov /liq /bop /. 1. Click on the link in the left menu titled Disadvan >a Business -tise; 2. Click on Search for a DBE Firm link; 3. Click on Access to the DBE C?ugMrorin 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 SUPPLWS euRC1iASED FROM DDES COUNT T'OW /IRDS TIM DDE GOAL UNDER THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS. A. If the materials or supplies are obtained from a DBE manufacturer, count t 00 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 equipment 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 wider 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'tirrn must be an established, regular business that engages, as its principal business and under its own name, in the Page 2 of 3 LPP 13 -01 May g, 2013