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Local Assistance Procedures Manual EXII BIT 10-I Notice to Proposers DBA, 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 trucking company. C. A DBE proposer not proposing as a joint venture with a non -DDE, will be required to document one or a combination of the following: I. 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 performed 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 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 cormnensurate with its ownership interest. E. A DBE must perform a commercially useful function pursuant to 49 CFR 26.55, that is, a DBE firm most be responsible for the execution of a distinct element of the work and must cavy out its responsibility by actually performing, managing and supervising the work. F. The proposer shall list only one subconsultant for each portion of work as defined 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 the DBE participation except that portion of the work to be performed by non -DBE subeonsuhants. 5. RESOURCES A. The CUCP database includes the certified DBEs from all certifying agencies participating in the CUM If you believe a firm is certified that cannot be located on the database, please contact the Caltrans Office of Certification toll freenumber 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: littp://www.dot.ca,gov/liq/bep/. 1. Click on the fink in the left menu titled Disadvantaee l B–usiness Enteiy-e; 2. Click on Search for a DBE Firm fink; 3, Click on Access to the DEE Ouer•y form located on the first fine in the center of the page. Searches can be performed by one or more criteria. Follow instructions on the screen. 6. MATERIALS OR SUPPLIES PURCUASED FROM DBES COUNT TOWvAl2DS THE DBE GOAL UNDER THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS: A. If the materials or supplies are obtained from a DBE manufacturer, count 100 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 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 Pace 2 of 3 LPP 13-01 May 8, 2013