Current Practices to Set and Monitor DBE Goals on Design-Build Projects and Other Alternative Project Delivery Methods (2015) / Chapter Skim
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12 CHAPTER THREE APPLICATION OF TRADITIONAL DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE CONTRACT GOALS TO ALTERNATIVE DELIVERY METHOD PROJECTS Interviews were conducted with nearly every state DOT, and other information was obtained for the few state DOTs that did not participate in interviews. Based on this research, 33 of the 48 state transportation departments that appear to have used design-build or P3 methods have applied DBE contract goals to those types of projects.
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13 PennDOT closely follows its methods for design-bidbuild contracts in applying DBE goals to design-build projects. It uses a single DBE contract goal on design-build projects.
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14 The first P3 project in Pennsylvania is set to begin soon, and PennDOT has applied traditional DBE contract goals to this project. Staff at PennDOT reported that keeping the process simple is a highly effective strategy for applying DBE goals to design-build projects.
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15 during the project for oversight and monitoring of the design-builder's MBE/WBE [minority business enterprise/women's business enterprise] or DBE program" (NYSDOT 2011)
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16 including DBEs, long before requests for qualifications or proposals are released. For megaprojects, outreach might be a year or more before contractors are developing proposals, according to state DOTs.
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17 trans does not count that work area in the DBE contract goal calculation. Caltrans then applies certain discounts (e.g., for supplies or trucking)
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18 • Proposers submit dollar commitments to individually identified DBEs for specific work items; and/or • Proposers document their good faith efforts to achieve the DBE contract goal if they fall short of the goal. Either method is an approved way of complying with DBE contract goals under the Federal DBE Program.
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19 evaluating the good faith efforts of the low bidder or highest rated proposer (49 CFR Part 26, Section V of Appendix A)
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20 Note that 49 CFR Sections 26.101, 103, 105, 107, and 109 provide remedies for compliance and enforcement. CHAPTER SUMMARY Of the 48 state transportation departments that appear to have used alternative delivery methods, 33 have applied DBE contract goals to those types of projects.
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