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Edgewater Creek Bridge Replacement November 2023 47 using trucks it owns or leases, licenses, insures, and operates with drivers it 1 employs. 2 3 The DBE may lease additional trucks from another DBE firm. The DBE who 4 leases additional trucks from another DBE firm receives credit for the value of 5 the transportation services the lessee DBE provides on the Contract. 6 7 The trucking Work subcontracted to any non-DBE trucking firm will not receive 8 credit for Work done on the project. 9 10 The DBE may lease trucks from a truck leasing company (recognized truck 11 rental center), but can only receive credit towards DBE participation if the DBE 12 uses its own employees as drivers. 13 14 DBE Manufacturer and DBE Regular Dealer 15 One hundred percent (100%) of the cost of the manufactured product obtained 16 from a DBE manufacturer may count towards the DBE COA Goal. 17 18 Sixty percent (60%) of the cost of materials or supplies purchased from a DBE 19 Regular Dealer may be credited towards the DBE Goal. If the role of the DBE 20 Regular Dealer is determined to be that of a Broker, then DBE credit shall be 21 limited to the fee or commission it receives for its services. Regular Dealer 22 status and the amount of credit is determined on a Contract-by-Contract basis. 23 24 DBE firms proposed to be used as a Regular Dealer must be approved before 25 being listed as a COA/used on a project. The WSDOT Approved Regular Dealer 26 list published on WSDOT’s Office of Equal Opportunity (OEO) web site must 27 include the specific project for which approval is being requested. For purposes 28 of the DBE COA Goal participation, the Regular Dealer must submit the Regular 29 Dealer Status Request form a minimum of five calendar days prior to bid 30 opening. 31 32 Purchase of materials or supplies from a DBE which is neither a manufacturer 33 nor a regular dealer, (i.e. Broker) only the fees or commissions charged for 34 assistance in the procurement of the materials and supplies, or fees or 35 transportation charges for the delivery of materials or supplies required on the 36 job site, may count towards the DBE COA Goal provided the fees are not 37 excessive as compared with fees customarily allowed for similar services. 38 Documentation will be required to support the fee/commission charged by the 39 DBE. The cost of the materials and supplies themselves cannot be counted 40 toward the DBE COA Goal. 41 42 Note: Requests to be listed as a Regular Dealer will only be processed if the 43 requesting firm is a material supplier certified by the Office of Minority 44 and Women’s Business Enterprises in a NAICS code that falls within 45 the 42XXXX NAICS Wholesale code section. 46 47 Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Utilization 48 To be eligible for award of the Contract, the Bidder shall properly complete and 49 submit a Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Utilization Certification with the 50 Bidder’s sealed Bid Proposal, as specified in Section 1-02.9 Delivery of Proposal. 51 The Bidder’s DBE Utilization Certification must clearly demonstrate how the Bidder 52