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Fulton Street Pedestrian Bicycle Corridor PAGE 37 OF 114 CONTRACT FEDERAL AID # TAP-0420(026) WO #3785 September 6, 2024 The DBE trucking firm must own and operate at least one licensed, insured and 1 operational truck on the contract. The truck must be of the type that is necessary 2 to perform the hauling duties required under the contract. The DBE receives 3 credit for the value of the transportation services it provides on the Contract 4 using trucks it owns or leases, licenses, insures, and operates with drivers it 5 employs. 6 7 The DBE may lease additional trucks from another DBE firm. The DBE who 8 leases additional trucks from another DBE firm receives credit for the value of 9 the transportation services the lessee DBE provides on the Contract. 10 11 The trucking Work subcontracted to any non -DBE trucking firm will not receive 12 credit for Work done on the project. 13 14 The DBE may lease trucks from a truck leasing company (recognized truck 15 rental center), but can only receive credit towards DBE participation if the DBE 16 uses its own employees as drivers. 17 18 DBE Manufacturer and DBE Regular Dealer 19 One hundred percent (100%) of the cost of the manufactured product obtained 20 from a DBE manufacturer may count towards the DBE COA Goal. 21 22 Sixty percent (60%) of the cost of materials or supplies purchased from a DBE 23 Regular Dealer may be credited towards the DBE Goal. If the role of the DBE 24 Regular Dealer is determined to be that of a Broker, then DBE credit shall be 25 limited to the fee or commission it receives for its services. Regular Dealer 26 status and the amount of credit is determined on a Contract -by-Contract basis. 27 28 DBE firms proposed to be used as a Regular Dealer must be approved before 29 being listed as a COA/used on a project. The WSDOT Approved Regular Dealer 30 list published on WSDOT’s Office of Equal Opportunity (OEO) web site must 31 include the specific project for which approval is being requested. For purposes 32 of the DBE COA Goal participation, the Regular Dealer must submit the Regular 33 Dealer Status Request form a minimum of five calendar days prior to bid 34 opening. 35 36 Purchase of materials or supplies from a DBE which is neither a manufacturer 37 nor a regular dealer, (i.e. Broker) only the fees or commissions charged for 38 assistance in the procurement of the materials and supplies, or fees or 39 transportation charges for the delivery of materials or supplies required on the 40 job site, may count towards the DBE COA Goal provided the fees are not 41 excessive as compared with fees customarily allowed for similar services. 42 Documentation will be required to support the fee/commission charged by the 43 DBE. The cost of the materials and supplies themselves cannot be counted 44 toward the DBE COA Goal. 45 46 Note: Requests to be listed as a Regular Dealer will only be processed if the 47 requesting firm is a material supplier certified by the Office of Minority 48 and Women’s Business Enterprises in a NAICS code that falls within 49 the 42XXXX NAICS Wholesale code section. 50 51