Trinity Contractors, Inc 3/1/2017

I In the event of arithmetic errors in completing the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Utilization Certification the amount listed to be applied towards the DBE COA Goal for each DBE shall govern and the DBE total amount shall be adjusted accordingly. Note: The Contracting Agency shall consider as non-responsive and shall reject any Bid Proposal submitted that does not contain a ' Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Utilization Certification Form that accurately demonstrates how the Bidder intends to meet the DBE COA Goal. Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Written Confirmation Document(s) FORM # 422-031 EF The Bidder shall submit a Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Written Confirmation Document (completed and signed by the DBE) for each DBE firm listed in the Bidder's completed Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Utilization Certification submitted with the Bid. Failure to do so will result in the associated participation being disallowed, which may cause the Bid to be determined to be nonresponsive resulting in Bid rejection. The Confirmation Documents provide confirmation from the DBEs that they are participating in the Contract as provided in the Contractor's Commitment. The Confirmation Documents must be consistent with the Utilization Certification. A Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Written Confirmation Document (form No. 422-031 EF) is included in your Proposal package for this purpose. The form(s) shall be received as specified in the special provisions for Section 1- 02.9 Delivery of Proposal. ' It is prohibited for the Bidder to require a DBE to submit a Written Confirmation Document with any part of the form left blank. Should the Contracting Agency determine that a Written Confirmation Document was signed by a DBE that was not complete; the validity of the document comes into question and the associated DBE participation may not receive credit. ' Selection of Successful Bidder/Good Faith Efforts (GFE) The successful Bidder shall be selected on the basis of having submitted the lowest responsive Bid, which demonstrates a good faith effort to achieve the DBE COA Goal. The contracting agency, at any time during the selection process, may request a breakdown of the bid items and amounts that are counted towards the overall contract goal for any of the DBE's listed on the DBE Utilization Certification. Achieving the DBE COA Goal may be accomplished in one of two ways, as follows: 1. By meeting the DBE COA Goal The best indication of GFE is to document, through submission of the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Utilization Certification and supporting Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Written Confirmation Document(s) that the Bidder has obtained enough DBE participation to CITYWIDE INTERSECTION SIGNING FED AID#HSIP-000S(439);COE#3628 37 November 16,2016