SARASOTA MANATEE AIRPORT AUTHORITY DEMONSTRATION OF GOOD FAITH EFFORTS TO OBTAIN DBE PARTICIPATION

This Form and the information that it requires to be submitted are only applicable if DBE FORM 1 does NOT demonstrate that the Bidder has obtained DBE participation commitments from DBE subcontractors sufficient to meet the established DBE Contract Goal.

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In order for a bid submission to be considered responsive to this Request for Bids, Bidder must demonstrate Good Faith Efforts to meet the DBE Contract Goal established by the Sarasota Manatee Airport Authority (SMAA) for this contract. The Bidder can meet the DBE requirements of this Request for Bids in either of two ways:

  1. The Bidder can meet the goal, documenting sufficient commitments for participation by DBE subcontracting firms using DBE FORM 1.
  2. If the Bidder is unable to meet the established DBE Contract Goal by obtaining sufficient commitments from DBE subcontracting firms, the Bidder must fully document that sufficient Good Faith Efforts were made to obtain those commitments.
  3. If the Bidder intends to meet the DBE requirements of this Request for Bids using method 2. above, the Bidder must complete Attachment A to this DBE FORM 3 and include with its bid submittal complete documentation demonstrating that it took all necessary and reasonable actions to achieve DBE participation sufficient to meet the DBE Contract Goal and that the scope, intensity, and appropriateness of the actions taken could reasonably have been expected to have resulted in sufficient DBE participation.
  4. As outlined in the SMAA's DBE Program, the sufficiency of the efforts made by the Bidder will initially be determined by SMAA's DBE Liaison, with an opportunity for an appeal of a negative determination. The evaluation of the Bidder's efforts will consider the quality, quantity, and intensity of the different kinds of efforts that the Bidder has made, as well as the performance of other bidders in meeting the DBE Contract Goal for this contract. The efforts employed by the Bidder should be those that one could reasonably expect a Bidder to take if the Bidder were actively and aggressively trying to obtain DBE participation sufficient to meet the DBE Contract Goal.
  5. The following is a list of some types of actions that a Bidder should consider taking to obtain DBE participation. It is not intended to be a mandatory checklist, nor is it intended to be exclusive or exhaustive:
  6. Soliciting through all reasonable and available means (e.g. attendance at pre-bid meetings, advertising, written notices, telephone or email contact) the interest of all certified DBEs who have the capability to perform the work of the contract. Bidder must solicit this interest within sufficient time to allow the DBEs to respond to