SMAA will consider a subcontractor's work to be satisfactorily completed when all the tasks called for in the subcontract have been accomplished and documented as required by SMAA. When SMAA has made an incremental acceptance of a portion of a prime contract, the work of a subcontractor covered by that acceptance is deemed to be satisfactorily completed.
The prime contractor agrees to pay each subcontractor under this prime contract for satisfactory performance of its contract no later than 30 days from the receipt of each payment the prime contractor receives from SMAA. The prime contractor agrees further to return retainage payments to each subcontractor within 30 days after the subcontractor's work is satisfactorily completed. Any delay or postponement of payment from the above referenced timeframe may occur only for good cause following written approval of the SMAA. This clause applies to both DBE and non-DBE subcontractors.
SMAA, through the Florida Unified Certification Program (UCP), maintains a directory identifying all firms certified as DBEs and ACDBEs. The Directory lists the firm's name, address, phone number, date of the most recent certification, and the type of work the firm has been certified to perform.
The UCP ensures that the Directory lists each type of work for which a firm is eligible by using the most specific NAICS code available to describe each type of work. The UCP makes any changes to the current directory entries that are necessary to meet the requirements of this paragraph.
The UCP Directory is maintained daily. The Directory is available on the Florida Department of Transportation website (see Attachment 4) or upon request from SMAA.
SMAA is sufficiently familiar with the market to conclude that an over-concentration of DBE firms does not exist in the types of work that are to be performed at SRQ under DOT-assisted contracts.
SMAA has not established its own business development program, however, the Manasota Chapter of SCORE offers fully developed business education and mentoring programs to local businesses to enable them to compete outside the DBE program. SMAA maintains a referral relationship with SCORE.
SMAA will utilize the following monitoring and enforcement mechanisms to ensure compliance with 49 CFR Part 26.