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lltllashington State <br />Ilepartment of Tralrcpo*ation <br />7l Did the bidder make portions of the work available to DBE subcontractors and suppliers to be <br />consistent with the availability of DBEs to facilitate DBE participation? (CFR 49, part26, <br />Appendix & lV.D) <br />The bidder's letter listed a specific work scope consistent with the Engineer's estimate (traffic <br />control, surveying, guardrail, and concrete). The bidder reached out to DBEs that do different <br />kinds of work, but there were a few other scopes of work that the bidder could have pursued, <br />like excavation, bridge dec( and fencing. ln the future, the bidder should solicit all the scopes of <br />work available in the project. This could increase the chances of receiving more bids. <br />Conclusion <br />However, the bidder did solicit several of the scopes of work available and met this <br />requirement. <br />8) Did the bidder try to assist interested DBEs in obtaining bonding lines of credit, or insurance? <br />Based on the bidder's documentation, solicitation emails sent to the DBEs did not mention any <br />assistance with bonding or insurance. <br />Conclusion <br />The bidder did not provide any information about bonding and insurance. The bidder did not <br />meet this requirement. <br />9) Did the bidder try to assist interested DBEs in obtaining necessary equipment, supplies, <br />materials, or related assistance or services? <br />Based on the bidder's documentation solicitation emails to the DBEs, there was no mention of <br />assistance obtaining materials, supplies, or related services. <br />Conclusion <br />The bidder did not provide any information. They offered the DBEs this type of assistance. The <br />bidder did not meet this requirement. <br />10) Did the bidder effectively use the services of available minority/women community <br />organizations, minority/women contractors'groups, and local, state, and federal <br />minority/women business assistance centers? (CFR 49, parl26, Appendix A, lV.H) <br />Based on the bidder's documentation, they used the DBE directory to solicit quotes from the <br />DBEs.