In selecting and designing contracts suitable for set aside projects, the Department will consider a number of factors including, but not limited to, the following:
- A. Availability of certified DBEs within 100 miles of work to be performed;
- B. Capabilities of the available certified DBEs in relation to the type of work required by the contract;
- C. Limitation of estimated value of contract to $250,000.00 in most cases;
- D. Limitation of the work of a single contract to a maximum of four roads within a reasonable distance of each other;
- E. Equitable geographic distribution of contracts throughout the State, insofar as is possible with available contracts;
- F. Availability of technical assistance for contract;
- G. The requirement of Section 12-28-2930(c) that the Department shall advertise a number of highway construction projects at each regularly scheduled highway letting to be bid exclusively by DBEs.
HISTORY: Added by State Register Volume 16, Issue No. 6, eff June 26, 1992. Amended by State Register Volume 24, Issue No. 4, eff April 28, 2000.