Agmt 2002 Alameda County Transportation Improvement Authority ACTIA (3)

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ACTIA 2002 -26 ALAi'IEDA COUNTY TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT AUTHORITY LOCAL BUSINESS ENTERPRISE AND SMALL LOCAL BUSINESS ENTERPRISE PROGRAM 1. STATEMENT OF LBE AND SLBE POLICY It is the policy of the Alameda County Transportation Improvement Authority to encourage businesses to locate and remain in Alameda County, to employ residents of Alameda County and to spend Authority funds for goods and services within the County. The tax collected by the Authority was imposed by Alameda County voters on themselves for retail sales made within the County. The revenues are exclusively directed toward improving the transit and transportation systems within the County. As a result, the Authority has established this Local Business Enterprise and Small Local Business Enterprise Program ( "LBE /SLBE Program ") which shall be applied to Contracts funded solely with local dollars. The LBE /SLBE Program shall not be applied to Contracts funded with federal or State funds. Pursuant to State and federal law, the Authority's separate Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Program shall be applied to any Construction Contract or Professional Services Contract administered by the Authority, if such Contract is funded in full or in part with federal dollars. The participation of local and small local businesses in the Authority's Contracts is consistent with the voter mandate, and generates other economic benefits for the residents of Alameda County and adds to the sales tax revenues for the Authority. To qualify for inclusion in the Authority's LBE /SLBE Program, an applicant must be a Local Business Enterprise or Small Local Business Enterprise (as such terms are defined below) located within Alameda County. This LBE /SLBE Program is neutral as to race ethnicity, national origin, age, sex, religion and sexual orientation. 11. DEFINITIONS The terms used throughout this LBE /SLBE Program are defined in the list below or in 49 CFR 26.5. The terms are arranged in alphabetical order. A. Authority: the Alameda County Transportation Improvement Authority. B. Bid: a quotation, proposal, solicitation, or offer by a bidder of contractor to perform or provide labor, materials or equipment to the Authority or a Sponsoring Agency for a price. C. Caltrans: the State of California Department of Transportation. D. Commercially Useful Function: shall mean that a business is directly responsible for providing the materials, equipment, supplies or services to the Authority as required by the bid solicitation. To perform a Commercially Useful Function, the LBE or SLBE must also be responsible, with respect to materials and supplies used on the contract, for negotiating price, Alameda County Transportation Improvement Authority Page E -1 Local Business Enterprise and Small Local Business Enterprise Program