Agmt 2002 Alameda County Transportation Improvement Authority ACTIA (3)

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ACTIA 2002 -26 requirements, and providing services to help LBEs and SLBEs, and other small businesses, obtain bonding and financing. • Establishing formal processes for informing and notifying Prime Contractors and Subcontractors of Program requirements and of all contracting opportunities. • Notifying all Subcontractors of change orders to ensure that the LBE and SLBE Goals are met in amendments and change orders. • Providing the following technical assistance: • Access to a public plans room to review plans and specification prior to bid opening. • Hands on assistance in identifying items of work for subcontracting opportunities. • Assist in helping the Subcontractor put together a bid package. • Conduct construction site walk- through to help the Subcontractor determine his/her capacity before submitting a bid. • Provide a list to Subcontractors of all plan holders. • Assist in preparing bond and loan documents. • Maintain a listing of bonding and financial institutions that have demonstrated a willingness to work with LBEs and SLBEs, and provide a copy of this list to any individual, firm or organization upon request. • Maintain a list of insurance companies who have represented that they will provide competitive pricing to small business enterprises for workers' compensation, liability and other business insurance, and provide copies of this list to any person, firm or organization upon request. • Mobilize support, provide the Subcontractor with logistic information regarding storing their equipment and supplies on the job site. • Help the Subcontractor on the procedures and provide assistance in completing the paperwork for submitting change orders. • Hold periodic workshops providing information on topics such as bonding and underwriting standards and procedures for Subcontractors; business planning; record keeping; capital formation; financial counseling; equipment utilization; technical assistance on operating highway construction, material supply, engineering or other transportation related businesses; plan interpretation; estimating; bidding; cost accounting methods; understanding and preparing project/contract documentation (i.e. required forms, work schedules, and productions schedules); safety regulations; and networking and marketing. • Monitoring the Subcontractor process by requiring proof of Subcontractor consent, allowing sufficient time for contacting Subcontractors and "demonstrations" of Good Faith Efforts by Prime Contractors. • Providing information and communications programs on contracting procedures and specific contract opportunities (e.g., ensuring the inclusion of LBEs and SLBEs and other small businesses on recipient mailing lists for bidders; ensuring the dissemination to bidders on prime contracts of lists of potential Subcontractors; provision of information in languages other than English, where appropriate). Alameda County Transportation Improvement Authority Page E -S Local Business Enterprise and Small Local Business Enterprise Program