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ACTIA 2002-26.01 B. SLBE Goals. The Authority recognizes the difficulties facing small businesses when competing in the marketplace. Moreover, it is the policy of the 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. Therefore, the Authority will implement a Small Local Business Enterprise (SLBE) program to assist in the utilization of small local businesses. The SLBE Goals are to award twenty percent (20%) of all Construction Contract dollars, and thirty percent (30%) of all Professional Services Contracts, on an annual basis to firms who qualify as SLBEs. Subcontracts which are counted as part of meeting the applicable SLBE Goal also count toward meeting the applicable LBE Goal. There may be some Contracts where it is not possible to include SLBEs because of the nature of the Contract. The Authority staff shall determine for each Contract whether it is practical to apply the SLBE Goal. VII. COUNTING LBE AND SLBE PARTICIPATION Only the value of the work actually performed by LBEs and SLBEs will be counted towards the applicable Goal. The Authority will count expenditures to LBEs and SLBEs when the firm is performing a Commercially Useful Function on that Contract. The entire amount of that portion of a Contract that is performed by the LBE's or SLBE's own work force will be counted. This includes the cost of equipment, supplies and materials obtained by the LBE and SLBE for work on the Contract. LBE and SLBE Prime Contractors should perform at least 30% of the total cost of its Contract with its own work force. If a Joint Venture, the Authority will count a portion of the total dollar value of the LBE and SLBE Contract equal to the distinct, clearly defined portion of the work of the Contract that the LBE and SLBE performs toward the LBE or SLBE Goal. When a LBE and SLBE subcontracts part of the work on its Contract to another firm, the value of the subcontracted work may be counted toward the LBE or SLBE goal if the Subcontractor is itself a LBE or SLBE. Subcontracts to non-LBE and SLBE firms do not count toward the LBE and SLBE Goals. The Authority will not count the dollar value of work performed under a Contract with a firm after it has ceased to be certified toward the overall Goal. In addition, the Authority will not count the participation of a LBE or SLBE Subcontractor toward the applicable LBE or SLBE Goal until the LBE or SLBE has been paid. VIII. MEANS TO INCREASE LBE AND SLBE PARTICIPATION The Authority will use the following means to increase LBE and SLBE participation: • Scheduling times for the presentation of bids, quantities, specifications, and delivery schedules in ways that facilitate LBE and SLBE and other small business participation. • To the extent practicable, unbundling large contracts to make them more accessible to small businesses. • Encouraging Prime Contractors to subcontract portions of work that they might otherwise perform with their own forces. • Providing assistance in overcoming limitations such as inability to obtain bonding or financing by such means as simplifying the bonding process, reducing bonding Alameda County Transportation Improvement Authority Page E-7 Local Business Enterprise and Small Local Business Enterprise Program