Maintaining DBE Vendor Materials

Federal guidelines regulate the percentage of the cost of materials or supplies purchased from a DBE supplier that can be credited toward the DBE goal for a contract. Different percentages are credited to the DBE goal depending on whether the supplier also manufactures the materials or functions as only a broker or a regular dealer.

The Materials tab on the DBE Vendor component contains information related to the construction materials or equipment being supplied for this DBE vendor.

If your agency uses external access, the DBE vendor information on this tab is read-only and is maintained by non-agency users. If your agency does not use external access, you can enter and modify information on this tab as needed.

To designate the DBE vendor as a DBE supplier for this proposal vendor, select the Supplier/Manufacturer/Broker/Regular Dealer check box.

Note: Each DBE commitment can only have one associated DBE supplier.

When you select this check box, you can also enter values in these fields to record additional information for the DBE commitment:

Select Yes in any of the following fields that apply to the supplier:

If you selected Yes in the Broker field, also review the following fields and select Yes in any that apply to the broker:

If you selected Yes in the Regular Dealer field, also review the following fields and select Yes in any that apply to the dealer:

If the commitment is for the original prime contractor, select the Original Commitment check box.

Click Save when you are finished. The system displays a message to confirm that your changes were saved in the database.