In their solicitation process. What is unique about the program under the ocii is what is gone as a first consideration for project area sbe and San Francisco sbes. The Small Business program through the agency evolved from a minority Business Program into a Small Business program in 2004, but it has always been not restricted to San Francisco but looking at San Francisco as first consideration. Under that prims what does first consideration mean in terms of enforcement . Staff auch participates on a professional Service Basis as a example in the rfg process being the request for qual fiications and we encourage developers to go through a rfq process oppose today a rfp so it makeatize a little ease wrr for Small Business tooz respond. As you can imagine it is eastier to submit a statement of qual fiications opposed to a full blown proposal in terms of request for proposal so we encourage rfqs to go out so it is easier for firms to respond and work with the gep developers in terms of sh
Recommended for sbe policy is inclusion of what a joint venture is, a definition of what is association is, how eligibility for sbe credits are counted and what the aensh will expect in terms of a association and joint voferner agreement. First what is proposed for joint vercher is what is stated on the slide. There is nothing particularly different in termoffs joint venture as one would understand in the contracting world. It is just a separation we stipulated it must meet the minimum threshold assigned by us in terms of what the agreement should contain and subject to our approval. The definition of a association, this is a terminology that is somewhat unique to the agency. What we have done is assign a specific definition where it is a agreement bedween 2 parties established to complete a specific task or project and the agreement should provide the associate a significant project management role and the associate shall be recognized in the marthing and collateral material. That is
Submitted bids, whether they are San Francisco based businesses with the fees that are submitted or the bid prices and again, we ask that the contractors meet with us, run through the bid summaries. Intended selection before Actual Contractors are awarded and subcontracts. That is in a nut shul some of the process of what good faith effort means and what i would like to do is step back one step further to talk about what defines a Small Business. It is a topic that will come up in the next agenda item. This past 6 month jz prior to that, the existing pract is recognize Small Businesses based on common in the industry or terminology of ownership have control and i brink this up in the sense the owner of a Small Business shoulden be affiliated with another firm, a larger firm as a example. That is often the case in terms of minority Women Business programs where ownership may not be bonifyed or true. Same with this business in termoffs Small Business. We are not looking at ath nisty or g
Clarifying language to provide a framework for people to work off of. In terms of agreement requirements, we have specific defined provisions we want to see within the agreements and those are specified here and ill read that off briefly. It is the fined management between the parties and these are 2 parties. The non sbe prime and the sbe partner. Define the technical managerial responsibility. Define the scope of work. Percentage break down of the kope scope orwork. Identify subcontractors or conceltabout that perform the work. This is important, we want to make sure the Small Business partner performs that 35 percent level. Define the schedule, duration and deliverable of the agreement. Detail the fee schedule, break down and compensation. Specify insurance requirements that each party shall be required to maintain. Specify how additional worker changes are made. Specify how claims and disputes will be resolved. What is being asked is a copof the agreement must be provided to us for
At ath nisty or gender we look at the principle thofz firm to insure they are small in 2459 respect and not affiliated with another firm. We look at licensing requirements to insure the owner does control the firm and when i say we look at, these are principles in the sbe policy as you are fully aware. Ocii no longer performs certification but look at other Certification Programs that adopt similar projects and cmd which we rely upon with the San Francisco database look at these same principles. What the term is the Small Business in terms of size, i think it is important. For professional services we look at a 3 year avrng gross receipt of 2 million dollars, suppliers for 7 million and construction 14 million. It means a Small Business must have 3 year average gross receipts no greater than these thresholds and this is topic of discussion for the next ajebda idem in terms of harmonizing with the city. These are the [inaudible] what were looked upon during the last 6 months. In terms o