Site work for a sidewalk / parking lot in Aurora, Colorado. Completed plans call for site work for a sidewalk / parking lot.

Inquiry Period: Written questions from prospective bidders are to be received in the procurement portal.:November 1, 2023, 3:00pm RTD has specified a SBE participation goal of 20% for the Work to be performed under the Contract. Bidders must make adequate good faith efforts to meet this goal in order to be deemed as a responsive and responsible bidder. Award of the Contract will be conditioned on meeting the requirements of this section. 49 CFR Part 26.53 and Appendix A of 49 CFR Part 26 shall serve as the criteria for evaluating compliance with the good faith efforts requirements. Additionally, bidders are required to solicit the support and assistance of RTD's Small Business Office if they are unable to meet the SBE participation goal assigned to this Contract. The bidders can meet this requirement in one of two ways: First, the bidder can meet this goal by demonstrating and documenting its commitments for participation by SBEs for at least the total percentage identified above or a percentage that exceeds the goal for the project. The SBE Contract Requirements as well as 49 CFR Part 26.53 explain the procedures that recipients/agencies such as RTD should follow in this situation. For purposes of this section, RTD will accept SBEs that are currently certified with the RTD Small Business Office as well as MWBEs/SBEs and DBEs that are currently certified with the City and County of Denver and CDOT under the NAICS code that coincides with the Scope of Work that they will execute in this project. All DBEs/SBEs/MWBEs must be certified prior to the bid submission, except in a "design-build" or "turnkey" contracting situation, multi-year projects, or some on-call or work order projects where RTD will explain its procedure in section 3 of the SBE Contract Requirements. Second, if the bidder does not meet the SBE goal identified in this Contract or is able to only meet part of this goal, it must document adequate good faith efforts. Appendix A to 49 CFR part 26 clearly states, "This means that the bidder must show that it took all necessary and reasonable steps to achieve a SBE goal or other requirement of this part which, by their scope, intensity, and appropriateness to the objective, could reasonably be expected to obtain sufficient SBE participation, even if they were not fully successful." Additionally, SBE Contract Requirements as well as 49 CFR Part 26.53 explain the good faith efforts procedures that recipients/agencies such as RTD should follow when a bidder does not meet the goal. The SBE participation goal applies to the total value of the Contract including all pre-award negotiation results and post-award change orders/modifications. Submittals of the bidder's SBE Plan/Program will be evaluated based on the bidder's SBE approach, creativity, demonstrated commitment to RTD's SBE and diversity programs, ability to successfully respond to project SBE participation goals and compliance with overall DBE program requirements as codified in 49 CFR Part 26 and RTD's SBE Program.