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Notice to Prospective Bidders Bid No. 6000001312
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3. The Small Business Preference (five percent (5%) up to $50,000) may be combined
with the DVBE incentive but will not exceed a combined total of $500,000.
4. The DVBE incentive is computed from the lowest responsive and responsible bid
price.
XVI. SMALL BUSINESS PREFERENCE PROGRAM
Current law encourages state departments to first consider a Small Business (S/B)
Enterprise / Microbusiness (M/B) Enterprise for contracting opportunities. CDCR is
committed to supporting Small/Micro Business participation in state contracting and
seeks to use certified Small/Micro Businesses whenever possible.
A Small/Micro Business enterprise is defined as a business certified by the Department
of General Services (DGS), Office of Small Business and Disabled Veteran Business
Enterprise Certification Services (OSDS) in which:
1. The principal office is located in California
2. The officers are domiciled in California
3. The business is independently owned and operated
4. The business, with any affiliates, is not dominant in its field of operation; and
a. For Small Business, either:
(1) The business, together with any affiliates, has 100 or fewer employees and
averaged annual gross receipts of $14,000,000 or less over the previous
three years, or
(2) The business is a manufacturer with 100 or fewer employees
b. For Micro Business, either:
(1) The business, together with any affiliates, has 25 or fewer employees and
averaged annual gross receipts of $3,500,000 or less over the previous three
years, or
(2) The business is a manufacturer with 25 or fewer employees.
Section 14835, et seq., of the California Government Code requires that a five percent
(5%) preference be given to bidders who certify as a Small/Micro Business enterprise.
The rules and regulations of this law are contained in Title 2, California Code of
Regulations, Section 1896, et seq. A copy of the regulation is available upon request.
To claim the Small/Micro Business preference, which may not exceed $50,000 for any
bid, your firm must:
1. Have a completed application (including proof of annual receipts) on file with the
DGS, OSDS, by 5:00 p.m. on the date bids are due, and
2. Receipt of documents verified by such office.
Therefore, if you are a Small/Micro Business, but are not certified, it is to your advantage
to become certified. For certification and preference approval process information,
contact the OSDS by telephone at [phone] or access the OSDS Internet website
at
www.pd.dgs.ca.gov/smbus/getcertified.htm.
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