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Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise 11 June 2007 Section 6 Role of Construction Management School Districts Some school districts choose to contract with a Construction Management firm (CM) to perform certain functions of a project. Subcontractors working on these projects will contract directly with the school dis- trict and are treated as prime contractors for purposes of the Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise (DVBE) requirements. Each contract must either meet the participation goals or the good faith effort criteria in order to be eligible for an award, School districts and/or CM firms may assist the bidders that are seeking to comply with the DVBE requirements by developing a list of subcontractors/suppliers that could be solicited for participation. Tills list of interested subcontractors/suppliers would then be passed on to the plan hold- ing contractors. Tice CM may assist In the coordination of forms required for submittal by the contractor/ subcontractor/supplier. The CM firm may use Parts I and II of the Prime Bidder Good Faith Effort Worksheet, to develop a list of interested subcontractors/suppliers. Part i—Contacts The CM firm may make the required contacts listed in this part to obtain lists of subcontractors/suppliers that may be solicited to participate. Part ti—Advertisements The CM firm may advertise in trade and focus papers. The advertisement must comply with the require- ments listed in this part of the form and include a list of the plan holding contractors that will be using subcontractors/suppliers. The CM firm must provide all "plan holding" contractors with the documentation of the above process to include on their Prime Bidder Good Faith Effort Worksheet. Part ill—Solicitations This part must be independently performed by each pian holding contractor. 'The requirements of this part would Include inviting subcontractors/suppliers to bid, listing each DVBE contacted and indicating if the firm will be used or why it is not being used.