Payments to MWBE subcontractors, subconsultants, joint venturers, suppliers, manufacturers, manufacturer's representatives and brokers.
Denver Revised Municipal Code § 28-71
in effectSec. 28-71. - Payments to MWBE subcontractors, subconsultants, joint venturers, suppliers, manufacturers, manufacturer's representatives and brokers.
All contractors and consultants shall promptly render payment to all subcontractors, subconsultants, joint venturers, suppliers, manufacturers, manufacturer's representatives and brokers on a contract as required under this section. Consistent with user department requirements, each contractor shall provide with each pay request to the city or private owner on each contract, beginning with the second pay request, partial claim releases from subcontractors, joint venturers, suppliers, manufacturers, manufacturer's representatives and brokers in form and content satisfactory to the city, or shall provide, at the city's sole option, alternative proof of payment to subcontractors, subconsultants, joint venturers, suppliers, manufacturers, manufacturer's representatives and brokers, in form and content approved by the department head and the director, evidencing that all subcontractors, subconsultants, suppliers, manufacturers, manufacturer's representatives and brokers have been duly paid by the contractor or consultant unless a bona fide dispute, documented in writing, exists between the contractor or consultant and the unpaid subcontractor, subconsultant, joint venturer, supplier, manufacturer, manufacturer's representative or broker. As provided by city and state law and city contracts, an agency, upon request from a contractor, may authorize payments to contractors from withheld retainage for contractors who have completed their work in a manner acceptable to the city.
(Ord. No. 286-20, § 2, 4-13-20)
Source: City and County of Denver, Revised Municipal Code and Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/co/denver/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TITIIREMUCO_CH28HURI_ARTIIINOCOCOREREPRDECOSE_DIV3NOCOCOREREPRDECOSE_SDIIICOEN_S28-71PAMWSUSUJOVESUMAMAREBRFetched: 10/27/2026