Contracts for professional design and construction services and concession agreements—Compliance with defined selection pool requirements.
Denver Revised Municipal Code § 28-214
in effectSec. 28-214. - Contracts for professional design and construction services and concession agreements—Compliance with defined selection pool requirements.
The proposal specifications for each defined selection pool professional design and construction services contract and concession agreement shall require that all proposers seeking to contract with the city or a private owner on such contract or concession agreement shall address the SBE, SBEC or EBE defined selection pool requirements through one (1) or both of the following subsections:
(1) The value of the commercially useful function to be self-performed by the SBE, SBEC or EBE (as applicable) proposer shall count to the extent provided in section 28-218 toward satisfaction of the SBE, SBEC or EBE defined selection pool requirements; or
(2) If the proposer submits a joint venture agreement that includes one (1) or more SBEs, SBECs or EBEs, the value of the commercially useful function to be performed by the SBEs, SBECs or EBEs (as applicable) in the joint venture shall count to the extent provided in section 28-218 toward satisfaction of the SBE, SBEC or EBE defined selection pool requirements. The joint venture is subject to the review and approval by the director and the joint venture agreement shall be provided to the director within a time period before the date of proposal defined by the director. Joint venturer participation will count toward the satisfaction of the SBE, SBEC or EBE defined selection pool requirements upon confirmation by the director of the utilization in the joint venture of joint management and full integration of work forces by the joint venturers. Graduation of an SBE, SBEC, or EBE shall not affect the contribution made by the SBE, SBEC or EBE toward its performance under defined selection pool requirements if the work was bid or proposed to be performed by the SBE, SBEC or EBE prior to the date of ineligibility for certification based on achievement of the graduation criteria.
(Ord. No. 286-20, § 4, 4-13-20; Ord. No. 833-21, § 20, 8-23-21)
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_ARTVIIOPSMBUENEMBUENCOCOREREPRDECOSESMBUENCOCOAGTHDESEPOCOCOAG_S28-214COPRDECOSECOAGOMDESEPOREFetched: 10/27/2026