Defined procurement pool—Commercially useful function.
Denver Revised Municipal Code § 28-142
in effectSec. 28-142. - Defined procurement pool—Commercially useful function.
(a) An SBE awarded a contract or purchase order through the defined procurement pool will self-perform no less than thirty (30) percent of the total amount of the contract or purchase order with its own forces. All SBE contractors, consultants, or vendors listed in a bid or proposal; must actually perform a commercially useful function on a defined procurement pool contract or purchase order within the area(s) for which they are certified, and must not function as a conduit. The bidding or proposal instructions for each defined procurement pool contract or purchase order shall require that all bidders and proposers seeking to provide goods or services under a city contract or purchase order shall provide a commercially useful function on such contract or purchase order.
(b) All expenditures for goods or services obtained from such an SBE who is also an MWBE manufacturer, supplier, or distributor will be counted toward the annual goal set forth in section 28-124 based upon an analysis by the DSBO of the specific duties performed by the MWBE and the extent to which such duties constitute a commercially useful function for each defined procurement pool contract or purchase order. All expenditures for goods or services obtained from an SBE who is not an MWBE manufacturer, supplier, or distributor will be calculated separately by the DSBO based upon an analysis of the specific duties performed by the SBE and the extent to which such duties constitute a commercially useful function for each defined procurement pool contract or purchase order.
(c) The DSBO director in conjunction with the manager or department head may undertake such inquiries or studies, engage such employees or retain such consultants as may be necessary to assist the director in rendering these determinations.
(Ord. No. 286-20, § 3, 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_ARTVNOCOPUORGOSEOPMIWONEBUSMBUENPRGOSE_S28-142DEPRPOOMUSFUFetched: 10/27/2026