| (a) The department will monitor and enforce contract
requirements and verify that work committed to DBEs at contract award
is actually performed by the DBEs.
(b) The department will keep a current total of payments
to DBE firms for work committed to the firms at the time of contract
award and compare the amounts to the amounts committed to DBE firms.
(c) The department will designate a District Disadvantaged
Business Enterprise Coordinator for each of the department's districts.
The coordinator will monitor and enforce DBE contract requirements
in the district for which the coordinator is designated. The department
will develop, disseminate, and update as appropriate, standard operating
procedures to be followed by the coordinators.
(d) The department will develop, disseminate, and perform
an annual district DBE Program compliance audit on districts, prime
contractors, local governments, and other entities that are recipients
of federal funds, that have adopted the department's DBE Program,
or that assist with the administration of various components of the
DBE Program.
(e) The department will notify DOT and any appropriate
state or federal agency of any false, fraudulent, or dishonest conduct
in connection with the DBE Program.
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