Common use of COMPLIANCE OF PROVIDER Clause in Contracts

COMPLIANCE OF PROVIDER. To ensure that DBE requirements of this DOT-assisted contract are complied with, the Department will monitor the Provider’s efforts to involve DBEs during the performance of this contract. This will be accomplished by a review of Monthly Progress Assessment Reports (Exhibit H-3), submitted to the Department’s Business Opportunity Programs Office by the Provider indicating his progress in achieving the DBE contract goal, and by compliance reviews conducted by the Department. The Monthly Progress Assessment Report (Exhibit H-3) must be submitted at a minimum monthly to the Business Opportunity Programs Office, in addition to with each invoice to the appropriate agency contact. The Provider shall receive credit toward the DBE goal based on actual payments to the DBE subproviders with the following exceptions and only if the arrangement is consistent with standard industry practice. The Provider shall contact the Department if he/she withholds or reduces payment to any DBE subprovider.