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b - 275.030.11 EQUAL OPPORTUNITY OFFICE 03/11 Page 3 of 8 Equal Opportunity Reporting System Information To comply with• changes in the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Program , the Department is collecting both actual payments made to subcontractors and sub-consultants, and DBE commitment amounts . Actual payments will be collected through the web-based Equal Opportunity Reporting System ( FORS) and commitments will be collected through the Anticipated DBE Participation Statements . It is extremely important that you continue to submit the Anticipated DBE Participation Statement at the pre-construction conference for all federal and state funded projects . This primary information is used by the State and Federal Government to evaluate our performance in the DBE Program . i In addition, for federal and state funded projects, you must also report actual payments in the Equal Opportunity Reporting System . Revisions were made to the specifications beginning with the October 2000 letting that states in section 9-6.7: The Contractor is required to report monthly, through the Department's Equal Opportunity Reporting System on the Internet at www.dot.state.fl .us, actual payments, retainage, minority status , and the work type of all subcontractors and suppliers. Since the specifications were revised, we have made some additional modifications to ease the burden on the contractor. We will pursue making the permanent modifications to the specifications. In the interim , each month you must report actual payments to all DBE subcontractors, sub-consultants and suppliers . Payments to all non-DBE subcontractors and sub-consultants will need to be reported either monthly or at the end of the project Payments to non-DBE suppliers need not be reported at all This information can be submitted in hard copy form , if necessary. Instructions for accessing the FORS are included. If you have any questions, please contact the Equal Opportunity Office at (850) 4144747. INSTRUCTIONS FOR ACCESSING THE EQUAL OPPORTUNITY REPORTING SYSTEM. Purpose The Florida Department of Transportation , Equal Opportunity Office has been charged with requirements of reporting Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Information to the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) according to the new 49 Code of Federal Regulations Part 26 , The Equal Opportunity Reporting system was developed as a solution to collect this information . Objective The Equal Opportunity Reporting system will collect Information of actual payments and retainage paid to the Prime Consultant/Contractor by the Department of Transportation and the Prime Consultant/Contractor's actual payments and retainage paid to their subs and suppliers, by the type of work they performed . The reporting of this information will be performed by the Prime on a monthly basis for an invoice or estimate number per contract. To establish access to the new Equal Opportunity Reporting System (Bjzweb), contact Business Innovations Plus toil-free at 1 -877-249-8725. The site location is http ://www.bipincwebapps .com/bizwebflon'da/ 470- 3 ia..