Goals and Objectives
     • Understand the reasons for increasing DBE 
      opportunities in professional services
     • Identify common barriers for DBE professional service 
      firms
     • Examine a creative approaches to address the barriers
     • Stimulate discussion!
     • Send you home with more ideas and more questions!
         Identifying DBEs in Professional Services
      What types of firms are we describing when we discuss DBEs in 
      professional services?
      Engineering, Architectural & Professional Services
          Identifying DBEs in Professional Services
      Engineering and design related services are defined as:
       
      program management, construction management, feasibility studies, 
      preliminary engineering, design, engineering, surveying, mapping, or 
      architectural related services (as specified in 23 U.S.C. 112(b)(2)(A) 
      and 23 CFR 172.3).
      Examples from the audience?
                            Identifying DBEs in Professional Services
                 Types of DBEs in Professional Services          AND SO MUCH MORE…
                 •  Civil, Mechanical, Electric Engineering      • Land Surveyor 
                                                                 • Traffic data services
                 •  Environmental Services                       • Geotechnical Services
                     –                                           • Security
                        Mitigation Services                      • Safety equipment and clothing vendor 
                     – Hazardous Waste Services                  • Installation of voice, data, or video fiber optics and phone systems; 
                                                                  installation of electrical cables, jacks, and wires; providing electrical 
                 •  Right of Way Services                         equipment and supplies; radio, telephone, and other 
                     – Abstract & Title                           telecommunication equipment; testing/analyzing
                                                                 • Programmer, installer, or assembler of electronic devices, supplier 
                     – Appraisal Services                         of electronic communication equipment, bus and rail data control
                                                                 • Mobile computing, computing hardware, computing software
                 •  Inspection Services                          • Data processing/in-house typing and mailing
                     – Bridge Inspection                         • Maintenance and janitorial services
                                                                 • Printing and publishing services
                     – Structural Steel Inspection               • Office supplies, furniture, hardware, tools, equipment 
                                      How do consultant services differ?
                      Construction-Related Services                                    Consultant Services
                      •    Lowest, responsive bidder                                   • Qualification based selection process
                                                                                       •  The Brooks Act requires the selection of 
                                                                                          engineering and design related services on 
                                                                                          the basis of demonstrated competence and 
                                                                                          qualifications for the type of professional 
                                                                                          services required and negotiation of fair 
                                                                                          and reasonable compensation for the 
                                                                                          services provided.