Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 220 - Department of Administration › Chapter 80 - Diversity, Equity and Opportunity › Subchapter 10 - Minority Business Enterprise › Part 2 - Regulations Governing Participation by Small Business Enterprises in State Purchase of Goods and Services and in Public Works Projects (220-RICR-80-10-2) › Section 220-RICR-80-10-2.6 - Definitions

Current through June 14, 2024
A. The following words and terms shall have
				 the following meanings whenever used in these Regulations.
1. "Aggregate Utilization Rate" means the
				 overall percentage goal of the State's total dollar value of procurement
				 contracts and public works projects being made directly or indirectly to
				 MBEs/WBEs.
2. "Associate Director
				 of ODEO" means the head of the ODEO as established by R.I. Gen. Laws §
											42-11-2.7(b).
3. "Bidder" means any individual,
				 organization, corporation, partnership, sole proprietorship, joint stock
				 company, joint venture, or any other legal entity through which business is
				 conducted that is submitting a quote or bid in response to a solicitation
				 issued by the Division of Purchases or any other State Agency.
4. "Disability Business Enterprise" means a
				 small business concern that is owned and controlled by one or more individuals
				 with disabilities as defined by R.I. Gen. Laws §
											37-2.2-2.
				 To be recognized under these Regulations as a Disability Business Enterprise,
				 the business must be certified as a Disability Business Enterprise by the
				 Governor's Commission on Disabilities.
5. "Director" means the Director of the
				 Department of Administration. The Director may delegate his or her duties under
				 these Regulations to a designee provided that the issuance of any waivers from
				 or amendments to these Regulations must be approved in writing by the
				 Director.
6. "Division" means the
				 Department of Administration's Division of Purchases. If the solicitation is
				 not issued by the Division of Purchases, then Division shall mean the division
				 or department within the State Agency that is issuing the
				 solicitation.
7. "ISBE" means a
				 small business enterprise that is owned and controlled by one or more
				 individuals who are women or minorities as defined by R.I. Gen. Laws §
											37-14.1-3 or a small business enterprise that is owned and controlled by one or more
				 individuals with disabilities as defined by R.I. Gen. Laws §
											37-2.2-2.
				 To be recognized under these Regulations as an ISBE, the business must be
				 certified as either:
a. an MBE by the
				 ODEO;
b. a WBE by the ODEO;
				 or
c. a Disability Business
				 Enterprise by the Governor's Commission on Disabilities
8. "ISBE Participation Rate" means the ratio
				 of the amount of work performed in connection with a State procurement contract
				 or public works project by ISBEs to the amount of work performed by all
				 contractors and subcontractors.
9.
				 "MBE/WBE Compliance Plan" is a Bidder's plan to achieve the Aggregate
				 Utilization Rate in connection with a State procurement contract or public
				 works project.
10. "MBE/WBE
				 Coordinator" means a State Agency's MBE coordinator as defined by R.I. Gen.
				 Laws §
											37-14.1-3(g).
				 The MBE/WBE Coordinator is to have overall responsibility for promotion of MBEs
				 and WBEs within his or her department.
11 "MBECO" means the Minority Business Enterprise
					 Compliance Office within the ODEO.
12. "Minority Business Enterprise" or "MBE"
				 means a small business enterprise that is owned and controlled by one or more
				 individuals who are minorities as defined by R.I. Gen. Laws §
											37-14.1-3.
				 To be recognized under these Regulations as an MBE, the business must be
				 certified as an MBE by the ODEO.
13. "ODEO" means the Office of Diversity,
				 Equity and Opportunity that has been established as a division with the
				 Department of Administration pursuant to R.I. Gen. Laws §
											42-11-2.7.
14. "Proposer" means any individual,
				 organization, corporation, partnership, sole proprietorship, joint stock
				 company, joint venture, or any other legal entity through which business is
				 conducted that is submitting a proposal in response to a solicitation issued by
				 the Division of Purchases or any other State agency.
15. "Regulations" means the regulations
				 published herein which are entitled Regulations Governing Participation by
				 ISBEs in State Purchases of Goods and Services and Public Works
				 Projects.
16. "Request for
				 Proposals" or "RFP" means a solicitation for competitive offers where lowest
				 price is not the sole or primary consideration to be used in determining an
				 award or any other solicitation that is identified and classified by the
				 Division as a request for proposals.
17. "Request for Quotes" or "RFQ" means a
				 solicitation for competitive offers where lowest price is the sole or primary
				 consideration to be used in determining an award or any other solicitation that
				 is identified and classified by the Division as a request for quotes.
18. "State" means the state of Rhode Island
				 and any of its departments or agencies and public agencies.
19. "State Agency" includes any state
				 department, board, bureau, agency, or public agency as defined by R.I. Gen.
				 Laws §
											37-2-7(16).
20. "Sub Goal" means a percentage goal of the
				 total dollar value of a State procurement contract or public works project
				 being made directly or indirectly to a subcategory of MBEs/WBEs.
21. "Using Agency" means any state government
				 entity which utilizes any supplies, services, or construction purchased under
				 R.I. Gen. Laws Chapter 37-2.
22.
				 "Woman Business Enterprise" or "WBE" means a small business enterprise that is
				 owned and controlled by one or more individuals who are women as defined by
				 R.I. Gen. Laws §
											37-14.1-3.
				 To be recognized under these Regulations as a WBE, the business must be
				 certified as a WBE by the ODEO.