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participate in the performance of contracts financed in whole or in part by federal funds. All contracts financed in whole or in part by federal funds of which the City is the grantee, recipient or subrecipient (hereinafter "recipient") will be administered in accordance with the guidelines and procedures set forth in this order. B. Resoonsibility for DBE Pro2ram Administration. (1) Liaison Officer. The Deputy City Manager is designated as the City's DBE Liaison Officer. The DBE Liaison Officer will be responsible for development and implementation of the DBE program and for ensuring that the City meets federal DBE requirements on all City contracts financed in whole or in part by federal funds. (2) Coordinators. The DBE Liaison Officer may delegate the responsibility for technical assistance and the development and implementation of this DBE program to staff. DBE coordinators will be designated within each Department set forth on Attachment A hereto, and will maintain a record-keeping system to identify and assess DBE contract awards and the prime contractor's progress in achieving DBE subcontract goals on federal aid projects. Department DBE coordinators will be responsible for management of the respective Department's DBE program on a day-to-day basis and for carrying out DBE affirmative action plan activities set forth herein. (3) Dissemination of Information. The Development Division of the City's Planning & Development Department will be responsible for disseminating information on assistance activities that are available for DBEs, and for insuring that DBEs are provided an equitable opportunity to be heard and to bid on all federally funded City projects. C. DBE Eli2ibility Determination. As set forth in Section 4 of the Council's Resolution No. 4331, DBEs must be certified by the State of Oregon's, Office of Minority, Women and emerging Small Business (OMWESB) or other agencies acceptable to the participating federal agency. The determination by OMWESB of whether a firm is owned and controlled by one or more disadvantaged individuals and eligible to be certified as a DBE is currently based on the following standards: (1) The size of the firm cannot exceed the following limits: (a) General Contractor: Average annual gross receipts for the three preceding fiscal years not to exceed $15.370 Million; (b) Special Trade Contractor (plumbing, excavating, painting, etc.): Average annual gross receipts for the three preceding fiscal years not to exceed $ 7 Million; (c) Engineering. Architectural and Surveying Services: Average annual gross receipts for the three preceding fiscal years not to exceed $2.5 Administrative Order - 2