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21.4. Selection of UDBEs by Consultant: A. Consultants shall exercise their own judgments in selecting any subconsultant to perform any portion of the work. 21.5. Requirements A. The use of UDBEs is an evaluation factor for consultant selection under Section 24 -30 -1403 (2) CRS. All Consultants shall submit with their proposals a list of the names of their UDBE subconsultants to meet the contract goal. B. If the Consultant proposes to voluntarily use any non -UDBEs on the project, the Consultant shall also submit the names of those DBEs. However, the non -UDBEs will not be used to meet the UDBE goal for the project. C. Evaluation points will be awarded for UDBE participation during the Statement of Interest (SOI) scoring. A maximum of 5 evaluation points will be awarded for UDBE participation during the SOI scoring. If the consultant doesn't submit sufficient UDBE participation to meet the project goal, they may be awarded from 0 to 4 points, based on the amount of UDBE participation they submit. The consultant must submit all UDBE participation commitments on either CDOT Form #1330 (for NPS Contracts) or CDOT Form #1331 (for PS Contracts) with their SOI in order to receive the corresponding evaluation points. D. The selected consultant must use the UDBE firms named (if any) on CDOT Form #1330 or #1331 in the Statement of Interest for the items of work described. The replacement of a named UDBE firm will be allowed only as provided for in (6) of the DBE Definitions and Requirements. Failure to comply may constitute grounds for default and termination of the Contract. E. Consultant's UDBE Obligation. 1. The Consultant submitting a Statement of Interest and a Work Plan on consultant projects advertised by the Department agrees to ensure that UDBEs, as defined in this special provision, have equal opportunity to participate in the performance of contracts or subcontracts. The prime Consultant shall not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, or sex in the selection and bidding process or the performance of contracts. 2. To ensure that UDBEs are offered equal opportunity to participate in the performance of contracts, it is the responsibility of the prime Consultant to offer and to provide assistance to UDBEs related to the UDBE performance of the subcontract. However, the UDBE must independently perform a commercially useful function on the project, as described in F(4) below. F. Counting UDBE Participation Toward Goals 1. Once a firm has been certified as a DBE that qualifies as a UDBE, the total dollar amount of the contract awarded to the firm shall be counted toward the contract goal as explained below, and as modified for the project in the project special provisions titled "Contract Goal." 2. The actual dollar total of a proposed subcontract, supply or service contract with any UDBE firm shall be reported to the I)epartment in the Consultant's Cost Proposal. 10