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As a registered BAVN user you will be able to view and download any documents associated with a contractual opportunity, view and contact associated Prime and Sub Contractors and participate in bidding. As a registered company your BAVN Administrator will be notified by email when an opportunity matching your company's profile posts online.

You do not need to register or login to view contracts online, however you will need to have a registered account on BAVN to be able to view and download any documents associated with the contractual opportunity, view associated subcontractors, and contact associated subcontractors.

Registration is free and can be completed in a couple of minutes, so register now.

Your company may have multiple BAVN user accounts for multiple employees. However, only the first registered user or your designated BAVN Administrator for your company will have "Admin" rights. Any other employee that registers under your company's name thereafter will be registered as a "Staff" user.

The "Admin" user will have the access authority to modify your company's profile information and be listed as the main contact. BAVN notifications will ONLY be sent to the "Admin" user in your company.

"Staff" users will not be able to modify the company's profile information. If you would like to change the access rights for users within your company please contact BAVN support at ITA.BAVN@lacity.org.

Your company's BAVN ID is a system generated number assigned to your company. Your company's BAVN ID can be located from the "Company Detail" link of the "Company Profile" section.

Only the user designated as the BAVN Administrator can modify the company's information as it appears on BAVN. If you are an "Admin" user, simply login and while at the "Profiles" tab click the link of the area you'd like to update from the "Company Profile" section.

Simply login and while at the "Profiles" tab scroll down to the "User Profile" section and click the link of the area you'd like to update.

The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) was developed by the U.S. Census Bureau to identify the industries. For more information on the NAICS codes and to find out which codes are appropriate for your company, please visit the NAICS homepage and use the "2012 NAICS Search": http://www.census.gov/eos/www/naics/.

Please review your companys NAICS Codes to make sure the codes listed under your company's profile are still relevant to your company's scope of work. Keep in mind that only your company's administrator can change your company's NAICS codes. See the User Manuals section for the support documentation on how to update your company's NAICS Codes.

Applications must be submitted to the Department of Public Works, Bureau of Contract Administration, Office of Contract Compliance, Certification Section, which is located at the address below.

Office of Contract Compliance, Certification Section
1149 S. Broadway Street, Suite 300
Los Angeles, CA 90015
url: http://bca.lacity.org

The Office of Contract Compliance (OCC) is responsible for ensuring that all contractors doing business with the City comply with City, State and Federal requirements relating to affirmative action, living wage, equal benefits, service contractor worker retention, slavery disclosure, prevailing wage, subcontractor outreach & the certification for minority, women and disadvantaged business enterprise.

Download the application forms from the Office of Contract Compliance's website.

Download the User Manual which outlines the process of how to request a certification be listed on BAVN. You MUST already be a certified company to apply as such on BAVN.

CITY OF LOS ANGELES CERTIFICATIONS

Qualifications for Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE)

• Disadvantaged owners are US Citizens or legal permanent residents
• Firm is at least 51% owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals. Any individual that is a member of the following groups is presumed to be disadvantaged: Black-Americans, Hispanic Americans, Native Hawaiians, Asian-Pacific Americans, Subcontinent Asian Americans, and Women.
• Firms and owners must meet licensing and credential requirements.
• Firm must meet Small Business Administration small business size standards in the primary industry group and gross income does not exceed $23.98 million (average over 3 years)
• Disadvantaged owners must individually have a personal net worth not exceeding $1.32 Million, which excluded the individual's ownership interest in the applicant firm and the equity in his/her primary residence.

Qualifications for Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise (DVBE)

• Applicant must be certified by the State of California Department of General Services (DGS) as a Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise (DVBE).

Qualifications for Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise (DVBE) (LAWA)

• Applicant must have a workspace within the State of California.
• Applicant is in compliance with all applicable laws relating to licensing and is not delinquent on any Los Angeles City, Los Angeles County, or State of California taxes.
• Can demonstrate compliance to one of the following (Check all that apply):
1. at least 50 of its full-time employees perform work within the State of California at least 60 percent of their total regular hours worked on an annual basis; or
2. at least half of its full-time employees work within the State of California at a minimum of 60 percent of their total regular hours worked on annual basis; or
3. it is headquartered in the State of California. "Headquartered" means that the business physically conducts and manages all of its operations from a location in the State.

Qualifications for Minority-Owned Business Enterprise (MBE) and Women-Owned Business Enterprise (WBE)

• Disadvantaged owners are US Citizens or legal permanent residents
• Firm is at least 51% owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals. Any individual that is a member of the following groups is presumed to be disadvantaged: Black-Americans, Hispanic Americans, Native Hawaiians, Asian-Pacific Americans, Subcontinent Asian Americans, and Women.
• Firms and owners must meet licensing and credential requirements.

Qualifications for Small Business Enterprise - Los Angeles (SBE (LA))

• Applicant must be certified by the State of California Department of General Services (DGS) as a Small Business (SB) and
  • Firm's three (3) year average gross receipts must be less than $7.0 million (for Non- Construction), OR
  • Firm's three (3) year average gross receipts must be less than $15.0 million (for Construction), OR
• Applicant must be certified by the City of Los Angeles Bureau of Contract Administration (BCA) as a Small Local Business (SLB)

Qualifications for Emerging Business Enterprise (EBE)

• Applicant must be certified by the State of California Department of General Services (DGS) as a Small Business-Micro (SB-Micro); OR
• Applicant must be certified by the City of Los Angeles Bureau of Contract Administration (BCA) as a Small Local Business (SLB).
• Firm's three (3) year average gross receipts must be less than $3.5 million.

Qualifications for Local Business Enterprise (LBE):

• Applicant must have a workspace within LA County.
• Applicant is in compliance with all applicable laws relating to licensing and is not delinquent on any Los Angeles City or Los Angeles County taxes.
• Can demonstrate one of the following:
1. at least 50 of its full-time employees perform work within the boundaries of the County at least 60 percent of their total hours worked on annual basis; or
2. at least half of its full-time employees work within the boundaries of the County at a minimum of 60 percent of their total regular hours worked on annual basis; or
3. it is headquartered in the County of Los Angeles. Headquartered means that the business physically conducts and manages all of its operations from a location in the County.

Qualifications for Minority-Owned Business Enterprise (MBE) and Women-Owned Business Enterprise (WBE)

• Disadvantaged owners are US Citizens or legal permanent residents
• Firm is at least 51% owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals. Any individual that is a member of the following groups is presumed to be disadvantaged: Black-Americans, Hispanic Americans, Native Hawaiians, Asian-Pacific Americans, Subcontinent Asian Americans, and Women.
• Firms and owners must meet licensing and credential requirements.

Qualifications for Small Business Enterprise (SBE Proprietary)

The Small Business Enterprise - Proprietary (SBE (Proprietary)) certification is accepted by the City’s proprietary departments (i.e., Airports, Harbor, and DWP). The ‘SBE (Harbor)’ certification was replaced by the SBE (Proprietary) certification effective July 1, 2016.

There are two options to obtain the SBE (Proprietary) certification:

1. If your firm is already certified with any of the following agencies, simply go to your company profile on LA BAVN (www.labavn.org) and request verification for SBE (Proprietary):
• State of California Department of General Services (DGS) as a Small Business (SB)
• City of Los Angeles as a Small Local Business (SLB)
• Federal Small Business Administration (SBA) as an 8(a) Business Development Program
• California Department of Transportation (CALTRANS) as a Small Minority/Women Business Enterprise (SMBE/SWBE)
• L.A. County Metropolitan Authority (METRO) as a Small Business Enterprise (SBE)
• US Women’s Chamber of Commerce (USWCC) as a Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) or Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Business (EDWOSB)
• National Women Business Owners Corporation (NWBOC) as a Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) or Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Business (EDWOSB)
• Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC) as a Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB)
• California Unified Certification Program (CUCP) as a Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE)
2. If you do not have any of the certifications listed above, you can apply for the SBE (Proprietary) certification by logging on the LA BAVN at www.labavn.org and choosing SBE (Proprietary) certification from the “Request for Certification� menu option.

Qualifications for Small Local Business (SLB)

• Firm's principal office must be within the County of Los Angeles.
• Firm must possess a City of Los Angeles Business Tax Registration Certificate.
• Gross receipts of the firm including affiliates must total less than $3 million for the previous fiscal year.

HARBOR CERTIFICATIONS

Qualifications for Harbor Local Business Enterprise (LBE) Certification

• The Harbor Department defines a Local Business Enterprise (LBE) as a business headquartered within Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, or Ventura Counties. Headquartered shall mean that the business physically conducts and manages all of its operations from a location in the above-named counties.; or
• A business that has at least 50 full-time employees, or 25 full-time employees for specialty marine contracting firms (NAICS code 237990), working in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, or Ventura Counties.

With a city as large as Los Angeles, there is bound to be an opportunity for your business's specialty. Use our search engine by clicking the "SEARCH" link on the menu above to find opportunities within the City.

If you have a question about an opportunity, please contact the Department Contact person listed for that opportunity. Every opportunity posted on BAVN will have a contact person listed from the department who can answer questions regarding that specific opportunity.

You must be a registered BAVN user and logged into BAVN to download and view the documents listed under an opportunity. If you are not logged in you will only see the listing of documents available but will not be able to download or view them.

When viewing an opportunity, click on the "Subcontractors" tab to define your search criteria, minimally one NAICS code and click on the "Search Subs" button. A list of BAVN registered subcontractors that meet your search criteria will be listed.

You must be a registered "Admin" user on BAVN to receive notifications of opportunities on BAVN. Simply choose the appropriate NAICS codes for your company when you register or by modifying your profile. When an opportunity is posted online that matches the NAICS codes in your company's profile you will receive a notification. Refer to the Opportunity Notification Questions section of this FAQ for more details.

Click here to download the instructions on how to perform Business Inclusion Program steps On-line on BAVN.

Visit the Los Angeles Works website to read a background and overview of the Business Inclusion Program.

Effective October 1, 2020, LADWP is required to comply with North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) Standard-013. Pursuant to the CIP-013 Standard and LADWP's CIP-013 Supply Chain Cyber Security Risk Management Plan, LADWP must implement changes to its procurement process and prequalify vendors that participate in bidding opportunities for the procurement of cyber assets, equipment, software, or services supporting the Bulk Electric System. Additional information on the new regulation including on how to get prequalified by LADWP is provided at: https://www.ladwp.com/CIP13scrm

Notifications are emailed to "Admin" users whose company's NAICS interest codes match the NAICS interest codes for an opportunity. "Admin" users can verify or modify their email notification status by selecting the "Subscribe/Unsubscribe from E-mail Notifications" link of the "User Profile" section of "Profiles" tab. If you are not receiving notifications inspite of your email notification status of "You are currently subscribed to BAVN's email notification", please contact ITA.BAVN@lacity.org.

You can stop receiving BAVN notifications by selecting the "Subscribe/Unsubscribe from E-mail Notifications" link of the "User Profile" section of "Profiles" tab. Unsubscribe by clicking the "Unsubscribe" button. Once unsubscribed you will receive the following message: You have unsubscribed from BAVN's email notification.

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For questions related to an opportunity or contract please contact the department contact person listed in the opportunity posting.

For questions related to Company Certifications, please contact: bca.certifications@lacity.org

For questions related to Compliance Documents, please contact: bca.eeoe@lacity.org

Try our online 24x7 Help with Chip - our City Hall Internet Personality.

For questions related to an opportunity or contract please contact the department contact person listed in the opportunity posting.

For questions related to Company Certifications, please contact: bca.certifications@lacity.org

For questions related to Compliance Documents, please contact: bca.eeoe@lacity.org