Berkeley Economic Advising and Research (BEAR) contracts directly with state agencies, cities and utilities, and joins teams as the economics subconsultant. Everything below is checkable, and the capability statement puts it on one page.
Because BEAR is a certified Small Business, a California state agency can use the SB/DVBE Option (Government Code sections 14838.5 and 14838.7) to award it a contract above $5,000 and below $250,000 after obtaining price quotes from two certified small businesses, without a formal solicitation. That range fits a single-regulation SRIA, a threshold assessment or a focused economic study.
On competitively scored state solicitations, certified small businesses also receive the small business preference, worth five percent of the highest-scored non-small-business proposal.
Sources: DGS, SB/DVBE Option (form PD3F, rev. 4-26); State Contracting Manual 12-04.
Each write-up names the client and year and links to the public document.
CPPA, 2024
$3.5 billion in first-year direct costs across about 52,000 covered businesses, against cybercrime savings that reach $66.3 billion a year by 2036.
City of Los Angeles, 2024
About 23,000 workers affected; $700 million in net income and more than 6,000 jobs added in the City by 2028.
PG&E, 2026
$901.3 million a year in state GDP and 3,785 jobs, with no lasting effect of the extension on local home values.
Proposals and teaming: admin@bearecon.com, (510) 220-4567. Regulatory impact enquiries: SRIA@bearecon.com.
