Adm 83.70(2)(2) The department shall schedule an informal hearing within 30 calendar days of receipt of the request. The department shall send a written notice of the scheduled hearing to all interested parties at least 10 calendar days prior to the hearing date. The notice shall specify the date, time and location of the hearing. Interested parties shall include all persons who signed the application for certification or recertification. Adm 83.70(3)(3) The department shall conduct the hearing on an informal basis. Adm 83.70(4)(4) Within 10 business days after the hearing, the administrator shall notify the business in writing of his or her final decision. Adm 83.70(5)(5) If the final decision is to grant certification, renew a certification, or issue a recertification, the department shall inform the business of that decision. If the final decision is to deny a certification, a certification renewal, or a recertification, or to decertify, the department shall notify the business of that final decision and the reasons therefore. That notification shall also include reference to the applicant’s appeal rights under subch. III of ch. 227, Stats., and s. Adm 83.75. Adm 83.70(6)(6) Once the department has made a final decision on certification, recertification or decertification, that determination shall take effect immediately. If a business has been denied certification or recertification or has been decertified, and then appeals the department’s decision, the department’s decision remains in effect unless and until the decision is reversed as a result of the appeals process. Adm 83.70 HistoryHistory: CR 06-113: cr. Register May 2007 No. 617, eff. 6-1-07; correction in (1), (5) made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 6., 7., Stats., Register December 2011 No. 672. Adm 83.75(1)(1) Any business which has been denied certification, certification renewal, or recertification, or which has been decertified, may submit a written request for a formal hearing under s. 227.42, Stats. The request shall be received by the department within 30 calendar days of the mailing date of the administrator’s notification. The request shall set forth the grounds on which the business believes the decision is in error, and shall include any additional information that the business has to offer. The business shall submit the request for the formal hearing to the Office of the Secretary, Department of Administration, P.O. Box 7864, Madison, WI 53707. The business shall simultaneously file a copy of the request with the office. Adm 83.75(2)(2) The department shall schedule the formal hearing and shall send a written notice of the scheduled hearing to all interested parties at least 10 calendar days prior to the hearing date. The notice shall specify the date, time and location of the hearing. Interested parties shall include all persons who signed the application for certification or recertification. Adm 83.75(3)(3) The hearing shall be conducted pursuant to ss. 227.43 to 227.51, Stats. Both the business and the department may present evidence, subpoena witnesses and records, and cross-examine witnesses. The business and the department may be represented by counsel. Adm 83.75 NoteNote: Under ch. 227, Stats, the department may designate an official of the department or an employee on its staff or borrowed from another state agency as a hearing examiner to preside over a contested case. Adm 83.75(4)(4) Within 20 business days after the conclusion of the hearing, the department shall make a decision based on findings of fact and conclusions of law, except as provided in sub. (5). Adm 83.75(5)(5) The secretary may delegate the authority to make the final decision to the hearing examiner of another state agency. When this authority is delegated, the hearing examiner’s decision shall be the final administrative decision of the department. Adm 83.75(6)(6) Within 30 business days after the conclusion of the hearing, the department shall notify the affected business and the departments of administration and transportation of the final decision regarding certification, certification renewal, recertification or decertification. Adm 83.75 HistoryHistory: CR 06-113: cr. Register May 2007 No. 617, eff. 6-1-07; correction in (1) made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 6., Stats., Register December 2011 No. 672. Adm 83.80Adm 83.80 Notification of changes in application information. Adm 83.80(1)(1) A WBE shall notify the office in writing of any change in the information contained in an application for certification or recertification within 30 calendar days of the change or before bidding on a state contract, whichever is earlier. Adm 83.80(2)(2) Within 15 calendar days of receiving the changes in sub. (1), the department shall send the WBE a written determination of either of the following: Adm 83.80(2)(a)(a) The change is not material, and the certification of the WBE continues. Adm 83.80(2)(b)(b) The change is material and warrants a review of the status of the WBE. Adm 83.80(3)(3) If the change warrants a review of the status of the WBE, the department shall conduct the review following the decertification procedures in s. Adm 83.65. Adm 83.80(4)(4) Failure by a WBE to notify the department of a change that would reduce woman ownership, control or management, or change the business function performed, may result in decertification and may result in the department forwarding pertinent information to the appropriate law enforcement authority for investigation and possible prosecution. Adm 83.80 HistoryHistory: CR 06-113: cr. Register May 2007 No. 617, eff. 6-1-07; correction in (1), (3) made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 7., Stats., Register December 2011 No. 672. Adm 83.90Adm 83.90 Certification of a Wisconsin business by another public agency. Adm 83.90(1)(1) The department may waive some or all of the certification application requirements and procedures under s. Adm 83.50 for a Wisconsin business that is already certified by another public-sector agency if the department determines that the agency’s standards for certification and certification procedures are substantially equivalent to the department’s. Adm 83.90(2)(2) In making the determination in sub. (1), the department shall consider factors that include, but are not limited to, the following: Adm 83.90(2)(a)(a) The documentation that the applicant was required to provide to receive certification by the agency. Adm 83.90(2)(c)(c) The length of time for which certification is effective.