How A DBE Government Certification Can Grow Your Small Business - part 2

DBE Laws, Policy, and Guidance

The DBE program by Congress several times?since its inception; most recently in the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act (FAST) Act which funded surface transportation programs—including but not limited -aid highways—at over $305 billion for fiscal years?2016 through 2020.

The Department's current DBE Program Regulation:

(a) To ensure nondiscrimination in the award and administration of DOT-assisted contracts in the Department's highway, transit, and airport financial assistance programs;

(b) To create a level playing field on which DBEs can compete fairly for DOT-assisted contracts;

(c) To ensure that the Department's DBE program is narrowly tailored in accordance with applicable law;

(d) To ensure that only firms that fully meet this part's eligibility standards are permitted to participate as DBEs;

(e) To help remove barriers to the participation of DBEs in DOT-assisted contracts;

(f) To promote the use of DBEs in all types of federally-assisted contracts and procurement activities conducted by recipients.

(g) To assist the development of firms that can compete successfully in the marketplace outside the DBE program; and

(h) To provide appropriate flexibility to recipients of Federal financial assistance in establishing and providing opportunities for DBEs.

Prior Rulemaking Actions:

Over the course of the program’s history, the Department published in the Federal Register several proposed and final rulemaking actions pursuant to its rulemaking process.?

The Department of Transportation issued a final rule on December 14, 2020, applicable to the Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBE) program. The rule, effective January 13, 2021,?(1) provides an inflation adjustment to the size limit on small businesses participating in the DBE program under 49 CFR Part 26, and (2) implements a statutory change to the size standard pursuant to the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018.

The Department has issued a final rule amending its disadvantaged business enterprise (DBE) program at 49 CFR Part 26. The final rule improves DBE program implementation in three major areas.

• First, the rule revises the uniform certification application and reporting forms, creates a uniform personal net worth form for use by applicant owners, and collects data required by the Department’s surface transportation Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21).?
• Second, the rule strengthens the certification-related program provisions, which includes adding a new section authorizing summary under specified circumstances.
• Third, the rule modifies several other program provisions concerning such subjects as: overall goal setting, good faith efforts, transit vehicle manufacturers, and counting for trucking companies.

Next steps?

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