1、 https:/crsreports.congress.gov February 25, 2022The U.S. DOT Disadvantaged Business Enterprise ProgramThe Department of Transportation (DOT) Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) program seeks to offer small disadvantaged businesses a fair opportunity to compete for federally funded transportatio
2、n contracts. Small disadvantaged businesses are small businesses that are owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals, and have been certified as such by the state where they wish to operate as a DBE. The program is implemented through DOT regulations published at Tit
3、le 49, Parts 23 and 26, of the Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.). Program Purpose The DBE program aims to prevent discrimination against DBEs by providing them equal opportunity to compete for federally funded transportation contracts. Although DOT, like all executive agencies, establishes agency
4、 procurement goals for contracting with small disadvantaged businesses (P.L. 100-656), this program is distinct from that effort because it applies to the contracts awarded by state and local governments that receive DOT grant assistance. Funding for transportation projects flows through grant assis
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