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DOT’s DBE rule would heighten accountability, raise net worth limit, require reciprocity

May 10, 2010 By ei2admin

Small businesses would benefit from a proposed rule that would help more economically and socially disadvantaged businesses participate in federal highway, transit and airport construction projects, while making the states and agencies that run the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Program more accountable,  according to U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood in a statement on May 7th.   “When we help small businesses, we’re helping get the economy going,” said Secretary LaHood. “This is an important rule that can help small businesses owned and controlled by women and minorities.”

The proposed rule would:

  • Require greater accountability from state and local transportation agencies. Those that fail to meet established goals to include disadvantaged business enterprises in their spending plans must analyze the reasons for the short-fall and offer corrective actions.
  • Prevent DBEs from being removed from the program prematurely. It would raise the personal net worth limit for DBE owners from the present $750,000, to an inflation-adjusted $1.3 million. This personal net worth limit was set in 1989 and has not been adjusted since.
  • Add safeguards to make sure that prime contractors fulfill commitments to use DBE subcontractors. State and local agencies would have to conduct post-award monitoring of each contract for this purpose, and prime contractors could not dismiss DBE subcontractors without good cause.
  • Reduce burdens on small businesses seeking DBE certification in more than one state. Any state would have to accept another’s existing certification, unless it found good reason not to. Currently DBEs must seek certification in each state in which they wish to do business.

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s DBE Program helps for-profit small businesses in which socially and economically disadvantaged individuals own at least a 51 percent interest and control management and daily business operations to compete for government contracts. It does this by requiring state and local transportation agencies to establish goals for DBE participation.

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s proposed rule to improve the DBE Program appears  in the 5/10/2010 Federal Register.  Public comment can be submitted through July 11, 2010. 

Filed Under: Contracting News Tagged With: contractor performance, DBE, DOT, government contracting, preference, subcontracting

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