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Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program
It is MARC's policy to encourage all qualified businesses to actively participate in the procurement of all MARC-sponsored contracts. MARC does not discriminate based on race, color, sex, national origin, age, military status or disability.
MARC has established a Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) program in accordance with regulations of the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT), 49 CFR, part 26. You are encouraged to comment on the current DBE Program.
DBE program description
It is MARC's policy to ensure that DBEs, as defined in part 26, have an equal opportunity to receive and participate in USDOT-assisted contracts. It is also MARC's policy:
- To ensure nondiscrimination in the award and administration of USDOT-assisted contracts;
- To create a level playing field on which DBEs can compete fairly for USDOT-assisted contracts;
- To ensure that the DBE Program is narrowly tailored in accordance with applicable law;
- To ensure that only firms that fully meet 49 CFR, part 26 eligibility standards are permitted to participate as DBEs;
- To help remove barriers to the participation of DBEs in USDOT-assisted contracts;
- To assist the development of firms that can compete successfully in the market place outside the DBE Program.
MARC's 2007 program
MARC's 2007 goal was for 6.5 percent of the federal funds allocated through USDOT-assisted contracts in the region be expended with DBEs.
MARC's 2008 program
MARC's 2008 goal is for 9 percent of the federal funds allocated through USDOT-assisted contracts in the region be expended with DBEs.
MARC's 2010 program - PROPOSED
Due to receiving federal TIGER stimulus funding in 2010, MARC must recalculate its DBE participation goal. MARC recommends increasing its DBE goal for 2010 to 13 percent of federal funds allocated through USDOT-assisted contracts in the region to be expended with DBEs.