DBE Certification Overview

DBE accreditation is for the most part obtained by organizations in the transportation business or in the ventures identified with transportation. DBE certification is a federal program that is administered by each of the state's department of transportation (DOT). The state DOT’s are responsible for certifying DBE firms according to title 49 part 26 of the code of federal regulation. Only small business firms that are independently owned and controlled in both substances and form by one or more socially and economically disadvantaged persons are certified. In additions to establishing goals, state and local recipients also certify the eligibility of DBE firms to participate in DOT projects. Some groups are assumed to be socially and economically in disadvantage for the purpose of participation in this program. In 1987 Congress Govt added women to the groups presumed to be disadvantaged.

Criteria for DBE Certification:

• The owners are economically disadvantaged
• The owners are socially disadvantaged including women
• The business is a small one
• The business must be for profit.

To be economically disadvantaged you must established that each individual owner of the firm whose ownership and control are relied upon for certification has personal net worth

The main objectives of the DBE Certification Program are:

• To ensure that small disadvantaged business enterprises (DBE) can compete fairly for federally funded transportation related projects.
• To ensure that only eligible firms participate as DBEs.
• To assist DBE firms in competing outside the DBE Certification program. 

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