DBE Guidance

Program Guidance

The following questions and answers are approved by the Department of Transportation's General Counsel as consistent with the language and intent of the Regulation. These questions and represent the institutional position of the Department of Transportation and provide guidance and information for compliance with the provisions.

The contents of these documents do not have the force and effect of law and are not meant to bind the public in any way. These documents are intended only to provide clarity to the public regarding existing requirements under the law or agency policies.

• Official Q&A's DBE Program Regulation (49 CFR 26)

• Official Q&A's ACDBE Program Regulations (49 CFR 23)

• Airport Concession Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Joint Venture Guidance

• Interstate Certification 49 C.F.R. 26.85

• Western States Paving Company Case Q&A

• Counting ACDBE Advertising Services 

• COVID19 Guidance

• DBE and ACDBE Certification for Non-Transportation Industry Businesses

• Changes to the Gross Receipts Calculation in the SBA Program Regulation