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Pictured: SW SBTRC Project Director, Scott Leslie, with the class participants holding their certificates in front of the Urban Chamber of Commerce Business Development Center where the educational...
Links to State DOT and Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program Web Pages
Sam.gov is the primary location to identify active federal contract opportunities over $25,000 allowing small business concerns to search for federal procurement opportunities. Visitors are encouraged to register with SAM to receive automatic email...
Archive of news releases from the Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU)
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU), is pleased to announce the new home of the South Atlantic Region, Small Business Transportation Resource Center (SBTRC), as of April 1, 2013. The South Atlantic Region SBTRC is now...
The US Department of Transportation's Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (DOT/OSDBU) was created as part of the Small Business Act (SBA) to ensure that small and disadvantaged businesses are provided maximum practicable opportunity to participate in the agency's...
Questions and answers to Part 26, Subpart A of the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program Final Rule
This discussion reviews and responds to the SNPRM comments and the Congressional debates on certain key issues. Congressional debate references are to the Congressional Record for March 5 and 6, 1998, for the Senate debate and April 1, 1998, for the House debate, unless otherwise noted.
The Department of Transportation's new disadvantaged business enterprise (DBE) program final rule (49 CFR Part 26) makes significant changes that will affect recipients, DBEs, and non-DBE contractors who participate in the program. This paper summarizes the major changes from the old rule.