A GUIDE TO HIGHWAY AND TRANSIT CONTRACT OPPORTUNITIES FOR MINORITY AND OTHER DISADVANTAGED ENTERPRISES

The Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 set a national goal of expending at least 10 percent of Federal highway and transit funds with Disadvantaged Small Businesses (DBAs). This effort has been carried out under the Department of Transportation's Disadvantaged Business Enterprise program. The effort to expand the participation of minorities and women in projects continues a DOT program which has been in effect since the early 1970s when FHWA and UMTA began their Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) programs. As a result, new records for minority and female contract awards in DOT-assisted transportation projects have been established. This pamphlet describes the DBE program, gives figures on its results and then discusses the following: How firms can be certified; what constitutes a false-front organization; what types of work are available; how bonding assistance can be provided and what other types of financial assistance are available; and where contract opportunities are located. The pamphlet contains a directory of regional highway and transit offices involved with DBA activities.

• Corporate Authors:

  Office of the Secretary of Transportation

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  Urban Mass Transportation Administration

  400 7th Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Publication Date: 1984

Media Info

• Pagination: 26 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alignment; Contracting; Disadvantaged business enterprises; Females; Finance; Financing; Legislation; Minorities; Policy making; Railroad tracks; Transportation departments
• Identifier Terms: U.S. Department of Transportation
• Old TRIS Terms: Track alignment
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Design; Finance; Highways; Law; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Public Transportation; Railroads; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00393503
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Mar 29 1985 12:00AM