Part 26 — Participation by Disadvantaged Business Enterprises in Department of Transportation Financial Assistance Programs
Subpart A — General
- § 26.1— What are the objectives of this part?
- § 26.3— To whom does this part apply?
- § 26.5— Definitions.
- § 26.7— What discriminatory actions are forbidden?
- § 26.9— How does the Department issue guidance and interpretations under this part?
- § 26.11— What records do recipients keep and report?
- § 26.13— What assurances must recipients and contractors make?
- § 26.15— How can recipients apply for exemptions or waivers?
Subpart B — Administrative Requirements for DBE Programs for Federally Assisted Contracting
- § 26.21— Who must have a DBE program?
- § 26.23— What is the requirement for a policy statement?
- § 26.25— What is the requirement for a liaison officer?
- § 26.27— What efforts must recipients make concerning DBE financial institutions?
- § 26.29— What prompt payment mechanisms must recipients have?
- § 26.31— What information must a UCP include in its DBE/ACDBE directory?
- § 26.33— What steps must a recipient take to address overconcentration of DBEs in certain types of work?
- § 26.35— What role do business development and mentor-protégé programs have in the DBE program?
- § 26.37— What are a recipient's responsibilities for monitoring?
- § 26.39— Fostering small business participation.
Subpart C — Goals, Good Faith Efforts, and Counting
- § 26.41— What is the role of the statutory 10 percent goal in this program?
- § 26.43— Can recipients use set-asides or quotas as part of this program?
- § 26.45— How do recipients set overall goals?
- § 26.47— Can recipients be penalized for failing to meet overall goals?
- § 26.49— What are the requirements for transit vehicle manufactures (TVMs) and for awarding DOT-assisted contracts to TVMs?
- § 26.51— What means do recipients use to meet overall goals?
- § 26.53— What are the good faith efforts procedures recipients follow in situations where there are contract goals?
- § 26.55— How is DBE participation counted toward goals?
Subpart D — Certification Standards
Subpart E — Certification Procedures
- § 26.81— Unified Certification Programs.
- § 26.83— What procedures do certifiers follow in making certification decisions?
- § 26.85— Interstate certification.
- § 26.86— Decision letters.
- § 26.87— Decertification.
- § 26.88— Summary suspension of certification.
- § 26.89— Appeals to the Department.
- § 26.91— What actions do certifiers take following DOT certification appeal decisions?
Subpart F — Compliance and Enforcement
- § 26.101— What compliance procedures apply to recipients?
- § 26.103— What enforcement actions apply in FHWA and FTA programs?
- § 26.105— What enforcement actions apply in FAA programs?
- § 26.107— What enforcement actions apply to firms participating in the DBE program?
- § 26.109— What are the rules governing information, confidentiality, cooperation, and intimidation or retaliation?
- § 26.111— DBE reevaluation process.