AVMAC Awarded DBE Certification

AVMAC was certified as a Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) through the Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Minority Business Enterprise. This is in addition to its Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) certification from the same agency it received earlier this year through the state’s Small, Women and/0r Minority (SWaM) owned business program.

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s DBE program provides a vehicle for increasing the participation by MBEs in state and local procurement. DOT DBE regulations require state and local transportation agencies that receive DOT financial assistance, to establish goals for the participation of DBEs. Each DOT-assisted state and local transportation agency is required to establish annual DBE goals, and review the scopes of anticipated large prime contracts throughout the year and establish contract-specific DBE subcontracting goals. Three major DOT operating administrations are involved in the DBE program. They are the Federal Highway Administration, the Federal Aviation Administration and the Federal Transit Administration.

The DBE program is governed by the Federal Regulations in 49 CFR 26 and 23.