This section is primarily devoted to the Department of Transportation’s Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBE) program authorized by the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users SAFETEA-LU . See DBE program reauthorization Provision.

The DOT DBE program is implemented by recipients of DOT Federal Financial Assistance. Recipients are primarily state highway, transit and airport agencies that receive funds subject to Title 49 Code of Federal Regulations parts 26 (49 CFR 26).  A similar program for airport concessions (ACDBE) program mandated by 49 U.S.C. 47107(e), originally enacted in 1987 and amended in 1992, is implemented under (49 CFR 23)

• What is the DBE Program?
• Definition of a DBE and Participation Requirement Information
• Background on the DBE Program

Size Cap

Note

The Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU) establishes a size limit for participation in the DOT Disadvantaged Businesses Enterprise program.

Effective May 2, 2007, the new size cap for DBE eligibility has been adjusted for inflation to $20.41 million average receipts over a three year period. The size limits for participation in the DOT's Airport Concessions DBE program have also been adjusted for inflation. See Federal Register Notice: HTML, SUMMARY.

DBE PROGRAM CONTACTS   

• U.S. DOT DBE Program contacts
  
• State Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Liaison and Certification Officers
  
• State DOT and Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Sites
  

DBE UNIFORM CERTIFICATION FORMS, APPLICATIONS & LINKS

To be submitted to YOUR STATE DOT certification agency

• DBE Uniform Certification (Federal Register 06/16/03)
  Instructions PDF
  Application PDF
  Affidavit PDF
  Support Documents Checklist PDF
  Complete Application Package PDF
• SBA Personal Financial Statement Form 413 PDF
• Sample No Change Declaration [49 CFR § 26.83(j)] Word / PDF (4/08/04)
• Sample No Change Affidavit - [49 CFR § 26.83(j)] Word / PDF (4/08/04)

ADDITIONAL DBE PROGRAM INFORMATION / REFERENCE 

• New Program Size limits adjusted for inflation - Federal Register Notice HTML, SUMMARY
• Official Questions and Answers (FAQs) DBE Program Regulations (49 CFR 26). (Updated 6/18/08)
• Official Questions and Answers (FAQs) DBE Program Regulations (49 CFR 23) (5/29/07) 
• DOT Short Term Lending Program (STLP) 
• Current Small Business Size Standards
• Size Standards and North American Industrial Classification Codes (NAICS)
  
• Guidance for DBE Program Administrators
• Reporting DBE Program Fraud
• Airport Concessions DBE Program Final Rule