Roads, Bridges and Major Projects
Disadvantaged Business Enterprises
Agency NameDepartment of Transportation
Funding Amount$50,000,000.00
Bureau Name
Federal Highway Administration
Funding Mechanism
Contract Authority, Competitive Grant, Allocation
New?
No
Funding Mechanism
Contract Authority, Competitive Grant, Allocation
Funding Amount Notes
Period of Availability
Available until expended
Recipients
States
Program Description
The Disadvantaged Business Enterprise program assists small and disadvantaged firms with building capacity and improving their ability to compete for Federal-aid highway contracts.
Eligible Uses
The Disadvantaged Business Enterprise program supports the ability of State departments of transportation to achieve the objectives of the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise program, which are to ensure nondiscrimination and allow small businesses owned primarily by minorities and women to compete fairly for Department of Transportation-assisted contracts in the transportation industry
sam.gov link
https://sam.gov/fal/50471f650c3c4bb6a74b40c151b0381a/view
Federal Cost Share Requirement
No non-Federal cost share required