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Part 26 — Participation by Disadvantaged Business Enterprises in Department of Transportation Financial Assistance Programs

49 sections · Title 49: Transportation

§ 26.1What are the objectives of this part?
§ 26.3To whom does this part apply?
§ 26.5Definitions.
§ 26.7What discriminatory actions are forbidden?
§ 26.9How does the Department issue guidance and interpretations under this part?
§ 26.11What records do recipients keep and report?
§ 26.13What assurances must recipients and contractors make?
§ 26.15How can recipients apply for exemptions or waivers?
§ 26.21Who must have a DBE program?
§ 26.23What is the requirement for a policy statement?
§ 26.25What is the requirement for a liaison officer?
§ 26.27What efforts must recipients make concerning DBE financial institutions?
§ 26.29What prompt payment mechanisms must recipients have?
§ 26.31What information must a UCP include in its DBE/ACDBE directory?
§ 26.33What steps must a recipient take to address overconcentration of DBEs in certain types of work?
§ 26.35What role do business development and mentor-protégé programs have in the DBE program?
§ 26.37What are a recipient's responsibilities for monitoring?
§ 26.39Fostering small business participation.
§ 26.41What is the role of the statutory 10 percent goal in this program?
§ 26.43Can recipients use set-asides or quotas as part of this program?
§ 26.45How do recipients set overall goals?
§ 26.47Can recipients be penalized for failing to meet overall goals?
§ 26.49What are the requirements for transit vehicle manufactures (TVMs) and for awarding DOT-assisted contracts to TVMs?
§ 26.51What means do recipients use to meet overall goals?
§ 26.53What are the good faith efforts procedures recipients follow in situations where there are contract goals?
§ 26.55How is DBE participation counted toward goals?
§ 26.61Burden of proof
§ 26.63General certification rules.
§ 26.65Business size determinations.
§ 26.67Social and economic disadvantage.
§ 26.68Personal net worth.
§ 26.69Ownership.
§ 26.70Debt-financed investments.
§ 26.71Control.
§ 26.73NAICS codes.
§ 26.81Unified Certification Programs.
§ 26.83What procedures do certifiers follow in making certification decisions?
§ 26.85Interstate certification.
§ 26.86Decision letters.
§ 26.87Decertification.
§ 26.88Summary suspension of certification.
§ 26.89Appeals to the Department.
§ 26.91What actions do certifiers take following DOT certification appeal decisions?
§ 26.101What compliance procedures apply to recipients?
§ 26.103What enforcement actions apply in FHWA and FTA programs?
§ 26.105What enforcement actions apply in FAA programs?
§ 26.107What enforcement actions apply to firms participating in the DBE program?
§ 26.109What are the rules governing information, confidentiality, cooperation, and intimidation or retaliation?
§ 26.111DBE reevaluation process.