Disadvantaged Business Enterprise-Procurement Opportunities

DBE Program Policy Statement
The City of Fayetteville shall not discriminate in any manner on the basis of race,
color, sex or national origin, and shall take all reasonable steps to ensure that certified
Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBE’s) have the maximum opportunity to
participate in the performance of contracts financed, in whole or in part, with financial
assistance from the United States Department of Transportation (DOT), acting through
such agencies as the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) and the Federal Highway
Administration (FHWA). FAST shall implement this DBE Program in accordance
with Part 26 of Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations entitled “Participation by
Disadvantaged Business Enterprises in Department of Transportation Programs.”

The objectives of Fayetteville Area System of Transit’s DBE Program are:

• To ensure nondiscrimination in the award and administration of DOT-assisted contracts;
• To ensure that the DBE program is narrowly tailored in accordance with applicable
  federal, state and local laws;
• To ensure that only firms fully meeting the eligibility requirements of the DBE program
  are permitted to participate;
• To help create a level playing field on which DBE’s can fairly compete for
  DOT-assisted contracts;
• To help remove barriers to the participation of DBE’s in DOT-assisted contracts;
• To help and assist in the development of firms that can compete successfully in the
  marketplace outside of the DBE program; and
• To provide appropriate flexibility to establish and provide DBE’s opportunities to
  participate in DOT-assisted contracts in accordance with applicable federal,
  state and local laws.

These objectives will be implemented through Fayetteville Area System of Transit
DBE Program utilizing race-neutral measures to the maximum extent feasible.

Federal Fiscal Year 2010 DBE Goal

Pursuant to 49 CFR Part 26, FAST announces a proposed overall goal of 23.4%
for the participation of Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBE) in U.S. Department
of Transportation assisted contracts including funds from the American Recovery and
Re-investment Act in federal FY 2010 (October 1, 2010–September 30, 2012).

Contact

All questions and/or comments about FASTs’ DBE Program and persons or firms
interested in becoming certified as a DBE should contact Frances Jackson, Transit 
DBE Liaison Officer at (910) 433-1692 or by email, fjackson@ci.fay.nc.us.

The NC Department of Transportation (NCDOT) serves as the certifying agency for all
DBE’s seeking work on Fayetteville Area System of Transit contracts. The NCDOT
Unified Certification Program, (UCP) is a “one-stop shopping” certification procedure
that will eliminate the need for Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) firms to obtain
certification from multiple agencies within the state. The firm can now apply one time with
the NCDOT, and if approved, that certification is shared by all other federal recipients in
the state, including Fayetteville Area System of Transit. Firms must apply for certification
as a DBE to NCDOT by completing the UCP application located on the NCDOT Web site.
Detailed instructions on how to become certified as a DBE under the UCP are listed on the site.
The NCDOT maintains a unified DBE directory that will contain all firms certified by the UCP,
the information required by 49 CFR Part 26.31, and make it available to the public electronically,
on the internet as well as in print.

To access the NCDOT website and apply for certification as a DBE, please click here.