Federal Regulations

Title 49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 26 requires recipients of USDOT federal-aid to capture, maintain, monitor, and report contract data for Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBEs). The regulations require that information concerning both awards or commitments and attainments of DBE participation be reported. Recipients must have a mechanism to verify that the work committed and awarded to DBEs is actually performed by DBEs. In the attainment section, recipients would report the actual number and dollar amounts of payments made to DBEs during the reporting period. Additionally, the regulations require recipients to maintain data on availability of firms, automated directory of DBEs, annual goal based on race/gender neutral and conscious attainment, and prompt payment to subcontractors (DBE and Non-DBE).