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U.S. Department of Transportation Announces $10 Million to Help Minority- and Women-Owned Businesses Compete for Federal Highway Contracts

Friday, March 18, 2022

FHWA 09-22
Contact: FHWA.PressOffice@dot.gov
Tel.: (202) 366-0660

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) today announced $10 million in funding from the Fiscal Year 2021 Disadvantaged Business Enterprise/Supportive Services (DBE/SS) program to help eligible small businesses compete for federal highway contracts in 45 states, as well as Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

“With these funds, state transportation departments will help minority- and women-owned businesses across the country create jobs and better compete for resources for transportation projects nationwide,” said Deputy Federal Highway Administrator Stephanie Pollack.

President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law continues funding for the DBE/SS program for Fiscal Years 2022 through 2026. The funding is provided to State DOTs, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Territories for the purpose of administering programs that provide training and assistance to DBEs to improve their ability to compete on federally assisted contracts.

A DBE is a for-profit, small business owned and controlled by minorities, women or other socially and economically disadvantaged individuals or, in the case of a corporation, one in which 51 percent of the stock is owned by one or more such individuals. More information about DBE eligibility can be found at https://www.transportation.gov/civil-rights/disadvantaged-business-enterprise.

The FHWA distributes DBE/SS funds each year based on statements of work submitted by State DOTs, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Territories, and using an administrative formula to determine funding for each recipient. This year, FHWA received 48 submissions from 45 States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and U.S. Virgin Islands. Eight states and territories declined funding, which was redistributed among the remaining recipients using the same administrative formula.

The FHWA has promoted the participation of DBEs in federal-aid highway contracts through state-managed programs since 1982. The funding announced today is the latest in an ongoing effort to help state departments of transportation train certified DBE firms on a wide array of business management practices and improve their ability to compete for federally assisted contracts as prime and subcontractors.

Funding amounts for Fiscal Year 2021 are as follows:

STATE AWARD AMOUNT
Alabama $219,344
Alaska $154,779
Arizona $212,563
Arkansas $158,877
Colorado $164,674
Connecticut $154,992
Delaware $71,394
District of Columbia $68,985
Florida $504,436
Georgia $352,989
Hawaii $71,388
Idaho $100,723
Illinois $385,750
Indiana $268,074
Iowa $152,280
Kansas $123,780
Kentucky $195,690
Louisiana $205,082
Maine $75,268
Maryland $179,755
Massachusetts $181,364
Michigan $293,176
Minnesota $192,591
Mississippi $150,319
Missouri $266,526
Montana $131,911
Nebraska $101,481
Nevada $120,071
New Hampshire $70,406
New Jersey $279,520
New Mexico $121,102
New York $450,200
North Dakota $91,248
Ohio $365,340
Oklahoma $188,106
Oregon $154,381
Pennsylvania $440,711
Puerto Rico $63,941
South Carolina $196,994
South Dakota $99,716
Tennessee $241,015
Texas $1,007,924
Vermont $79,876
Virginia $284,328
Virgin Islands $51,441
Washington $199,074
West Virginia $138,617
Wisconsin $217,775
TOTAL $10,000,000.00

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