Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Goals 2019-2022

The Department of Transportation's Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) program is designed to level the playing field by giving small businesses owners with social and economic disadvantages a fair opportunity to compete for federally funded transportation contracts. MassDOT has set its Federal Transit Administration (FTA) proposed goal to 5.5% and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) proposed goal to 13.6% . This is for DBE participation on FTA-assisted Federal-aid contracts for federal fiscal years 2019 – 2022. The method for setting each goal is in the DBE goal document.