Comment Period Open on District’s Three-year DBE Goal
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06/17/2013
AC Transit has announced a 7.9% proposed overall goal for participation by Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBEs) in contracting opportunities that are budgeted and/or targeted to receive financial assistance from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), Federal Transit Administration (FTA), for the period October 1, 2013, through September 30, 2016.
The 45-day public comment period on the proposed goal opened on June 15, 2013, and will close on July 29, 2013. Information is available here on the development and rationale for the proposed goal and on federal funding projections. Any person may submit comments to the AC Transit Contracts Compliance Administrator, Phillip McCants, via e-mail at pmccants@actransit.org or through U.S. Mail to 1600 Franklin Street, Oakland, CA 94612, Attn: Phillip McCants. Comments may also be sent to the Civil Rights Officer, U.S. DOT, FTA Region IX, 201 Mission Street, Suite 1650, San Francisco, CA 94105.