usdot guidance on dbe and acdbe program procedures during
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January 25, 2021
USDOT Guidance on DBE and ACDBE Program Procedures During Covid-19 Pandemic
• Carrie BagwellCertification and ACDBE Program Manager
• Precious TaylorContract Compliance Officer
Presenters
• Overview• Certification• Goal Methodology• Compliance
Agenda
Overview
• Issued by Director of Department of Civil Rights, US DOT
• Issued March 24, 2020 and April 1, 2020
• Extended until June 30, 2021
Certification On-Site Visits
• Virtual Technology
• External Photos
• Drive-by Visits
• Ask Firm Owners to Submit Pictures
Certification Interstate Certifications
• Virtual technology
• Pause on 30-day period
Decertification Hearings
• Virtual technology
• Maintain record of hearing
Certification Summary Suspension
• Electronic notification
• Telephone notification prohibited
Appeal Instructions
• Appeals via email
Certification Electronic Submission and Review of Certification Documents
• Applications, Notification of Material Change, Annual Affidavits
• Electronic system for firms
• 30 day notification requirement
• 90 day requirement; 60 day extension
• Extension of deadline for material change notification
• Calculation of time for interstate certifications
Certification Notarized Statements
• Online notary public services
• Subscribing witness
• Unsworn declarations executed under penalty of perjury
• Unsworn declarations as an interim measure
Certification Gross Receipts
• Five years versus three years
• Five year requirement effective January 1, 2022
Size Standards
• Federal Highway Administration / Federal Transit Administration
• Federal Aviation Administration
• Directory Update
Overall Goal Methodology Public Participation Requirements
• Virtual technology
• Reach out to stakeholders
FAA Size Standards• Overall goal
• Individual project/contract goals
Compliance Commercial Useful Function (CUF) Reviews
• Visit work sites (social distancing)
• Ask DBE firm owners and primes to submit documents electronically
• Virtual Technology
In-Person Meetings Between Bidders and Reconsideration Officials• Virtual Technology
Compliance Termination/Substitution of DBEs and ACDBEs
• Primes must continue to apply requirements in good faith
• Electronic documents acceptable
Questions
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