Placer County Department of Public Works Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program
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Approved by the Placer County Board of Supervisors on April 21, 2009, Placer County Department of Public Works adopted the 2009 Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Implementation Agreement establishing Placer County’s DBE Goal and Methodology providing for a race-conscious and race-neutral goal program. Adoption of the 2009 DBE Implementation Agreement is a requirement for local agencies to obtain federal transportation funding for consultant and construction contracts awarded after June 2, 2009.
The goal of the program is to insure non-discrimination and create a level playing field in which DBEs can compete fairly for Department of Transportation (DOT)-assisted contracts. The new DBE Program includes a Race Conscious component (RC DBE Program) that will require new race conscious contract-specific goals to be incorporated into all DOT-funded consultant and construction contracts. Race-Conscious contract goals and Good Faith Efforts will be limited to Underutilized DBEs (UDBE): African American, Native American, Asian Pacific American, and Women.
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