| (a) The department will consult with contractors; contract
consultants; DBEs', minority, women's, and general contractor groups;
community organizations; and other officials or organizations that
have information concerning:
(1) the availability of disadvantaged and non-disadvantaged
businesses;
(2) the effects of discrimination on opportunities
for DBEs; and
(3) the department's efforts to establish a level playing
field for the participation of DBEs.
(b) The department will set proposed overall annual
goals for the following three federal fiscal years based on evidence
obtained by the department.
(c) For FHWA-assisted contracts, an overall goal will
be expressed as a percentage of all Federal-aid highway funds that
the department will spend on those contracts in the fiscal year for
which is it effective.
(d) For FTA-assisted or FAA-assisted contracts, an
overall goal will be expressed as a percentage of all FTA funds, other
than those to be used for the purchase of transit vehicles, or FAA
funds that the department will spend in FTA-assisted or FAA-assisted
contracts, respectively, in the fiscal year for which it is effective,
unless the FTA or FAA Administrator permits the overall goal to be
expressed as a percentage of funds for a particular grant or project
or group of grants or projects.
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