Strategies for Growing Your DBE Certified Business
Wednesday, June 14th
GoTriangle Offices | 4600 Emperor Blvd, Durham, NC | 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Join us at GoTriangle offices on June 14th to learn more about how to grow your DBE certified business.
A variety of speakers will share:
- Benefits of being DBE certified and the process
- Resources for becoming DBE certified and for navigating the procurement process for capital contracts
- Tips for navigating the post-COVID labor and supply market.
- What opportunities are available for DBE contracts in the Triangle
There will also be an opportunity for those who attend to network with one another and meet Primes.
Speakers include:
- Benny F. Sloan Jr., DBE certification manager at the NC Department of Transportation
- Robert Lancaster, president of BREE & Associates, Inc. in Durham
- Tammie Hall-Roberts CCA, MCA, assistant county manager, Community Prosperity, Durham County
Brunch will be included.
GoTriangle’s Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Program
GoTriangle has established a Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program (DBE) in accordance with regulations of the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), 49 CFR Part 26.
The main goals of the DBE program are:
- to ensure non-discrimination in the award and administration of DOT-assisted contracts, and
- to create a level playing field by providing small businesses owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals an opportunity to compete for federally funded DOT-assisted contracts.
DBE Goal – Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2022-2024
GoTriangle, in accordance with requirements of the U.S. Department of Transportation as set forth in 49 CFR Part 26, as amended, hereby announces a proposed Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Goal of 13.57% for Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2024.
The proposed goal and its rationale are available for inspection from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday - Friday, at GoTriangle’s Administrative Offices located at 4600 Emperor Blvd., Suite 101, Durham N.C., 27703, for 30 days following the date of this notice.
Written comments will be accepted for 45 days from the date of this notice. The comments may be sent to Sylvester Goodwin, Director of EEO/DBE at the above-mentioned address, or to the Regional Civil Rights Officer, Federal Transit Administration, Region IV, 230 Peachtree Street, NW, Suite 800 Atlanta, GA 30303
Charles E. Lattuca
President & CEO, GoTriangle
DBE Goal – Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2019-2021
GoTriangle, in accordance with requirements of the U.S. Department of Transportation as set forth in 49 CFR Part 26, as amended, hereby announces a proposed Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Goal of 6.0% for Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) October 1, 2018 through September 30, 2021.
The proposed goal and its rationale are available for inspection from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday - Friday, at GoTriangle’s Administrative Offices located at 4600 Emperor Blvd., Suite 101, Durham N.C., 27703, for 30 days following the date of this notice.
Written comments will be accepted for 45 days from the date of this notice. The comments are for informational purposes only and may be sent to Sylvester Goodwin, Director of EEO/DBE at the above-mentioned address, or to the Regional Civil Rights Officer, Federal Transit Administration, Region IV, 230 Peachtree Street, NW, Suite 800 Atlanta, GA 30303
- Jeff Mann, General Manager
For information regarding Gotriangle’s DBE Program contact:
- Mail: Sylvester Goodwin, Director of EEO/DBE, GoTriangle, PO Box 13787, Durham, NC 27709
- Phone: (919) 485-7518
- Fax: (919) 485-7491
- Email: sgoodwin@gotriangle.org