Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) and Airport Concession Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (ACDBE)
The Broward County Office of Economic and Small Business Development (OESBD) certifies eligible firms under the federal Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) and Airport Concession Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (ACDBE) programs. OESBD establishes DBE program and project-specific goals for Broward County's aviation, transit and highway projects. We also establish ACDBE, program and project-specific goals for agreements at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (FLL), which are subject to the federal ACDBE Program.
Disadvantaged Business Enterprise
The
Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) program is regulated by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to provide a vehicle for increasing the participation of socially and economically disadvantaged businesses in state and local government procurements. The DOT DBE program is implemented by recipients of DOT Federal Financial Assistance. Broward County is one such recipient. View program guidelines:
DBE Program Title 49 Code of Federal Regulations Part 26 (49 CFR 26).
OESBD accepts applications for DBE certification through the State of Florida Unified Certification (UCP) Program, a "one-stop shop" for DBE applicants managed by the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT), as mandated in 49 CFR 26. As a certifying member of the UCP, we also review and process interstate requests from firms that are already DBE-certified in another state and that are looking to be being certified under Florida's UCP to participate in Broward County procurements. FDOT maintains an electronic DBE Directory of its certified firms.
Airport Concession Disadvantaged Business Enterprise
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is the Operating Administration within DOT that regulates the Airport Concession Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (ACDBE) program. The purpose of the ACDBE program is to increase opportunities for socially and economically disadvantaged businesses to compete for concession opportunities in airports around the country. The ACDBE program is administered according to
Title 49 Code of Federal Regulations Part 23 (49 CFR 23). Florida's certified ACDBE firms are also listed in FD OT's UCP DBE Directory. As with the DBE Program, OESBD also certifies eligible firms looking to participate in concession procurement opportunities at FLL and reviews and processes interstate applications from ACDBEs in other states looking to participate in Broward County's procurement process.
