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MoDOT believes it is good business to support diversity among its contractors, subcontractors and suppliers. Contractors, subcontractors and suppliers working on construction projects that receive federal aid or federal financial participation are required to take reasonable steps to ensure disadvantaged business enterprises have an opportunity to compete and participate in project contracts and subcontracts.

The overall Disadvantaged Business Enterprise target for federal fiscal year 2019 is 16.05%. The year-to-date DBE participation for FFY 2019 is 13.95%. This is a 0.66% increase from FFY 2018. Of the 13.95% utilization, 1.84% was participation from minority-owned DBE firms, 0.64% was participation from minority women-owned DBE firms and 11.47% was participation from women-owned DBE firms. The collective goals set for projects closed during this period amounted to 10.61%. The DBE goals set for projects awarded during this period had committed DBE participation of 10.74%. To narrow the gap between the target and performance, MoDOT is conducting outreach meetings to encourage new firms to apply for DBE certification and using DBE supportive services funding to expand the capacity of certified DBE firms.

Purpose of the Measure:

This measure tracks the percent of DBE used on construction and engineering projects. 

Measurement and Data Collection:

Data is collected through AASHTOWare Projects for each construction and consultant project. The overall DBE goal is a yearly target established by MoDOT and the Federal Highway Administration regarding the expected total DBE participation on all federally-funded construction and consultant projects. Individual DBE project goals are determined by subcontract opportunity, project location and available DBE firms that can perform the scope of work. DBE utilization is tracked for each project identifying the prime contractor, contract amount, the established goal and how the prime contractor fulfilled the goal. This measure is based on the federal fiscal year. Collection of all data in this system began in April of 2014.

The target for this measure is set by FHWA policy and is updated every three years.