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Program Overview
Recipients of EPA financial assistance agreements are required to seek, and encouraged to utilize small, minority, and women-owned businesses for their procurement needs under the financial assistance agreement. This is done through the inclusion of terms and conditions in the financial assistance agreement. The key functional components of the DBE Program are as follows:
- Fair Share Objectives
- Six Good Faith Efforts and Contract Administration Requirements
- MBE/WBE Reporting
- MBE/WBE Certification
These areas are covered in more detail under the above tabs, and in the full text of the DBE Rule:
Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBEs) are:
- entities owned and/or controlled by a socially and economically disadvantaged individuals as described by Title X of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 7601 note) (10% statute), and Public Law 102-389 (42 U.S.C. 4370d) (8% statute), respectively;
- a Small Business Enterprise (SBE);
- a Small Business in a Rural Area (SBRA);
- a Labor Surplus Area Firm (LSAF); or
- a Historically Underutilized Business (HUB) Zone Small Business Concern, or a concern under a successor program.
Minority Business Enterprises (MBEs) are entities that are at least 51% owned and/or controlled by a socially and economically disadvantaged individual as described by Title X of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 7601 note), and Public Law 102-389 (42 U.S.C. 4370d), respectively.
Women's Business Enterprises (WBEs) are entities that are at least 51% owned and/or controlled by women (under the 10% and 8% statutes).