This part seeks to achieve several objectives:

1. (a) To ensure nondiscrimination in the award and administration of opportunities for concessions by airports receiving DOT financial assistance;
2. (b) To create a level playing field on which ACDBEs can compete fairly for opportunities for concessions;
3. (c) To ensure that the Department's ACDBE program operates in a nondiscriminatory manner and without regard to race or sex, while maximizing efficiency of service;
4. (d) To ensure that only firms that fully meet this part's eligibility standards are permitted to participate as ACDBEs;
5. (e) To help remove barriers to the participation of ACDBEs in opportunities for concessions at airports receiving DOT financial assistance;
6. (f) To promote the use of ACDBEs in all types of concessions activities at airports receiving DOT financial assistance;
7. (g) To assist the development of firms that can compete successfully in the marketplace outside the ACDBE program; and
8. (h) To provide appropriate flexibility to airports receiving DOT financial assistance in establishing and providing opportunities for ACDBEs.

[70 FR 14508, Mar. 22, 2005, as amended at 89 FR 24956, Apr. 9, 2024; 90 FR 47977, Oct. 3, 2025]