(a) The department will consult with contractors; contract consultants; DBEs', minority, women's, and general contractor groups; community organizations; and other officials or organizations that have information concerning:
- (1) the availability of disadvantaged and non-disadvantaged businesses;
- (2) the effects of discrimination on opportunities for DBEs; and
- (3) the department's efforts to establish a level playing field for the participation of DBEs.
- (b) The department will set proposed overall annual goals for the following three federal fiscal years based on evidence obtained by the department.
- (c) For FHWA-assisted contracts, an overall goal will be expressed as a percentage of all Federal-aid highway funds that the department will spend on those contracts in the fiscal year for which is it effective.
- (d) For FTA-assisted or FAA-assisted contracts, an overall goal will be expressed as a percentage of all FTA funds, other than those to be used for the purchase of transit vehicles, or FAA funds that the department will spend in FTA-assisted or FAA-assisted contracts, respectively, in the fiscal year for which it is effective, unless the FTA or FAA Administrator permits the overall goal to be expressed as a percentage of funds for a particular grant or project or group of grants or projects.
Source Note:The provisions of this §9.214 adopted to be effective September 1, 2012, 37 TexReg 5320.