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r <br />dl`�" <br />f�>k <br />F. <br />N!". <br />0 <br />Florida Department of Transportation <br />DEB BUSH 605 Suwannee Street DENVER J. STUTLER, JR. <br />GOVERNOR Tallahassee, FL 32399 -0450 SECREraav <br />POLICY <br />Effective: March 16, 2006 <br />Office: Equal Opportunity <br />Topic No: 001 - 275 -015 -i <br />DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE UTILIZATION <br />It is the policy of the Florida Department of Transportation that disadvantaged <br />businesses, as defined by 49 Code of Federal Regulations, Part 26, shall have an <br />opportunity to participate in the performance of Department contracts in a non- <br />discriminatory environment. The objectives of the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise <br />Program are to ensure non - discrimination in the award and administration of contracts, <br />ensure firms fully meet eligibility standards, help remove barriers to participation, create <br />a level playing field, assist in development of a firm so it can compete successfully <br />outside of the program, provide flexibility, and ensure narrow tailoring of the program. <br />The Department, its contractors, suppliers, and consultants shall take all necessary and <br />reasonable steps to ensure that disadvantaged businesses have an opportunity to <br />compete for and perform the contract work of the Department in a non - discriminatory <br />environment. <br />The Department shall require its contractors, suppliers, and consultants to not <br />discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, gender, age, or <br />disability in the award and performance of its contracts. <br />This policy covers in part the applicable federal regulations and the applicable statutory <br />references contained therein for the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program <br />Plan, Chapters 337 and 339, Florida Statutes, and Rule Chapter 14 -78, Florida <br />Administrative Code. <br />February 2007 <br />00404 -1 <br />P. E, <br />03-4122.D. <br />V.� L <br />