Small Business Certifications
The Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program (DBE) is a legislatively mandated USDOT program that applies to Federal-aid highway dollars expended on federally-assisted contracts issued by USDOT recipients such as State Transportation Agencies (STAs). The U.S. Congress established the DBE program in 1982 to ensure nondiscrimination in the award and administration of DOT-assisted contracts; help remove barriers to the participation of DBEs in DOT-assisted contracts, and assist the development of firms that can compete successfully in the marketplace outside of the DBE program.
The PA UCP provides “one stop shopping” for certification as a Disadvantaged Business Enterprise on federally funded projects in Pennsylvania.
PA UCP Certifying Participants
CITY OF PHILADELPHIA
PHILADELPHIA international airport
DBE Program Office Executive Offices
Terminals D/E
3rd Floor Philadelphia, PA 19153
Tel: 215-937-1801
Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (septa)
DBE Program Office
1234 Market Street
11th Floor Philadelphia, PA 19107
Tel: 215-580-7278
pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) Bureau of Equal Opportunity
P.O. Box 3251
Harrisburg, PA 17105-3251
Tel: 717-787-5891 or 800-468-4201
Allegheny County Department of Minority, Women and Disadvantaged Business Enterprise
204 County Office Building
542 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
Tel: 412-350-4309
Port Authority of Allegheny County
345 Sixth Avenue, 5th Floor
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-2527
Tel: 412-566-5257