Economic Stimulus Assistance
This web page will be used to provide information to
Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBE) firms, as well
as prime contractors and consultants concerning the
proposed federal economic stimulus funding for
transportation.
The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) has
created a webpage to provide updates as they become
available, please visit the
FDOT Federal Economic Stimulus page.
To view the current list of projects, please visit the
FDOT Federal Economic Stimulus
Economic Stimulus Information Meetings
FDOT has conducted information meetings in each district
to ensure that disadvantaged and small businesses are informed of
the specific projects that will be funded through these economic
stimulus funds.
Please visit the Equal Opportunity Office's (EOO)
announcement page
to view the meeting agendas and attachments as they become
available.
FDOT, through the EOO, has a contractual agreement with the
Blackmon Roberts Group to provide managerial and
technical assistance to certified DBEs and enhance the
firm's ability to obtain and perform effectively on FDOT
contracts. The primary goal of the supportive services
is to facilitate and promote DBE participation in the
Department's highway construction, consultant, and
maintenance programs. All assistance is
at no cost
to the DBE firms.
Blackmon Roberts Group is
available to assist prime contractors and consultants in
locating DBEs as well as assisting with soliciting
subcontracting opportunities for the prime companies.
For more information or assistance regarding the DBE
Supportive Services Program, contact the Blackmon
Roberts Group at:
902 South Florida Avenue, Suite 205
Lakeland, Florida 33803
Web Address:
www.blackmonroberts.com
Telephone: (863)-802-1280
Toll-Free: (877) 450-3237
Fax: (863) 802-1290
Sylvia Blackmon Roberts,
President/CEO
Office Hours: Monday to Friday
8:00a.m. to 5p.m.
To assist contractors and consultants with locating DBEs
throughout the state, the Equal Opportunity Office has
created the DBE Directory. You can search the directory
by firm name, business description, specialty code,
North American Industry Classification System (NAICS)
code or download the entire directory. Click below to
access the DBE Directory.
DBE Directory
As we anxiously await the final decision regarding
the American Recovery & Reinvestment Plan by our elected
officials in Washington D.C., FDOT would like to ensure
that all of our prime contractors and consultants and
our sub contractors and consultants are made aware of
the opportunities and obligations connected to the
highway & bridge portions of this stimulus package.
For the past several weeks, all of our Districts and
the Turnpike Enterprise have been developing priority
lists of projects to be let throughout the state. It is
important that all of our contractors and consultants
remember that these federally funded projects are
subject to:
- All EEO requirements currently mandated on federally funded
contracts.
- All State of Florida DBE utilization commitment reporting
mandated on federal and state funded contracts through the
Anticipated DBE Participation form.
- All actual DBE payments reporting done through the
BizWeb online system.
Stimulus projects awarded during the current federal fiscal year
(October 1, 2008 -September 30, 2009) will count towards the FDOT's
Federal DBE Utilization commitment goal of 8.1% along with the
regularly planned projects. It is crucial that our prime
contractors and consultants diligently and purposefully make every
possible attempt to include and use DBE sub contractors and sub
consultants on all of our projects during the 2008-2009 year and
especially on these stimulus projects. Even though these projects
are "additional" to what was originally in the work plan and will
most likely be larger jobs, they will still add to our total jobs
awarded and therefore will have a great affect on the DBE
utilization percentage.
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