Archive for March 2026

What Previously Certified DBE Firms Need to Know (March 2026 Update) To recap, the U.S. Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT) issued an Interim Final Rule (IFR) effective October 3, 2025, that changed how Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) and Airport Concession DBE (ACDBE) eligibility is evaluated nationwide. The most significant change: Race‑ and sex‑based presumptions of disadvantage have…