# Presentation: 843518

## Doing Business with DOT

***Doing Business with DOT***

- DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE AND SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAMS TRAINING CONFERENCE
- October 30 – November 1, 2007Tampa, Florida
- Denise Rodriguez-Lopez

## OSDBU

**DOT MISSION**
***Serve the United States by ensuring a fast, safe, efficient, accessible and convenient transportation system that meets our vital national interests and enhances the quality of life of the American people, today and into the future***

## DOT PRIORITIES
Safety
Reduced Congestion
Global Connectivity
Environmental Stewardship
Security, Preparedness and Response

- Safety
- Reduced Congestion
- Global Connectivity
- Environmental Stewardship
- Security, Preparedness and Response

- OSDBU

## OSDBU

**Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)**
**Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)**
**Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMSCA)**
**Federal Railroad Administration  (FRA)**
**Federal Transit Administration (FTA)**
**National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)**
**Maritime Administration (MARAD)**
**Office of the Secretary (OST)**
**Pipeline &Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA)**
**Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA)**
**Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation (SLSDC)**

## OSDBU

**Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization**

## OSDBU

- Secretary Mary E. Peters

##            OSDBU

**MISSION:**
**	****To ensure that small and disadvantaged business policies and goals of the Secretary of Transportation are implemented in a fair, efficient and effective manner to serve small and disadvantaged businesses throughout DOT and the nation by providing opportunities, technical assistance and financial services.**

## 				       OSDBU

**WHAT WE DO**
- Advocate for small business
- Provide guidance in acquisition planning and execution
- Create opportunities at the local, state and federal level
- Provide technical assistance
- Provide information about opportunities
- Provide financial services

## OSDBU

**OSDBU DIVISIONS**
- Procurement Assistance Division (PAD)
- Regional Partnerships Division (RPD)
- Financial Assistance Division (FAD)
- National Information Clearinghouse (NIC)

## OSDBU

**PROCUREMENT ASSISTANCE DIVISION (PAD)**
- Ensures maximum practicable opportunities for small
- business to participate in DOT contracts and subcontracts for the
- purchase of supplies and services.

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**CREATE BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES**
- Two Distinct Contracting Programs
- Direct Contracting
- Federal Financial Assistance to State and Local Transportation Agencies (DBE Program)

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**DIRECT CONTRACTING**
- DOT Procurement
- Federal Acquisition Regulation
- Small Business Act as Amended
- Part of Government’s Procurement Preference Program

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**GOVERNMENT-WIDE PROCUREMENT GOALS**
- Section 15(g) of the Small Business Act establishes the following minimum goals for the Federal Government:
- Small Business (All categories) – 23%
- Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB & 8a) – 5%
- Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) - 5%
- HUBZone Small Business - 3%
- Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned SB - 3%

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- 				     OSDBU

**Preliminary Fiscal Year 2006 Goals and Achievements**

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## 				      OSDBU

|  | Year | 1st QTR | 2nd QTR | 3rd QTR | 4th QTR | Total |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Business Services | 2007 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Computer Related Services | 2007 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 16 |
| Construction | 2007 | 30 | 41 | 26 | 25 | 122 |
| Engineering Services | 2007 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 29 |
| Industrial Equipment | 2007 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Management Services | 2007 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| Services (not listed) | 2007 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 34 |
| Supplies (not listed) | 2007 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 18 |

## OSDBU

## Slide 18

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**FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE**
- DBE Program
- Unique to DOT and its Recipients
- State and Local Transportation Agencies
- Three Operating Administrations
- FAA, FHWA, FTA
- OST – OGC,OCR,OSDBU
- Contracting and certifications performed by recipients
- 49 CFR 26 –

## OSDBU

- 5

**REGIONAL PARTNERSHIPS DIVISION**
**SMALL BUSINESS TRANSPORATION RESOURCE CENTERS (SBTRCs)**
-   Business Assessment and/or Market Research
-   Business Training and Counseling
-   Technical Assistance Referrals
-   Share information about contracting opportunities
-   Outreach

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-                                             OSDBU

- Puerto
- Rico

- Virgin
- Islands

***US DOT SBTRC REGIONS***

## 				      OSDBU

**REGIONAL SBTRCs**
- Central Region – University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri
- Southeast Region – Miami Dade College in Miami, Florida
- Gulf Region – Greater Dallas Hispanic Chamber of Commerce in Dallas, Texas
- Great Lakes Region – Hispanic American Construction Industry Association in Chicago, Illinois
- Mid-Atlantic Region – Greater Philadelphia Minority Business Strategic Alliance

## OSDBU

**NATIONAL INFORMATION CLEARINGHOUSE (NIC)**
- The NIC serves as a central point of contact for the dissemination
- of program and procurement information, procurement forecasts,
- forms, data, public laws, orders and other similar information of
- interest to the small business community.
**Toll Free: 800-532-1169**

## OSDBU

**FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE DIVISION**
**SHORT TERM LENDING PROGRAM (STLP)**
- Guarantee loan program to assist certified small businesses as they work on DOT-funded and DOT-assisted transportation related contracts at the local, state and federal levels

## OSDBU

**SHORT-TERM LENDING PROGRAM**
- Provides line of credit for accounts receivable arising from transportation related contracts
- Primary collateral is proceeds of the transportation contract(s)
- Can be renewed (max. length in program is 5 yrs)
- Maximum loan amount $750,000
- Funds are borrowed against each invoice of the contract(s)
- Repayment occurs as the project owner or prime contractor pays the invoice
- Interest rate – Prime plus two percent

## OSDBU

***SHORT-TERM LENDING PROGRAM***
- A company must have a transportation related contract  (maintenance, rehabilitation, restructuring, improvement, revitalization)
- Certified as a DBE by an agency applying DOT certification guidelines or as a small business by the U.S. Small Business Administration

## OSDBU

**SHORT-TERM LENDING PROGRAM**
**NON ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES**
- X Contract mobilization; equipment purchases or other long term uses; refinance of existing debt; payment of non-current taxes; distributions or other payments to stock holders**.**

## OSDBU

***SHORT-TERM LENDING PROGRAM***
- The STLP is administered by the DOT OSDBU through cooperative agreements between DOT and several STLP banks
- Loan documentation and financing transactions are performed by the STLP bank

##                   OSDBU

**STLP PARTICIPATING LENDERS:**
- Citizens Trust Bank, Atlanta, GA
- Native American Bank, Denver, CO
- Continental Bank of Miami, Miami, FL
- Legacy Bank, Milwaukee, WI
- City National Bank of New Jersey, Newark, NJ
- Cardinal Bank, Washington, DC
- Adams Bank, Washington, DC

## OSDBU

***SHORT-TERM LENDING PROGRAM***
***HOW TO APPLY***
- Go to OSDBU Website at:
- _[http://osdbu.dot.gov/documents/pdf/stlp/stlpapp.pdf](http://osdbu.dot.gov/documents/pdf/stlp/stlpapp.pdf)_

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**FINAL TIPS**
- Central Contractor Registration (CCR)
- Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOpps)
- Small Business Administration (SBA)
- Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE)
- General Services Administration (GSA)
- Federal Procurement Data System – Next Generation (FPDS-NG)
- Read RFP carefully and fully
- Timeliness

## OSDBU

**Call us:** 			(800) 532-1169
**Write us:****	**		U.S. Department of Transportation
- 				Office of Small and Disadvantaged
- 				Business Utilization (OSDBU)
- 				1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE, Room W56-489
- 				Washington, DC 20590
**Fax us:** 			(202) 366-7538
**Visit the OSDBU website at:** 	_[http://www.osdbu.dot.gov](http://www.osdbu.dot.gov/)_
**Visit the DOT website at:** 	_[http://www.dot.gov](http://www.dot.gov/)__ _