OFFICE OF SMALL AND DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS UTILIZATION (OSDBU)

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OFFICE OF SMALL AND DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS
UTILIZATION (OSDBU) Doing Business with DOT
DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE AND SMALL
BUSINESS PROGRAMS TRAINING CONFERENCE October 30
November 1, 2007Tampa, Florida Denise
Rodriguez-Lopez
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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

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OSDBU

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

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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)

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U.S. Department of Transportation Office of Small
and Disadvantaged Business Utilization
OSDBU
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OSDBU

• Secretary Mary E. Peters

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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.
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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

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

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• 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 Governments 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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• 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

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• 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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US DOT SBTRC REGIONS
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands
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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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.

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• 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

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• 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

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• SHORT-TERM LENDING PROGRAM
• HOW TO APPLY
• Go to OSDBU Website at
• http//osdbu.dot.gov/documents/pdf/stlp/stlpapp.pd
  f

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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

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OSDBU

• Call us [phone]
• 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 [phone]
• Visit the OSDBU website at http//www.osdbu.dot.
  gov
• Visit the DOT website at http//www.dot.gov