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| 49:49:1.0.1.1.16.1.3.1 | 49 | Transportation | A | 23 | PART 23—PARTICIPATION OF DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE IN AIRPORT CONCESSIONS | A | Subpart A—General | § 23.1 What are the objectives of this part? | DOT | [70 FR 14508, Mar. 22, 2005, as amended at 89 FR 24956, Apr. 9, 2024; 90 FR 47977, Oct. 3, 2025] | This part seeks to achieve several objectives: (a) To ensure nondiscrimination in the award and administration of opportunities for concessions by airports receiving DOT financial assistance; (b) To create a level playing field on which ACDBEs can compete fairly for opportunities for concessions; (c) To ensure that the Department's ACDBE program operates in a nondiscriminatory manner and without regard to race or sex, while maximizing efficiency of service; (d) To ensure that only firms that fully meet this part's eligibility standards are permitted to participate as ACDBEs; (e) To help remove barriers to the participation of ACDBEs in opportunities for concessions at airports receiving DOT financial assistance; (f) To promote the use of ACDBEs in all types of concessions activities at airports receiving DOT financial assistance; (g) To assist the development of firms that can compete successfully in the marketplace outside the ACDBE program; and (h) To provide appropriate flexibility to airports receiving DOT financial assistance in establishing and providing opportunities for ACDBEs. | ||||
| 49:49:1.0.1.1.16.1.3.2 | 49 | Transportation | A | 23 | PART 23—PARTICIPATION OF DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE IN AIRPORT CONCESSIONS | A | Subpart A—General | § 23.3 What do the terms used in this part mean? | DOT | [89 FR 24956, Apr. 9, 2024, as amended at 90 FR 47977, Oct. 3, 2025] | ACDBE-conscious measure or program is one that is focused specifically on assisting only ACDBEs. ACDBE-neutral measure or program is one that is, or can be, used to assist all small business concerns. Administrator means the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Affiliation has the same meaning the term has in the Small Business Administration (SBA) regulations, 13 CFR part 121, except that the provisions of SBA regulations concerning affiliation in the context of joint ventures (13 CFR 121.103(h)) do not apply to this part. (1) Except as otherwise provided in 13 CFR part 121, concerns are affiliates of each other when, either directly or indirectly: (i) One concern controls or has the power to control the other; or (ii) A third party or parties controls or has the power to control both; or (iii) An identity of interest between or among parties exists such that affiliation may be found. (2) In determining whether affiliation exists, it is necessary to consider all appropriate factors, including common ownership, common management, and contractual relationships. Affiliates must be considered together in determining whether a concern meets small business size criteria and the statutory cap on the participation of firms in the ACDBE program. Airport Concession Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (ACDBE) means a firm seeking to operate as a concession that is a for-profit small business concern— (1) That is at least 51 percent owned by one or more individuals who are both socially and economically disadvantaged or, in the case of a corporation, in which 51 percent of the stock is owned by one or more such individuals; and (2) Whose management and daily business operations are controlled by one or more of the socially and economically disadvantaged individuals who own it. Alaska Native means a citizen of the United States who is a person of one-fourth degree or more Alaskan Indian (including Tsimshian Indians not enrolled in the Metlakatla Indian Community), Eskimo, or Aleut blood… | ||||
| 49:49:1.0.1.1.16.1.3.3 | 49 | Transportation | A | 23 | PART 23—PARTICIPATION OF DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE IN AIRPORT CONCESSIONS | A | Subpart A—General | § 23.5 To whom does this part apply? | DOT | If you are a recipient that has received a grant for airport development at any time after January 1988 that was authorized under Title 49 of the United States Code, this part applies to you. | |||||
| 49:49:1.0.1.1.16.1.3.4 | 49 | Transportation | A | 23 | PART 23—PARTICIPATION OF DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE IN AIRPORT CONCESSIONS | A | Subpart A—General | § 23.7 Program reviews. | DOT | [75 FR 16358, Apr. 1, 2010] | In 2010, and thereafter at the discretion of the Secretary, the Department will initiate a review of the ACDBE program to determine what, if any, modifications should be made to this part. | ||||
| 49:49:1.0.1.1.16.1.3.5 | 49 | Transportation | A | 23 | PART 23—PARTICIPATION OF DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE IN AIRPORT CONCESSIONS | A | Subpart A—General | § 23.9 What are the nondiscrimination and assurance requirements of this part for recipients? | DOT | (a) As a recipient, you must meet the non-discrimination requirements provided in part 26, § 26.7 with respect to the award and performance of any concession agreement, management contract or subcontract, purchase or lease agreement, or other agreement covered by this subpart. (b) You must also take all necessary and reasonable steps to ensure nondiscrimination in the award and administration of contracts and agreements covered by this part. (c) You must include the following assurances in all concession agreements and management contracts you execute with any firm after April 21, 2005: (1) “This agreement is subject to the requirements of the U.S. Department of Transportation's regulations, 49 CFR part 23. The concessionaire or contractor agrees that it will not discriminate against any business owner because of the owner's race, color, national origin, or sex in connection with the award or performance of any concession agreement, management contract, or subcontract, purchase or lease agreement, or other agreement covered by 49 CFR part 23. (2) “The concessionaire or contractor agrees to include the above statements in any subsequent concession agreement or contract covered by 49 CFR part 23, that it enters and cause those businesses to similarly include the statements in further agreements.” | |||||
| 49:49:1.0.1.1.16.1.3.6 | 49 | Transportation | A | 23 | PART 23—PARTICIPATION OF DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE IN AIRPORT CONCESSIONS | A | Subpart A—General | § 23.11 What compliance and enforcement provisions are used under this part? | DOT | [70 FR 14508, Mar. 22, 2005, as amended at 72 FR 15616, Apr. 2, 2007] | The compliance and enforcement provisions of part 26 (§§ 26.101 and 26.105 through 26.109) apply to this part in the same way that they apply to FAA recipients and programs under part 26. | ||||
| 49:49:1.0.1.1.16.1.3.7 | 49 | Transportation | A | 23 | PART 23—PARTICIPATION OF DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE IN AIRPORT CONCESSIONS | A | Subpart A—General | § 23.13 How does the Department issue guidance, interpretations, exemptions, and waivers pertaining to this part? | DOT | [70 FR 14508, Mar. 22, 2005, as amended at 72 FR 15616, Apr. 2, 2007; 89 FR 24958, Apr. 9, 2024] | (a) Only guidance and interpretations (including interpretations set forth in certification appeal decisions) consistent with this part 23 and issued after April 21, 2005, express the official positions and views of the Department of Transportation or the Federal Aviation Administration. (b) The Secretary of Transportation, Office of the Secretary of Transportation, and the FAA may issue written interpretations or written guidance concerning this part. Written interpretations and guidance are valid, and express the official positions and views of the Department of Transportation or the FAA, only if they are issued over the signature of the Secretary of Transportation or if they contain the following statement: The General Counsel of the Department of Transportation has reviewed this document and approved it as consistent with the language and intent of 49 CFR part 23. The General Counsel of the Department of Transportation has reviewed this document and approved it as consistent with the language and intent of 49 CFR part 23. (c) You may apply for an exemption from any provision of this part. To apply, you must request the exemption in writing from the Office of the Secretary of Transportation or the FAA. The Secretary will grant the request only if it documents special or exceptional circumstances, not likely to be generally applicable, and not contemplated in connection with the rulemaking that established this part, that make your compliance with a specific provision of this part impractical. You must agree to take any steps that the Department specifies to comply with the intent of the provision from which an exemption is granted. The Secretary will issue a written response to all exemption requests. (d) You can apply for a waiver of any provision of subpart B or D of this part including, but not limited to, any provisions regarding administrative requirements, overall goals, contract goals or good faith efforts. Program waivers authorize you to operate an ACDBE program that achieves the objectives of th… | ||||
| 49:49:1.0.1.1.16.2.3.1 | 49 | Transportation | A | 23 | PART 23—PARTICIPATION OF DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE IN AIRPORT CONCESSIONS | B | Subpart B—ACDBE Programs | § 23.21 Who must submit an ACDBE program to FAA, and when? | DOT | [89 FR 24958, Apr. 9, 2024] | (a) If you are a primary airport and receive FAA financial assistance, you must submit an ACDBE program plan meeting the requirements of this part to the FAA for approval. (1) The recipient must submit this program plan on the same schedule as provided for in 23.45(a) of this part. (2) Timely submission and FAA approval of a recipient's ACDBE program plan is a condition of eligibility for FAA financial assistance. (b) If you are a primary airport that does not have an ACDBE program, and you apply for a grant of FAA funds for airport planning and development under 49 U.S.C. 47107 et seq., you must submit an ACDBE program plan to the FAA at the time of your application. Timely submission and FAA approval of your ACDBE program are conditions of eligibility for FAA financial assistance. (c) If you are the owner of more than one airport that is required to have an ACDBE program, you may implement one plan for all your locations. However, you must establish a separate ACDBE goal for each airport. (d) If a recipient makes any significant changes to their ACDBE program at any time, the recipient must provide the amended program to the FAA for approval before implementing the changes. (e) If a recipient is a non-primary airport, non-commercial service airport, a general aviation airport, reliever airport, or any other airport that does not have scheduled commercial service, it is not required to have an ACDBE program. However, the recipient must take appropriate outreach steps to encourage available ACDBEs to participate as concessionaires whenever there is a concession opportunity. | ||||
| 49:49:1.0.1.1.16.2.3.2 | 49 | Transportation | A | 23 | PART 23—PARTICIPATION OF DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE IN AIRPORT CONCESSIONS | B | Subpart B—ACDBE Programs | § 23.23 What administrative provisions must be in a recipient's ACDBE program? | DOT | [70 FR 14508, Mar. 22, 2005, as amended at 89 FR 24959, Apr. 9, 2024] | (a) If, as a recipient that must have an ACDBE program, the program must include provisions for a policy statement, liaison officer, and directory, as provided in part 26, §§ 26.23, 26.25, and 26.31, as well as certification of ACDBEs as provided by Subpart C of this part. You must include a statement in your program committing you to operating your ACDBE program in a nondiscriminatory manner. (b) You may combine your provisions for implementing these requirements under this part and part 26 ( e.g. , a single policy statement can cover both Federally-assisted airport contracts and concessions; the same individual can act as the liaison officer for both part 23 and part 26 matters). (c) You must thoroughly investigate the full extent of services offered by financial institutions owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals in their community and make reasonable efforts to use these institutions. You must also encourage prime concessionaires to use such institutions. | ||||
| 49:49:1.0.1.1.16.2.3.3 | 49 | Transportation | A | 23 | PART 23—PARTICIPATION OF DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE IN AIRPORT CONCESSIONS | B | Subpart B—ACDBE Programs | § 23.25 What measures must recipients include in their ACDBE programs to ensure nondiscriminatory participation of ACDBEs in concessions? | DOT | [70 FR 14508, Mar. 22, 2005, as amended at 89 FR 24959, Apr. 9, 2024; 90 FR 47978, Oct. 3, 2025] | (a) You must include in your ACDBE program a narrative description of the types of measures you intend to make to ensure nondiscriminatory participation of ACDBEs in concession and other covered activities. (b) Your ACDBE program must provide for setting goals consistent with the requirements of Subpart D of this part. (c) Your ACDBE program must provide for seeking ACDBE participation in all types of concession activities, rather than concentrating participation in one category or a few categories to the exclusion of others. (d) Your ACDBE program must include ACDBE-neutral measures that you will take. You must maximize the use of ACDBE-neutral measures, obtaining as much as possible of the ACDBE participation needed to meet overall goals through such measures. These are responsibilities that you directly undertake as a recipient, in addition to the efforts that concessionaires make, to obtain ACDBE participation. The following are examples of ACDBE-neutral measures you can implement: (1) Locating and identifying ACDBEs and other small businesses who may be interested in participating as concessionaires under this part; (2) Notifying ACDBEs of concession opportunities and encouraging them to compete, when appropriate; (3) When practical, structuring concession activities to encourage and facilitate the participation of ACDBEs; (4) Providing technical assistance to ACDBEs in overcoming limitations, such as inability to obtain bonding or financing; (5) Ensuring that competitors for concession opportunities are informed during pre-solicitation meetings about how the recipient's ACDBE program will affect the procurement process; (6) Providing information concerning the availability of ACDBE firms to competitors to assist them in obtaining ACDBE participation; and (7) Establishing a business development program ( see § 26.35 of this chapter); technical assistance program; or taking other steps to foster ACDBE participation in concessions. (e) Your ACDBE program must also provide for the use of ACDBE-consc… | ||||
| 49:49:1.0.1.1.16.2.3.4 | 49 | Transportation | A | 23 | PART 23—PARTICIPATION OF DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE IN AIRPORT CONCESSIONS | B | Subpart B—ACDBE Programs | § 23.26 Fostering small business participation. | DOT | [89 FR 24959, Apr. 9, 2024, as amended at 90 FR 47978, Oct. 3, 2025] | (a) Your ACDBE program must include an element to provide for the structuring of concession opportunities to facilitate competition by small business concerns, taking all reasonable steps to eliminate obstacles to their participation, including unnecessary and unjustified bundling of concession opportunities that may preclude small business participation in solicitations. (b) This element must be submitted to the FAA for approval as a part of your ACDBE program. As part of this program element, you may include, but are not limited to including, the following strategies: (1) Establish an ACDBE-neutral small business set-aside for certain concession opportunities. Such a strategy would include the rationale for selecting small business set-aside concession opportunities that may include consideration of size and availability of small businesses to operate the concession. (2) Consider the concession opportunities available through all concession models. (3) On concession opportunities that do not include ACDBE contract goals, require all concession models to provide subleasing opportunities of a size that small businesses, including ACDBEs, can reasonably operate. (4) Identify alternative concession contracting approaches to facilitate the ability of small businesses, including ACDBEs, to compete for and obtain direct leasing opportunities. (c) This element should include an objective, definition of small business, verification process, monitoring plan, and implementation timeline. (d) Your element must include the following assurances: (1) Your element is authorized under State law; (2) Certified ACDBEs that meet the size criteria established under your element are presumptively eligible to participate in your element; (3) There are no geographic preferences or limitations imposed on any concession opportunities included in your element; (4) There are no limits on the number of concession opportunities awarded to firms participating in your element but that every effort will be made to avoid creating bar… | ||||
| 49:49:1.0.1.1.16.2.3.5 | 49 | Transportation | A | 23 | PART 23—PARTICIPATION OF DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE IN AIRPORT CONCESSIONS | B | Subpart B—ACDBE Programs | § 23.27 What information does a recipient have to retain and report about implementation of its ACDBE program? | DOT | [70 FR 14508, Mar. 22, 2005, as amended at 89 FR 24960, Apr. 9, 2024; 90 FR 47978, Oct. 3, 2025] | (a) As a recipient, you must retain sufficient basic information about your program implementation, your certification of ACDBEs, and the award and performance of agreements and contracts to enable the FAA to determine your compliance with this part. You must retain this data for a minimum of three years following the end of the concession agreement or other covered contract. (b) You must submit an annual report on ACDBE participation to the FAA by March 1 following the end of each fiscal year. This report must be submitted in the format acceptable to the FAA and contain all of the information described in the Uniform Report of ACDBE Participation. (c) You must create and maintain active participants list information as described in paragraph (c)(2) of this section and enter it into a system designated by the FAA. (1) The purpose of this active participants list is to ensure that you have the most accurate data possible about the universe of ACDBE and non-ACDBEs who seek work in your airport concessions program as a tool to help you set your overall goals, and to provide the Department with data for evaluating the extent to which the objectives of § 23.1 are being achieved. (2) You must obtain the following active participants list information about ACDBE and non-ACDBEs who seek to work on each of your concession opportunities. (i) Firm name; (ii) Firm address including ZIP code; (iii) Firm status as an ACDBE or non-ACDBE; (iv) NAICS code applicable to the concession contract in which the firm is seeking to perform; (v) Age of the firm; and (vi) The annual gross receipts of the firm. You may obtain this information by asking each firm to indicate into what gross receipts bracket they fit ( e.g., less than $1 million; $1-3 million; $3-6 million; $6-10 million, etc.) rather than requesting an exact figure from the firm. (3) You must collect the data from all active participants for your concession opportunities by requiring the information in paragraph (c)(2) of this section to be submitted with their p… | ||||
| 49:49:1.0.1.1.16.2.3.6 | 49 | Transportation | A | 23 | PART 23—PARTICIPATION OF DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE IN AIRPORT CONCESSIONS | B | Subpart B—ACDBE Programs | § 23.29 What monitoring and compliance procedures must recipients follow? | DOT | [77 FR 36931, June 20, 2012] | As a recipient, you must implement appropriate mechanisms to ensure compliance with the requirements of this part by all participants in the program. You must include in your concession program the specific provisions to be inserted into concession agreements and management contracts setting forth the enforcement mechanisms and other means you use to ensure compliance. These provisions must include a monitoring and enforcement mechanism to verify that the work committed to ACDBEs is actually performed by the ACDBEs. This mechanism must include a written certification that you have reviewed records of all contracts, leases, joint venture agreements, or other concession-related agreements and monitored the work on-site at your airport for this purpose. The monitoring to which this paragraph refers may be conducted in conjunction with monitoring of concession performance for other purposes. | ||||
| 49:49:1.0.1.1.16.3.3.1 | 49 | Transportation | A | 23 | PART 23—PARTICIPATION OF DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE IN AIRPORT CONCESSIONS | C | Subpart C—Certification and Eligibility of ACDBEs | § 23.31 What certification standards and procedures do recipients use to certify ACDBEs? | DOT | [70 FR 14508, Mar. 22, 2005, as amended at 89 FR 24960, Apr. 9, 2024] | (a) As a recipient, you must use, except as provided in this subpart, the procedures and standards of part 26, §§ 26.61-91 for certification of ACDBEs to participate in your concessions program. Your ACDBE program must incorporate the use of these standards and procedures and must provide that certification decisions for ACDBEs will be made by the Unified Certification Program (UCP) in your state ( see part 26, § 26.81). (b) The UCP's directory of eligible DBEs must specify whether a firm is certified as a DBE for purposes of part 26, an ACDBE for purposes of part 23, or both. | ||||
| 49:49:1.0.1.1.16.3.3.2 | 49 | Transportation | A | 23 | PART 23—PARTICIPATION OF DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE IN AIRPORT CONCESSIONS | C | Subpart C—Certification and Eligibility of ACDBEs | § 23.33 What size standards do recipients use to determine the eligibility of applicants and ACDBEs? | DOT | [89 FR 24960, Apr. 9, 2024] | (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, recipients must treat a firm as a small business eligible to be certified as an ACDBE if the gross receipts of the applicant firm and its affiliates, calculated in accordance with 13 CFR 121.104 averaged over the firm's previous five fiscal years, do not exceed $56.42 million. (b) The following types of businesses have size standards that differ from the standard set forth in paragraph (a) of this section: (1) Banks and financial institutions. $1 billion in assets; (2) Passenger car rental companies. $75.23 million average annual gross receipts over the firm's previous five fiscal years; (3) Pay telephones. 1,500 employees; and (4) New car dealers. 350 employees. (c) For size purposes, gross receipts (as defined in 13 CFR 121.104(a)), of affiliates should be included in a manner consistent with 13 CFR 121.104(d), except in the context of joint ventures. For gross receipts attributable to joint venture partners, a firm must include in its gross receipts its proportionate share of joint venture receipts, unless the proportionate share already is accounted for in receipts reflecting transactions between the firm and its joint ventures ( e.g., subcontracts from a joint venture entity to joint venture partners). | ||||
| 49:49:1.0.1.1.16.3.3.3 | 49 | Transportation | A | 23 | PART 23—PARTICIPATION OF DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE IN AIRPORT CONCESSIONS | C | Subpart C—Certification and Eligibility of ACDBEs | § 23.35 What role do business development and mentor-protégé programs have in the DBE program? | DOT | [89 FR 55088, July 3, 2024] | (a) An owner whose PNW exceeds $2,047,000 is not presumed economically disadvantaged. (b) The Department will adjust the PNW cap by May 9, 2027 by multiplying $1,600,000 by the growth in total household net worth since 2019 as described by “Financial Accounts of the United States: Balance Sheet of Households (Supplementary Table B.101.h)” produced by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve ( https://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/z1/ ), and normalized by the total number of households as collected by the Census in “Families and Living Arrangements” ( https://www.census.gov/topics/families/families-and-households.html ) to account for population growth. The Department will adjust the PNW cap every 3 years on the anniversary of the adjustment date described in this section. The Department will post the adjustments on the Departmental Office of Civil Rights' web page, available at https://www.Transportation.gov/DBEPNW. Each such adjustment will become the currently applicable PNW limit for purposes of this regulation. (c) The Department will use formula 1 to this paragraph (c) to adjust the PNW limit: | ||||
| 49:49:1.0.1.1.16.3.3.4 | 49 | Transportation | A | 23 | PART 23—PARTICIPATION OF DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE IN AIRPORT CONCESSIONS | C | Subpart C—Certification and Eligibility of ACDBEs | § 23.37 Are firms certified under 49 CFR part 26 eligible to participate as ACDBEs? | DOT | [70 FR 14508, Mar. 22, 2005, as amended at 89 FR 24961, Apr. 9, 2024] | (a) You must presume that a firm that is certified as a DBE under part 26 is eligible to participate as an ACDBE. By meeting the size, disadvantage (including personal net worth), ownership and control standards of part 26, the firm will have also met the eligibility standards for part 23. (b) However, before certifying such a firm, you must ensure that the disadvantaged owners of a DBE certified under part 26 are able to control the firm with respect to its activity in the concessions program. In addition, you are not required to certify a part 26 DBE as a part 23 ACDBE if the firm does not perform work or provide services relevant to the airport's concessions program. | ||||
| 49:49:1.0.1.1.16.3.3.5 | 49 | Transportation | A | 23 | PART 23—PARTICIPATION OF DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE IN AIRPORT CONCESSIONS | C | Subpart C—Certification and Eligibility of ACDBEs | § 23.39 What are other ACDBE certification requirements? | DOT | [89 FR 24961, Apr. 9, 2024] | (a) The provisions of § 26.83(c)(1) of this chapter do not apply to certifications for purposes of this part. Instead, in determining whether a firm is an eligible ACDBE, you must take the following steps: (1) Visit the firm's principal place of business, virtually or in person, and interview the SEDO, officers, and key personnel. You must review those persons' résumés and/or work histories. You must maintain a complete audio recording of the interviews. The certifier must also visit one or more active job sites (if there is one). These activities comprise the “on-site review” (OSR), a written report of which the certifier must keep in its files. (2) Analyze documentation related to the legal structure, ownership, and control of the applicant firm. This includes, but is not limited to, articles of incorporation/organization; corporate by-laws or operating agreements; organizational, annual and board/member meeting records; stock ledgers and certificates; and State-issued certificates of good standing; (3) Analyze the bonding and financial capacity of the firm; lease and loan agreements; and bank account signature cards; (4) Determine the work history of the firm, including any concession contracts or other contracts it may have received; and payroll records; (5) Obtain or compile a list of the licenses of the firm and its key personnel to perform the concession contracts or other contracts it wishes to receive; (6) Obtain a statement from the firm of the type(s) of concession(s) it prefers to operate or the type(s) of other contract(s) it prefers to perform; (7) Obtain complete Federal income tax returns (or requests for extensions) filed by the firm, its affiliates, and the socially and economically disadvantaged owners for the last 5 years. A complete return includes all forms, schedules, and statements filed with the Internal Revenue Service; and (8) Require applicants for ACDBE certification to complete and submit an appropriate application form, except as otherwise provided in § 26.85 of this chapter… | ||||
| 49:49:1.0.1.1.16.4.3.1 | 49 | Transportation | A | 23 | PART 23—PARTICIPATION OF DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE IN AIRPORT CONCESSIONS | D | Subpart D—Goals, Good Faith Efforts, and Counting | § 23.41 What is the basic overall goal requirement for recipients? | DOT | [70 FR 14508, Mar. 22, 2005, as amended at 90 FR 47978, Oct. 3, 2025] | (a) If you are a recipient who must implement an ACDBE program, you must, except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, establish two separate overall ACDBE goals. The first is for car rentals; the second is for concessions other than car rentals. (b) If your annual car rental concession revenues, averaged over the three-years preceding the date on which you are required to submit overall goals, do not exceed $200,000, you are not required to submit a car rental overall goal. If your annual revenues for concessions other than car rentals, averaged over the three years preceding the date on which you are required to submit overall goals, do not exceed $200,000, you are not required to submit a non-car rental overall goal. (c) Each overall goal must cover a three-year period. You must review your goals annually to make sure they continue to fit your circumstances appropriately. You must report to the FAA any significant adjustments that you make to your goal in the time before your next scheduled submission. (d) Effective October 3, 2025, you are not required to update your overall goals until the UCP that covers you has completed the reevaluation process described in § 23.81. (e) If you fail to establish and implement goals as provided in this section, you are not in compliance with this part. If you establish and implement goals in a way different from that provided in this part, you are not in compliance with this part. If you fail to comply with this requirement, you are not eligible to receive FAA financial assistance. | ||||
| 49:49:1.0.1.1.16.4.3.10 | 49 | Transportation | A | 23 | PART 23—PARTICIPATION OF DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE IN AIRPORT CONCESSIONS | D | Subpart D—Goals, Good Faith Efforts, and Counting | § 23.59 What is the role of the statutory 10 percent goal in the ACDBE program? | DOT | [70 FR 14508, Mar. 22, 2005, as amended at 89 FR 24962, Apr. 9, 2024] | (a) The statute authorizing the ACDBE program provides that, except to the extent the Secretary determines otherwise, not less than 10 percent of concession businesses are to be ACDBEs. (b) This 10 percent goal is an aspirational goal at the national level, which the Department uses as a tool in evaluating and monitoring ACDBEs' opportunities to participate in airport concessions. (c) The national 10 percent aspirational goal does not authorize or require recipients to set overall or concession-specific goals at the 10 percent level, or any other particular level, or to take any special administrative steps if their goals are above or below 10 percent. | ||||
| 49:49:1.0.1.1.16.4.3.11 | 49 | Transportation | A | 23 | PART 23—PARTICIPATION OF DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE IN AIRPORT CONCESSIONS | D | Subpart D—Goals, Good Faith Efforts, and Counting | § 23.61 Can recipients use quotas or set-asides as part of their ACDBE programs? | DOT | You must not use quotas or set-asides for ACDBE participation in your program. | |||||
| 49:49:1.0.1.1.16.4.3.2 | 49 | Transportation | A | 23 | PART 23—PARTICIPATION OF DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE IN AIRPORT CONCESSIONS | D | Subpart D—Goals, Good Faith Efforts, and Counting | § 23.43 What are the consultation requirements in the development of recipients' overall goals? | DOT | [70 FR 14508, Mar. 22, 2005, as amended at 89 FR 24961, Apr. 9, 2024; 90 FR 47978, Oct. 3, 2025] | (a) As a recipient, you must consult with stakeholders before submitting your overall goals to FAA. (b) Stakeholders with whom you must consult include, but are not limited to, business groups, community organizations, trade associations representing concessionaires currently located at the airport, as well as existing concessionaires themselves, and other officials or organizations that could be expected to have information concerning the availability of disadvantaged businesses and the recipient's efforts to increase participation of ACDBEs. (c) The requirements of this section do not apply if no new concession opportunities will become available during the goal period. However, recipients must take appropriate outreach steps to encourage available ACDBEs to participate as concessionaires whenever there is a concession opportunity. | ||||
| 49:49:1.0.1.1.16.4.3.3 | 49 | Transportation | A | 23 | PART 23—PARTICIPATION OF DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE IN AIRPORT CONCESSIONS | D | Subpart D—Goals, Good Faith Efforts, and Counting | § 23.45 What are the requirements for submitting overall goal information to the FAA? | DOT | [70 FR 14508, Mar. 22, 2005, as amended at 77 FR 36931, June 20, 2012; 89 FR 24962, Apr. 9, 2024; 90 FR 47978, Oct. 3, 2025] | (a) You must submit your overall goals to the appropriate FAA Regional Civil Rights Office for approval. Your overall goals meeting the requirements of this subpart are due based on a schedule established by the FAA and posted on the FAA's website. (b) You must then submit goals every three years based on the published schedule. (c) Timely submission and FAA approval of your overall goals is a condition of eligibility for FAA financial assistance. (d) In the time before you make your first submission under paragraph (a) of this section, you must continue to use the overall goals that have been approved by the FAA before the effective date of this part. (e) Your overall goal submission must include a description of the method used to calculate your goals and the data you relied on. You must “show your work” to enable the FAA to understand how you concluded your goals were appropriate. This means that you must provide to the FAA the data, calculations, assumptions, and reasoning used in establishing your goals. (f) Your submission must include your projection of the portions of your overall goals you propose to meet through use of ACDBE-neutral and ACDBE-conscious means, respectively, and the basis for making this projection (see § 23.51(d)(5)). (g) FAA may approve or disapprove the way you calculated your goal, including your ACDBE-neutral/ACDBE-conscious “split,” as part of its review of your plan or goal submission. Except as provided in paragraph (h) of this section, the FAA does not approve or disapprove the goal itself ( i.e., the number). (h) If the FAA determines that your goals have not been correctly calculated or the justification is inadequate, the FAA may, after consulting with you, adjust your overall goal or ACDBE-neutral/ACDBE-conscious “split.” The adjusted goal represents the FAA's determination of an appropriate overall goal for ACDBE participation in the recipient's concession program, based on relevant data and analysis. The adjusted goal is binding. (i) If a new concession opportunity… | ||||
| 49:49:1.0.1.1.16.4.3.4 | 49 | Transportation | A | 23 | PART 23—PARTICIPATION OF DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE IN AIRPORT CONCESSIONS | D | Subpart D—Goals, Good Faith Efforts, and Counting | § 23.47 What is the base for a recipient's goal for concessions other than car rentals? | DOT | (a) As a recipient, the base for your goal includes the total gross receipts of concessions, except as otherwise provided in this section. (b) This base does not include the gross receipts of car rental operations. (c) The dollar amount of a management contract or subcontract with a non-ACDBE and the gross receipts of business activities to which a management or subcontract with a non-ACDBE pertains are not added to this base. (d) This base does not include any portion of a firm's estimated gross receipts that will not be generated from a concession. | |||||
| 49:49:1.0.1.1.16.4.3.5 | 49 | Transportation | A | 23 | PART 23—PARTICIPATION OF DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE IN AIRPORT CONCESSIONS | D | Subpart D—Goals, Good Faith Efforts, and Counting | § 23.49 What is the base for a recipient's goal for car rentals? | DOT | Except in the case where you use the alternative goal approach of § 23.51(c)(5)(ii), the base for your goal is the total gross receipts of car rental operations at your airport. You do not include gross receipts of other concessions in this base. | |||||
| 49:49:1.0.1.1.16.4.3.6 | 49 | Transportation | A | 23 | PART 23—PARTICIPATION OF DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE IN AIRPORT CONCESSIONS | D | Subpart D—Goals, Good Faith Efforts, and Counting | § 23.51 How are a recipient's overall goals expressed and calculated? | DOT | [70 FR 14508, Mar. 22, 2005, as amended at 89 FR 24962, Apr. 9, 2024; 90 FR 47978, Oct. 3, 2025] | (a) Your objective in setting a goal is to estimate the percentage of the base calculated under §§ 23.47 through 23.49 that would be performed by ACDBEs in the absence of social and economic disadvantage and its effects. (1) This percentage is the estimated ACDBE participation that would occur if there were a “level playing field” for firms to work as concessionaires for your airport. (2) In conducting this goal setting process, you are determining the extent, if any, to which the firms in your market area have been impacted by social and economic disadvantage in connection with concession opportunities or related business opportunities. (3) You must complete the goal-setting process separately for each of the two overall goals identified in § 23.41 of this part. (b)(1) Each overall concessions goal must be based on demonstrable evidence of the availability of ready, willing and able ACDBEs relative to all businesses ready, willing and able to participate in your ACDBE program (hereafter, the “relative availability of ACDBEs”). (2) You cannot simply rely on the 10 percent national aspirational goal, your previous overall goal, or past ACDBE participation rates in your program without reference to the relative availability of ACDBEs in your market. (3) Your market area is defined by the geographical area in which the substantial majority of firms which seek to do concessions business with the airport are located and the geographical area in which the firms which receive the substantial majority of concessions-related revenues are located. Your market area may be different for different types of concessions. (c) Step 1. You must begin your goal setting process by determining a base figure for the relative availability of ACDBEs. The following are examples of approaches that you may take toward determining a base figure. These examples are provided as a starting point for your goal setting process. Any percentage figure derived from one of these examples should be considered a basis from which you begin whe… | ||||
| 49:49:1.0.1.1.16.4.3.7 | 49 | Transportation | A | 23 | PART 23—PARTICIPATION OF DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE IN AIRPORT CONCESSIONS | D | Subpart D—Goals, Good Faith Efforts, and Counting | § 23.53 How do car rental companies count ACDBE participation toward their goals? | DOT | [70 FR 14508, Mar. 22, 2005, as amended at 89 FR 24962, Apr. 9, 2024; 90 FR 47979, Oct. 3, 2025] | (a) As a car rental company, you may, in meeting the goal the airport has set for you, include purchases or leases of vehicles from any vendor that is a certified ACDBE. (b) As a car rental company, if you choose to meet the goal the airport has set for you by including purchases or leases of vehicles from an ACDBE vendor, you must also submit to the recipient documentation of the good faith efforts you have made to obtain ACDBE participation from other ACDBE providers of goods and services. (c) While this part does not require you to obtain ACDBE participation through direct ownership arrangements, you may count such participation toward the goal the airport has set for you. (d) The following special rules apply to counting participation related to car rental operations: (1) Count the entire amount of the cost charged by an ACDBE for repairing vehicles, provided that it is reasonable and not excessive as compared with fees customarily allowed for similar services. (2) Count the entire amount of the fee or commission charged by an ACDBE to manage a car rental concession under an agreement with the concessionaire toward ACDBE goals, provided that it is reasonable and not excessive as compared with fees customarily allowed for similar services. (3) Do not count any portion of a fee paid by a manufacturer to a car dealership for reimbursement of work performed under the manufacturer's warranty. (e) For other goods and services, count participation toward ACDBE goals as provided in part 26, § 26.55 and § 23.55 of this part. In the event of any conflict between these two sections, § 23.55 controls. (f) If you have a national or regional contract, count a pro-rated share of the amount of that contract toward the goals of each airport covered by the contract. Use the proportion of your applicable gross receipts as the basis for making this pro-rated assignment of ACDBE participation. (g) Effective October 3, 2025, you as a car rental company may not count any ACDBE participation toward the goal that an airport … | ||||
| 49:49:1.0.1.1.16.4.3.8 | 49 | Transportation | A | 23 | PART 23—PARTICIPATION OF DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE IN AIRPORT CONCESSIONS | D | Subpart D—Goals, Good Faith Efforts, and Counting | § 23.55 How do recipients count ACDBE participation toward goals for items other than car rentals? | DOT | [70 FR 14508, Mar. 22, 2005, as amended at 89 FR 24962, Apr. 9, 2024; 90 FR 47979, Oct. 3, 2025] | (a) You count only ACDBE participation that results from a commercially useful function. For purposes of this part, the term commercially useful function has the same meaning as in part 26, § 26.55(c), except that the requirements of § 26.55(c)(3) do not apply to concessions. (b) Count the total dollar value of gross receipts an ACDBE earns under a concession agreement and the total dollar value of a management contract or subcontract with an ACDBE toward the goal. However, if the ACDBE enters into a subconcession agreement or subcontract with a non-ACDBE, do not count any of the gross receipts earned by the non-ACDBE. (c) When an ACDBE performs as a subconcessionaire or subcontractor for a non-ACDBE, count only the portion of the gross receipts earned by the ACDBE under its subagreement. (d) When an ACDBE performs as a participant in a joint venture, count a portion of the gross receipts equal to the distinct, clearly defined portion of the work of the concession that the ACDBE performs with its own forces toward ACDBE goals. (e) Count 100 percent of fees or commissions charged by an ACDBE firm for a bona fide service, provided that, as the recipient, you determine this amount to be reasonable and not excessive as compared with fees customarily allowed for similar services. Such services may include, but are not limited to, professional, technical, consultant, legal, security systems, advertising, building cleaning and maintenance, computer programming, or managerial. (f) Count 100 percent of the cost of goods obtained from an ACDBE manufacturer. For purposes of this part, the term manufacturer has the same meaning as in part 26, § 26.55(e)(1)(ii). (g) Count 100 percent of the cost of goods purchased or leased from an ACDBE regular dealer. For purposes of this part, the term “regular dealer” has the same meaning as in part 26, § 26.55(e)(2)(ii). (h) Count credit toward ACDBE goals for goods purchased from an ACDBE which is neither a manufacturer nor a regular dealer as follows: (1) Count 100 percent of f… | ||||
| 49:49:1.0.1.1.16.4.3.9 | 49 | Transportation | A | 23 | PART 23—PARTICIPATION OF DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE IN AIRPORT CONCESSIONS | D | Subpart D—Goals, Good Faith Efforts, and Counting | § 23.57 What happens if a recipient falls short of meeting its overall goals? | DOT | [70 FR 14508, Mar. 22, 2005, as amended at 77 FR 36931, June 20, 2012; 89 FR 24962, Apr. 9, 2024; 90 FR 47979, Oct. 3, 2025] | (a) You cannot be penalized, or treated by the Department as being in noncompliance with this part, simply because your ACDBE participation falls short of your overall goals. You can be penalized or treated as being in noncompliance only if you have failed to administer your ACDBE program in good faith. (b) If the awards and commitments shown on your Uniform Report of ACDBE Participation (found in Appendix A to this Part) at the end of any fiscal year are less than the overall goal applicable to that fiscal year, you must do the following in order to be regarded by the Department as implementing your ACDBE program in good faith: (1) Analyze in detail the reasons for the difference between the overall goal and your awards and commitments in that fiscal year; (2) Establish specific steps and milestones to correct the problems you have identified in your analysis and to enable you to meet fully your goal for the new fiscal year; (3)(i) If you are a CORE 30 airport or other airport designated by the FAA, you must submit, by April 1, the analysis and corrective actions developed under paragraphs (b)(1) and (2) of this section to the FAA for approval. (ii) As an airport not meeting the criteria of paragraph (b)(3)(i) of this section, you must retain analysis and corrective actions in your records for three years and make it available to the FAA, on request, for their review. (4) The FAA may impose conditions on the recipient as part of its approval of the recipient's analysis and corrective actions including, but not limited to, modifications to your overall goal methodology, changes in your ACDBE-neutral/ACDBE-conscious split, or the introduction of additional ACDBE-neutral or ACDBE-conscious measures. (5) You may be regarded as being in noncompliance with this part, and therefore subject to the remedies in § 23.11 of this part and other applicable regulations, for failing to implement your ACDBE program in good faith if any of the following things occur: (i) You do not submit your analysis and corrective acti… | ||||
| 49:49:1.0.1.1.16.5.3.1 | 49 | Transportation | A | 23 | PART 23—PARTICIPATION OF DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE IN AIRPORT CONCESSIONS | E | Subpart E—Other Provisions | § 23.71 Does a recipient have to change existing concession agreements? | DOT | [70 FR 14508, Mar. 22, 2005, as amended at 89 FR 24962, Apr. 9, 2024] | When an extension or option to renew such an agreement is exercised, or when a material amendment is made, you must assess potential for ACDBE participation and may, if permitted by the agreement, use any means authorized by this part to obtain a modified amount of ACDBE participation in the renewed or amended agreement. | ||||
| 49:49:1.0.1.1.16.5.3.2 | 49 | Transportation | A | 23 | PART 23—PARTICIPATION OF DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE IN AIRPORT CONCESSIONS | E | Subpart E—Other Provisions | § 23.73 What requirements apply to privately-owned or leased terminal buildings? | DOT | (a) If you are a recipient who is required to implement an ACDBE program on whose airport there is a privately-owned or leased terminal building that has concessions, or any portion of such a building, this section applies to you. (b) You must pass through the applicable requirements of this part to the private terminal owner or lessee via your agreement with the owner or lessee or by other means. You must ensure that the terminal owner or lessee complies with the requirements of this part. (c) If your airport is a primary airport, you must obtain from the terminal owner or lessee the goals and other elements of the ACDBE program required under this part. You must incorporate this information into your concession plan and submit it to the FAA in accordance with this part. (d) If the terminal building is at a non-primary commercial service airport or general aviation airport or reliever airport, you must ensure that the owner complies with the requirements in § 23.21(e). | |||||
| 49:49:1.0.1.1.16.5.3.3 | 49 | Transportation | A | 23 | PART 23—PARTICIPATION OF DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE IN AIRPORT CONCESSIONS | E | Subpart E—Other Provisions | § 23.75 Can recipients enter into long-term, exclusive agreements with concessionaires? | DOT | [89 FR 24962, Apr. 9, 2024] | (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, you must not enter into long-term, exclusive agreements for concessions. (1) For purposes of this section, a long-term agreement is one having a term of more than ten years, including any combination of base term and options or holdovers to extend the term of the agreement, if the effect is a term of more than ten years. (2) For purposes of this section, an exclusive agreement is one having a type of business activity that is conducted solely by a single business entity on the entire airport, irrespective of ACDBE participation. (b) You may enter into a long-term, exclusive concession agreement only under the following conditions: (1) Special local circumstances exist that make it important to enter such agreement; and (2) The responsible FAA regional office approves your plan for meeting the standards of paragraph (c) of this section. (c) In order to obtain FAA approval of a long-term exclusive concession agreement, you must submit the following information to the FAA regional office, the items in paragraphs (c)(1) through (3) of this section must be submitted at least 60 days before the solicitation is released and items in paragraphs (c)(4) through (7) of this section must be submitted at least 45 days before contract award: (1) A description of the special local circumstances that warrant a long-term, exclusive agreement. (2) A copy of the solicitation. (3) ACDBE contract goal analysis developed in accordance with this part. (4) Documentation that ACDBE participants are certified in the appropriate NAICS code in order for the participation to count towards ACDBE goals. (5) A general description of the type of business or businesses to be operated by the ACDBE, including location and concept of the ACDBE operation. (6) Information on the investment required on the part of the ACDBE and any unusual management or financial arrangements between the prime concessionaire and ACDBE, if applicable. (7) Final long-term exclusive concession agreement… | ||||
| 49:49:1.0.1.1.16.5.3.4 | 49 | Transportation | A | 23 | PART 23—PARTICIPATION OF DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE IN AIRPORT CONCESSIONS | E | Subpart E—Other Provisions | § 23.77 Does this part preempt local requirements? | DOT | [70 FR 14508, Mar. 22, 2005, as amended at 89 FR 24963, Apr. 9, 2024] | (a) In the event that a State or local law, regulation, or policy differs from the requirements of this part, the recipient must, as a condition of remaining eligible to receive Federal financial assistance from the DOT, take such steps as may be necessary to comply with the requirements of this part. (b) You must clearly identify any State or local law, regulation, or policy pertaining to minority, women's, or Disadvantaged Business Enterprise concerning airport concessions that adds to, goes beyond, or imposes more stringent requirements than the provisions of this part. FAA will determine whether such a law, regulation, or policy conflicts with this part, in which case the requirements of this part will govern. (c) If not deemed in conflict by the FAA, you must write and administer such a State or local law, policy, or regulation separately from the ACDBE program. (d) You must provide copies of any such provisions and the legal authority supporting them to the FAA with your ACDBE program submission. FAA will not approve an ACDBE program if there are such provisions that conflict with the provisions of this part. (e) However, nothing in this part preempts any State or local law, regulation, or policy enacted by the governing body of a recipient, or the authority of any State or local government or recipient to adopt or enforce any law, regulation, or policy relating to ACDBEs, as long as the law, regulation, or policy does not conflict with this part. | ||||
| 49:49:1.0.1.1.16.5.3.5 | 49 | Transportation | A | 23 | PART 23—PARTICIPATION OF DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE IN AIRPORT CONCESSIONS | E | Subpart E—Other Provisions | § 23.79 Does this part permit recipients to use local geographic preferences? | DOT | [89 FR 24963, Apr. 9, 2024] | No. As a recipient you must not use a local geographic preference. For purposes of this section, a local geographic preference is any requirement that gives a concessionaire located in one place ( e.g., your local area) an advantage over concessionaires from other places in obtaining business as, or with, a concession at your airport. | ||||
| 49:49:1.0.1.1.16.5.3.6 | 49 | Transportation | A | 23 | PART 23—PARTICIPATION OF DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE IN AIRPORT CONCESSIONS | E | Subpart E—Other Provisions | § 23.81 ACDBE reevaluation process. | DOT | [90 FR 47979, Oct. 3, 2025] | (a) Effective October 3, 2025, each UCP must: (1) Identify each currently certified ACDBE; (2) Provide each firm identified pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) of this section with the opportunity to submit documentation demonstrating its ACDBE eligibility under the standards set forth in this part; (3) Determine whether each firm identified pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) of this section meets the ACDBE eligibility standards set forth in this part; and (4) Issue a written decision to each firm reevaluated pursuant to subparagraph (a)(3), indicating that it has either been recertified or is decertified. (b) The provisions of § 26.87 of this chapter shall not apply to any action taken pursuant to paragraph (a) of this section. (c) Each UCP must reevaluate each firm identified pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) of this section as quickly as practicable and must promptly notify the Department when it has done so. The Department reserves the right to review a UCP's reevaluation process. |
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