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BART issues notice of disadvantaged business enterprise goal

In accordance with requirements of the U.S Department of Transportation (USDOT) as set forth in 49 CFR Part 26, the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART) hereby notifies the public that it has set an overall Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) goal for federally funded contracts during the Fiscal Year 2009 as follows:

Federal Transit Administration (FTA) – 23%

Information pertaining to this goal and a description of how it was determined are available for inspection during normal business hours at the BART Office of Civil Rights, 300 Lakeside Drive, 18th. Floor, Oakland, CA 94612, for 30 days from date of this notice. Comments on the goal will be accepted for 45 days by the USDOT and BART beginning April 18, 2009. Such comments are for information purposes only and may be sent to the BART Office of Civil Rights – DBE Goal, P.O. Box 12688, Oakland, CA 94604 or e-mailed to [email protected].