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WeGo outlines review after USDOT DBE interim rule; agency pauses goals and will re‑certify vendors
Summary
WeGo staff said a USDOT interim final rule will require individual eligibility narratives from DBE firms, prompting a temporary pause in contract goals and counting while staff review certification status of roughly 35 local DBEs and 90 airport‑inherited vendors.
Antoine Moye, business diversity manager and DBE liaison at WeGo, told the board that a USDOT interim final rule issued Oct. 3, 2025, removed the prior presumption that minority‑ and women‑owned firms are automatically socially disadvantaged and now requires each firm to submit an individual narrative to demonstrate social and economic disadvantage.
Moye said USDOT has directed…
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