Section 23.1 - [Effective 5/9/2024] What are the objectives of this part?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 is narrowly tailored in accordance with applicable law;(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.