HDOT Seeking Input - Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBE) program FFY 2026-28

June 27, 2025

The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) is seeking comments on its proposed goal for the Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBE) program for Federal Highways Administration and Federal Aviation Administration. DBEs are for-profit small businesses whose owner(s) is/are considered socially and economically disadvantaged. Federal funding requirements call for state and local transportation agencies to create goals for the participation of disadvantaged entrepreneurs in federal-aid contracts.

Two virtual meetings are currently scheduled for the following dates and times:

Tuesday, July 8, 2025 - 9:00 - 10:30am Hawaii Standard Time

Join the meeting now

Meeting ID: 290 406 838 150 6

Passcode: PK6qL6bH

+1 808-829-4853,,895229070# United States, Honolulu

Phone conference ID: 895 229 070#

AND

Wednesday, July 16, 2025 - 9:00 - 10:30am Hawaii Standard Time

Join the meeting now

Meeting ID: 275 105 302 053 1

Passcode: jM3Du2Jh

+1 808-829-4853,,425434117# United States, Honolulu

Phone conference ID: 425 434 117#

Click HERE to view the proposed Federal Highways Administration goal and methodology.

Click HERE to view the proposed Federal Aviation Administration and goal methodology.

Comments for the proposed Federal Highways Administration goal and methodology can also be made through July 27, 2025 via:

Online at: https://forms.office.com/g/PFssBD56Uq (link will be open/active from 06/27/25 to 07/27/25)
Email at: HDOT-DBE@hawaii.gov
Through regular mail to HDOT Office of Civil Rights, 869 Punchbowl Street, Room #404, Honolulu, HI 96813

Comments for the proposed Federal Aviation Administration goal and methodology can also be made through July 27, 2025 via:

Online at: https://forms.office.com/g/sdVf5a2EZX (link will be open/active from 06/27/25 to 07/27/25)
Email at: HDOT-DBE@hawaii.gov
Through regular mail to HDOT Office of Civil Rights, 869 Punchbowl Street, Room #404, Honolulu, HI 96813

If you need an auxiliary aid/service or other accommodation due to a disability, contact Daniel Williams, DBE Program Supervisor at (808) 831-7914 or daniel.k.williams@hawaii.gov as soon as possible. Requests made as early as possible will allow adequate time to fulfill your request. Upon request, this notice is available in alternate formats such as large print, Braille, or electronic copy.

Aloha and mahalo,

Daniel Williams
State of Hawaii
Department of Transportation
Office of Civil Rights
Phone: 808-831-7914
daniel.k.williams@hawaii.gov