Hawai'i Department of Transportation presents

PRIME CONTRACTOR GUIDANCE: 2025 DBE INTERIM FINAL RULE

Webinar for Prime Contractors, Subcontractors, and Other Industry Partners Doing Business on Federal-Aid Projects
 

Wednesday, December 10, 2025

9 - 10 am

Online Webinar
 

On October 3, 2025, the U.S. Department of Transportation issued an Interim Final Rule (IFR) that temporarily suspends enforcement of Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) contract goals, good-faith efforts, counting, and commercially useful function (CUF) determinations until all recipients, including Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation (HDOT), complete a mandatory re-evaluation of all firms in their respective DBE Programs.

 

These changes directly affect:

  • Prime contractors currently performing work on federal-aid projects
  • Bidders on solicitations now being advertised
  • Contractors preparing to bid work in the near future

With hopes of raising industry awareness regarding this matter, HDOT Office of Civil Rights (OCR) has prepared an IFR Fact Sheet (click here) summarizing what the IFR does, what it does not do, and how it impacts contractor responsibilities.

 

HDOT OCR will be hosting webinars for prime contractors, subcontractors, and other industry partners.  During these sessions, we will cover:

  • What the IFR requires
  • How DBE enforcement is affected
  • Instructions for bidders
  • Guidance for contractors on active federal-aid projects
  • What to expect during HDOT’s DBE re-evaluation period
 

Registration is required by 12/8/2025.

The meeting link will be emailed to registered attendees.

If you need an auxiliary aid/service or other accommodation due to a disability, or if you need language translation, interpretation, or an alternate language format, please contact Daniel Williams at (808) 831-7914 or via email at daniel.k.williams@hawaii.gov. Requests made as early as possible have a greater likelihood of being fulfilled.
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