CFR > Title 49 - Transportation > SUBTITLE A—Office of the Secretary of Transportation > PART 26—PARTICIPATION BY DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISES IN DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS > SUBPART C—Goals, Good Faith Efforts, and Counting (§26.41 to §26.55) > 26.43—Can recipients use set-asides or quotas as part of this program?

26.43—Can recipients use set-asides or quotas as part of this program?

(a) You are not permitted to use quotas for DBEs on DOT-assisted contracts subject to this part.
(b) You may not set-aside contracts for DBEs on DOT-assisted contracts subject to this part, except that, in limited and extreme circumstances, you may use set-asides when no other method could be reasonably expected to redress egregious instances of discrimination.