Our Ability Certified Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) by NYSDOT

Re: DBE Certification

The New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT), a certifying partner in the New York State Unified Certification Program (NYSUCP), has reviewed your application for certification as a Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) and is pleased to inform you that your firm meets the eligibility criteria established by the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) in Title 49, Part 26 of the Code of Federal Regulations. Accordingly, Our Ability, Inc is now CERTIFIED as a DBE with the NYSUCP in the following classifications:

Commodity Codes:

• NAICS 541612: HUMAN RESOURCES CONSULTING SERVICES
• NAICS 561311: EMPLOYMENT PLACEMENT AGENCIES
• 541511 – CUSTOM COMPUTER PROGRAMMING (Pending)

Based on this certification, your firm is eligible to participate as a DBE on USDOT-assisted projects in New York State for the classification areas listed above only. Since certification is granted only for these specific types of work, if at a future date you wish to expand your firm’s certification in an additional type of work, you must contact our office and demonstrate that you are able to control the firm with respect to that additional type of work. Please note that if your firm is hired to work on a contract as a DBE, it must perform a commercially useful function in executing the work of the contract, or a distinct element of the work on the contract, by actually performing, managing, and supervising the work involved with its own workforce and equipment. A DBE firm must have a necessary and useful role in the work – the firm’s role cannot merely be a superfluous step added in an attempt to obtain credit towards a DBE goal. If a commercially useful function is not performed, the firm’s participation towards achieving the goal cannot be counted. As long as the firm is listed in the NYSUCP DBE directory, it is considered DBE certified by all NYSUCP members.