The Muskegon Area Transit System (MATS) is a department of Muskegon County. Formal solicitations for County goods and services are posted, as they become available, at the County’s purchasing website found here: https://mi-muskegoncounty.civicplus.com/Bids.aspx
MATS encourages involvement by Disadvantaged Business Enterprises and has established a DBE participation goal of 1.6% of its federally-funded contracting opportunities for the period Fiscal Year 2025-2027. Find more information on this program by clicking on this link. To register as a Disadvantaged Business Enterprise, we recommend registering through the State of Michigan Department of Transportation Unified Certification Program website at https://www.michigan.gov/mucp. Doing so will allow your business to be classified as a certified DBE vendor for many state and local programs.
MUSKEGON AREA TRANSIT SYSTEM
DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE (DBE) GOAL
FOR FISCAL YEARS 2025-2027
The Muskegon Area Transit System, in accordance with regulations of the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), 49 CFR Part 26, has prepared a baseline DBE contractor participation goal for Fiscal Years 2025-2027. The baseline goal has been calculated at 1.6% anticipated DBE participation on MATS contracts assisted by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA).
To view the analysis of how this goal was reached, please view the .pdf document at the link below.