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49 CFR Part 26 Revised: February 12, 2019 administration will be guided by the goal setting principles and best practices identified by the Department in guidance issued pursuant to $ 26.9. A description of the methodology to calculate the overall goal and the goal calculations can be found in Attachment 5 to this program. Section 26.47 Failure to meet overall goals. Kittitas County will maintain an approved DBE Program and overall DBE goal, if applicable as well as administer our DBE Program in good faith to be considered to be in compliance with this part. lf Kittitas County awards and commitments shown on our Uniform Report of Awards or Commitments and Payments at the end of any fiscal year are less than the overall goal applicable to that fiscal year, we will do the following in order to be regarded by the Department as implementing your DBE Program in good faith: (1) Analyze in detail the reasons for the difference between the overall goal and our awards and commitments in that fiscal year; (2) Establish specific steps and milestones to correct the problems we have identified in our analysis and to enable us to meet fully your goal for the new fiscal year; (3) Kittitas County will prepare, within 90 days of the end of the fiscal year, the analysis and corrective actions developed under paragraph (cX1) and (2) of this section. We will retain copy of analysis and corrective actions in records for a minimum of three years, and will make it available to FAA upon request. Section 26.51(a-c) Breakout of Estimated Race-Neutral & Race-Gonscious Participation (a) Kittitas County will meet the maximum feasible portion of its overall goal by using race- neutral means of facilitating race-neutral DBE participation. Race-neutral DBE participation includes any time a DBE wins a prime contract through customary competitive procurement procedures or is awarded a subcontract on a prime contract that does not carry a DBE contract goal. Race-neutral means include, but are not limited to the following: (1) Arranging solicitations, times for the presentation of bids, quantities, specifications, and delivery schedules in ways that facilitate participation by DBEs and other small businesses and by making contracts more accessible to small businesses, by means such as those provided under 526.39 of this part. (2) Providing assistance in overcoming limitations such as inability to obtain bonding or financing (e.9., by such means as simplifying the bonding process, reducing bonding 13