NCDOT Certification Programs

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NCDOT Certification Programs

• NC Unified Certification Program (UCP)
• NCDOT, RDU Airport, PTI Airport, Transit Systems,
  Rail, NCDOT sub-recipients, etc.
• Minority and Women Business Enterprise (MB/WBE)
• Ensures minority M/WBEs have the opportunity to
  participate in the performance of NCDOT contracts
  using state funding for design, construction, or
  maintenance of highways and road system (GS. 136)
• M/WBE Certification combined with DBE
  certification.
• Small Professional Services Program (SPSF)
• NCDOT Prequalified professional firms that are
  less than 1.5 million in annual revenues.
  Primarily engineering and architecture services.
• Small Business Enterprise (SBE)
• Small businesses performing work for NCDOT
  Highway Operations that are less than 1.5
  million in revenues (exclusive of direct costs).
  Types of work include rest area maintenance,
  mowing, road construction, etc.

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Federal DBE Certification Facts

• Federal DBE Program authorized by 49 CFR Part 26
• DBE is a program managed by USDOT (FAA, FTA,
  FHWA) recipients.
• DBE Program covers transportation project design,
  construction, airport concessions, and
  procurement.
• A DBE Overall Goal is established annually by
  each agency (recipient)
• Annual DBE Overall Goal is a percentage of
  contract dollars
• Contract goals set for each project to meet
  overall goal.
• Factors considered in goal setting include
• Contract amount, types of work anticipated, of
  certified DBEs, types of work performed by
  DBEs, past participation.

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Federal DBE Certification Facts

• A Unified Certification Program (UCP) covers DBE
  certification for all agencies receiving project
  funding from USDOT.
• Airports (RDU, PTI, Charlotte-Douglas, etc.)
• Public Transit (Winston Salem Transit, Greensboro
  Transit, etc)
• NCDOT
• NCDOT sub-recipients (municipalities, counties,
  etc.)

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DBE Certification Eligibility

• Eligibility criteria needed to prove
  qualification
• Presumed disadvantaged Group? (minority or woman
  ownership)
• Economic disadvantage? (PNW less than 750k,
  excluding equity of certified business and
  personal residence)
• Majority ownership? (51 or more by a
  disadvantage person (s))

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DBE Certification Eligibility

• Control? (Ultimate authority rests with
  disadvantage person)
• Small Business? (meets SBA size standard)
• Submit required documentation (tax returns,
  personal tax returns, incorporation documents,
  bank statements, loan documents, etc.)