The following links will provide you with the three (3) documents that are necessary when applying for DBE certification. The IL UCP
Certification Application and Work Category and
Location Document can be completed
electronically, however, the documents are not
to be submitted electronically.
Send your completed (printed) application and supporting documentation to the Illinois Department of Transportation, Bureau of Small Business Enterprises, Attention: Certification Section, 2300 South Dirksen Parkway, Room 319, Springfield, IL 62764.
IMPORTANT:
- Prior to applying for certification, you
should read the DBE program eligibility requirements as they
appear in the federal regulations (49
CFR part 26).
- Please note that on the anniversary date of your
certification, you MUST submit a
No Change Affidavit
that meets the requirements of 49 CFR 26.83(j).
- Please note that you MUST submit a
Continued DBE Eligibility Affidavit – following
every fourth (4th) No Change Affidavit submittal that meets
the requirements of 49 CFR 26.83.
- IDOT has supportive services consultants throughout the
state that will assist you (at no charge) in completing your
DBE application. If you have questions or need assistance,
contact the consultant that covers your highway district:
Districts 1 - 3 (contract period 11/17/11 – 11/16/13)
Mr. Theo Joyner, Project Director
Ralph G. Moore & Associates
401 South LaSalle, Suite 1401
Chicago, IL 60605
Phone: 312/419-7260
Fax: 312/419-1918
E-mail:
theojoyner@rgma.com
Districts 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 (contract
period 11/18/11 – 11/17/13)
Mr. Mark Vaughn, Project Director
Franklin & Vaughn, LLC
2220 South Route 157, Suite 200 E
Glen Carbon, IL 62034
Phone: 618/614-3194
Fax: 888/675-4426
E-mail:
mark@franklinvaughncpa.com
IDOT, through its supportive services consultants, offers
workshops/sessions throughout the year that cover such topics as
“How to Do Business with IDOT,” “Estimating & Bidding,”
“Prime/Subcontractors Networking,” “Strategic Planning/Joint
Ventures/Second Tier Subcontracting,” “Survey & Layout,”
“Bonding/Financing/Credit Restoration,” “DBE Roundtable
Discussion,” “Plan Review/Take Offs,” and “Project Management
and Documentation.” Firms do not have to be DBE-certified to
attend these workshops. If there is a topic for a workshop
that your firm would find useful, but is not offered, please
discuss with the appropriate consultant. For more information about
the IDOT Supportive Services Program please click here.
The following documents are provided
for your information:
IDOT DBE Policy
Statement
IDOT Counting
Provisions (trucking services)
Code of Federal Regulations (49 CFR part 26):
- Federal Regulations
– February 2, 1999 (eligibility standards)
- Federal Regulations –
June 16, 2003 (uniform certification application)
- Federal Regulations – April 3, 2009 (DBE Program Size Cap Inflationary Adjustment) (from $20,410,000 to $22,410,000)
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Federal Regulations – 49 CFR Part 26, Current,
Electronic Code of Federal Regulations
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Federal Regulations – effective February 28, 2011
(Personal Net Worth Adjustment – from $750,000 to
$1.32 million)
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Federal Regulations (page 7494) – effective March 12, 2012
(SBA Engineering Size Standard 541330 - from $4.5 million to $14 million)
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For more information on IDOT’s DBE program, contact:
Office of Business & Workforce Diversity, Bureau of Small
Business Enterprises at 217-782-5490.
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