MnDOT publishes new DBE provisions ahead of February 26 lettings
Published on 03/04/2025
<p>The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) has published a set of DBE Special Provisions ahead of contract lettings for February 26, 2025. The new provisions will be applicable to all contracts let on or after that date.<br /><br />The new provisions include a requirement for DBE documentation to be due on the fifth day after a bid letting (at any time during that fifth day), only accepting submissions electronically by means of email, allowing for a 40 percent credit for purchasing from a DBE distributor that "neither maintains sufficient inventory nor uses its own distribution equipment for the products in question", and updated forms for dealer/distributor affirmation and the Exhibit A (or DBE Description of Work and Field Monitoring Report) form, among other various updates and revisions.<br /><br />Find the Special Provisions, including links to download the new documents (those being a general Special Provisions document as well as the two updated forms), by expanding the subheading for "Disadvantaged Business Enterprise program - DBE Special Provisions" at https://www.dot.state.mn.us/civilrights/updates.html.<br /><br />Read a press release from MnDOT at https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/MNDOT/bulletins/3d32ce1.</p>
