North Carolina DBE Reevaluation: NCDOT Requirements

NCDOT's guidance on the federal rule is direct: all currently certified DBEs must undergo reevaluation, and owners must show individualized social and economic disadvantage regardless of race or gender.

How to tell where your firm stands

NCDOT's public vendor directory lists each firm's certifications. Firms that have been through reevaluation carry a "Re-Evaluated" mark alongside "DBE". On November 12, 2026, 260 of the 2,299 firms in the DBE listing had that mark.

If your listing does not show it, either your package is still being reviewed or it has not been received. Ask NCDOT's Office of Civil Rights which applies to you.

What to submit

• A Personal Narrative from each owner counted toward disadvantaged ownership.
• A current Personal Net Worth statement.

If North Carolina is not the state that first certified your firm, your home state reevaluates you, and you then send NCDOT that state's decision letter or a screenshot of your directory listing there.

The dates

Under the federal final rule, state programs must finish reevaluations by December 24, 2026, and a firm that has still not submitted by March 24, 2027 is disqualified automatically. NCDOT may set its own earlier submission date; its date controls. See how the federal deadlines work.

Why it matters now

NCDOT notes that contract DBE goals, and counting DBE work toward overall goals, are suspended until the state completes its reevaluations. Firms that are through the process are the ones that can be counted when goals return.

Official sources

• NCDOT small business and DBE information
• NCDOT vendor directory