New DBE Interstate Applicant

Out Of State Firms Applying for DBE/ACDBE Certification via the Interstate Application Process

The Interstate Application Process allows an out of state DBE/ACDBE applicant that is already DBE/ACDBE certified in its home state to, instead of applying for DBE/ACDBE certification as if it were a new, in-state applicant, to instead apply via a process that may be simpler for the applicant.

All Interstate Certification Process out-of-state applicants must submit:

1. A complete copy of the DBE/ACDBE Uniform Application form, all supporting documents, and any other information you have submitted to your home state or any other state related to your firm’s certification. This includes affidavits of no change, updated tax documents, and any notices of changes that you have submitted to your home state, as well as any correspondence you have had with your home state’s UCP or any other recipient concerning your application or status as a DBE/ACDBE firm.
2. You must also provide any notices or correspondence from states other than your home state relating to your status as an applicant or certified DBE/ACDBE in those states. For example, if you have been denied certification or decertified in State C, or subject to a decertification action there, you must inform us of this fact and provide all documentation concerning this action.
3. If you have filed a certification appeal with US DOT, you must inform us of this fact and provide your letter of appeal and DOT’s response.
4. You must submit an affidavit sworn to by the firm’s owners before a person who is authorized by State law to administer oaths or an unsworn declaration executed under penalty of perjury of the laws of the United States. This affidavit must affirm that you have submitted all the information required by items 1-3 above and the information is complete and, in the case of the information required item 1, is an identical copy of the information submitted to your home state. For SBSD, this affidavit is the Interstate Certification Affidavit form, which must be included with your DBE Interstate Certification application submission. The form is below:
   • Interstate Certification Affidavit

The DBE/ACDBE Interstate Certification Process has several steps:

1. Collect a copy of each document that your firm submitted to your firm’s home state to become DBE/ACDBE certified, as well as copies of documents submitted to your home state to remain DBE/ACDBE certified (i.e., No Change Affidavits, Notices of Change, updates tax returns, etc.). If your firm did not retain copies of these documents, you may be able to request a copy of your firm’s entire home state DBE/ACDBE certification file from your home state. If you cannot obtain a copy of your firm’s entire home state DBE/ACDBE file and did not retain a copy of all documents submitted to your home state to become and remain DBE/ACDBE certified, then you cannot apply via the Interstate Certification Process and will need to refer to the section for Out of State Firms that Are Opting Out of the Interstate Certification Process
2. Complete the Interstate Certification Affidavit form, found below:
   • Interstate Certification Affidavit
3. Refer to the instructions in the first paragraph of the DBE Document Checklist for which documents to upload to the correct section. The Checklist is below and uploading an entire copy of the home state file as one bulk upload is NOT acceptable:
   • DBE/ACDBE Document Checklist
4. After reading over the sections relevant to you on how to use the Application Portal, click on the link below to go to the
5. Application Portal:
   • Certification Application Portal
6. Once we have what appears to be a complete file, we will request a copy of your firm’s onsite from your home state and will verify with them that there are no documents on file with them that you failed to submit to us.

If you’re not on the right DBE page, return to the initial DBE page here: DBE.

For a step by step of how to use the Certification Application Portal, see the Instructions .pdf at the page here: Application Portal Instructions.