NEWS! The Missouri UCP's next monthly meeting will be held April 19, from 9:30 am to 3:00 pm at 2211 St. Marys Blvd. in Conference Room SME1. For information or questions, please call (573) 526-2978.   Effective Oct. 4, 2004, the Missouri Department of Transportation entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with four other partnering DBE certifying agencies in the State of Missouri, including the City of St. Louis, METRO, Kansas City Area Transportation Authority, and the City of Kansas City. The partnering agencies form the Missouri Regional Certification Committee. Under the Memorandum of Understanding, the MRCC members agree that any and all firms certified as a DBE by any MRCC member shall be recognized as being certified in accordance with 49 CFR Part 26 and such certification will be accepted by all MRCC members. Below are the links for the DBE Directories for the participating agencies: (Contractors are able to use DBEs from any of the follow partners to participate toward DBE goals set on any MoDOT federally funded projects. Please feel free to contact the MoDOT External Civil Rights office for any questions.) City of St. Louis http://www.mwdbe.org/ Metro http://www.stl-metro.org/InsideMetro/supplierdiversity-default.asp City of Kansas City http://www.kcmo.org/humrel.nsf/web/directoryaccess?opendocument KCATA www.kcata.org KCATA DBE Directory (25 kbs, 4 pages) New! 2005 Disadvantaged Business Goals Public Notification (43 kb, 1 page) External Civil Rights The External Civil Rights Office is responsible for administrating all programs related to non-discrimination, affirmative action, and equal opportunity, related to MoDOT contracting activities using federal funds. The primary programs include the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise program, Contract Compliance, On the Job Training, Title VI Non-discrimination and Commercially Useful Function Programs. The office resides in the Office of the Inspector General with a Civil Rights Specialist in Kansas City and St. Louis.
Disadvantaged Business Program The Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program is a federally mandated program administered by MoDOT's External Civil Rights Office. The office is responsible for the certification of firms owned and operated by "socially and economically disadvantaged" individuals. The overall goal of the program is to provide opportunities to participate in the economic benefits of highway construction for small businesses owned and operated by disadvantaged individuals.  The programs sets specific project goals for participation on federally funded projects. Contractors are required to make a good faith effort to meet those goals with firms that are DBE certified by MoDOT. MoDOT has submitted a DBE Program to the U.S. Department of Transportation. The program document sets out the specific policies MoDOT has developed for the administration of the program and the statewide overall goal.  The overall goal is updated on an annual basis. The program document is available below. The MoDOT DBE Directory is published annually and distributed to our stakeholders. In addition, the directory is published on our website and updated every two weeks. The web version contains the additions, deletions and corrections made throughout the year. You can download the directory below. Getting started How to Get Started with MoDOT's DBE program (147 kbs, 1 page) This one page fliers covers the basics of getting started with the DBE Program.
Forms, Applications and Documents
2004 Bid Letting Schedule (13.5 kb, 1 page) MoDOT DBE Directory (256 kb, 132 pages) (Updated July 15, 2005) - Additions - Corrections - Deletions DBE Program Submittal (5.8 mb, 144 pages) Eligibility Regulations (29 kb, 24 pages) FAQ's   (55 kb, 11 pages)	Application and Instructions (84 kb, 15 pages) Re-certification Application (48 kb, 10 pages) Net Worth Form  (30.2 kb, 6 pages) CPA Addendum (32 kb, 4 pages) Update Form (18.5 kb, 2 pages)
Contact Information
For more information on the DBE program, contact us at this e-mail address. Or you can call one of the DBE staff members listed below.
Lester Woods, Jr. External Civil Rights Administrator 573-751-2859 Kristi Hixson DBE Certification 573-751-7801 Donnetta Cole Outreach, Certifications, EEO 816-622-0311 Patricia Weekley Outreach, Certifications, EEO 314-340-4337 Missy Reed Contract Compliance 573-751-1216 Tracy Hickman Senior Clerk 573-526-2978

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