Applications

To apply for the Targeted Business Certification Program, select the appropriate application(s) and submit the required supporting documents. If you need a reasonable accommodation, interpretation, or translation, contact DCR@cityofmadison.com or (608) 266-4910.

Supporting Documents

• Personal Net Worth Statement
• Online Certification Supplemental Questions
• W9
• For the DBE Application - as of October 3rd, 2025 the U.S. Department of Transportation has issued an Interim Final Rule requiring all DBE firms to demonstrate social and economic disadvantage based on their own experiences and circumstances without reliance in whole or in part on race or sex. While not listed in the current application supporting document checklist, please include a personal narrative demonstrating your own experiences and circumstances of social and economic disadvantage without reliance in whole or in part on race or sex.
• Personal Narrative Instructions: https://wisconsindot.gov/Documents/doing-bus/civil-rights/dbe/personal-narrative.pdf
• SBE, MBE & WBE Annual Affidavit
• DBE Annual Declaration of Eligibility
  1. If you have not already gone through the recertification process, in addition to the Declaration of Eligibility you will need to submit:
     1. Personal Narrative – https://wisconsindot.gov/Documents/doing-bus/civil-rights/dbe/personal-narrative.pdf
     2. A current Personal Net Worth Statement - https://www.cityofmadison.com/civil-rights/documents/pnw2024.pdf
     3. Prior year of Federal Business Tax Returns

Guides

• Disadvantaged Business Enterprise 2025 Signed Manual
• DBE Supporting Documents Checklist
• Online TBE Application Manual
• Steps to TBE Certification
• Targeted Business Enterprise Certification Program
• FFY2025-2027 Overall DBE Goal Submission

Good Faith Efforts

• Good Faith Efforts for TBE

Targeted Business Enterprise Post Certification Toolkit

• TBE Post Certification Toolkit