TUCP Certifying Agency Requirements

Six certifying agencies make all certification decisions in accordance with 49 CFR, Part 23, Part 26, and the TUCP Memorandum of Agreement. Agencies must keep complete files on applicants and provide information as required and annually require its DBE firms to submit an affidavit of no change form, due on their certification anniversary date.
A business' DBE certification received from any of the TUCP agencies is valid and can be relied upon by any Texas entity that receives USDOT funds.
The following agencies are members of the TUCP:
  • City of Austin, Small Business Development
  • City of Houston, Office of Business Opportunity
  • Corpus Christi Regional Transportation Authority
  • North Central Texas Certification Agency
  • South Central Texas Certification Agency
  • Texas Department of Transportation