With the COVID-19 concerns and precautions going into place, MnDOT is currently NOT accepting paper Pre-Qualification Program Applications. MnDOT will temporarily be accepting Pre-Qualification Program Applications electronically to aid in support of social distancing and the adjustment to a more remote working community. Please submit questions and application packages electronically to the Pre-Qualification Program Administrator, Dennis Wong, at dennis.wong@state.mn.us.
Pre-Qualification Program
Overview
This document provides an overview of the Pre-Qualification Program, including program background, program maintenance information, and how contracts are executed under the program.
Pre-Qualification Program Overview (Word)
Public Engagement and Communications Work Type
MnDOT released a work type in December 2018 for Public Engagement and Communications (Work Type 21.0). Public Engagement and Communications work has increasingly become a regular part of MnDOT projects. Click on the Work Type Definitions link (in the gray box to the right) for information on the required qualifications and how to become prequalified under this work type. If your firm meets the required qualifications, MnDOT strongly encourages you to submit an application. Note: In order to respond to a Pre-Qualification Announcement, consultants must be pre-qualified at the time the Announcement is posted. Submitting an application alone will not qualify a firm to respond. The Pre-Qualification Program application for the work type(s) must be approved and the firm must appear on the Official List posted with the Announcement.
Recent Work Type Updates
March 2020
- Work Type 21.1 and 21.2 (Public Engagement and Communications): 21.2 Community Relations and Business Outreach has been combined with 21.1.
Application/Renewal Process
This document provides information on the Pre-Qualification Application and Renewal Process, including an overview of how the application and renewal process works, and the documentation required to apply for/renew work type pre-qualification.
Pre-Qualification Application/Renewal Process (Word)
MnDOT's Pre-Qualification Program request for renewals has begun. The process has been streamlined to make it easier for firms submitting and work type committees who review the renewals. If your Pre-Qualification contact person has changed, please notify Dennis Wong to update this information.
Application Evaluation
Pre-Qualification for each work type will be determined on a pass/fail basis. An applicant must satisfy both the "Administrative Requirements" AND the requirements of the "Work Type Definition and Submittal Requirements" to be pre-qualified. MnDOT's Pre-Qualification Administrator will determine if the administrative portion of the submittal satisfies the requirements of Pre-Qualification Program. MnDOT's work type selection committee will determine if the application fulfills the requirements of the Work Type Definition and Submittal Requirements.
Disposition of Responses
All materials submitted in a Pre-Qualification Application will become property of the state and will become public record after the evaluation process is completed and the pre-qualification determination made. If the Consultant submits information within a Pre-Qualification Application that it believes to be trade secret materials, as defined by the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act, Minn. Stat. § 13.37, the Consultant must:
Clearly mark all trade secret materials in its response at the time the response is submitted; include a statement with its response justifying the trade secret designation for each item; and defend any action seeking release of the materials it believes to be trade secret, and indemnify and hold harmless the State, its agents and employees, from any judgments or damages awarded against the State in favor of the party requesting the materials, and any and all costs connected with that defense. This indemnification survives the State’s award of a contract. In submitting a pre-qualification application, the Responder agrees that this indemnification survives as long as the trade secret materials are in possession of the State.
MnDOT is required to keep all the basic documents related to its contracts, including Pre-Qualification Applications, for a minimum of seven years.