N.C. Department of Administration
Office for Historically Underutilized Businesses
North Carolina Small Business Enterprise Program
1336 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1336 | (919) 807-2330 | Fax (919) 807-2335
Website: www.doa.nc.gov/hub * Email Address: HUB.NCSBE@doa.nc.gov
Pamela B. Cashwell
Secretary
Tammie Hall
Director
NC SMALL BUSINESS ENTERPRISE PROGRAM APPLICATION
Thank you for your interest in becoming certified as a NC Small Business Enterprise (NCSBE) vendor with the
State of North Carolina. The NCSBE Program is a race and gender-neutral program designed to provide
contracting opportunities to NC small businesses with the State of North Carolina. The applicant must be a small
business as defined in Executive Order 143 and must meet the size standards that are measured by annual net
income of not more than $1,500,000, after cost of Goods Sold is deducted with 100 or less employees and based
in the state of North Carolina.
If your business is an actively certified HUB firm, a new application is not required. As a certified HUB firm,
applicant must complete, sign, and submit an Affirmation Letter. If NOT a certified HUB Firm, please complete the
following application and submit the required documentation to the NCSBE Program Office within 30 days of your
application.
The NC Small Business Enterprises Program requests documentation to determine your eligibility for certification
as a NC Small Business Enterprise. All non-HUB applicants are required to submit this application as part of the
required documentation.
To initiate the NCSBE Certification Process: (1) Register on eVP as an IPS vendor (2) Complete the NCSBE
Program Application (3) Gather and submit required documents (4) Complete the Registration Process by
submitting (via Mail, Fax or email) your completed package to the NC Small Business Enterprise Program.
Physical Address (In North Carolina – P.O. Box not accepted)
Mailing Address (only if different from physical address)
*Annual Net Income (after Cost of Goods sold deducted):
*Required Information
*Total Number of Employees:
*Required Information