NCDOT: Highways Division - Small Contractors Outreach

The N.C. Department of Transportation wants to work with you. NCDOT's Division of Highways in partnership with its Office of Economic Opportunity & Compliance hosts regional outreach events for small contractors in all 14 highway divisions across the state.

Hundreds of firms representing all types of industries participated in the first several events held on Saturdays since June 2021. The small contractors outreach events take place in March and September. The next round of outreach events will take place in March 2026.

NCDOT's Division of Highways advertises and awards numerous contracts each year for all sorts of transportation work. Each project is an opportunity for NCDOT to encourage small contractor participation and provide equitable and balanced access for these businesses to compete on contracts.

NCDOT has multiple contract opportunities statewide, including:

Construction
Maintenance
Emergency work
Mowing
Traffic control
Tree service
Cleaning service
Litter pickup
Dead animal removal

It is important to NCDOT to collaborate with small contractors. As such, the department is extending an invitation to all small firms to do business and learn more about the opportunities available.

Highway Division staff will be on hand during these events to help the owners of small, minority or woman-owned firms learn about how they can do business with NCDOT. These outreach events are being organized by the Division of Highways in partnership with NCDOT's Office of Civil Rights.

NCDOT is asking people to RSVP the appropriate highway division contact below if you would like to attend an event near you.

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Can't make it to a meeting? Additional information for doing business with the Division of Highways is available on Connect NCDOT, the department's website for business and transit partners.

Division	Date & Time	Location	Contact
Division 1 (Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Gates, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Northampton, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell and Washington counties)	Saturday, March 7 10 a.m.-noon	Division 1 Office 113 Airport Dr. Suite 100 Edenton	Marjorie Eckert mleckert@ncdot.gov (252) 482-1850
Division 2 (Beaufort, Carteret, Craven, Greene, Jones, Lenoir, Pamlico and Pitt counties)	Saturday, March 21 10 a.m.-noon	Division 2 Office 2815 Rouse Road Extension Kinston	Mary Margaret Herring mmherring@ncdot.gov (252) 775-6100
Division 3 (Brunswick, Duplin, New Hanover, Onslow, Pender and Sampson counties)	Saturday, March 7 10 a.m.-noon	Cape Fear Community College McKeithan Building 4500 Blue Clay Road Castle Hayne	Adrienne Cox amcox1@ncdot.gov (910) 341-2000
Division 4 (Edgecombe, Halifax, Johnston, Nash, Wayne and Wilson counties)	Saturday, March 21 10 a.m.-noon	Edgecombe County Administration Building 201 St. Andrew St. Carmon Room Tarboro	Brandon Herring, P.E. blherring@ncdot.gov (252) 640-6410
Division 5 (Durham, Franklin, Granville, Person, Vance, Wake and Warren counties)	Saturday, March 7 10 a.m.-noon	Wake Tech Community College Room 406D Beltline Education Center 3200 Bush St. Raleigh	Kayla Cooper, E.L. kncooper@ncdot.gov (919) 536-4000
Division 6 (Bladen, Columbus, Cumberland, Harnett and Robeson counties)	Saturday, March 21 10 a.m.-noon	Robeson Community College 5160 Fayetteville Road Building 18 Truist Room Lumberton	Randi Ceballos rlceballos@ncdot.gov (910) 364-0600
Division 7 (Alamance, Caswell, Guilford, Orange and Rockingham counties)	Saturday, March 7 10 a.m.-noon	Division 7 Office 1584 Yanceyville St. Greensboro	Jennifer Sour jsour@ncdot.gov (336) 487-0000
Division 8 (Chatham, Hoke, Lee, Montgomery, Moore, Randolph, Richmond and Scotland counties)	Saturday, March 21 10 a.m.-noon	Division 8 Office 121 DOT Drive Carthage	Michael McKenzie, P.E. mlmckenzie1@ncdot.gov (910) 773-8029
Division 9 (Davidson, Davie, Forsyth, Rowan and Stokes counties)	Thursday, March 12 4-7 p.m.	Davidson-Davie Community College Rittling Conference Center 297 DCC Road Thomasville	Marsheeka Steward mdsteward@ncdot.gov (336) 747-7800
Division 10 (Anson, Cabarrus, Mecklenburg, Stanly and Union counties)	Saturday, March 21 10 a.m.-noon	Metrolina Regional Transportation Management Center 2327 Tipton Drive Charlotte	Jason Brooks, P.E. jcbrooks@ncdot.gov (704) 983-4430
Division 11 (Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Caldwell, Surry, Watauga, Wilkes and Yadkin counties)	Saturday, March 7 10 a.m.-noon	801 Statesville Road North Wilkesboro	Bethany Elmore, P.E. belmore@ncdot.gov (336) 903-9115
Division 12 (Alexander, Catawba, Cleveland, Gaston, Iredell and Lincoln counties)	Saturday, March 21 10 a.m.-noon	Division 12 Office 1710 E. Marion St. Shelby	Greg Brittain, PLS gbrittain@ncdot.gov (980) 552-4222
Division 13 (Buncombe, Burke, Madison, McDowell, Mitchell, Rutherford and Yancey counties)	Thursday, March 12 4-6 p.m.	Buncombe County Maintenance Office 11 Old Charlotte Highway Asheville	Brendan Merithew, P.E. bwmerithew@ncdot.gov (828) 250-3000
Division 14 (Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Macon, Polk, Swain and Transylvania counties)	Saturday, March 21 10 a.m.-noon	Henderson County Maintenance Yard 693 Mountain Road Hendersonville	Chris Lee, P.E. cdlee1@ncdot.gov (828) 331-5200

These events are being organized by the Division of Highways in partnership with the Office of Civil Rights.

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