Minnesota MnDOT NEVI Formula Program Round 3a — 2026

Verified Current Opportunity

The Minnesota Department of Transportation has opened Round 3a of Minnesota’s National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Formula Program. MnDOT’s current official program page states that 74 eligible clusters are available for proposals and $41.18 million in obligated funds are available. MnDOT intends to make up to 40 awards, with no more than one award per cluster.

Eligible applicants identified in the current Minnesota State Register notice include Tribal Nations, for-profit businesses, nonprofit organizations, governmental entities, and utilities that would develop, build, own, operate, and maintain electric-vehicle charging stations within specified Minnesota clusters.

Current Application Controls

The application window opened August 26, 2026. Questions are accepted through October 9, 2026, and MnDOT states that applicants must submit through the official online intake portal by November 2, 2026 at 4:00 p.m. The Minnesota State Register notice states the deadline as 4:00 p.m. Central Standard Time. Each application may cover only one site, and only one application may be submitted per cluster.

MnDOT’s public page requires a UEI, Minnesota SWIFT Vendor ID, General Technical Application Form, Project Site Technical Proposal Form, signed Cost Proposal workbook, signed site-owner letter, site maps and design materials, EVSE cut sheets, electrical infrastructure information, key-role resumes and organizational chart, certifications, and acknowledgement of FHWA Form 1273. The controlling Minnesota Round 3a RFP confirms that applicants may request up to 80 percent of total eligible project costs and must provide at least a 20 percent match. It states there is no minimum or maximum award size per application, although no applicant may receive more than 30 percent of the total Round 3a federal funds.

Atlas Assessment

This is a Minnesota-administered federal pass-through and therefore belongs to the Minnesota lane. The controlling Round 3a RFP has now been authoritatively retrieved and verified. The public program page and State Register establish that the solicitation is open, the total funding pool, applicant classes, submission method, required application components, and deadline, and the RFP now verifies the 80/20 funding structure, applicant match, eligible applicant classes, application limitations, and award-size controls. Current scoring details, Q&A, and any addenda must still be rechecked before applicant-specific action.

Atlas Opportunity Score is 58/100. The opportunity is large, current, and administratively credible, but it is outside Atlas’s core healthcare focus. N9+ Fit is 0/100 and QC Healthcare Fit is 0/100 at program-control level. This solicitation is for electric-vehicle charging infrastructure, and Atlas will not force a healthcare-device or QC Healthcare fit. Dr. Miltie direct-applicant strategic fit is not established.

Before any applicant-specific CRM work, package production, ORIGINAL outreach, or submission, recheck the current MnDOT Q&A and any addenda, verify the proposed site and applicant against all RFP requirements, and complete authoritative CRM, Atlas_Email_Queue, Contact, opt-out, bounce, duplicate, and send-history gates.