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JTS Construction is seeking DVBE

Project: New Gymnasium @ Freedom Middle School
Location: Bakersfield, CA
Bid Date: 06/06/13
Published: 05/21/13 @ 3:05PM PST 
Minako America Corporation dba Minco Construction is seeking DVBE

Project: Today's Fresh Start Charter School Inglewood, CA Modular Gymnasium and Kitchen Building
Location: Inglewood, CA
Bid Date: 06/06/13
Published: 05/21/13 @ 12:39PM PST 
Minako America Corporation dba Minco Construction is seeking DVBE

Project: Today's Fresh Start Charter School Inglewood, CA Site Work associated with construction/ installation of modular classrooms and a gymnasium
Location: Inglewood, CA
Bid Date: 06/06/13
Published: 05/21/13 @ 12:25PM PST 
Minako America Corporation dba Minco Construction is seeking DVBE

Project: Modular Classrooms and Office Building
Location: Inglewood, CA
Bid Date: 06/06/13
Published: 05/21/13 @ 12:12PM PST 
Bleyco, Inc is seeking DBE

Project: Traction Power Substation Replacement ACO/KOW Installation
Location: Oakland, CA
Bid Date: 06/10/13
Published: 05/21/13 @ 12:06PM PST 
Burdick Excavating Co, Inc is seeking DVBE, DBE, WBE and MBEs

Project: Snow Creek SEZ Restoration Project
Location: Tahoe Vista, CA
Bid Date: 06/14/13
Published: 05/21/13 @ 10:31AM PST 
JJR Construction, Inc. is seeking DBE, UDBE, WBE, MBE and
SBEs


Project: Hendy Avenue Complete Street Improvements Project
Location: Sunnyvale, CA
Bid Date: 05/29/13
Published: 05/21/13 @ 10:29AM PST 
EC Construction is seeking DVBE

Project: ASPHALT REPAIRS AT DURFEE E.S., ASHER STREET PROPERTY, EL MONTE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND RIO HONDO E.S.
Location: EL MONTE, CA
Bid Date: 05/31/13
Published: 05/21/13 @ 10:19AM PST 
Burdick Excavating Co, Inc is seeking DVBE, DBE, WBE and MBEs

Project: Four Seasons Tank and Woodhill-Woodview Waterline Improvement Project
Location: Tahoe City, CA
Bid Date: 06/20/13
Published: 05/20/13 @ 3:20PM PST 
Burdick Excavating Co, Inc is seeking DVBE, DBE, WBE and MBEs

Project: Revised 2013 State Streets Waterline Project
Location: South Lake Tahoe, CA
Bid Date: 06/25/13
Published: 05/20/13 @ 2:49PM PST 
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CALIFORNIA
Court upholds CA DBE program
An appeal challenging the constitutionality of the California Department of Transportation's (Caltrans) Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) program was dismissed by the 9th U.S. District Court of Appeals in mid-April.
Published on May 3, 2013


LA Metro issues 3 yr DBE goal
The public comment period for the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority's (Metro) proposed three-year Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Overall Goal is open until May 12.
Published on May 3, 2013
FLORIDA
Miami-Dade schools issue new S/MBE & M/WBE application
Companies interested in obtaining S/MBE and/or M/WBE certification with Miami-Dade County Public Schools will have to use a new application.
Published May 15, 2013


Gainseville transit announces proposed DBE goal
The City of Gainesville Regional Transit System (RTS) is seeking comment for its proposed 1.5 percent overall disadvantaged business enterprise (DBE) participation goal for Fiscal Years 2014-2016.
Published May 15, 2013
KENTUCKY
Public input sought for KY Transportation Cabinet DBE goal
If approved, the Transportation Cabinet's Office for Civil Rights and Small Business Development will begin implementing an annual overall DBE participation goal of 7 percent when the federal fiscal year begins on October 1st.
Published May 21, 2013
MARYLAND
USDOT establishes Mid-Atlantic Small Business Center
The Small Business Transportation Resource Center will cover the states of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Maryland, Delaware and the District of Columbia.
Published November 28, 2012
NATIONAL
SBA program increases surety bond guarantee ceiling
The changes, authorized by the Fiscal Year 2013 National Defense Authorization Act, triples the SBG Program's eligible contract amount from $2 million to $6.5 million.
Published March 1, 2013


Federal contracting made easier to women-owned businesses
Changes included in the National Defense Authorization Act of 2013 to the U.S. Small Business Administration's Women-Owned Small Business Federal Contract Program will help women-owned small businesses get a larger share of federal contracting dollars.
Published January 28, 2013
NEW JERSEY
NJ Transit proposes 3yr DBE goal, holds public meeting
At the meeting, NJ Transit will solicit comments from businesses owners that have contracted, subcontracted, or sought contracts with the agency.
Published on May 15, 2013
NEW YORK STATE
Bloomberg signs M/WBE legislation
Introductory Number 911-A eliminates the $1 million cap on contracts targeted at minority and women-owned businesses (M/WBEs).
Published on February 1, 2013


Yonkers increases opportunities for M/WBEs
Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano signed an executive order aimed at increasing minority and women-owned business (M/WBE) participation in city contracting.
Published on February 1, 2013

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