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Contracting Diversity News

We established this diversity-in-contracting focus journal in 2005 to help the DBE, M/WBE, DVBE, and small business community stay informed about pertinent public procurement news and events.


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TX

Prime Contractors wishing to bid on contracts administered by the City of Austin need to be aware of the city's Minority Owned Business Enterprise and Woman Owned Business Enterprise (MBE/WBE) Compliance Plan requirements....


Published Aug 13, 2014

MN

Many large municipalities in the United States administer programs designed to increase the inclusion of minority-owned, women-owned, and small businesses (MBE, WBE, and SBE) in public contracting. The City of Saint Paul, ...


Published Aug 13, 2014




MD

When prime contractors bid on projects let by Howard County, Maryland, they may be required to fulfill minority and women business subcontracting goal. When a contract's total annual award is $50,000 or mo...


Published Aug 13, 2014

CT

Companies bidding on State of Connecticut (CT) contracts may be required to meet disadvantaged business enterprise (DBE) utilization goals on contracts or make a good faith effort to meet the goals. As part of the good fai...


Published Aug 13, 2014



CT

Companies bidding on State of Connecticut (CT) contracts may be required to meet minority (including women) and small business (MBE and SBE) set-asides on contracts or make a good faith effort to meet the set-asides. As pa...


Published Aug 13, 2014

CA

Companies bidding on California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) and other state and local contracts with disadvantaged business enterprise (DBE) participation goals must record the information below to establish a ...


Published Aug 13, 2014

Nat'l

In the public works and procurement sector, the good faith effort refers to a set of procedures required of companies bidding on government contracts to help satisfy contracts' small, minority, women, and disadvantage...


Published Aug 13, 2014



CA

Prime contractors bidding on contracts with the City of San Diego may discover that they have to comply with Small Local Business Enterprise (SLBE) and Emerging Local Business Enterprise (ELBE) program requirements. ...


Published Aug 13, 2014

NY

Companies bidding on State of New York (NYS) contracts may be required to meet minority and women businesses (MBE and WBE) set-asides on contracts or make a good faith effort to meet the set-asides. As part of the good fai...


Published Aug 13, 2014

VA

Construction companies bidding on contracts with the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) may occasionally have to perform a good faith effort to achieve disadvantaged business enterprise (DBEs) participation goals...


Published Aug 13, 2014



Nat'l

If you are involved in public contracting, whether as a local, state, or federal government letting contracts or a prime contractor pursing contracts, you will likely be required to publish legal notices (also known as pub...


Published Aug 13, 2014

MO

St. Louis contractors hoping for legislation that would set minority-owned and women-owned business (MBE and WBE) participation goals on St. Louis County contracts may have to wait for the politica...


Published Aug 13, 2014

WI

The City of Madison has commissioned a study to analyze its current efforts to provide a level playing field for minority and women-owned businesses (MBEs and WBEs) competiting for City public works contracts....


Published Aug 13, 2014

PA

The City of Philadelphia recently completed its Annual Disparity Study, which analyzes the utilization and competitiveness of minority, women and disabled business enterprises (M/W/DBES) in city contracts and following a d...


Published Aug 13, 2014

NY

Minority and women-owned businesses (M/WBEs) in Western New York, the North Country, and Mid-Hudson regions will have an opportunity to network with other contractors and officials from various New York State agencies at u...


Published Jun 05, 2014