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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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NC

The Guilford County Board of Commissioners has adopted a resolution instituting a formal Minority/Women Business Enterprise (MWBE) Program Policy.The policy comes after a disparity study was delivered to the co...


Published Mar 08, 2023

MD

The Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) recently announced it is raising the personal net worth (PNW) cap for owners of businesses certified as MBEs, or Minority Business Enterprises. The change went into effect o...


Published Feb 21, 2023




DE

The City of Wilmington has released a disparity study into its procurement procedures, with a particular eye on whether or not minority and women-owned businesses (MWBEs) were being underutilized relative to their availabi...


Published Feb 13, 2023

NY

The New York State Senate has passed a variety of bills intended to support minority- and woman-owned business enterprises (MWBEs) in their attempts to compete for procurement work from the State. The bills have not been p...


Published Feb 13, 2023



NY

New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced in his recent "State of the City" address for 2023 a goal for the City to award $25 billion in contract dollars to minority- and woman-owned business enterprises (MWBEs) by fiscal y...


Published Feb 08, 2023

NJ

The Senate Commerce Committee for the State of New Jersey has advanced legislation that, if passed, would authorize the State's Department of the Treasury to certify businesses owned by LGBTQ+ individuals (or LGBTBEs) in t...


Published Feb 08, 2023

PA

The City of Philadelphia's Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO) will be hosting two monthly webinar series that will run through November of 2023. The webinars will be part of the OEO's general efforts to help minority-, w...


Published Jan 24, 2023



TN

Memphis-Shelby County Schools (MSCS), as part of the process by which they are conducting a disparity study into the utilization of minority- and woman-owned business enterprises (MWBEs) in MSCS contracting, are holding pu...


Published Jan 24, 2023

MD

Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski has issued an executive order calling for utilization of minority- and woman-owned businesses (MWBEs) in County contracting to be increased to 30 percent by 2026. The current MWB...


Published Jan 23, 2023

Nat'l

The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) and the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) have formally signed a reciprocity agreement under which historically underutilized businesses (HUBs) may work for eith...


Published Jan 17, 2023



WA

[NOTE: The text below is provided as-is, with the text provided to us by Clark Public Utilities directly.]Clark Public Utilities is updating its Small Works Roster for public works projects und...


Published Jan 09, 2023

WA

[NOTE: The text below is provided as-is, with the text provided to us by Clark Public Utilities directly.]Clark Public Utilities of Clark County, Washington, has established vendor lists for su...


Published Jan 09, 2023

OR

The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) has announced that it has surpassed its own goal for contracting with disadvantaged business enterprises (DBEs) during the previous fiscal year of 2022. That DBE participation...


Published Dec 27, 2022

FL

The City of St. Petersburg has announced the launch of its new Office of Supplier Diversity, organized within the City's Procurement Department. The new Office will bolster efforts to foster diversity and inclusion within ...


Published Dec 20, 2022

CT

[NOTE: the following text was composed by Ducci Electrical Contractors - DBE Goodfaith is publishing it on their behalf]At Ducci Electrical Contractors, we believe it is our duty to encourage t...


Published Dec 20, 2022