Shelby County is preparing to relaunch its program for minority- and woman-owned businesses (MWBEs) through its Office of Equal Opportunity Compliance (EOC). The program has been halted since November of 2020 after a lawsu...

Published Aug 15, 2022

The Illinois Tollway has announced it is hosting a series of Small Business Initiative Electrical Focus Groups. The goal of the focus groups is aiding efforts to package electrical contract opportunities in a way that bene...

Published Aug 10, 2022

The U.S. Small Business Administration has announced that the Biden-Harris Administration exceeded the small business federal prime contracting goal for fiscal year 2021. The goal is set at 23 percent for prime contracts a...

Published Aug 02, 2022

The United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) and the Biden-Harris Administration have jointly issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (or NPRM) relating to Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) and Airport Conce...

Published Aug 02, 2022

The City of Peoria has launched a new certification program, known as the Peoria Equity Accountability Program, or PeAP. It is a free certification open to minority- and woman-owned business enterprises (MWBEs)....

Published Aug 02, 2022

The City of Austin has completed a disparity study that was commissioned in 2020, and has released the results and recommendations to the public. The study made a variety of findings, with mixed successes and failures for ...

Published Jul 26, 2022

Santa Clara County is beginning a business engagement initiative as part of the ongoing disparity study it is conducting. The study is examining the availability of small and diverse businesses in the area to determine whe...

Published Jul 25, 2022

The New Orleans Regional Transit Authority (NORTA) has announced the launch of a new online portal, the NORTA Diversity Compliance System, which provides prospective disadvantaged business enterprises (DBEs) in the region ...

Published Jul 21, 2022

[NOTE: The text of the Clark Public Utilities Notice to Vendors below is provided as-is, with the text provided to us by Clark Public Utilities dire...

Published Jul 07, 2022

The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) has announced its triennial participation goal for DBEs for the period of fiscal years 2023 through 2025, as it required to do as a recipient of federal transportation funding...

Published Jul 07, 2022

The City of Chicago has announced its triennial DBE participation goals for federally-assisted transit contracts, covering the period of fiscal years 2023 through 2025. The participation goal has been set at 16.5 percent....

Published Jul 07, 2022

[NOTE: The text of the notice below was provided to us by Beaver County Transit Authority directly.]The Beaver County Transit Authority in accordance with the regulations of the US Department o...

Published Jul 07, 2022

The Governor's Office of Massachusetts has issued an executive order consolidating oversight of various contracting programs under the newly-established Supplier Diversity Office (SDO). The executive order also issues seve...

Published Jun 28, 2022

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools is currently in the process of updating our Contractor/Supplier Database(s).  Please complete the attached Vendor Profile with your most current company and contact information so that yo...

Published Jun 27, 2022

The City of Harrisburgh is currently in the process of conducting a disparity study into the experiences of minority-, women-, disabled-, veteran- and LGBTQ-owned businesses that have done (or attempted to do) busines...

Published Jun 23, 2022