The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) has adopted a prompt-payment policy from small business enterprises (SBEs) acting as primes on VTA contracts. The policy specificies that such SBEs shall be paid within...

Published Oct 05, 2020

Caltrans is hosting a lengthy series of professional development and outreach sessions in advance of its upcoming disadvantaged business enterprise (DBE) Disparity Study, which is currently underway and the results of whic...

Published Oct 01, 2020

The Capital Area Transportation Authority (CATA) has released its disadvantaged business enterprise (DBE) participation goal for fiscal years 2021 through 2023. As a recipient of federal transportation funding, CATA is req...

Published Sep 29, 2020

Earlier in the Spring of 2020, the City of Dallas completed a disparity study that examined whether there were disparities between the availability and utilization of minority- and woman-owned businesses (MWBEs) on th...

Published Sep 18, 2020

The Illinois Legislative Black Caucus is advocating for the passage of House Bill 5824, which would make numerous reforms aimed at improving equity in the realm of state contracting, particularly by expanding and...

Published Sep 16, 2020

The Indianapolis City-County Council, in a 20-5 vote, has passed Proposal 231, meant to increase the utilization of minority, women, veteran and disabled-owned businesses in government contracting.Among ot...

Published Sep 16, 2020

The election taking place on November 3rd, 2020, will bring an array of choices before California voters, and one of those choices of particular potential interest to minority- and women-owned businesses (M/WBEs) ...

Published Sep 10, 2020

The City of Indianapolis Office of Minority and Women Business Development has proposed new rules with the goal of ensuring greater equity in City contracting. The proposal comes after the completion, in 2019, of the City'...

Published Sep 08, 2020

The United States Small Business Administration (SBA) has released its Fiscal Year 2019 Small Business Federal Procurement Scorecard, which, among other things, announces that the federal government exceeded its small busi...

Published Sep 01, 2020

The City of Lodi, in accordance with its legal obligations as a recipient of federal transportation funding, has published its triennial participation for disadvantaged business enterprises (DBEs) on city contracts assiste...

Published Sep 01, 2020

The Port Authority of Allegheny County has published its triennial disadvantaged business enterprise (DBE) contract participation goals for the period of fiscal years 2021 through 2023, as required by law. The propose...

Published Sep 01, 2020

Business owners in and around the City of Alexandria have been urged by Alexandria Mayor Jeffery W. Hall to be on the ready to receive calls from Customer Research International (CRI), which will be seeking to collect...

Published Sep 01, 2020

The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) has released its disadvantaged business enterprise (DBE) contract participation goal for fiscal years 2021 through 2023, as required by law as a recipient of federal funding....

Published Sep 01, 2020

The Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District (Santa Cruz METRO) is proposing a Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) participation goal of 2.65 percent for contracts during the period of fiscal years 2021 through 20...

Published Aug 07, 2020

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (CMS) is currently in the process of updating their Contractor/Supplier Databases. They are requesting that vendors complete a Vendor Profile form (available via contact methods list...

Published Aug 07, 2020