An increasing number of public contracts have Section 3 participation requirements, but many companies that do business with the government are unfamiliar with the program. Here, we answer the most common questions we rece...

Published Aug 13, 2014

In the United States, small businesses that are majority-owned by minority and/or women can get a leg up in public contracting by becoming certified as a Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE). When state...

Published Aug 13, 2014

Contractors bidding on City of Dallas contracts may discover that they are required to reach out to Minority and Woman Owned Business Enterprises (MBE/WBEs). The formal name for the MBE/WBE requirements in...

Published Aug 13, 2014

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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