[NOTE: The text of the notice below was given to us by Clark Public Utilities - we are publishing it as-is.]CLARK PUBLIC UTILITIES SMALL WORKS ROSTER & PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING &...

Published Jan 08, 2024

A recent disparity study into contracting by the City of Cambridge has been released, showing significant disparities in City utilization of minority- and woman-owned businesses (MWBEs) relative to their availability in th...

Published Jan 02, 2024

The Office of Minority Business Enterprise (OMBE) within the Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) has announced that the personal net worth cap for minority-owned businesses (MBEs) that it certifies will be lifted,...

Published Jan 02, 2024

Among numerous other provisions, the recently-passed National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2024 has raised the government-wide goal for utilization of Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (SD...

Published Dec 29, 2023

New York Governor Kathy Hochul has signed into law two bills addressing the needs of minority- and woman-owned businesses (MWBEs) in achieving equity in State contracting. The two bills are aimed at assisting MWBEs in thei...

Published Dec 22, 2023

Travis County has issued its HUB Utilization Annual Report for fiscal year 2023, which looks into the utilization of historically underutilized businesses (or HUBs) by the County. The report made findings of growth in util...

Published Dec 15, 2023

The City of Boulder and Boulder County will be jointly working to conduct a disparity study into the experiences of small and diverse businesses in City and County procurement. If such disparities are found, the study will...

Published Dec 15, 2023

The State of Oregon has released its 2023 disparity study into the experiences of businesses owned by persons of color, women, and service-disabled veterans doing, or attempting to do, business with the State. The study wa...

Published Dec 11, 2023

Knoxville City Council is currently considering the results of a recently released disparity study. The study examined the experiences of businesses owned by minorities, women, and veterans (MWBEs and VOBEs) in competing f...

Published Nov 22, 2023

Mayor Bruce Harrell of Seattle has signed an executive order expanding contracting access for minority- and woman-owned business enterprises (MWBEs). The order was signed at the City's 2023 Reverse Vendor Trade Show....

Published Nov 22, 2023

The City of Bloomington has launched a new initiative,  the Bloomington Equity Advancement Program (BEAP), which aims to provide minority- and woman-owned business enterprises (MWBEs) with greater opportunities to par...

Published Nov 22, 2023

The City of Asheville is in the process of conducting a disparity study into the experiences of minority, and women‐owned, and disadvantaged business enterprises (MWDBEs) in doing, or attempting to do business with the C...

Published Nov 21, 2023

The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) within the federal government has issued a memo directing federal government agencies to raise their spending with small disadvantaged businesses (SDBs), as designated by the U.S. ...

Published Nov 21, 2023

The St. Petersburg City Council has approved a new program for minority- and woman-owned business enterprises (MWBEs). The Office of Supplier Diversity (OSD) within the City's Procurement and Supplier Management Department...

Published Oct 16, 2023

Westchester County has recently released its Minority and Women-owned Business Enterprises (MWBE) Annual Expenditure and Utilization Report, showing that the County has made great strides in utilizing MWBEs in its procurem...

Published Oct 16, 2023