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| December 8, 2021 | DBEs and WBEs: Don't Forget The Importance of NAICS Codes for Your Certification | NAICS codes are vital to you if your company is applying for Disadvantaged Bu ...Read more |
| December 6, 2021 | USDOT Seeks Public Comment on Strategic Framework | The US Department of Transportation on Monday announced a Request for Comments from the public to “help shape the Department’s goals and priorities as we work to transform the nation’s transp ...Read more |
| December 7, 2021 | Illinois DBEs and M/WBEs to Work on $332.2m in Tollway Contracts | The Illinois Tollway board of directors has approved three construction and professional engineering service contracts, totaling more than $3 ...Read more |
| December 3, 2021 | White House Begins Implementing Reforms to Increase SDB Procurement | The White House released a fact sheet on Thursday detailing five reforms as “the first step towards meeting the President’s goal of ensuring that 15 percent of federal contracts go to SDBs by 2 ...Read more |
| December 2, 2021 | LaGuardia Airport Project Doles Out $2b to MBEs | The overhaul of LaGuardia Airport in Queens, New York has set records in contracting with minority and women-owned businesses. Additionally, the project has featured high rates of contracting with ...Read more |
| November 30, 2021 | USDOT Loans $338.6m for Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel | The loan will partially finance the construction of the 5,700-foot Parallel Thimble Shoal Tunnel, which is part of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel (CBBT) crossing. The Parallel Thimble SHoal ...Read more |
| November 29, 2021 | Department of Commerce Expands Minority Business Development Agency | The U.S. Department of Commerce has expanded the Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA), which will likely grow further through the Minority Business Development Act of 2021. A large number o ...Read more |
| November 26, 2021 | SDVOSBs Get Contract Set-Asides with the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command | The Small Business Office of the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defence Command (USASMDC) has launched its first service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB) Set Aside contract program. < ...Read more |
| November 29, 2021 | Baton Rouge May Create $400k MBE Task Force | The money is in Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome’s proposed budget, but the Metro Council has already initially approved $228,000 for the division to hire two employees. "We have execut ...Read more |
| November 25, 2021 | DBEs Not Included in $66b Railroad Infrastructure Plan | On November 15, 2021 President Joe Biden signed into law the $1.2 trillion infrastructure act. We recently ...Read more |