Many federal, state, and local government agencies have special programs established to provide contracts for businesses certified as one of the following:
- Minority Business Enterprise (MBE)
- Women Business Enterprise (WBE)
- Disadvantage Business Enterprise (DBE)
In order to qualify you will need to work with a certification agency to confirm your eligibility. These agencies are listed below:
- Eastern Minority Supplier Development Council (EMSDC)
- … National Minority Supplier Development Council (NMSDC)
- Women’s Business Enterprise Council PA-DE-NJ (WBEC)
- … Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC)
- The Enterprise Center (215-895-4000)
- NJ Department of the Treasury, Division of Revenue, Business Support Services Bureau (609-292-2146)
- US Business Leadership Network (USBLN), Disability Supplier Diversity Program (DSDP) (cami@usbln.org)
- … Authorized Certifying Agencies
- … City of Philadelphia, Office of Business Diversity, PHL International Airport (odb@phl.org)
- … Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA), DBE Program Office (215-580-7728)
- … PA Dept of Transportation (PENNDOT), Bureau of Equal Opportunity (717-787-5891)
- Port Authority Business Center (412-566-5500)
- US Department of Transportation, Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization
- NJ Transit, Office of Business Development
- … NJ Department of Transportation, Disadvantaged and Small Business Program Unit
- DE Department of Transportation
- State of DE, Office of Supplier Diversity
- … Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA)
- … Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA)
- The Minority and Women's Business Opportunity Office
- Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT), Office of Minority Business Enterprise (OMBE)
- VA Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity (SBSD)
- Disability:IN (DSBE)
