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236 Years Later

By DiversityBiz | July 3, 2012

There’s much to celebrate this month during the two hundred and thirty sixth birthday of our country, including the benefits of being a SDMWVBE (Small, Disadvantaged, Minority, Women or Veteran Business Enterprise) in the United States. Most of the time we talk about the issues and challenges we business owners face competing for our places at the procurement tables…

What is SAM?

By DiversityBiz | June 19, 2012

We’ve discussed the CCR (Central Contractor Registration) web site back in 2010. Early this year it was announced that the CCR, Online Representations and Certifications Application (ORCA), Federal Business Opportunities (FBO), Federal Procurement Data System-Next Generation (FPDS-NG), Electronic Subcontracting Reporting System (eSRS), Past Performance Information Retrieval System (PPIRS), Excluded Parties List System (EPLS), Catalog of…

Less Stress Through Proof Reading

By DiversityBiz | June 5, 2012

Preparing the application for SDMWVBE (Small, Disadvantaged, Minority, Women or Veteran Business Enterprise) certification can be pretty stressful for a variety of reasons. We live and breathe our businesses first. Certification is a tool that we use to serve our customers and expand our markets. But, in a process that seems alien and out of…

Less Stress, Complex Questions

By DiversityBiz | February 23, 2012

Complex and compound certification application questions can really amp up the stress level. Make sure you understand the questions before you answer them. When in doubt, don’t try to interpret. Pick up the phone, or email account, and ask!

Certification Stress Reduction

By DiversityBiz | February 10, 2012

Certifying agencies care about collecting the information they need in their format .. not about making it easy for you.

Getting Certified

By DiversityBiz | January 13, 2012 |

It has been interesting to learn how business owners decide to get certified. Like much else in business, it appears to be recommendation based.

Back to Basics ~ Certifications

By DiversityBiz | January 2, 2012

To celebrate this New Year of 2012, we thought it appropriate to talk about diversity certification again … how it came about and the value of being certified as a business that is minority, women, veteran, disabled, service-disabled or LGBT owned and operated.

Mea Culpa ~ Merry Holidays & Glad Tidings!

By DiversityBiz | December 17, 2011

While the MWBE community often decries the lack of opporunities, it is important to note that progress is being made in many areas and take advantage of these programs in 2012.

Changing Goals and Laws

By DiversityBiz | November 20, 2011

Tracking actual use of small, minority, veteran, women-owned and disadvantaged firms is now required for federal contracting. Prime vendors listing diversity participants in bidding will be monitored for actual performance.

Wishing and Hoping

By DiversityBiz | October 25, 2011 |

I often wonder how many MWBE suppliers are listed in these random corporate and government databases. And, how does Supplier Diversity actually use these registration systems? I think all we diverse suppliers really want is an opportunity to bid competitively to provide our goods or services.