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Prepare to get Certified by OMWBE- Certification Workshop

Prepare to get Certified by OMWBE- Certification Workshop. 2014 Eastern Washington Vendor Education Seminar and Networking Event . Edwina Martin-Arnold. Certification Change Perspectives Increase certified firm participation in government contracting. OMWBE Certifications

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Prepare to get Certified by OMWBE- Certification Workshop

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  1. Prepare to get Certified by OMWBE- Certification Workshop 2014 Eastern Washington Vendor Education Seminar and Networking Event Edwina Martin-Arnold

  2. Certification • Change Perspectives • Increase certified firm participation in government contracting

  3. OMWBE Certifications • OMWBE & DBE Program Overview • Benefits of State and Federal Certification • Eligibility Criteria for State and Federal • Q& A

  4. Why Were We Created?

  5. What Does OMWBE Do? Identify Small, Minority, and Women-owned firms Help connect firms to government and agency opportunities Monitor state utilization of small, minority, and women-owned firms Develop programs designed to improve the contributions of small, minority, and women-owned businesses to the Washington State economy

  6. DBE/SBE Program Overview • The main objectives of the DBE/SBE Program are: • To ensure that small disadvantaged business enterprises (DBE & SBE) can compete fairly for federally funded transportation-related projects. • To ensure that only eligible firms participate as DBE/SBEs. • To assist DBE/SBE firms in competing outside the Program.

  7. DBE/SBE Program Overview • In 1983, Congress enacted the first Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) statutory provision. • This provision required the Department to ensure that at least 10% of the funds authorized for the highway and transit Federal financial assistance programs be expended with DBEs. • In 1987, Congress re-authorized and amended the statutory DBE program to include women to the groups presumed to be disadvantaged. • In 2012, SBE added.

  8. DBE/SBE Program Overview • Three major DOT Operating Administrations : • Federal Highway Administration • Federal Aviation Administration • Federal Transit Administration

  9. Why should I get certified? • It All Adds Up • OMWBE’s online directory • Supplier diversity goals • Outreach • Linked Deposit Program

  10. M/WBE, DBE, & SBE Eligibility Criteria • Group Membership (M/WBE & DBE) • Business Size • Economic Disadvantage (DBE & SBE) • Ownership • Control • Commercially Useful Function (M/WBE)

  11. Group Membership

  12. Business Size • Three year average of gross receipts • Small business • Cannot exceed $22.41 million

  13. Economic Disadvantage • $1.32 million • Exclude ownership interest in applicant firm • Exclude equity in primary residence

  14. Ownership • 51% or more • Real, substantial, and continuing • Community Property

  15. Control • Independent • Managerial • Operational

  16. Commercially Useful Function • Performance of real and actual services which are integral and necessary in the discharge of any contractual endeavor, and not solely for the purpose of obtaining certification or obtaining credit for participation goal attainment. Embracing Small Business, Empowering Entrepreneurs

  17. Contact Information Edwina Martin-Arnold 360 664 9776 edwinam@omwbe.wa.gov

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