How to Get Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Certified

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If you are a women or minority owned small business in the fields of transportation, construction, or A&E, the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Program with the U.S. Department of Transportation may help your business win more contracts.

This program requires state and local agencies to award a certain percentage of federally funded transportation project dollars to DBE firms and increases their likelihood of winning prime and subcontracts with agencies such as Caltrans, BART, California High-Speed Rail Authority, and countless other transportation agencies.

Join Norcal PTAC Procurement Specialist and former Manager of Business Diversity Programs at Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority, Liz Brazil for a walk through the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) certification process step by step. Learn whether this certification is a good fit for your business and what the advantages and disadvantages are of getting certified. We’ll also discuss certification requirements, and tips and tricks for submitting a successful application.

Webinar Topics Include:

• Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) overview
• Certification requirements
• DBE Work Codes
• Advantages and disadvantages of being certified
• Step-by-step application instructions
• Common pitfalls to avoid during the process
• How to utilize Women’s Business Center resources

Celebrating Women's Small Business Month

Join us this month in celebrating the success of female entrepreneurs! With different perspectives, skills and experiences, women enrich the landscape of business ownership with unique ideas, solutions and technology. We're excited to partner with Women's Business Centers to offer training focused on government contracting opportunities for women business owners.

Want to learn more?

Check out the other webinars in our Women’s Small Business Month Series.

• Certifications Overview for Women Owned Businesses
  Thursday, October 14 | 10am - 11am
• How to Get Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB/EDWOSB) Certified
  Thursday, October 28 | 10am - 11am

Host

Norcal PTAC

Northern California Procurement Technical Assistance Center provides no-cost government contracting counseling, bid matching, and training for businesses located in our 15-county service area in Northern California.

Partners

Oakland Women's Business Center

AnewAmerica Women’s Business Center - Oakland provides training, counseling and other support services to help women entrepreneurs start and successfully grow their businesses. In addition, the center supports women business owners. The center is open to all.

Women's Business Centers (WBCs) represent a national network of over 100 educational centers throughout the United States and its territories, which are designed to assist women in starting and growing small businesses. WBCs seek to "level the playing field" for women entrepreneurs, who still face unique obstacles in the business world. SBA’s Office of Women’s Business Ownership (OWBO) oversees the WBC network, which provides entrepreneurs (especially women who are economically or socially disadvantaged) comprehensive training and counseling on a variety of topics in several languages.

Women's Business Center at JEDI

The WBC at JEDI provides in-depth, substantive, outcome-oriented business services to women (and men) entrepreneurs, both nascent and established businesses in the Siskiyou, Shasta, Trinity and Humboldt Counties of California.

Speaker

Liz Brazil
Procurement Specialist at Norcal PTAC

Liz has extensive experience with small and disadvantaged business enterprise programs working over 35 years for various Bay Area transportation agencies such as Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART), Alameda County Transportation Commission (ACTC), and Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA). She is familiar with local, State, and Federal procurement processes. Her passion is helping small businesses be successful and win government contracts. She holds a BS in Computer Science and Applied Mathematics from San Francisco State University.