Business

BUSINESS Opportunities with the City of New York for Minority and Women-owned Business Enterpriese (M/WBEs)

There are tremenaward M/WBEs con new vendors, small busi dous business optracts up to $500,000 nesses, and community portunities with the City of New York for Minority and Wom through an expedited, noncompetitive con based nonprofit organi zations to identify and en-owned Business Entracting method. And, respond to business op terprises (M/WBEs), with Mayor de Blasio’s portunities with the City with thousands of City recently executed Exec of New York. contracts awarded each year to City-certified M/ WBEs. Over the past utive Order, the pool of contract opportunities is Once awarded a con tract, PASSPort is the five years, for example, even wider. central digital platform M/WBEs have received To avail your com for contracting with the nearly $16 billion in con pany of these opportuCity. Burdensome and tracts and subcontracts. nities, you must have an duplicative paperwork

There has never been account with the City’s requirements have been a more promising time digital procurement removed, signatures are for M/WBEs to do busi platform – PASSPort – now digital, notary pub ness with the City. Towhich makes it easier lic requirements have day, City agencies can than ever for M/WBEs, been eliminated, and a once opaque contracting process is now transpar ent. M/WBEs that want to do business with the City should go to the PASSPort website and create an account today. It’s a simple process that can be done in less than 15 minutes. The City of New York is committed to encouraging a diverse business environment, supporting the growth and success of M/WBEs and fostering a procure ment process that is accessible to all businesses. To learn more about PASSPort and its key features, visit nyc.gov/ passport.

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