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Welcome to the new Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization and Minority Resource Center (OSDBU/MRC) web page. On this site you will find a listing of services and programs provided to small (including veteran-owned, service-disabled veteran-owned, HUBZone, and women-owned) businesses on transportation-related contracting opportunities.

This website contains information on OSDBU/MRC's system of Regional Centers, a partnership with local chambers of commerce, trade associations, and Minority Educational Institutions (MEIs) offering a comprehensive delivery system of services and training targeted to small business and the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) community. This includes information and points of contact for the DBE programs implemented by state and local transportation agencies.

You will also find information on contracting opportunities within DOT, as well as our Short Term Lending and our Bonding Assistance Programs. These two programs are designed to assist DBEs (including 8(a) and Small Disadvantaged Businesses, service-disabled veteran-owned, HUBZone, and women-owned businesses) performing on transportation-related contracts.

MRC News

To all DOT current or potential contractors and all contracting personal concerning fraudulent letters requesting release of confidential information concerning CCT requirements. Click here for more information.

 Friday October 01, 2004
The October 2004 edition of the OSDBU/MRC newsletter, The Transportation Link is now available.....More More
 Friday October 01, 2004
The Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization and Minority Resource Center (OSDBU/MRC) is pleased to present a new redesigned web site. These changes are part of the Secretary's effort to reorganize and refocus the small busine....More More
 Friday October 01, 2004
The Fiscal Year 2005 Procurement Forecast is now available to the public. This serves as an information tool for anticipated procurement opportunities provided by....More More

Transportation Services Index (TSI)

TSI measures the movement of freight and passengers. The index, which is seasonally adjusted, combines available data on freight traffic, as well as passenger travel, that have been weighted to yield a consistent monthly measure. More Transportation Services Index More

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The President’s Small Business Agenda

MRC/DBE Success Stories

California State University Reaches Out to DBEs

Recently, California State University's Inland Empire Center for Entrepreneurship (IECE)Success Stories was recognized in Entrepreneur Magazine for the growth and success of its entrepreneurial education and outreach programs. Critical to this success was IECE's Entrepreneurial Training and Technical Assistance Program (ETTAP), which is a collaborative program with OSDBU/MRC. OSDBU/MRC relies on its partners, such as its ETTAPs, to accomplish its advocacy and outreach objectives.
IECE's ETTAP seeks to increase DBE participation in transportation-related opportunities by providing intensive mentoring, matchmaking, More More

Features

FY2005 Procurement Forecast

Marketing Information Package

Business Training

Capital Access

Calendar of Events

10/13/2004

Procurement Matchmaking Symposium, Camino Real Hotel, El Paso, Texas. For additional information, regarding registration, fees and agendas, please contact J. Conway at; (915) 831-7748

10/14/2004

Women’s Business Conference and Expo Birmingham, AL. Central Alabama Women’s Business Center 205-453-0249.
Email: patricia@cawbc.org

10/14/2004 - 10/15/2004

19th Annual HWC National Conference. Phoenix Civic Plaza Convention Center, Phoenix, Arizona. Presented by Hispanic Women’s Corporation.
Phone: 602/954-7995.
E-mail: hwc@hispanicwomen.org.
Website: www.hispanicwomen.org

10/17/2004 - 10/20/2004

NMSDC Conference and Business Opportunity Fair Washington, D.C. National Minority Supplier Development Council 212-944-2430
Website: www.nmsdcus.org.

10/29/2004

New England Regional MED Week . Newton Marriott Hotel, Newton, Massachusetts.
Phone: 617/565-6850
E-mail: dtorborg@mbda.gov.

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