District 7 Small Business, Disadvantaged Business Enterprise and Disabled Veterans Business Enterprise Programs
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Register Your Business
with the Office of Small Business, DGS, to sell your service or commodity to State Department buyers at future procurement fairs. For more information, click here.
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Prevailing Wage Information California Labor Laws |
A & E Contracts Status Report
| SBE Update | 108 firms participating of total 137 firms (79%) 41 % of total expenditure for the life of contract 33% FY 08/09 to date |
| DBE Update | 32 % of total expenditure for the life of contract
23% of total expenditure for FY 08/09 todate |
| DVBE Update | 0 % total expenditures | ( 3 DVBE firms) CRM ( Envir ) Global Envn ( Haz Waste) The Chambers Group ( Haz Waste) |
Small Business Certification Requirement
- Small Business Certification Application , STD. 813 (NEW 1/2001)
- Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise (DVBE) Certification Application, STD. 812 (REV. 1/2001)
- Must be independently owned and operated;/Can not be dominant in its field of operations;
- Must have its principal office located in California;
- Must have its owners (or officers in the case of a corporation) domiciled in California; and
- Together with your affiliates, be either:
- A business with 100 or fewer employees, and an average annual gross receipts of $10 million or less over the previous three tax years, or
- A manufacturer with 100 or fewer employees.
To be eligible for DVBE certification, your business:
- Must be at least 51% owned by one or more disabled veterans;
- Your daily business operations must be managed and controlled by one or more disabled veterans (the disabled veteran(s) who manages and controls the business is not required to be the disabled veteran business owner(s));and
- Your home office must be located in the U.S. (the home office cannot be a branch or subsidiary of a foreign corporation, foreign firm, or other foreign based business).
For DVBE certification purposes, a "disabled veteran" is:
- A veteran of the U.S. military, naval, or air service;
- Has a service-connected disability of at least 10% or more; and
- Must be a California resident
Technical Assistance
330 North Brand, Suite 1200
Glendale, CA 91203
(818) 552-3210
http://www.sba.gov/
Commerce & Economic Development Program
http://commerce.ca.gov/state/ttca/ttca_homepage.jsp
Contracting with Caltrans Made Simple
Here are some links to assist your company in becoming certified to do business with the State of California as a SBE, DVBE or DBE.
Doing Business With Caltrans
Caltrans goal is to exceed the 25% mandate for utilization of certified small businesses, and 3% with Disabled Veterans Business Enterprises (DVBE) for all contracting and purchases. In addition, utilize not less than 17% of Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBE) for highway contracts.
California Construction Contracting Program
California Construction Contracting Program
FREE construction-related business management counseling and training is available to you. Don’t wait; this is your training and counseling highway to Winning Caltrans Contracts!
The California Construction Contracting Program is a great opportunity for you if your business provides services from Asphalt to Porta-Potties; from backhoes to fencing; from catering to architectural and engineering services. You need to prepare yourself and your business to take advantage of FREE counseling and training services!
These services are provided through a partnership between Caltrans, the California Community College’s Economic and Workforce Development Program, and the California Small Business Development Center program.
Locations and schedules for counseling and training are located at http://www.buildcalifornia.org/
Small Business Links
- CAL-Card
- California Multiple Awards Schedules
- California State Contract Register (CSCR)
- Caltrans Bid Results
- Caltrans Contract Payments and Information
- Caltrans Contractor Interest Registry
- Caltrans Contracts for Bid
- Disabled Veterans Business Enterprise Activity Report
- Central Contractor Registration (CCR)
- DGS State Publishing
- DGS Subscription Outreach Service (SOS)
- IT Vendors Conference
- PRO-Net Registration
- Small Business Advocates Directory (PDF)
- State Contracting & Purchasing Officials Directory (PDF)




MANDATORY PRE-BID CONFERENCE for the Long Beach Freeway (I-710) Long Life Pavement
Rehabilitation project in the Cities of South Gate, Bell Gardens and Bell. Attendance
is mandatory for those interested in bidding. [