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Minority
Business
Certification
Business
Certification
Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) Certification is the process by which a business is verified as being minority-owned, managed, and controlled according to the criteria set forth by the National Minority Supplier Development Council (NMSDC).
Why Get Certified?
From federal and government agencies to private corporations, there are many organizations that want to do business with minority-owned businesses. Certification may provide your business with opportunities it might not otherwise be able to compete for.
Large corporations are constantly looking for minority owned businesses to work with. They have supplier diversity programs in place to calculate exactly how successful they are in sourcing products and services from minority suppliers. Therefore, one of the top benefits of the MBE certification is that any contractual agreement between a corporation and Certified MBE is counted towards that corporation’s supplier diversity goal. The more they spend with Certified MBEs, the closer they get to achieving and surpassing their goal. But you have to be a Certified MBE in order to count towards corporate diversity spending.
Local Certifying Agencies
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