SANTA BARBARA—Santa Barbara MTD is hosting a virtual workshop for local business owners to learn more about becoming a certified disadvantaged business enterprise (DBE), and about future contracting opportunities with MTD.
DBEs are defined as small businesses with minority or woman ownership of at least 51%. MTD has an average of $6 million in contracting opportunities each year, and actively seeks certified DBE firms to bid on those contracts.
To share information about MTD’s goals and process, and to answer any questions a business owner might have, a public virtual workshop will be held via Zoom:
Date: Monday, July 19, 2021
Time: 12:00 p.m. to 12:45 p.m.
MTD is also welcoming input on the agency’s proposed Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) goal for FFYs 2022 – 2024. The Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit District (MTD) has developed the proposed goal in accordance with Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 26. The goal is established to help ensure that DBEs have an equal opportunity to participate in contracts partially or fully funded by the Federal Transit Administration of the U.S. Department of Transportation.
The proposed DBE triennial overall goal is 2.32%, to be achieved through race-neutral measures (i.e., with no contract goals). The proposed DBE goal and methodology is available on the MTD website at https://sbmtd.gov/about/doing-business/. The overall goal is for the three-year period that begins October 1, 2021 and ends September 30, 2024.
Questions or comments on the goal or methodology may be submitted through MTD’s website at https://sbmtd.gov/about/about-mtd/ or by emailing Steve Maas at smaas@sbmtd.gov.