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Minority/Women/Veteran-Owned Business Enterprise Program (MBE/WBE/VOBE) Definition of Terms
  • Requirements, Criteria, and Definitions
  • Reciprocity
  • Completing and Submitting the Certification Application
  • Application Review Process
  • Recertification
  • Contracting (see State Contracting below)
8(a) A federal certification from the SBA
BMWBO Bureau of Minority & Women Business Opportunities
DB Disadvantaged Business
DGS Department of General Services
MBE/WBE Minority or Woman Business Enterprise
PA UCP Pennsylvania Unified Certification Program (www.paucp.com )
PTAC Procurement Technical Assistance Center (www.paptacs.com )
RFP Request for Proposal
SBA Small Business Administration, a federal agency (www.sba.gov )
SBDC Small Business Development Center (www.pasbdc.org )
SDB SBA Small Disadvantaged Business certification (do not confuse this with the Small Disadvantaged Business classification under the Pennsylvania Disadvantaged Business program)
UCP Unified Certification Program
Disadvantaged Business Program (DB)
  • Requirements and Criteria
  • Comparing DB and SERB
  • Finding DBs
  • Interpreting the DB Language
  • Completing the DB Proposal
  • Scoring and Points
  • After the Contract Award
  • Enterprise Zones
State Contracting
  • Getting Started
  • Invitation for Bid (IFB)
  • Request for Proposal (RFP)
  • Information Technology and ITQ
  • Keeping and Breaking Commitments
  • Forms
  • Miscellaneous

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