Minority Business Enterprise (MBE)
The University of Maryland, Baltimore
is strongly committed to maximizing the opportunities for minority and
women owned businesses in our procurement process. The Department of Procurement
Services routinely solicits from minority and women owned businesses and
makes certain that these firms are included in the award of contracts wherever
possible. The University's Schools and Departments are also expected to
seek out minority and women owned businesses as they make purchases using
the Procurement Card and as they put together purchase order requisitions.
Only by working aggressively together will we as a campus be able to meet
the newly established goal of placing twenty-five percent of our purchases
with Maryland Department of Transportation Certified Minority vendors inclusive
of meeting the sub-goals of ten percent with women owned firms and seven
percent with African American owned firms.
The Department of Procurement Services stands ready to help you in any way
in doing business with minority and women owned firms. If you have
any questions, concerns, suggestions, or comments, please contact
Mr. Carter Ward, Assistant Director, Business Development Programs and our MBE Liaison
Officer. Mr. Ward’s phone number is 6-5122 and his email cward@af.umaryland.edu.
The following links may be helpful:
The following is a link to the United States Small Business Administration
searchable data base of federally certified small and disadvantaged
businesses. Use this link when making purchases using federal contract
dollars: http://www.ccr.gov/
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