Professional/Technical Service Contract Opportunities Apex Accelerator (Formerly PTAC) Provides technical and marketing assistance to all Minnesota businesses interested in selling their products and services to the government on Promotes opportunities to do business with the state, and provide assistance to small businesses owned by women, minorities, people with sub stantial physical disabilities, and veterans as they seek state contracts. Small Business Procurement Program the federal, state, and local levels. Office of Equity in Procurement (OEP) Navigate the state's certification program for businesses owned by minorities, women, veterans, people with disabilities, and those from economically disadvantaged areas. Minnesota Unified Certification Program (Mn/UCP) Group of state and local agencies who work together to certify DBE's. The current certifying agencies are: City of Minneapolis, Metropolitan Airports Commission Metropolitan Council, MN Dept. of Transportation. City of Minneapolis - Procurement 612-673-2500 Metropolitan Airports Commission (MAC) - Doing Business 612-726-8100 Small + Disa d vantaged Businesses Metropolitan Council Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBE) MnDOT -Office of Civil Right s Small business programs 651-366-3071
Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Programs (DBE) Metropolitan Council Underutilized Business Program (MCUB) Central Certification Program (CERT) Program is a small business certification program recognized by Hennepin County, Ramsey County, City of Minneapolis and the City of Saint Paul. The CERT Program certifies small businesses, including small Minority-Owned Business Enterprises (MBE) and small Women-Owned Business Enterprises (WBE). CERT Program also certifies Emerging Small Business Enterprises (ESBE), which are a subset of the small business marketplace. 15 W. Kellogg Blvd. 280 City Hall Saint Paul, MN 55102 651-266-8904 Hennepin County A-1730 Government Center 300 South Sixth Street Minneapolis, MN 55487-0175 612-348-3181 Ramsey County Contracts & Vendors City of Minneapolis Procurement City of St. Paul Emerging Small Business Enterprise (ESBE) Program Anoka County Purchasing Government Center 2100 3rd Ave. Anoka, MN 55303 763-324-4000 Olmsted County Purchasing 2122 Campus Dr. S.E., Suite 200 Rochester, MN 55904 507-328-7085 St. Louis County Purchasing Transportation & Public Works Complex
REGIONAL / COUNTY / CITY CONTACTS Women’s Business Development Center (WBDC) – Minnesota 2021 E. Hennepin Ave., Suite 200 Minneapolis, MN 55413 612-259-6584 | wbdc-mn@wbdc.org Metropolitan Council Office of Diversity
4787 Midway Road Duluth, MN 55811 218-726-2666 Stearns County Procurement Department 705 Courthouse Square, Room 47 St. Cloud, MN 56303-4701
390 Robert Street N. St. Paul, MN 55101 651-602-1000 Doing Business with the Council Small Business Programs
320-656-3607 Bloomington Purchasing
1800 West Old Shakopee Road Bloomington, MN 55431-3027 952-563-8795
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