Nevada Department of Transportation, Division of Civil Rights is hosting the -

"Doing Business with NDOT: A Small Business Forum"

Come spend an afternoon with NDOT to find out the new federal and state projects that are coming up for Spring and Summer, 2011, techniques designed to increase your ability to obtain NDOT contracts, new projects that will have new DBE goals and much more.

Please open the attached flyer for location and contact information.

DBE Small Business Forum 4 26 11 Flyer (.pdf 76K)

Get REWARDED for helping revitalize Nevada's economy!

The newly created Silver State Works initiative was designed to create an opportunity for employers to help rebuild Nevada's economy, while receiving incentives to hire pre-screened qualified workers to staff their businesses.  The success of the program depends greatly upon the partnership of employers with Nevada agencies.

Silver State Works is a collaborative effort of the Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation (DETR), the Department of Health and Human Services, local workforce investment boards, state and local economic development agencies and other entities with an interest in helping citizens go to work, while restoring the state's once vibrant economy.

For more information please read the following flyer.

• SilverStateWorks Flyer (.pdf 733K)

The Small Business Summit will provide opportunities for small businesses to obtain information regarding issues such as:

• The New Hire Job Credit Strategy to Address Unemployment Issue
• Provide Ideas/Solutions to Support Your Small Business
• Join the "We Will Improve Nevada" Team

and much more.

SPACE IS LIMITED - PLEASE R.S.V.P FOR TICKETS!

Please read the following flyer for further details and call now for tickets no later than, Friday, September 17, 2010!

• Small Business Summit 2010 Flyer (.pdf 32K)

The attached document sets forth the methodology used to determine the Nevada Department of Transportation's (NDOT) Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) goal of 5.9 percent, and the portions of the goal to be attained by race/gender-neutral and race/gender conscious means for FY 2011.

Nevada State's FY 2011 DBE Goal Setting Methodology Flyer (.pdf 136k)

Disadvantaged Business Enterprise American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Bonding Assistance Reimbursable Fee Program (DBE ARRA BAP)

This new program, which will be administered by the Department of Transportation’s Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU), allows small and disadvantaged businesses to apply to be reimbursed for bonding premiums and fees incurred when competing for, or performing on, transportation infrastructure projects funded by ARRA. The program will be especially helpful for businesses with traditionally less working capital than larger contractors. 

Under the DBE ARRA BAP program, DBEs performing on a transportation and infrastructure projects receiving ARRA funding assistance from any DOT mode of transportation will receive financial bonding assistance in the form of bonding fee cost reimbursement. This provision is applicable to a subcontract or prime contract at any tier in the construction project. Under this program DOT will directly reimburse DBEs the premiums paid to the surety company for performance, payment or bid/proposal bonds. The range of the premium fee is between 1-3% of the total bond amount. In the event the DBE also obtains a bond guarantee from Small Business Administration’s (SBA) Surety Bond Guarantee Program (SBGP), the DOT will also reimburse the DBE for the small business concern (principal) fee of .729% of the contract price. Only qualified bonds with an issue date on or after August 28, 2009 to September 8, 2010 are eligible.

Please see the accompanying link for more details, application information and guidance:  http://www.dot.gov/recovery/ost/osdbu/