Business Development
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Overview
The SCA’s Business Development Department (BDD) has a focused mission: to develop best business practices that will increase, facilitate and encourage the participation of MWLBE firms to successfully perform work with the SCA.
To accomplish this, BDD is responsible for the outreach, recruitment and development of MWLBE firms to participate as primes and subcontractors in the SCA’s Mentor Program, Graduate Mentor Program, and Capital Improvement Program. BDD also monitors and ensures that prime/general contractors are subcontracting a minimum of 30% of their work to qualified MWLBEs in order to meet the agency’s participation goals.
Contract Compliance
General contractors are required to make and demonstrate good faith efforts to achieve the SCA's goal to subcontract 30% or more of their work to certified MWLBE firms. Business Development provides general contractors with guidance and assistance in finding qualified and certified MWLBE firms to promote compliance with these goals.
A certified minority subcontracting plan must be submitted within ten days after the Notice of Intent to Award is issued. BDD monitors contracts through completion of each general contractor's evaluations is adherence to MWLBE participation goals.
Click the link below and select MWLBE Certified "Yes" to see eligible firms.
Minority Business Outreach/Certification
The SCA recruits MWLBE firms for certification through participation in various minority trade shows, conferences and forums. Firms can also call or walk in to request certification assistance. Outreach is a very critical element of our program. A prime contractor can use only certified firms to satisfy their MWLBE goals. Firms may not participate in the Mentor Program unless currently certified. Only certified firms are encouraged to attend SCA's free business development technical assistance classes.
Firms seeking certification with the SCA can call (718) 472-8899 or go to: MWLBE Certification Page.
Mentor Program
The SCA seeks to increase, facilitate, and encourage the participation of minority-owned, women-owned and locally based enterprise (MWLBE) firms by providing a flexible framework for eligible firms to develop and grow within the construction industry and to establish long-term business relationships with the SCA.
Through its Mentor and Graduate Mentor programs, the SCA seeks to increase MWLBE participation in school construction projects.
- BDD Brochure
- Video: What the Mentor program can do for your business
