SMBA&D oversees compliance with Subtitle 28 the Minority & Women’s Business Program (MWB Program) and Small Local Business Enterprises.
This subtitle applies to all contracts awarded by the City. Article 5, § 28-4.
The program works to remedy past discrimination in the City’s contracting process by prime contractors against minority and women’s business enterprises.
This has resulted in the significant underutilization of minority and women’s business enterprises in contracts awarded by the City in the major contracting markets: construction, commodities, architectural, engineering, and professional services.