The Office of Equity and Inclusion is launching the next iteration of the Learning Series: Doing Business with the City 101. This event will be geared towards any small, minority, and woman owned businesses in and around the City of Frederick. This series focuses on providing a comprehensive overview of how businesses can participate in local government contracting, specifically as part of the City’s Small Business Reserve (SBR) and Minority and Women Owned Business Enterprise (MWBE) programs.
These programs support the City’s desire to procure goods and services from small businesses of all types.
As an important pillar of these programs, the City performs comprehensive outreach to vendors available to do business with the City, which includes providing opportunities for businesses to learn how to participate in our programs. Last year, the Office of Equity and Inclusion hosted its first learning series to introduce businesses to the new programs and encourage their participation.
This year’s learning series will cover a variety of topics, including:
The registration process to become a vendor that can participate in city procurement
Becoming a certified Small Business Enterprise and/or Minority or Women Owned Business Enterprise, including a self-certification option in the City
The process for participating in the procurement process,
The City of Frederick partners with other organizations to provide additional support to businesses during the learning series and connect them with outside resources. Organization that City plans to partner with this year include the Maryland Small Business Development Center, Frederick County Government, the Maryland Department of Transportation.
“Doing Business with the City 101”
March 12th, 2025
10am
City Hall Board Room
101 N. Court St. Frederick MD 21701