MESA – The Arizona Department of Transportation and partner agencies will hold a free event from 7 a.m. to noon Tuesday, May 7, at Mesa Convention Center (Building C) to help small businesses and those owned by individuals from socially and economically disadvantaged groups compete for transportation contracts that receive federal funding. 

Offered through ADOT’s Disadvantaged Business Enterprise program, the DBE and Small Business Transportation EXPO helps attendees learn about project opportunities, visit exhibit booths, and network with industry professionals and business owners. 

Participants will also hear from transportation leaders, including ADOT Deputy Director Teresa Welborn. Other partnering agencies include Maricopa County Department of Transportation (MCDOT), City of Phoenix Street Transportation, City of Phoenix Public Transit, Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport and Valley Metro.

The event will include panel discussions with leaders of local government agencies, owners and prime contractors. Major project updates will also be included.

Although the EXPO is geared toward Disadvantaged Business Enterprises and small businesses, it’s open to all businesses, public agencies, vendors and community partners with an interest in the transportation industry. 

For more information and to register, please visit adotdbeexpo.com. For more information on ADOT’s Disadvantaged Business Enterprise program, please visit azdot.gov/dbe. 

PHOENIX – The Arizona Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and its Arizona Minority Business Development Agency Business Center have honored the Arizona Department of Transportation’s work with minority- and women-owned businesses. 

ADOT has been inducted into the organization’s Arizona Million Dollar Circle of Excellence, established in 2012 to recognize entities spending more than $1 million annually with minority- and women-owned businesses. The honor, presented as part of the Arizona Hispanic Chamber of Commerce’s recent Business Diversity Summit, notes ADOT’s efforts in the area of supplier diversity. 

Through its DBE Supportive Services program, which is part of the Business and Compliance Office, ADOT helps small businesses get certified as disadvantaged business enterprises, enhance their ability to get work on federal-aid transportation contracts and become self-sufficient in their respective industries. ADOT provides a variety of training programs and technical assistance, along with events such as the Oct. 3-4 ADOT DBE & Small Business Transportation Conference in Tucson.

During a one-year period that ended March 31 of this year, ADOT contracts with disadvantaged business enterprises totaled nearly $100 million.

To learn more about ADOT DBE Supportive Services, please visit azdot.gov/DBE. 

TUCSON – A free Arizona Department of Transportation conference Oct. 3-4 is designed to help small businesses and firms qualifying for ADOT’s Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Program compete for contracts in the transportation industry.

Titled “Road Work Ahead,” the ADOT DBE and Small Business Conference will be held at the Casino Del Sol Resort in Tucson. It will feature extensive opportunities for networking, discussions with prime contractors, one-on-one appointments with buying agencies and prime contractors, educational breakout sessions, opportunities to learn about ADOT programs designed to help build businesses and much more. 

The keynote speaker will be George W. Hammond, director of the Economic and Business Research Center at the University of Arizona’s Eller College of Management.

Although the conference is geared toward disadvantaged business enterprises and small businesses, it’s open to all businesses, public agencies, vendors and community partners with an interest in transportation. The goal is helping small businesses and those owned by members of socially and economically disadvantaged groups compete for projects that receive federal funding.

For more information and to register, please visit the ADOT’s DBE Supportive Services Program website at azdot.gov/DBE.

MESA – The Arizona Department of Transportation and partner agencies will hold a free event from 7 a.m. to noon Wednesday, May 3, at Mesa Convention Center (Building C) to help small businesses and those owned by individuals from socially and economically disadvantaged groups compete for transportation contracts that receive federal funding. 

Offered through ADOT’s Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) program, the DBE and Small Business Transportation EXPO helps attendees learn about project opportunities, visit exhibit booths, and network with industry professionals and business owners. 

Participants will also hear from transportation leaders, including ADOT Director Jennifer Toth. Partner agencies include Maricopa County Department of Transportation (MCDOT), City of Phoenix Street Transportation, City of Phoenix Public Transit, Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport and Valley Metro.

The event will include major project updates and panel discussions with leaders of local government agencies, owners and prime contractors.

Although the event is geared toward Disadvantaged Business Enterprises and small businesses, it’s open to all businesses, public agencies, vendors and community partners with an interest in the transportation industry. 

For more information and to register, please visit adotdbeexpo.com. For more information on ADOT’s Disadvantaged Business Enterprise program, please visit azdot.gov/dbe.