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Minority and Women's Business Enterprise (MWBE) Supplier Diversity Program
Working to enforce Article 15-A by building lasting partnerships

Championing
technology supplier
diversity to build
NY State’s economy.

CIO/OFT uses an innovative strategy to increase IT MWBE participation.

Increasing supplier diversity means taking a fresh look at how to capitalize on existing technology contracts and create new partnerships. By hosting three “MWBE Technology Sector Jumpstart Events”, during the last 18 months, CIO/OFT has been instrumental in connecting MWBE technology providers with major IT companies serving New York State.


What's Happening?
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The IT Staff Aumentation Procurement Prime & MWBE Meet and Greet was held on November 5, 2009.
To view the video of the event please visit http//www.cio.ny.gov/OFT/MWBE_meetandgreet.htm 

Resources

Fact Sheet Revised November 2009 (PDF 295KB)

Doing Business with NYS (PDF 333K)

NY Loves MWBE Division of Minority and Women-Owned Business Development (DMWBD) Website

MWBE Compliance Requirements and Forms for Procurements over $25,000

NYS Equal Employment and Minority and Women-owned Businesses Opportunity Laws and Regulations:(PDF 72KB)

Comprehensive Guide For Small Business Owners And Entrepreneurs

Technology Sector Supplier Diversity in the News

MWBE inFIELDER**NEW** (November, 2009)

Local Leaders Celebrate Women’s Business Success (June 18, 2009 )

NYS Brings Together World Leading Technology Companies and State MWBE Firms for the Third Jumpstart Event (Press Release - May 15, 2009 )

VisionIT CEO Delivers Keynote Address at NYS Technology Sector MWBE Jumpstart Event, VisionIT (Press Release - May 15, 2009 )

NYS CIO/OFT and Division of Minority and Women Owned Business Development Continue to Enhance Efforts to Meet Diversity Goals (Press Release - January 7, 2009 )

NY Provides Unique Opportunity for Technology Sector MWBEs (Press Release - November 6, 2008 )

More about Technology Supplier Diversity

 

STRATEGY:

CIO/OFT’s goal is to raise the level of minority and women-owned business involvement in state technology purchases to 15% by the end 2009 and 20% by the end of 2010. To achieve this goal, CIO/OFT hosts and facilitates events to create opportunities for MWBE technology businesses to collaborate and form lasting business partnerships with prime technology vendors to provide services to NYS. In addition, CIO/OFT has partnered with other state agencies to increase the statewide MWBE participation.

 

BUSINESS PARTNERS:

Building partnerships with leading technology firms is critical to our success. Twenty-seven (27) global companies voluntarily pledging to achieve our 20% MWBE participation by 2010 goal and includes: Accenture, AVAYA, CGI, Cisco, Computer Aid, Dell, Deloitte, BearingPoint, Dun and Bradstreet, EDS, EMC, HP, IBM, Intel, Johnson Controls, Microsoft, Motorola, nfrastructure, Oracle, Qwest, SAIC, Siemens, Sun Microsystems, Tandberg, Unisys, CMA and Xerox.

 

TESTIMONIALS:

Our Jumpstart attendees continually provide feedback on how the events are impacting their business.   Hear what they have to say!