Minority Business Enterprise Program

Welcome!

The WCPSS Facilities Design and Construction Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) Program is dedicated to providing equal access to information and opportunities for minority and woman owned construction contractors, designers, and businesses. WCPSS takes the MBE Program initiative seriously, and is truly invested in providing equal access and opportunity for participation in all construction related projects.

What is a HUB/MBE?

The term “minority person”, as defined in North Carolina G.S. 143-128, means an individual who is a citizen or lawful permanent resident of the United States and who is Asian American, Black, Female, Hispanic, or Native American. The term "socially and economically disadvantaged individual" is defined in 15 U.S.C. 637.

"Minority businesses" are defined in North Carolina General Statutes 143-128 as businesses in which at least fifty-one percent ownership is held by one or more minority persons or by individuals defined as socially and economically disadvantaged. Additional information is available on North Carolina G.S. 143 can be found here: www.ncga.state.nc.us/statutes/statutes.html.

Senate Bill 914

Senate Bill 914 was enacted by the State Legislature to encourage the use of good faith efforts by all state universities and public entities in the recruitment and selection of minority firms to reach a 10% minimum participation level on public sector construction projects. The Guidelines for Recruitment and Selection of Minority Businesses for Participation in State Construction Contracts can be downloaded here: Download PDF

Board Policy 7260 - Minority Business Enterprise Participation in Construction Contracts Policy Wake County Public Schools System: Click Here

For More Information

If you have any additional questions, please feel free to contact us.

Facilities Design and Construction
1551 Rock Quarry Road
Raleigh, NC 27610
Phone: (919) 856-8179
Fax: (919) 664-5604

Ms. Tammie Hall - MBE Manager
Email: thall@wcpss.net

Ms. Cindy Graf - MBE Processing Tech
Email: cgraf2@wcpss.net

• Wake County Public Schools and City of Raleigh 2008 MWBE Expo, January 16, 2008, from 4:00 – 7:00 p.m. at Southeast Raleigh High School
  http://www.wcpss.net/news/2008_mwbe/
  http://www.wcpss.net/auxiliary-services/aux_feb08.pdf
  


• HUB Contractor Business Academy – Carolinas AGC
  http://www.continuingeducation.ncsu.edu/SCC.html
  


• MED Week – The Minority Business Development Agency, September 3-5, 2008, Washington, DC
  http://www.medweek.gov/
  


• Minority Enterprise Development Week, City of Durham, October 6-10, 2008
  http://www.durhamnc.gov/departments/equal/med_week.cfm
  


• 2008 National Minority Supplier Development Council Conference and Business Opportunity Fair, October 26-29, 2008, Las Vegas, Nevada
  http://www.nmsdcus.org/events/conference08.html
  


• MWBE Coordinators Network Annual Meeting, November 12-14, 2008, Myrtle Beach, SC
  


• CMSDC MBE Scholarship Gala and Annual Meeting, January 16, 2008, Charlotte, NC
  http://msdc.adaptone.com/carolinasmsdc/app/template/Index.vm
  


• Wake County Public Schools and the City of Raleigh Business Expo, January 22, 2008, Raleigh Convention Center
  http://www.wcpss.net/facilities/