Goods and Services Opportunities for

Small, Minority, and Women

Owned Business Enterprises

City and County of Denver

Covered goods and services

This program only applies to specific categories of goods

and services. The covered goods and services catego-

ries are subdivided into 469 North American Industry

Classification (NAICS) codes.

Covered Goods

º Electronic parts & equipment

º Office equipment

º Machinery, equipment, & supplies

º Electrical & industrial equipment including

parts & supplies

º Communication equipment

Covered Services

º Building management & maintenance services,

including janitorial services

º Parking services

º Security services

º Maintenance & repair services, including landscaping

º Communication equipment related services

º General business services: staffing, interpretation,

graphic design, printing & photocopying, courier

delivery services, & transportation.

Solicitation Programs

All the solicitations for covered goods and services will

fall under one of the following procedures.

Defined Procurement Pool

º Solicitation estimated cost under $50,000,

º If 3 or more DSBO certified Small Business Enterprises

(SBE), who are not brokers, packagers, or manufactur-

er’s representatives, are available within a NAICS

Code, the solicitation will be sent to all available

DSBO certified enterprises eligible to participate,

º If less than 3 DSBO SBE certified vendors are available,

all available certified and non-certified firms will be

invited to participate, and

º All bidders are required to certify that they will self

perform 75% of the value of the resulting award.

Solicitation Programs, continued

Bid Preference

º Solicitations estimated between $50,000-$250,000,

º Award made to the lowest qualified bidder meeting

requirements,

º Solicitations are open to ALL bidders, and

º DSBO certified SBE’s who certify that they will self perform

75% of the value of the resulting purchase order or

contract will receive a 10% bid preference for evaluation

purposes. The purchase order or contract will be written

for the actual quoted amount for the awarded vendor.

Goals

º Bids and Requests for Proposals (RFPs) over $1,000,000

may qualify for establishment of a goal for DSBO certified

Minority Owned Business Enterprises (MBE) and DSBO

certified Women Owned Business Enterprises (WBE)

participation in the anticipated work,

º A goals committee comprised of representatives of MBE

and/or WBE, majority firms, and citizens, working with the

DSBO Director, are to review the procurement and also

the availability of certified MBE and WBE to perform the

work or provide the required goods,

º A goal may be established based on the review, and

º All bidders are required to comply with goal if one is

established.

Independent Partnerships

º Bids, RFPs and other solicitations not included in

previous programs will include a clause in the

solicitation encouraging but not requiring, participation

by DSBO certified SBE, MBE, and WBE in the supply

chain activities, prime/subcontractor arrangements

including partnerships, and joint ventures on city

contracts and purchase orders.

º Bidders are not to be rewarded or penalized for their

participation in the independent partnership program.

Process to become a Division of Small Business Opportunity (DSBO) certified vendor

Certified? Yes

Certified Vendors

º Contact information listed on DSBO website

º Bidding opportunities at www.rockymountainbidsystem.com

º Ready to bid on covered goods and services solicitations

º Opportunities to participate in pre-bids and networking

Certified? No

Eligible to reapply for

certification after one year

Beginning

º Small, Minority, or Women Owned

Business Enterprise, and

º Provides covered goods or services

DSBO Application

º Apply online at https://denver.mwdbe.com/?

º Pay the $200 non-refundable application fee;

yearly renewal fee is $50

º Site visit by DSBO representative

DSBO Certification Criteria

º Minimum of 6 months in business

º Small Business Enterprise by SBA standards? Go to link to find out:

https://www.sba.gov/tools/size-standards-tool?ms=nid4060

º 51% of owners must be under the Personal Net Worth Standard:

less than $1.32M excluding equity in primary residence and

applicant business enterprise

City and County of Denver

201 W. Colfax Ave.

Denver, Colorado 80202

Division of Small Business Opportunity (DSBO)

720.913.1714

www.denvergov.org/dsbo

certificationinfo@denvergov.org

Purchasing Division

720.913.8100

www.denvergov.org/purchasing