Have you been asked by your clients or prospects "Do you have a Woman Owned Business Certification?" or "Are you Certified as a Minority Business Enterprise?"

 

Certification must make sense for your company as it is an investment in your success. Some questions to ask are:

 

• How much revenue is generated by customers who want you to be certified? Will that increase with a certification?

• Are prospective customers asking if you are certified?

• Are you losing contracts because you are not certified?

• Are you competing in a market where you are the only woman or minority service providing services?

 

If the answer is to any of these is "Yes", you should strongly consider certification!

WBE Certification

 

Certification as a Women Owned Business can open opportunities with client's who have supplier diversity programs. WBE Certification includes:

 

• Listing in procurement databases for WBE's

• Procurement list of over 1,000 private and public sector purchasing contacts

• WBE Designation for your marketing materials

WOSB Certification

 

Women Owned Small Business Certification is required for certain federal purchasing programs and has restrictions on the size of the company. There is also a disadvantaged component called the EDWOSB which has further requirements.

 

• Federal Government must award 5% of its prime contracting dollars to WOSB's!