The Florida State Minority Supplier Development Council (FSMSDC) serves as the U.S. Department of Transportation Southeast Small Business Transportation Resource Center (SBTRC).
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The BEP consists of a comprehensive set of all-inclusive workshops designed to address how businesses can become bond-ready, as well as one-on-one sessions with local surety bonding professionals.
This program is designed to increase the participation of women in the transportation industry and prepare young women to become our nation’s future transportation leaders.
The Southeast SBTRC provides an array of technical assistance to build the capacity of small and disadvantaged businesses, including:
To increase small businesses’ economic competitiveness by helping them become surety-bonded and compete for transportation-related contracts. It does this through education and resources that help these companies understand risk management, safety, workforce development and their own capabilities.
Bonding Education Program works with the Small Business Administration (SBA) Surety Bond Program to connect SBA-approved bond producers with small businesses so they can become bond-ready. Becoming bondable is a challenge for many disadvantaged businesses and this program aims to help them grow by obtaining or building bonding capacity.
The BEP is a multi-component program, designed to address what businesses need to become bond-ready when competing for transportation-related contracts. Each BEP includes workshops with industry professionals for business development and one-on-one sessions with local surety bonding representatives to help small and disadvantaged business owners compile necessary components to complete a bond application. This program is tailored to businesses competing for transportation-related contracts.
To be considered for the program, applicants must be the primary owner(s), key manager(s) or administrator(s) of a business that meets the following criteria:
Consultants, developers and engineering firms are not eligible for the program.
The company must also be capable of bidding on DOT-funded projects and commit to attend the series of workshops offered in its region. There is also a registration form that is required for entrance into the program.
The BEP is offered through DOT’s Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization and its network of Small Business Transportation Resource Centers (SBTRC) around the country.
The Bonding Education Program (BEP) process includes:
We meet with you to review the parameters of the BEP implementation in the local market, determine resource requirements and ascertain the role each stakeholder will play in carrying out the educational component and ensuring the program’s success.
Through a set of comprehensive workshops– your business receive a minimum of 10 hours of instruction:
We facilitate offers one-on-one interactions for your company with local surety bond producers who volunteer to help small businesses. The surety bond professionals work with each small business, on a case-by-case basis, to assemble the materials necessary for a complete bond application, and address any omissions or deficiencies that might impede successful underwriting of a bond. This is delivered through a network of SBA-approved surety associations that identify local surety professionals in your local area who volunteer help to become bondable or increase your bonding capacity.
We coordinate and monitor the technical assistance provided to participants in the program. This includes helping you identify and secure bonding for subsequent transportation-related projects. An element of the follow-up assistance may include matching program participants to available transportation-related contracting opportunities.
The BEP is offered through DOT’s Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization and its network of Small Business Transportation Resource Centers (SBTRC) around the country. For additional information about the BEP program in the Southeast Region, please reach out to Henry Payoute, at [email protected], or (305) 762-6151 ext. 209.
To increase the participation of women in the transportation industry and prepare young women to become our nation’s future leaders by creating ladders of opportunity through careers, internships, strategic partnerships and education.
The US DOT Women & Girls In Transportation Initiative (WITI) offers an internship program enabling young women from colleges and universities across the country to participate. The WITI internship program is administered through the department’s Small Business Transportation Resource Centers (SBTRC) which provide resources, technical assistance, and outreach to all 50 states and U.S. territories. Each SBTRC is responsible for placing qualified female college students in transportation-related internships throughout their regions.
The goals of the program are to increase the participation of women in the transportation industry and prepare young women to become our nation’s future leaders. To accomplish these goals, the program:
The Women & Girls in Transportation Initiative (WITI) strives to get more women and girls involved in the transportation industry. This summer, we will give interns the opportunity to work at a small business or organization within the field. To qualify, a young woman must currently:
ATTENTION Transportation Small Businesses!
Do you want to create a unique opportunity for a college intern? At no cost to you?
The US DOT Women & Girls in Transportation Initiative (WITI) program places young women around the country in internships with a variety of companies, organizations, and transportation agencies every year. Interns are given the opportunity to gain real-world experience in the fields of their interest, while performing meaningful work with transportation executives, engineers and project managers.
This 2024 spring/summer, we are looking to place interns with companies/organizations that can use the support. If your company or organization is interested, please fill out the form below by March 2024, to help guide us on the internship opportunities available.
All we ask is that the internship provides the young woman with real on-the-job experience, skills and mentoring that are relevant to the transportation industry. The internship is 6-8 weeks (dependent on the company’s/intern’s availability).
Asia White
WITI Intern
Dafina Doctor
WITI Intern
the US Department of Transportation Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization
MISSION
The mission of the Florida State Minority Supplier Development Council (FSMSDC) is to link corporate and government members with Minority Business Enterprises to foster equity in business.
VISION
A world in which economic success is diverse and inclusive.
Since 1975, FSMSDC’s purpose has been to foster the development and success of minority-owned businesses throughout Florida. Central to our mission is the principle that networks and relationships among and between minority businesses and corporate and government buyers build businesses.
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