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Government contracting opportunities and MWBE success stories
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SBS hosts impactful events and provides support to help MWBEs secure government contracts, leading to significant success stories.
- The 16th annual citywide procurement fair attracted over 1,250 attendees
- Vivid Marketing Group secured three prime vendor contracts worth nearly $640,000 since January 2022
- Dirty Gloves Drain Services grew from a $6,000 contract in 2015 to securing eight prime contracts totaling over $3 million
Dynishal Gross
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This past November our sixteenth annual citywide procurement fair set a record with over 1,250 attendees networking and learning about procurement opportunities.
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One of those businesses is Vivid Marketing Group, a Southeast Queens based company specializing in health and wellness education, training and employee health screenings.
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Vivid has leveraged multiple rounds of one on one technical assistance and other SBS resources which helped them secure three prime vendor contracts worth nearly $640,000 since January of twenty twenty two.
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Another success story is Dirty Gloves Drain Services founded by Nadine Clark.
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Nadine won her first modest $6,000 city contract in 2015 but knew she could do more.
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Over the past decade she and her team have engaged with SBS's government contracting support, participating in our selling to government webinar series, fast track growth venture training, and bonding service counseling.
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With SBS's support, dirty gloves has since secured eight prime contracts totaling over $3,000,000.
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These success stories highlight the impact of our dedicated DFO team which expands access to city procurement and creates opportunities for businesses to scale and thrive.