Department of Economic Inclusion

REQUIREMENTS FOR SUBCONTRACTOR INCLUSION

 

Minority Business Enterprise (MBE), Women Business Enterprise (WBE), and Small Business Enterprise (SBE) Goals

Each City contract for construction, professional service or supplies will have a pre-determined MBE/WBE or SBE subcontractor inclusion goal. The prime contractor must submit a Subcontractor Approval Request Form 2004 for each subcontractor on every contract (regardless of tier) prior to the start of work. If a prime contractor is requesting to substitute a previously approved MBE/WBE or SBE on a contract, the prime contractor must submit a Subcontractor Substitution Request Form 2006 for review and approval by the Department of Economic Inclusion.

Subcontractor Payments

Prime contractors must report payments to their subcontractors in the City's Vendor Compliance and Certification System (VCCS). The subcontractor will receive a system generated email once payments entered by the prime contractor are ready to be confirmed by the subcontractor in VCCS. This system tracks subcontractor utilization in real time to determine if the prime contractor is achieving their economic inclusion goals on their contract with the City.

In order to use the VCCS system, you need to register and create a username. We encourage new users to attend an online seminar which is being conducted for free and on a regular basis. You can find the training schedules on the right-hand side of the VCCS page under training and events when you go to the link provided above.