Classifications
To participate in our Supplier Diversity Program a business must be defined as one or more of the following classifications:
Minority Business Enterprise (MBE)
A business is classified as a minority business enterprise if the company is at least 51 percent owned, controlled and operated by one or more individuals from a minority group. The following describes the classified minority groups:
African American
A U.S. citizen who is of Black racial groups from the origins of Africa.
Asian-Indian
A U.S. citizen whose origins are from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh.
Asia-Pacific
A U.S. citizen whose origins are from Japan, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Taiwan, Korea, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, the Philippines, Thailand, Samoa, Guam, the U.S. Trust Territories of the Pacific or the Northern Marianas.
Hispanic American
A U.S. citizen who is of Spanish culture from the origins of Mexico, South or Central America or the Caribbean Island.
Native American
A person who is an American Indian, Eskimo, Aleut or Native Hawaiian.
Woman Business Enterprise (WBE)
A business is classified as a woman business enterprise if the company is at least 51 percent owned, controlled, and operated by one or more women.
Small Business
A business, including its affiliates that is independently owned and operated, not dominant in the field of operation in which it is bidding, and qualified as a small business under the criteria and size standards.
Small Disadvantaged Business
A small business concern that is at least 51 percent owned by one or more individuals who are socially AND economically disadvantaged.
Veteran-owned small business Veteran-owned small business - A small business concern not less than 51 percent owned by one or more veterans, and the management and daily business operations of which are controlled by one or more veterans.
Service-disabled veteran-owned small business
A small business concern not less than 51 percent owned by one or more service-disabled veterans, and the management and daily business operations of which are controlled by one or more service-disabled veterans.
Historically Underutilized Business (HUB) Zone
A small business located in a historically underutilized business zone - an area found within a qualified census tract, qualified non metropolitan counties, or lands within the external boundaries of an Indian reservation. A HUBZone small business appears on the List of Qualified HUBZone Small Business Concerns maintained by the Small Business Administration (SBA).
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT)
A business is classified as LGBT if the company is at least 51 percent owned,controlled, and operated by one or more principals who are either Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, or Transgender.
