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    The Fort Bend Independent School District's Small Business Enterprise Program (“SBEP”) provides increased business opportunities for locally certified small businesses to participate in contracting and procurement at the District. FBISD has set an annual SBEP participation goal of twenty-five (25%) percent of the dollar amount of all SBEP-eligible contracts. FBISD recognizes that individual actual participation may vary based on subcontracting opportunities, availability of small businesses, and price competitiveness. The participation goal may change from year to year based on all relevant factors considered by the FBISD Board of Trustees.
     
    The SBEP is a goal-oriented program, requiring contractors to whom the District awards prime contracts for architectural design services, engineering design services or construction services valued at $50,000 or greater to use, at a minimum, “Good Faith Efforts” to utilize certified small businesses subcontractors, suppliers and consultants. The SBEP is a race and gender neutral program, open to participation without regard to race, color, sex, religion, national or ethnic origin, age or disability.
     

    Certification

     
    Any business wishing to be identified by Fort Bend Independent School District as a small business shall be certified as such by the following certification program(s):
     
    To be eligible as a “Small Business” under the SBEP, a business must have one of the following eligible small business certifications:
    • Port of Houston Authority SBE Certification;
    • Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County (METRO) SBE Certification;
    • City of Houston SBE Certification; or
    • Small Business Administration - SBA 8A (if authorized by the District for a particular procurement)
     

    Small Business Initiatives

     

    For All Bond Architectural Design, Engineering Design or Construction Solicitations

     
    All solicitations issued by the District include a Small Business Program Participation Form that is to be completed and submitted with the bid response. The section asks for the small business classification of the business entity. The section also asks each business entity to state if it will self-perform the work or will be using subconsultants or subcontractors to complete the work.

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FBISD SMALL BUSINESS 2020 WORKSHOP SCHEDULE

  • FBISD 2020 FOCUS GROUP SCHEDULE

    • February 26, 2020 – Technology
    • March 25, 2020 – Access Control – Badging, Lockers, Keys & Locks
    • April 29, 2020 - HVAC and MEP
    • June 24, 2020 - Life Safety (Fire Alarms, Control, Security, PA Systems)
    • July 29, 2020 - Landscaping, Fencing, Netting Concrete
    • September 30, 2020 - Painting, Drywall, Flooring

    Focus Groups will be held at The FBISD PFC Building 13600 Murphy Rd, Stafford, TX 77477

    Email SBEP@fortbendisd.com (RSVP is required to attend) (Space is Limited)

    Directions

    PFC Building