Resources for M/WBEs

Minority- and Women-Owned Business Enterprises (M/WBE)

SLDC works to promote business opportunities and capabilities of Minority- (MBE) and Women- (WBE) Owned Business Enterprises, and works to eliminate barriers for equal economic opportunity for MBEs and WBEs in the marketplace.

M/WBE Business Services

  • Assist with the M/WBE Certification Process

  • Assist M/WBE with Business Expansion Strategies

  • Technical and Business Consulting

  • Business Incentives

M/WBE Certification Program

SLDC manages the Minority- and Women-Owned Business Enterprise Program and monitors the utilization of M/WBEs by prime contractors on construction projects in the City of St. Louis that are $1 million or more receiving an incentive.

Business Diversity Development (BDD) at St. Louis Lambert International Airport

BDD administers certification programs for both the City of St. Louis Minority and Women Business Enterprise Program as well as the United States Department of Transportation’s Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) and Airport Concessions Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (ACDBE) Programs.

Additionally, BDD:

  • Handles Title VI complaints

  • Investigates Third Party Challenges against currently certified firms’ certification

  • Monitors the City of St. Louis Living Wage

  • Provides Outreach services to the small business community

  • Performs monitoring and enforcement of Ordinance 70767 and the City of St. Louis Certification and Compliance Rules on contracts subject to the Ordinance at St. Louis Lambert International Airport.

BDD processes the following application types:

  • North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code expansion requests for MWDBEs & ACDBEs

  • Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Interstate Certification requests

  • Ownership Changes

  • New Minority Business Enterprise (MBE)

  • New Women Business Enterprise (WBE)

  • New Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE)

  • New Airport Concession Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (ACDBE)

  • No Change Affidavits for MBE, WBE, DBE and ACDBE firms

Minority and Women Business Enterprise Certification Program

SLDC has approved new rules governing the certification and compliance of women and minority owned businesses for participation in the City's Minority and Women Business Enterprise Program (M/WBE Program).

Contact

Marla Roach

Contract Compliance Manager
roachm@stlouis-mo.gov • 314.657.3746 

Lennox Lamb

Certification Manager
lambl@stlouis-mo.gov • 314.617.0400