How to do business with Phoenix Pt. 4

Benefits of listening to this podcast:

Podcast theme: Opportunities abound with the City of Phoenix

In this edition of NxT On The Air hosted by NxT Horizon publisher Dr. George B. Brooks, Jr., Equal Opportunity Department Director Carol Coles Henry returns with city staff to further the discussion of the award winning small/ minority business programs provided by the City of PHoenix.

This podcast provides specific information about the many business opportunities available and services and products needed by the City of Phoenix ($53 million in 2006) including:

* Many of the services the City of Phoenix is looking to contract.

* Detailed information on the wide variety of assistance and incentive

programs available to small business from the City of PHoenix

including outreach and education efforts.

* How the 5% SBE bid price incentive works.

* Information on the SBE reserve contract program.

* Details on the “How to do business with the government entities”

workshops and when they are offered.

* A few of the contracts coming up in the near future.

* How the small business programs work and how they benefit small

and minority owned business.

* Valuable information on the construction subcontracting goals