The Capital Region Minority Supplier Development Council is celebrating a significant milestone this year. We are in our 50th year of existence – it is our golden anniversary! | |
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Fifty years ago, the price of gasoline was $1.55, and bread was .25 cents a loaf. Business communication was conducted using fax machines versus today’s email and the Internet.
Much in our world has changed, but the MISSION of CRMSDC has endured!
Our MISSION is to assist our corporate members in improving the diversification and innovation of their supply chains by connecting them to competitively viable, certified minority business enterprises. Fifty years later, our mission is battle tested, and it continues to endure.
We are celebrating our golden anniversary throughout 2022. Please join us for our Super Matchmaker on June 29th, our Golf Outing on September 13th, and our Leaders and Legends Gala on October 12th. We are initiating new programs such as our MBE CEO Pandemic Recovery Academy (in partnership with UMGC) and continuing our Foundations Utilities program (in partnership with Exelon).
| As our mission endures, our daily goal is always to add value to our corporate members and minority suppliers! We appreciate the opportunity to serve. | |
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We are witnessing some breathtaking history.
On February 25, 2022, during Black History Month, President Joe Biden nominated Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to become the 116th Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. On April 7, 2022, during Women’s History Month, a bipartisan group of Senators confirmed Jackson’s nomination. Throughout her life, Judge Jackson stood out as a high achiever. She graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University, then attended Harvard Law School, where she graduated cum laude and was an editor. But like many Black women, she still had naysayers. Despite it all, she succeeded. As she takes her rightful place, the historic spotlight will continue to shine. Make no mistake, women’s reproductive rights will be on the ballot this November. Voter suppression among many other challenges may make its way to the Supreme Court. Her journey will be rich.
| Judge Brown Jackson is one of many stories of incredibly successful women of color. In case you missed our podcasts, please listen at your leisure to the phenomenal businesswomen we interviewed during Women’s History Month. | |
The First MBDA Business Center in Virginia is Open | |
The Virginia Business Center launched on November 9, 2021 becoming the first center to be established in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the 52-year history of MBDA. Our Mission is to manage relationships and sources of deals by promoting the interests of Minority Business Enterprises (MBEs); educating MBEs on the benefits of strategic growth alternatives (e.g., mergers, acquisitions, and/or joint ventures); and providing service referrals to MBEs of all sizes. We are staffed with a group of seasoned business consultants that provide technical assistance and business development services to promote growth and global competitiveness of MBEs. We provide the following services: business development, assisting clients to increase revenue, assisting in securing transactions, capital building, management, financial & technology assistance.
The Center kicked off 2022 with the focus on the President’s Executive Order 13985 to increase minority spend in the federal government and the historic infrastructure bill signed into law on November 15, 2021, which included codifying into law the Department of Commerce’s Minority Business Development Agency, whose mission is minority business advocacy.
We are establishing key relationships with federal, state, county and local agencies that receive federal funding to execute their work requirements. To date we have partnered with the US Department of Energy, Virginia Small Business & Supplier Diversity and Virginia Department of Transportation.
Center Outreach is well underway. Jan/Feb/Mar focus was access to capital with webinars on State Small Business Credit Initiative 2.0 where each state will get a share of a $10B fund to support small businesses, Surety Bonding and Federal Agencies Homeland Security and Health and Human Services. April was Washington Metro Area Transit Authority. We will feature the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Federal Reserve Bank as well as US Treasury and the Navy in June.
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Treasury Announces Plans to Deploy $300 Million in Technical Assistance to Underserved Entrepreneurs and Very Small Businesses through the State Small Business Credit Initiative | The $300 million of technical assistance includes $100 million for the U.S. Department of Commerce's Minority Business Development Agency to provide technical assistance to underserved entrepreneurs seeking greater access to capital, including venture capital financing. | | | |
We would like to welcome our newest National Corporate Members to the CRMSDC Family. To learn more about their organization, please access the links below: | |
Booz Allen Hamilton believes in contributing to the communities in which we work and in helping their citizens obtain a fair share of available economic opportunities. Small and minority-owned businesses make important contributions to our work by enhancing our competitive edge and our performance on specific contracts. They also play a critical role in the future of the global economy. | |
The National Education Association (NEA) is more than 3 million people—educators, students, activists, workers, parents, neighbors, friends—who believe in opportunity for all students and in the power of public education to transform lives and create a more just and inclusive society. | |
Make use of your NMSDC and CRMSDC resources! | |
OPPORTUNITIES
Notifications can be sent to all certified firms or a targeted group of certified firms, depending on the requirements.
- NMSDC Central notifications. These notifications are sent directly from NMSDC through the portal (relay@adaptone.com) and provide alerts/information about opportunities with national corporate members and national programs.
- CRMSDC Constant Contact blasts. Emails from CRMSDC through Constant Contact provide notice of upcoming events, regional and collaborative contracting opportunities, webinars, and more.
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MBE2MBE SEARCH MODULE IN NMSDC CENTRAL.
Use this tool to develop and grow relationships with other MBEs; increase capacity through partnering and teaming; and identify MBEs for supply chain activities.
- Every certified firm has the ability to search for other MBEs using the MBE2MBE search module.
- Search by company name, keyword.
- Firms are automatically opted in upon certification/recertification. If you opt out of the MBE2MBE search module, you won’t be able to search for other MBEs, and your company won’t be visible in the search results of other MBEs.
- NMSDC reminds all MBEs that access to the search module is for partnering/teaming and capacity expansion, not for marketing your company’s products or services.
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DON’T LET YOUR CERTIFICATION LAPSE.
NMSDC certification is for one year, and must be renewed annually.
- Be sure to add relay@adaptone.com to your safe senders/whitelist. Reminder notices are sent 90, 60, and 30 days prior to your expiration date.
- CRMSDC sends final reminder notices 15 days prior to expiration from its certifications@crmsdc.org address. Add this email to your safe senders/whitelist for these reminders and other notices of opportunities.
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CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE & RELIEF CENTER (CvRRC) | |
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The Coronavirus Response and Relief Center (CvRRC) funded by The U.S. Department of Commerce, Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) announces a transformational six week executive education program in partnership with The University of Maryland Global Campus (UMGC).
Each week, participating minority-owned firms will experience one 90-minute session facilitated by UMGC’s School of Business Management. Each session will focus on targeted topics accompanied by a subject matter expert to provide practical real-world experience as MBEs continue to deal with the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Upon completion each minority-owned firm will receive a certificate of completion, obtain new knowledge ownership, share insights and will be equipped with a briefcase of resources and tools to help advance and achieve ongoing business success.
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Space is limited. Deadline to apply is Monday, May 9th. | |
Congratulations to our new MBEs. Orientation is on Tuesday, May 24, 2022 at 9:30 am. | |
NMSDC Pre-Certification Briefings | Minority Business Enterprises who plan to apply for National Minority Supplier Development Council (NMSDC) certification in the next 30 days should attend a Pre-Certification Briefing. Attendees will learn about the benefits and requirements of National MBE certification through the National Minority Supplier Development Council. | | |
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Thu, 9:30 AM–11:00 AM EDT
NMSDC Pre-Certification Briefing (Virtual)
Capital Region MSDC, Silver Spring, MD
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Thu, 9:30 AM–11:00 AM EDT
NMSDC Pre-Certification Briefing (Virtual)
Capital Region MSDC, Silver Spring, MD
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CRMSDC's HOTCHAT Podcast is Available On-Demand | | | | |
