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- initialism women's business enterprise (fancy way of saying "company owned by a woman")
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WBE/DC/Wildstorm has a lot of expertise in licensed properties ...
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As part of its proposal, the development team has committed to targeted hiring and a Minority and Women-owned Business Enterprise (M/WBE) plan, which will provide employment training and placement opportunities during and after construction.
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Among them are the inclusion of strict ethics requirements, anti pay-to-play provisions, requirements for competitive bidding of the lease, caps on transaction fees, dedicated funds to guarantee use of the proceeds of the lease only as intended and not for political purposes, protections against exploitation of poor communities by the lessor, requirements for MBE/WBE/DBE participation, and protections for lottery employees.
Greg Harris: Summary of the Proposed Lease of the State Lottery 2008
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The "New York Daily News" reports that WBE has numerous arrests for driving under the influence.
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Many contractors are considered unqualified since they don 't have enough minority or MBE/WBE participation.
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This fact is known by MBE/WBE qualified bidders who intentionally kite the price of their services.
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Not only does the bidder need to meet the contract specs of course! but the bidder must be QUALIFIED under MBE/WBE standards that have been established.
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For the past five years, Turner has surpassed the milestone of awarding more than $1 billion of contracts to M/WBE firms.
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The Turner School of Construction Management (TSCM) provides M/WBE contractors with the tools necessary to pursue work in the private and public sectors, including opportunities created by the City of Wilmington and the State of Delaware new initiatives through the Supplier Diversity
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TSCM training program expands opportunities for minority and women owned firms and Turner's network of M/WBE partners in Delaware as we work together to deliver services to the City of Wilmington and through the
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