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ScottyB_RochNY Addict
Joined: 09 Jun 2004 Posts: 971 City: Rochester
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Posted: May 23, 2006 9:08 am Post subject: Experience with Women Owned business earning contracts? |
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I was wondering if any of you guys have been involved or know of situations where contracts are awarded to women owned businesses simlpy due to a quota situation. Any insight is helpful,thanks. |
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lcap Ladies Man
Joined: 13 Nov 2003 Posts: 10973 City: Homeless
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Posted: May 23, 2006 9:14 am Post subject: |
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ScottyB_RochNY,
I have all the answers if you have the $$. People tend to ignore my advice when it's free but for some reason hang on every word when I charge them. _________________ I hope the weather is calm as you sail up your heavenly stream |
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NVChickadee Wakeboarder.Commie
Joined: 27 Apr 2004 Posts: 1968 City: Sparks
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ScottyB_RochNY Addict
Joined: 09 Jun 2004 Posts: 971 City: Rochester
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Posted: May 23, 2006 9:19 am Post subject: |
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LCAP, dont have any $$ right now but my ears are open if you have any advice.
NVChicakdee...thanks. |
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lcap Ladies Man
Joined: 13 Nov 2003 Posts: 10973 City: Homeless
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Posted: May 23, 2006 9:21 am Post subject: |
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ScottyB_RochNY,
I'll settle for a promise that you'll send Cameraboy my best wishes. _________________ I hope the weather is calm as you sail up your heavenly stream |
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ScottyB_RochNY Addict
Joined: 09 Jun 2004 Posts: 971 City: Rochester
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Posted: May 23, 2006 9:25 am Post subject: |
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HAHA, sure thing. Poor Rich, his dog just died. I havent seen him in a week, the weather has been crap for riding around here lately, |
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8824 Ladies Man
Joined: 29 Jul 2004 Posts: 15136 City: Wilmington, Delaware
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Posted: May 23, 2006 9:29 am Post subject: |
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ScottyB_RochNY,
they need to be at least a majority owner ie 51% owned,
this should be under finance and biz thread,,,
great if you can get your mom to be the majority owner, that shi t works, some businesses need to do x amount with monirity owned firms, great way to get in, just make sure she can answer all the questions if she is every questioned _________________ www.integrity-wake.com |
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ScottyB_RochNY Addict
Joined: 09 Jun 2004 Posts: 971 City: Rochester
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Posted: May 23, 2006 9:36 am Post subject: |
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muckmeister wrote: | ScottyB_RochNY,
they need to be at least a majority owner ie 51% owned,
this should be under finance and biz thread,,,
great if you can get your mom to be the majority owner, that shi t works, some businesses need to do x amount with monirity owned firms, great way to get in, just make sure she can answer all the questions if she is every questioned |
Yeah, the plan was to put everything in my mama name. |
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htownbdr Wakeboarder.Commie
Joined: 14 Jan 2003 Posts: 1460 City: Austin
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Posted: May 23, 2006 9:45 am Post subject: |
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Quote: | Yeah, the plan was to put everything in my mama name. |
Yeah, that is really meeting the intent of the government in their award of contracts.
But, who cares. I disagree entirely that they can award a contract to a woman over a man just because of their quota. Seems wrong on so many levels. |
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8824 Ladies Man
Joined: 29 Jul 2004 Posts: 15136 City: Wilmington, Delaware
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Posted: May 23, 2006 9:47 am Post subject: |
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htownbdr wrote: | Quote: | Yeah, the plan was to put everything in my mama name. |
Yeah, that is really meeting the intent of the government in their award of contracts.
But, who cares. I disagree entirely that they can award a contract to a woman over a man just because of their quota. Seems wrong on so many levels. |
EDIT EDIT EDIT _________________ www.integrity-wake.com |
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lcap Ladies Man
Joined: 13 Nov 2003 Posts: 10973 City: Homeless
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Posted: May 23, 2006 9:55 am Post subject: |
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Get over the minority/women, HUBZone, SDB stuff gentlemen. It's a way the local, State and Federal Governments can get what they want, when they want and with whom they want. No lengthy acquisition process, adversarial contracting, RFI's, NJS's, Claims, Lawsuits or getting inferior contractors, equipment, etc. Also prevents entities like the FAA from installing 12 year old computer/technology systems. Which is why the FAA is exempt from the Federal Acquisition Regulations.
Spend your energy learning to play the game, not standing on the sidelines bitching about it.
Sorry to her about CB's dog. He loved that hound. _________________ I hope the weather is calm as you sail up your heavenly stream |
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mbuck Wakeboarder.Commie
Joined: 29 Dec 2004 Posts: 1629
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Posted: May 23, 2006 10:11 am Post subject: |
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I would think female owned business would be classified the same, but I used to work for a minority (Indian) owned company and we were a supplier to Ford Chrysler GM. There is a quota of minority supplier/contracts that the Big 3 have to meet on an annual basis, and it grows every year and they always struggle to meet it. If I am not mistaken as well, companies get added tax breaks just for using minority companies.
Our main customer was Ford and typically if you screw up as a supplier to Ford, ie. bad quality/late shipments, they will black ball you as a supplier, not give you any new business, and yank your Q1 flag (see google for descrip.). With that said, no matter what we did, how bad we screwed up, how often we were late, or how poor the quality, they wouldn't do a thing about it only minor threats for some pretty major violations. In fact they were begging us to expand to a different building and add some more presses so that they could give us more business just to increase their minority supplier percentage.
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8824 Ladies Man
Joined: 29 Jul 2004 Posts: 15136 City: Wilmington, Delaware
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Posted: May 23, 2006 10:12 am Post subject: |
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lcap wrote: | Spend your energy learning to play the game, not standing on the sidelines bitching about it. |
that is the best advice!
Once we figured out the game, it was great doing RFP's and putting "YES" we are a minority owned biz.. _________________ www.integrity-wake.com |
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lcap Ladies Man
Joined: 13 Nov 2003 Posts: 10973 City: Homeless
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Posted: May 23, 2006 10:47 am Post subject: |
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muckmeister,
The key to success in business is to make your customers life easier. Some people understand this but fewer still actually take the time to practice it. For those who do, sitting at the Kings table is very rewarding. _________________ I hope the weather is calm as you sail up your heavenly stream |
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