HUB INITIATIVES

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HUB INITIATIVES UPDATES
26th Annual State Construction
ConferenceFebruary 27, 2007Presented
byOffice for Historically Underutilized
Businesses
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HUB UPDATES

• Minority Business Participation Goals
  Administrative Rules
• Statewide Uniform Certification
• HUBSCO Construction Reporting Database
• Minority Business Capital Projects Advisory Board
• Pilot - Electronic Bidding for Informal Projects
• HUB Academies/HUB Institute Wake Tech Comm.
  College
• HUB Initiatives Collaborations
• HUB Office Customer Survey

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IMPORTANT

• 01 NCAC 30I .0309        MINORITY BUSINESS
  RESPONSIBILITIES
• (a)  Minority businesses seeking to be counted
  toward the minority business participation goals
  of G.S. 143-128.2 shall be certified or
  designated as minority business by the Department
  of Administration HUB Office or another
  certifying agency of the State of North Carolina,
  a local unit of government, or The Carolinas
  Minority Suppliers Development Council.
• (b)  Minority and HUB contractors shall make a
  good faith effort to participate in construction
  projects as demonstrated by
• (1) Attending the scheduled prebid conference.
• (2)  Responding promptly whether or not they wish
  to submit a bid when contacted by owners or
  bidders.
• (3) Attending training and contractor outreach
  sessions given by owners, contractors and state
  agencies, when feasible.
• (4) Participating in Mentor/Protégé programs,
  training, or other business development programs
  offered by owners, contractors or state agencies.
• (5) Negotiating in good faith with owners or
  contractors.
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• History Note        Authority G.S. 143-128.3(e)
• Eff. March 1, 2006.

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Statewide Uniform Certification Bill

• Senate Bill 320 introduced 02/22/07
• AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE SECRETARY OF
  ADMINISTRATION TO DEVELOP AND ADMINISTER A
  STATEWIDE UNIFORM CERTIFICATION PROGRAM FOR
  HISTORICALLY UNDERUTILIZED BUSINESSES DOING
  BUSINESS WITH STATE DEPARTMENTS, AGENCIES, AND
  INSTITUTIONS, AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS
• DEVELOP AND ADMINISTER A STATEWIDE UNIFORM
  CERTIFCATION FOR HISTORICALLY UNDERUTILIZED
  BUSINESSES
• CREATE AND MAINTAIN A DATABASE OF BUSINESSES
  CERTIFIED AS HUBs.
• SECRETARY OF ADMIINISTRATION SHALL SHEEK INPUT
  FROM STATE DEPARTMENTS, AGENCIES, INSTITUTIONS,
  POLITICAL SUBDIVSIONS OF THE STATE AND OTHER
  ENTITIES DEEMED APPROPRIATE TO DETERMINE THE
  QUALIFICATION CRITERIA FOR STATE UNIFORM
  CERTIFICATION.

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HUBSCO CONSTRUCTION REPORTING DATABASE

• HUBSCO FACTOIDS
• Public Entities Registered to HUBSCO System - 289
• HUBSCO Users including System Administers - 611
• HUBSCO Training Sessions held from 3/10/2003 to
  2/27/2007 - 81
• HUBSCO Training Attendees from 3/10/2003 to
  2/27/2007 - 567
• HUB Office offering six (6) HUBSCO Training
  Sessions through June 2007.
• Fiscal Year 2005-06 (July 1, 2005 June 30,
  2006)
• INFORMAL CONTRACTS
  
• Total Construction 66,571,380 HUB
  Participation 15,332,361 23.03
• FORMAL CONTRACTS
• Total Construction 685,148,852 HUB
  Participation 113,172,150 16.52

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Minority Business Capital Projects Advisory Board

• Established by SB914 to provide recommendations
  to the Secretary of Administration on how to
  improve recruitment utilization of minority
  businesses.
• Interested in serving on the MB Advisory Board?
• Submit a Letter of Interest to the HUB Office for
  appointment consideration
• huboffice.doa_at_ncmail.net

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COL-LAB-O-RA-TION
To work together, especially, in an intellectual
effort
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Collaborative Initiatives

• Pilot Electronic Bidding of Informal Projects
• Test the practical use of online sealed bidding
  for obtaining, evaluating, storing and easily
  retrieving bid information on state funded
  projects.
• HUB Academies / HUB Institutes
• University System, Carolinas AGC, Community
  College System (Wake Tech), Raleigh Business
  Technology Development Center

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North Carolina Institute of Minority
Economic Development

• Building Economically Vibrant and Socially
  Responsible Communities

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The mission of the Womens Business Center of
North Carolina is to promote economic
self-sufficiency for all women in North Carolina
through entrepreneurship.
The MBEC of North Carolina is dedicated to
providing highly effective technical and
financial assistance to existing and emerging
minority business enterprises in the state.

• Financial Counseling, Planning Analysis
• Contract Financing
• Executive Education Training Programs
• Identification of private public sector
  contracting opportunities
• Networking opportunities

• One-on-one counseling
• Workshops Seminars
• Business Plan Development Assistance
• Financial Assistance / Loan Packaging

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Founded in 2005 The Minority Executive Education
Institute (MEEI) is designed to equip minority
entrepreneurs with business concepts and tools to
overcome unique challenges facing minority
businesses.

• Privately Held Business Development Series
  Taught by professors of Wake Forest Universitys
  Babcock Graduate School of Management, this
  program targets minority small business owners
  who are balancing the demands of operating a
  family owned business and growing the business in
  a constantly changing environment.
• DBE Executive Management Program a partnership
  with the NC Dept. of Transportation and UNC
  Kenan-Flagler Business School. The programs
  mission is to provide executive-level personal
  end entrepreneurial development to DBE firms
  through a six-month business development course
  covering Strategic Management, Finance/
  Accounting, Marketing, Operations and Human
  Resources.

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• The Emerging Markets Investment Fund Providing
  contract financing, this program addresses the
  needs of small, minority and women owned
  businesses who require patient capital in order
  to grow, expand and sustain their operations and
  participate in the multi-billion dollar
  government procurement market as well as the
  private sector market.
• Bonding Initiative In August of 2006, the
  Institute along with an experienced bonding
  agency and select North Carolina government
  agencies began a program to assist small
  businesses in obtaining adequate bonding to meet
  their business goals.

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TESTIMONIAL

• COLLABARATION EFFORT PARTNERS
• General Contractor Centex Construction
• HUB Contractor Bullock Contractors
• University System - UNC Chapel Hill
• Office for Historically Underutilized Businesses
• NC Institute for Minority Economic Development

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSSponsors Exhibitors -
Contractors Reception Expo.

• ANDERSON, JONES GENGO, PLLC
• B E K BUILDING GROUP
• BARNHILL CONTRACTING COMPANY
• BOVIS LEND LEASE
• CAROLINAS AGC
• CENTEX CONSTRUCTION
• CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG SCHOOLS
• CHOATE CONSTRUCTION
• CITY OF DURHAM EO/EA
• CLANCY THEYS CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
• CORE MASTER
• CRANKY SIGNS
• DONLEY'S
• ELMORE WALL, PA
• GILBANE BUILDING COMPANY
• N.C. M/WBE COORDINATORS NETWORK
• NC DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
• NC INSTITUTE OF MINORITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

• RALEIGH BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CENTER
• RALPH WHITEHURST INSURANCE AGENCY, INC.
• ROANOKE ONLINE, LLC
• RODGERS BUILDERS
• RTD ASSOCIATES, PA
• SAS INSTITUTE, INC.
• SKANSKA USA BUILDING, INC.
• SOUTHEAST INSURANCE GROUP, INC.
• STATE FARM INSURANCE
• STERLING BOOKEEPING PAYROLL TAX SERVICES
• THE BLUE BOOK
• THOMAS RUTHERFOORD, INC.
• TURNER CONSTRUCTION
• UNC-GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
• UNITED MINORITY CONTRACTORS OF NORTH CAROLINA
• VIKING ELECTRONIC SERVICES
• WAKE TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE

NC MWBE Coordinators Network
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Customer Service Survey
COMING SOON! Your valued input is greatly
needed in this effort.
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CONTACT US

• Bridget L. Wall, Assistant to the Secretary for
  HUB Outreach
• Rick Baskett, Deputy Director
• Grover Burthey, Construction Coordinator
• Karen Parker, Outreach Coordinator
• Lena Ridley, Outreach Specialist
• Cassandra Herndon, Outreach Specialist
• Sheryl Cromedy, Outreach Specialist
• Dexter Scott, HUB Compliance Specialist
• Mathew Idiculla, Compliance Specialist
• Darin Nalls, Office Manager
• Traci Fleming, Administrative Support
• www.doa.state.nc.us/hub huboffice.doa_at_ncmail
  .net
• Phone [phone] Fax [phone]