Small Business Enterprise (SBE) Program
The Small Business Program is designed to give certified small businesses an opportunity to bid as primes on CTA contracts under $5 million with sufficient Small Business availability. Under the program, selected contracts will be set aside for small businesses to bid on as prime contractors.
- The company must meet the size standards for small businesses as revised by the Small Business Administration (SBA) for the industry in which it works.
- Small businesses can now apply for their Small Business certification by submitting a SBE Certification Application. If you are currently certified as a Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) with one of the other four Illinois Unified Certification Program (IL-UCP) members you are considered a SBE and do not have to complete the verification process.
- Current DBE certified companies can opt into the Small Business Enterprise Program by submitting a SBE Acknowledgement Form and a copy of your current DBE certification letter.
Vendors must submit verification of SBE certification to the CTA when submitting a bid as described in the special conditions included in the bid package.
For information and/or questions about the CTA Small Business Enterprise Program, please call (312) 681-2600 or e-mail diversity@transitchicago.com.
Small Business Program events and workshops
Diversity Programs hosts events year-round for small businesses interested in doing business with the CTA. Check out our upcoming and past events which include workshops and educational series!
Are you interested in doing business with CTA?
- Master the CTA Invoice & Payments Process?
- Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Bonding Assistance?
- Ready to become a subcontractor on a CTA project?
Learn with us all in 2022!
Master the CTA Invoice & Payments Process
April 27, 2022 - 10 a.m.
Register
Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Bonding Assistance
May 25, 2022 - 10 a.m.
Register
Ready to become a subcontractor on a CTA project?
June 22, 2022 - 10 a.m.
Register
Download the flyer for Driving Small Businesses the Distance, Quarter 2 2022 (PDF)
The registration deadline for the Small Business Educational Series has passed.
Download the flyer for the Small Business Educational Series
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