Want to do business with the City? We’ll help you stand out from the “crowd.”

The City of New York spends over $13 billion yearly on goods and services. How much of that business do you want? NYC Business Solutions can help you identify, understand, and compete for opportunities that are right for you — free of charge. It all starts with certification.

Certified businesses have greater access to contracting opportunities through classes, networking events, and targeted solicitations. They receive information and technical assistance to better compete for those contracts, and benefit from inclusion in the City's Online Directory of Certified Businesses.

Our certification programs help provide more opportunities to bid on public contracts and make NYC your next customer. Our trained certification analysts will even help with the application process.

Visit the NYC Business Express program pages below to learn more:

• Minority and Women-owned Business Enterprise – If you are a Minority and Women-owned Business Enterprise that has been in operation for at least a year, you can get M/WBE certified to have greater access to contracting opportunities through classes, networking events, and targeted solicitations, and more!
• Emerging Business Enterprise – If your business is owned, operated, and controlled by individuals who are socially and economically disadvantaged, you can get EBE certified to receive preference for contracting opportunities with New York City.
• Locally Based Enterprise– If your firm is doing business in economically deprived areas of the City or employing economically disadvantaged persons, you can join the pool of LBE certified firms that receive no less than 10% of construction-related subcontracting opportunities awarded by the City.

Get Started — Learn how to get certified!

If you think that certification is right for you, register for one of our FREE courses. Trained certification analysts will guide you through the certification process so you can get your application right the first time!

• Minority & Women-Owned Business Enterprise Certification Workshop
• Locally Based Enterprise Certification Workshop

You will learn all you need to get certified, as well as the next steps to Selling to Government.

Certified Firms — Train your Leaders!

Certified firms not only have greater access to contracts with the government, but M/WBE certified firms also have access to our Strategic Steps for Growth course. This course is a nine-month executive education program offered in conjunction with the New York City Council and the NYU Leonard N. Stern School of Business.

Applications for the 2010 class are no longer being accepted. For additional inquiries or to be added to our email list for 2011, please email us at strategicsteps@sbs.nyc.gov.

For more information, please Contact an Account Manager.