Our Diversity Compliance Team’s objective is to achieve the project goals as it relates to our M/WBE Program*.
Our company has fostered a work environment which is compliant with ethical conduct and has respect for individual differences. This principle is embedded in the institutional standard and corporate philosophy of inclusion and equality for all people. Estimating and operations work together to attract and retain a diverse workforce and a talented pool of subcontractors and vendors. All of our company departments are actively involved in maintaining our M/WBE Program and participation goals.
*M/WBE Program: Our M/WBE Program consist of all certifying firms including; Minority Enterprise Business, Women Enterprise, Disadvantage Business Enterprise, Small Business Enterprise, Service-Disable Veteran-Owned Business, Section 3 residents, and Section 3 Business. EW Howell’s M/WBE Program is in compliance with the Federal, State, and City percentage goals and standards, as defined with NYS Executive Law Article 15-A, 5 NYCRR Part 140 and Federal Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972, and Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Act of 1968.
It is the policy of EW Howell not to discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, creed, color, national origin, sex, age, handicap, marital status or sexual preference, disabled veteran/Vietnam era veteran. To learn more about EEO policy, click here.
Good faith effort outreach and the estimating department participate in pre-bid meetings, various workshops, webinars and M/WBE conferences to identify available, ready, willing and able firms that have the capacity to bid on our projects.
These events include:
All qualified firms on our company bidders list are sent invitation to bid via our management software where they are given access to our drawings and specifications in a timely manner in order to submit their quote. A concerted effort is made to invite and document M/WBE firms. The database is compiled, updated and maintained by our estimating department.
A key element of our Good Faith Effort includes maintaining solicitation, quotes and negotiation documentation for each M/WBE subcontractor and vendor during the bidding phase, award phase, and Post award phase in effort to meaningfully engage the M/WBE firms.
M/WBE subcontractors and vendors seeking to do business with our firm are encouraged to submit a request via our prequalification application here.
Our estimating department has a company bidders list that includes every subcontractor and vendor that is qualified to bid our work. This company bidder list consists of more than 500 M/WBE firms and is increasing all the time.
M/WBE subcontractors and vendors seeking to do business with our firm are encouraged to submit a request via our prequalification application here.
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