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Please accurately input your Web site address, i.e., www.yourcompany.com. The Small Business Roster (SBR) has the capability to index the content contained in the web pages of the web address you provide. In other words, keeping your Web site up-to-date will allow the web crawler feature of the SBR to gather the most current information about your firm posted on the Web.
If your firm does not have a Web site, please use the description field to provide a comprehensive description of the products and services you provide.
Businesses that operate in Washington State must be licensed by the Department of Revenue through the Department of Licensing and as such, your Unified Business Identifier (UBI) is required for enrolling in the SBR.
Firms are often selected using the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) that classifies a company by primary industry code. Visit the U.S. Census Bureau to determine the correct NAICS code for your business.
Since 1987, the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) system has been in use to classify a company by primary industry code. Although still somewhat in use, SIC codes are no longer the criteria of choice for quickly selecting firms by primary industry. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) is the system of choice for most procurement activities. Visit the U.S. Census Bureau to determine the correct NAICS code for your business or to convert a SIC code to NAICS.
In most cases, U. S. citizenship is not a requirement for doing business with the Port. However, to qualify as a small business, the majority of your business must be conducted within the United States. Because of security mandates, some Port facilities and projects require all on-site workers employed or contracted to be U.S. citizens.
According to the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 13, Volume 1, there is a rebuttable presumption that the following individuals are socially disadvantaged: Black Americans; Hispanic Americans; Native Americans (American Indians, Eskimos, Aleuts, or Native Hawaiians); Asian Pacific Americans (persons with origins from Burma, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Brunei, Japan, China (including Hong Kong), Taiwan, Laos, Cambodia (Kampuchea), Vietnam, Korea, The Philippines, U.S. Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (Republic of Palau), Republic of the Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, Samoa, Macao, Fiji, Tonga, Kiribati, Tuvalu, or Nauru); Subcontinent Asian Americans (persons with origins from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, the Maldives Islands or Nepal); and members of other groups designated from time to time by the United States Small Business Administration according to procedures set forth at paragraph (d) of this section. Being born in a country does not, by itself, suffice to make the birth country an individual's country of origin for purposes of being included within a designated group.
The Primary Contact is the person who will receive messages from the Port of Seattle. Your "Preferred Contact Method" information is how all communication will be sent, so please be sure to keep these fields current.
The Port of Seattle recognizes the authority of OMWBE, NMBC, WBENC and the SBA as entities that can certify the eligibility of a firm for MBE, WBE, DBE, or SDB status.
Businesses that meet the criteria of ownership to qualify as a small business as defined by the United States Small Business Administration (SBA) and are not dominant in their field. Definitions of a small business are according to "size standards" and represent the largest a firm can be and still be consider a small business.
Businesses that are at least 51% independently owned and operated (direct management and daily business operations) by one or more socially disadvantaged persons, and certified as a DBE by the Washington State Office of Minority and Women Business Enterprises (OMWBE), and are not dominant in their field. There is a presumption that the following individuals are socially disadvantaged: Black Americans; Hispanic Americans; Native Americans; Asian Pacific Americans and Subcontinent Asian Americans.
Businesses that are at least 51% independently owned and operated (direct management and daily business operations) by one or more socially disadvantaged persons, and certified as such by the Washington State Office of Minority and Women Business Enterprises (OMWBE) or the Northwest Minority Business Council (NMBC), and are not dominant in their field. There is a presumption that the following individuals are socially disadvantaged: Black Americans; Hispanic Americans; Native Americans; Asian Pacific Americans and Subcontinent Asian Americans.
Businesses that are at least 51% independently owned and operated (direct management and daily business operations) by one or more socially disadvantaged females and certified as women-owned by the Washington State Office of Minority and Women Business Enterprises (OMWBE) or the Women's Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC), and are not dominant in their field.
Socially disadvantaged individuals are those who have been subjected to racial or ethnic prejudice or cultural bias within American society because of their identities as members of groups and without regard to their individual qualities. The social disadvantage must stem from circumstances beyond their control. The United States Small Business Administration certifies firms as SDB.
There is a presumption that the following individuals are socially disadvantaged: Black Americans; Hispanic Americans; Native Americans; Asian Pacific Americans and Subcontinent Asian Americans.
Economically disadvantaged individuals are socially disadvantaged individuals whose ability to compete in the free enterprise system has been impaired due to diminished capital and credit opportunities as compared to others in the same or similar line of business who are not socially disadvantaged.
The United States Small Business Administration certifies firms as SDB using this criteria.