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* 1. In order to achieve the goals of various diversity programs, the City of Rochester would like to determine what services would increase the participation of SBE, DBE and MWBE firms in federally funded DOT assisted transportation contracts. Your responses from this Needs Assessment Survey will become the basis for developing the annual Program measurement that will help SBE, DBE and MWBE firms participate, grow, diversify, and build capacity to successfully compete in the transit industry as consultants, contractors, service providers and suppliers.

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* 2. Ethnicity, gender, or disabled (Please Circle One)

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* 3. When bidding either as a contractor or a consultant, do SBEs, DBEs and/or MWBEs businesses encounter more barriers than the standard business?

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* 4. If yes, why?

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* 5. What are the biggest barriers to bidding or working on City of Rochester contracts as a contractor or a consultant?

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* 6. Are you encountering these barriers?

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* 7. What types of training or assistance do you believe would help address barriers identified above?

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* 8. Would you like information sent to you on DBE, SBE, and/or MWBE's? The address that you listed in this survey is the address in which information will be sent.

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* 9. Additional Comments or Suggestions:

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