Introduction

The Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District (MMSD) has embarked on an initiative to strengthen its support for small, women-owned, minority-owned, and veteran-owned business enterprises (S/W/MBE firms) in order to help build their capacity to contract with MMSD. To achieve this goal, MMSD wants to better understand the experiences of S/W/MBE firms, common barriers to successful contracting, and opportunities for greater support.

In 2018, MMSD conducted focus groups with prime contractors/consultants and S/W/MBE firms to discuss ways to strengthen these relationships and improve bid/proposal responsiveness. As a follow up, MMSD has partnered with an external consulting firm, P3 Development Group, to collect additional insights that will improve MMSD's Business Capacity Development Program and procurement processes.

This online survey is a starting point for the data collection. Participation is voluntary and completely anonymous. Only aggregate data will be captured and no individual responses will be shared.

The survey should only take about 10 minutes to complete. Your participation is extremely valuable.

To thank you for your time, businesses who complete this survey will have an opportunity to enter a drawing for two Milwaukee Bucks tickets.

Sincerely,
Jeff Spence
Director of Community Outreach & Business Engagement
Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District
 

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