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- Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) must be a currently functioning for profit enterprise and physically located in 美国. S. or its trust territories which:
- is an independent business concern that is at least 51% independently owned, managed and controlled by one or more minority group members
- demonstrates the capability to perform a line of business
- provides a commercially useful business function according to customs and practices of the industry
- The controlling interest in a firm represented to be minority shall be by one or more CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. For the purposes of NMSDC’s program, a minority group member is an individual who is at least 25% Asian, 黑色的, 西班牙裔或印第安人.
- 亚洲印度:U.S. citizen whose origins are from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh.
- 亚太地区:美国.S. citizen whose origins are from Japan, 中国, 印尼, 马来西亚, 台湾, 韩国, 越南, 老挝, 柬埔寨, 菲律宾, 泰国, 萨摩亚, 关岛, 美国.S. Trust Territories of the Pacific or the Northern Marianas.
- 黑色:你.S. citizen who is of African descent (excluding Northern Africa).
- 西班牙:U.S. citizen of true-born Hispanic heritage, from any of the Spanish-speaking areas of the following regions: Mexico, 中美洲, South America and the Caribbean Basin only. 巴西人(非裔巴西人, indigenous/Indian only) shall be listed under Hispanic designation for review and certification purposes.
- Native American: A person who is an American Indian, 爱斯基摩人, 阿留申人或夏威夷土著居民, and regarded as such by the community of which the person claims to be a part. Native Americans must be documented members of a North American tribe, band or otherwise organized group of native people who are indigenous to the continental United States and proof can be provided through a Native American Blood Degree Certificate (i.e., tribal registry letter, tribal roll register number).
- The minority ownership and control shall be real and continuing and not created solely to take advantage of special programs aimed at minority supplier development.
- The minority owner(s) shall enjoy the customary incidents of ownership and shall share in the risks and profits and shall have contributed capital, equipment and/or expertise to the business commensurate with his/her percentage of ownership.
- The contributions of capital or expertise by the minority owner(s) to acquire their interests in the firms shall be real and sustainable.
- 被认为是可操作的, applicant must be able to produce supporting documents to show the company is operational and not a hobby. (i.e. 商业发票.)
- The minority owner(s) shall possess the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of the firm and shall possess the capability of making day-to-day as well as major decisions on matters of management, policy and operations of the firm. There shall be no restriction on the minority owner’s ability to control which would prevent the minority owner from making a business decision without the cooperation or vote of a non-minority person. Such control shall be known or at least tacitly acknowledged in day-to-day operations by employees and business references of the business. Where licenses are required to perform the functional mission of the company, such licenses shall be held in the name and/or independent control of minorities.
- All securities which constitute ownership of a corporation for purposes of establishing it as a minority business enterprise shall be held directly by the minority owner(s). No securities held in trust or by any guardian for a minority shall be considered held by minority persons in determining ownership and control of the corporation.
- Applicant must supply the Council with a copy of the documents (via Prism upload) requested on the Certification Application Checklist that apply to the type of business enterprise in which the Applicant is engaged. Incomplete applications cannot and will not be processed. The Council reserves the right to request further information from the Applicant prior to or during the certification process. All materials submitted shall be retained by the Houston 少数供应商 Development Council. The applicant further agrees to allow 正规现金赌场网页 representatives access to inspect the applicant’s place of business.
- 所有费用概不退还. You have a maximum of 90 days to submit your documentation from the date of payment. If you do not submit the required documents, 正规现金赌场网页 reserves the right to administratively withdraw your file from the process.