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The Birmingham Construction Industry Authority (BCIA) is
one of several voluntary programs referred to collectively in "The
Birmingham Plan", a plan established in 1990 and designed to overcome
the critical underutilization of Minority and Disadvantaged Business
Enterprises (MBE/DBE) in the City of Birmingham’s
economic growth.
The BCIA Board of Directors establishes voluntary goals
for minority and disadvantaged construction firm participation in
construction projects in both public and private sectors of the
construction industry throughout the Greater Birmingham four county area.
All companies, public and private, that engage at any
time in the purchase of construction services within the metropolitan Birmingham
area are encouraged to become signatories to the Birmingham
Plan-Construction Industry agreement. Signatory participants agree to
participate by adopting the BCIA guidelines and pledging to comply with the
participation goals and objectives established. BCIA guidelines are
included in the specifications of each signatory participant’s projects;
making them obligatory upon the general contractors negotiating/bidding
such projects.
Minority and Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (MBE/DBE)
firms are certified as bona fide firms by the BCIA and receive business
counseling and technical assistance support from the BCIA staff and others.
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