• Construction trades for Minorities & Women
• How to do business with PDC
• Contracting and development opportunities with PDC
• Minority Evaluator Program

Minority Evaluator Program

PDC invites “People of Color” to participate in the Minority Evaluator Program, designed to ensure Portland’s diverse communities are represented on PDC’s evaluation committees for Requests For Proposals (RFPs). More info...

In the News

• Diversity building on South Waterfront projects - Daily Journal of Commerce, 11/09
• PDC outreach effort pays off for women, minorities - Portland Business Journal, 5/09

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Chances are you have heard that PDC may have opportunities for women and minorities as well as emerging small businesses (MWESB) on their construction projects.

These opportunities may be useful to you if you are a contractor with your own business or if you are an individual interested in the constructions trades. We welcome your interest and encourage you to learn about working with PDC funded construction projects.

• Find out how to do business with PDC
• Learn about current contracting and development opportunities with the Portland Development Commission.
• Sign up to receive notification by email when new bid opportunities are posted on our website
• Learn about the construction trades for Minorities & Women

For more information contact PDC's MWESB team. You can email or call John Classen 503-823-3667.

Pre-bid notice for David P. Hooper Center

The pre-bid will be held at OAME (4134 N. Vancouver Ave.) at 9:00 AM on Tuesday, June 29th.
General Contractor: Walsh Construction

• Invitation to Bid: David P. Hooper Center
• Notice to Subcontractor and Supplier bidders

• 2009 Diversity Report
  Minority, Women and Emerging Small Businesses 2008-2009 Annual Diversity in Contracting and Workforce Training Report, and South Waterfront Central District Diversity in Contracting and Workforce Report
  
• 2008 Diversity Report
  
  
• 2006-2007 Diversity Report
  
  
• PDC's Report on South Waterfront Central District's Annual Diversity in Contracting, FY 2003-2004

The Portland Development Commission is dedicated to labor diversity on their construction projects.  To promote diverse labor opportunities PDC has adopted the Business and Workforce Equity Policy.  The Business and Workforce Equity Policy consists primarily of the following two programs: The Business Equity Program (formerly the Good Faith Effort program) and the Workforce Equity Program (principally, the Workforce Training and Hiring Program).

• PDC's Business Equity program is a commitment of outreach to the minority, women and emerging small business communities. The purpose of the program is to strive to ensure that PDC contracts provide employment opportunities for minority, women and emerging small business in order to promote economic growth, to increase capacity and to expand competition in the marketplace.
  
  
• PDC's Workforce Training and Hiring program requires training on PDC-funded construction projects because it has an obligation to ensure that PDC funded projects offer equal opportunity in employment and that those who have been historically underutilized in the construction trades have access to jobs through training programs. Keep in mind that both of these programs have specific requirements.

  
  

PDC is committed to expending public funds in a manner that benefits the entire community. Qualified Minority Business Enterprises/Women Business Enterprises and Emerging Small Businesses (M/W/ESB) are determined by certification criteria established by the Office of Minority, Women, & Emerging Small Business (OMWESB) through the State of Oregon, who administers the certification programs. These programs are designed to promote targeted economic opportunities for small businesses in the state.