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Department of Social and Economic Mobility

Outreach

DoSEM staff speak and exhibit at business events across Maryland

We attend and exhibit at events from chamber meetings and conferences to trade shows and community gatherings. If your audience includes small, disadvantaged, minority-owned, women-owned, or veteran-owned businesses, we can help them understand how to get certified and compete for State contracts.

Where to find us next

View the full event calendar

Topics we can cover

Tell us about your audience and we will match the right staff to your event.

  • State contracting basics

    How Maryland buys, where solicitations are posted, and how to register in eMMA.

  • Small Business Reserve and CSB

    How the Small Business Reserve program and Certified Small Business (CSB) certification set aside State work for small firms.

  • MBE and VSBE programs

    Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) and Veteran-Owned Small Business Enterprise (VSBE) programs, including MBE rights and responsibilities.

  • Getting certified

    Which certification fits a business, and what the application requires.

  • Resolving contract issues

    How the MBE Ombudsman Unit helps businesses resolve payment and performance problems on State contracts.

Request DoSEM at your event

See the organizations in your region

The partner directory lists the business support organizations in every DoSEM region, including many we met through Voices of Maryland.

Browse the partner directory