Minority Business Enterprises (MBE)

The University is committed to the promotion of MBE's and to our goal of 5% of State Purchasing & Contracting targeted to certified MBE’s. Please assist us in helping you to increase the opportunity for minority vendors to sell to the state by using the resources below.

MBE Directory

The Minority Business Enterprises directory is a listing of Wisconsin Certified Minority Owned Businesses. The directory is updated by the Department of Administration Division of Agency Services.

For Additional Information:

• UW-Madison MBE program:
  Hartley Murray
  UW-Madison Purchasing
  21 N Park St, Ste 6101
  Madison, WI 53715-1218
  Phone: (608) 262-4562
• State of Wisconsin MBE program:
  Attn: Godwin Amegashie
  Wisconsin Dept of Admin
  101 East Wilson St
  P.O. Box 7867
  Madison, WI 53702
  Phone: (608) 267-3293
• Certification or MBE Financing:
  (MBE certification is good for three years)
  Interim Director, Bureau of Minority Business Development
  WI Dept. of Commerce
  PO Box 7970
  Madison WI 53707
  MIL: 414-220-5365
  608-267-9550
  COMMBD@wisconsin.gov
• Certification as a Disadvantaged Business Enterprise:
  Dept of Transportation
  Civil Rights & Compliance Section, Room 451
  4802 Sheboygan Avenue
  Madison WI 53705
  Phone: (608) 266-6961
  Fax: 608-267-3641
  

UW-Madison MBE Forms and Reporting:

• MBE Purchasing Card Travel-Purchases Form
  This form is used by Purchasing Card holders to report dollars spent with MBE travel agencies.
• MBE Direct Payments Purchases Form
  This form is used to report dollars spent with MBE's through Direct Payments and Open Vendor Purchases.
• MBE Participation Annual Report Form
  A University of Wisconsin-Madison document used by contract vendors to file annual reports of subcontracting dollar amounts spent with Minority Businesses.