{"id":1630,"date":"2020-03-09T11:13:48","date_gmt":"2020-03-09T18:13:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dmv.ca.gov\/portal\/dmv-small-business-advocates-program\/"},"modified":"2025-07-24T09:27:04","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T16:27:04","slug":"dmv-small-business-advocates-program","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.dmv.ca.gov\/portal\/es\/about-the-california-department-of-motor-vehicles\/small-business-and-disabled-veteran-business-enterprise-program\/dmv-small-business-advocates-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Small Business Advocates Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-dmv-columns content-columns colums-1-3-2-3\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-dmv-column col\">\t<nav class=\"nav-left\" aria-label=\"Secondary Navigation\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"nav-left-children\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dmv.ca.gov\/portal\/es\/about-the-california-department-of-motor-vehicles\/small-business-and-disabled-veteran-business-enterprise-program\/small-business-and-dvbe-program-products-services-needed\/\">Small Business &#038; Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Program Products &#038; Services Needed<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dmv.ca.gov\/portal\/es\/about-the-california-department-of-motor-vehicles\/small-business-and-disabled-veteran-business-enterprise-program\/legislation-affecting-small-businesses\/\">Legislation Affecting Small Businesses<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dmv.ca.gov\/portal\/es\/about-the-california-department-of-motor-vehicles\/small-business-and-disabled-veteran-business-enterprise-program\/opportunities-with-other-state-agencies\/\">Opportunities with Other State Agencies<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/nav>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-dmv-column col\">\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">Supporting small businesses is important to us \u2013 especially when disabled veteran business enterprises (DVBE) are involved. If you have a small business or a DVBE that would like to do business with DMV, our Small Business Advocacy Program can help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-dmv-spacer-block spacer-box\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-dmv-container shadow-box\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About the Program<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Small business advocates help small businesses and DVBEs connect with the DMV to fulfill demand for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dmv.ca.gov\/portal\/es\/about-the-california-department-of-motor-vehicles\/small-business-and-disabled-veteran-business-enterprise-program\/small-business-and-dvbe-program-products-services-needed\/\">various products and services<\/a>. Advocates make sure that both procurement and contracting needs are fulfilled through a certified small business or DVBE before contacting other resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-dmv-spacer-block spacer-box\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong> DMV\u2019s Small Business\/DVBE Advocacy Program can help with things like:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Receiving and responding to complaints from small businesses.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Offering technical advice, answering questions about our partnership and&nbsp;helping to resolve problems related to the program.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Reporting small business concerns and recommendations to the director.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Promoting state contracts and other business opportunities with small businesses\/DVBEs.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Informing small businesses\/DVBEs about the rules and regulations that might affect them.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-dmv-spacer-block spacer-box\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"soft-cta\">\n\t<div class=\"soft-cta__info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Contact the Small Business Advocate Program to discuss working with us.<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<p>SB\/DVBE Advocate<br>2415 First Avenue<br>Sacramento, CA 95818<br>Phone (916) 957-0623<br><a href=\"mailto:sb-dvbe@dmv.ca.gov\">sb-dvbe@dmv.ca.gov<\/a><\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-dmv-spacer-block spacer-box\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cThe CADMV, in accordance with the provisions of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (78 Stat. 252, 42 U.S.C. \u00a7\u00a7 2000d to 2000d-4) and the Regulations, hereby notifies all bidders that it will affirmatively ensure that any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, all contractors will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of the owner\u2019s race, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability, in consideration for an award.\u201d<\/p>\n<cite>Statement from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA)<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>By signing a bid\/offer and\/or contract, the vendor agrees to the terms of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dmv.ca.gov\/portal\/es\/file\/fmcsa-appendix-a-and-e-pdf\/\">Appendix A and E (PDF)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1622,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"dmv_page_popups":[],"dmv_ribbon_color":"#FDF8F1","dmv_top_illustration":"poppy.svg","dmv_page_title":"","dmv_page_subtitle":"","dmv_exclude_from_search_results":false,"dmv_allowed_editors":[],"dmv_display_translate_button":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[210],"tags":[],"dmv_task":[11,164,65],"dmv_functional_page_type":[64],"dmv_content_type":[],"class_list":["post-1630","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","category-small-business-advocates-program","dmv_task-educational","dmv_task-program-partner","dmv_task-regulations","dmv_functional_page_type-informational"],"featured_image_src":null,"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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