Minority- and Women-owned Business Bid Opportunities 

Your business does not have to be a certified minority- or woman-owned business to bid on city contracts for goods and services. However, being certified will allow the city to contact your business and inform you of those opportunities that are available here. Follow the links to the left for certification information.

Application to register with the city Purchasing Department as a vendor [pdf] 

To have your business certified as a minority- or woman-owned business you must follow the links to the left to the State of NC HUB Department.

Please contact Ruben Gonzales, (336)747-7474, for more information on how you can do business with the City of Winston-Salem. 

City Contract Opportunities

City Construction Contract, New Fire Station #19, Glenn Hi Road
All Construction Trades Available
Bid process to begin in June
Check back for bid dates and further information.

Roofing the Public Safety Building
Some hauling available
Pre Bid in September - check back for date and time

Construction of the Joint Firearms and Training Facility
Building construction in the Brookwood Business Park
Trades available: masonry, roofing, painting, sheetrock, flooring, plumbing, earthwork, paving, landscaping, curb and gutter and sidewalks.
Pre Bid in September - check back for date and time

Forsyth County Contract Opportunities

Check Back

City/County Utility Commission Opportunities

Salem Lake Dam Replacement
Available Trades: demolition, hauling, erosion controls & plantings, asphalt paving
Pre Bid 08/31/2010 City Hall rm # 16, 10:00 a.m.
Bid Opening 09/14/2010 City Hall rm # 16, 2:00 p.m.

Hanes Landfill Cell 3-4 Construction
Available Trades: hauling, site work, erosin control, surveying & comtrol
Pre Bid 10/06/2010 City Hall rm # 16, 10:00 a.m.
Bid Opening 10/19/2010 City Hall rm # 16, 2:00 p.m.

Neilson/Thomas Water Treatment plant Raw Water Main Repairs
Available Trades: concrete work, hauling, erosin control measures, fencing
September/October bid - check back for date and time

Public Assemblies Facilities Commission Opportunities 

Please Check Back.

NOTE: All of these projects are open for public bid and available to M/WBE certified businesses. Plans and specifications for these projects can be reviewed at the City's Purchasing Dept.  Call the City/County Purchasing Dept. for current projects open for bid. (336)747-6929 or visit the Purchasing web site.

In the City/County M/WBE program the general contractor bidding on a Formal Contract bid project is responsible for soliciting M/WBEs for participation. M/WBEs should submit questions and bids to the general contractors bidding on a project. Every project will have an advertised pre bid conference where MWBE sub contractors can attend to hear specifics of each project and to meet the general contractors interested in bidding on the project.

For more information contact, Ruben D. Gonzales,  M/WBE Coordinator, (336)747-7474. RubenG@Cityofws.org

For Informal Bid Opportunities such as sidewalk repairs, curb and gutter repairs,  small construction, and mowing opportunities, please call Mike Sloan for plans & more information (336)747-6929.

Other Area Opportunities

See the following links for other bidding opportunities in the area. 

John S. Clark - http://www.jsclark.com/ncpublicbids.aspx

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