This is a service / maintenance or supply contract in Buffalo, New York. Contact the soliciting agency for additional information.

Minority-Owned Business Enterprise (MBE) shall mean a business which performs a commercially useful function, at least fifty-one percent (51%) ofwhich is owned by minority group members or, in the case of a publicly-owned business, at least fifty-one percent (51%) of all stock is owned by minority group members, with such ownership certified by the Erie County Office of Equal Employment Opportunity and who is doing business and maintains an office in the County ofErie. For the purposes ofthis paragraph, minority group members are citizens of the United States who are African American, Hispanic, Asian-American and Native American (American-Indian) Women-Owned Business Enterprise (WBE) shall mean a business which performs a commercially useful function, at least fifty-one percent (51%) of which is owned by a woman or women or, in the case of publicly-owned business, at least fifty-one percent (51%) of all stock is owned by a woman or women, with such ownership certified by the Erie County Office of Equal Employment Opportunity and who is doing business and maintains an office in the County of Erie. This invitation does not commit Erie County, or its DEP/DSM to accept any proposal, nor does it obligate Erie County for any costs associated with preparing or submitting proposals. The County reserves the right to reject any or all of the proposals, or any part thereof, submitted in response to this RFP, and reserves the right to waive informalities, if such action is deemed to be in the best interest of the County.