Office of Business and Workforce Diversity
Small Business Enterprises

Supportive Services Program

The Bureau of Small Business Enterprises administers the federal Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) program and ensures that external Equal Employment Opportunity, On-the-Job Training, and Labor contract requirements are met. The goal of IDOT’s Supportive Services program is to provide assistance that fosters opportunities for DBE firms and minority and female individuals to participate in IDOT’s transportation-related contracts.

2008 IDOT Supportive Services Consultants

The following consultants have contracts to provide supportive services assistance. These services are provided at no charge to IDOT’s DBE firms, to those firms seeking IDOT DBE program certification, to individual minorities and females seeking employment, to IL UCP DBE-certified firms who have an IDOT contract, and to prime contractors doing business with IDOT.

If you have any questions or concerns regarding the supportive services assistance that IDOT offers, please contact the Bureau of Small Business Enterprises at (217) 785-5947.

Management Assistance - DBE firm recruitment, certification application assistance, business plan orientation workshops, business plan reviews and updates, finance, technology, marketing strategy, networking with prime contractors and expanding business opportunities.

Districts 1 - 3 (contract has expired)

Districts 4 - 6 (contract period 7/19/07 – 7/18/08)

Mr. Larry Ivory, Project Director
Illinois State Black Chamber of Commerce
311 Fulton Street, Suite 530
Peoria, IL 61602
Phone: 309/740-4430
Fax: 309/672-1379

Districts 7 – 9 (contract period 7/19/07 – 7/18/08)

Mr. Nathaniel Adams, Project Director
Transportation Management Consulting Services
125 White Pine Avenue
O’Fallon, IL 62269
Phone: 618/570-1661
Fax: 618/628-1950

Technical Assistance – training and assistance in estimating, bidding, negotiations, technical tasks, reading specifications and plans, developing Unit (Metric) conversions and production schedules, procuring materials and supplies, and preparing required reporting forms and documentation; developing and managing subcontractor relationships, project staff development and project management.

Districts 1 - 9 (contract period 7/19/07 – 7/18/08)

Mr. Larry Ivory, Project Director
Illinois State Black Chamber of Commerce
311 Fulton Street, Suite 530
Peoria, IL 61602
Phone: 309/740-4430
Fax: 309/672-1379

Equal Employment Opportunity / On-the-Job Training - recruit and screen applicants, work with prime contractors to secure placement of trainees, conduct site visits, provide assistance with necessary work-related clothing, boots and tools; prepare required reporting forms and documentation; regular outreach with communities, organizations, contractors and other transportation stakeholders.

Districts 1 and 8 (contracts have expired)