Virginia’s Department of Minority Business Enterprises (DMBE) is the state agency dedicated to increasing participation of small, women- and minority-owned businesses in the state’s procurement opportunities. DMBE is responsible for the administration of the Small, Women and Minority-Owned (SWaM) Procurement Initiative.

NOVA’s own SWaM program supports DMBE’s initiative. Our SWaM program includes:

• Submission of the annual SWaM Plan
• Monitoring and reporting NOVA’s weekly SWaM spend with eVA vendors
• Evaluating the progress of meeting the college’s SWaM goals
• Planning and participating in diversity outreach events and workshops
• Encouraging vendor registration in the DMBE/SWaM program
• Providing training on SWaM policies and procedures for college faculty and staff

All transactions under $5,000 are to be purchased from DMBE/SWaM-certified small business vendors. For questions regarding the program, contact NOVA’s College Supplier Diversity Officer, Karen Castro.

DMBE SWaM (Department of Minority Business Enterprise/Small, Women & Minority Owned) Search Engines

• Virginia.gov DMBE SWaM Vendor Search
• University of Virginia DMBE Swam Vendor Search
• James Madison University SWaM Vendor Search