CMD has redesigned the LBE paper applications for improved usability. Find the new paper applications at: https://www.sf.gov/get-certified-lbe
CMD is moving! Starting May 13, 2024, our new address will be 1455 Market St., Suite 16A, San Francisco, CA 94103.
For information on the LBE Advisory Committee, please visit: https://www.sf.gov/departments/local-business-enterprise-advisory-committee-lbeac
AGENCY
Contract Monitoring Division
We oversee the City's contracting process to ensure economic justice for all.
AGENCY
Contract Monitoring Division
We oversee the City's contracting process to ensure economic justice for all.
Find a certified LBE
Search for a Local Business Enterprise (LBE) to work with on a contract.LBE DirectoryOur Equal Benefits Program (formerly Chapter 12B of the Administrative Code) requires companies with City contracts to offer equal benefits for spouses and domestic partners.
Our Local Business Enterprise (LBE) program helps small businesses compete for City contracts. Learn how to become a certified LBE.
Our Compliance team can help you understand the LBE Program rules and requirements.
Services
Get help
Get your business ready
If you engage in business in San Francisco, you must register, renew your registration annually, and show your Registration Certificate in your place of business.
Visit our City Partner portal to register as a bidder and start the process for becoming a compliant supplier.
Apply to become a certified Local Business Enterprise.
Become eligible to work with the City by offering the same benefits to employees with spouses and employees with same-sex and different-sex domestic partners. We can help you add domestic partner benefits if you don't already have them.
Bid to provide services and goods to the City of San Francisco.
Explore, plan, and prepare for future opportunities.
Start a contract
Resources
Whether you're a certified LBE or a contract holder, we can help you understand the rules for participating in the LBE program.
Find programs, support and trainings designed to help certified LBEs with business development, the Contractor Accelerated Payment Program (CAPP) and contracting opportunities.
Get connected to banks offering affordable loans and lines of credit to LBEs for day-to-day cashflow needs.
Find updates and announcements about our programs.
We advise the CMD Director and other City Leaders on how to make the LBE Program better.
About
The Contract Monitoring Division (CMD) oversees City laws designed to protect equality throughout San Francisco’s governmental contracting process. Through the Equal Benefits, Local Business Enterprise, and Contractor Development programs, we work to make sure the City's contracting process is carried out fairly, effectively, and efficiently.
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Contact information
Suite 16A
San Francisco, CA 94103
Get directions
For general questions
cmd.info@sfgov.orgEqual Benefits Unit
CMD.EqualBenefits@sfgov.org14B LBE Certification Unit
LBEcert@sfgov.orgFor reporting concerns about the LBE program
LBEEnforcement@sfgov.org