SLBE – Certified City of San Diego Small Local Business Enterprise

It is the City of San Diego’s policy to encourage greater availability, capacity development and contract participation by Small Local Business Enterprises (SLBEs) in City contracts.

This policy is intended to further the City’s compelling interest to stimulate economic development through the support and empowerment of the local community. It also strives to ensure that it is neither an active nor passive participant in marketplace discrimination as well as to promote equal opportunity for all segments of the contracting community.

Small local businesses that are certified as Small Local Business Enterprises/Emerging Local Business Enterprises (SLBE/ELBEs) are eligible to receive benefits such as restricted bidding, bid discounts and preference points when bidding on City contracts.