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BART invites small business owners to its 2025 Small Business Summit
BART is pleased to announce it will host its 2025 Small Business Summit event on Monday, May 19th, 2025 on the first floor of its headquarters located at 2150 Webster St. in Oakland.
Attendees will have the opportunity to participate in BART’s new disparity study to help BART evaluate and refine its efforts to encourage small business participation, as well as meet BART staff from various departments to hear about upcoming contracts and purchasing needs, network with prime contractors, learn about BART’s equity program and certifications process and learn about resources available to small businesses from community partners.
BBC Research & Consulting (BBC) is conducting a disparity study for the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) to assess outcomes for person of color- and woman-owned businesses in BART's contracting and procurement. The study will help inform BART's efforts to encourage the participation of those businesses in BART's work. BBC, with BART's support, will be holding one in-person stakeholder engagement session to provide information about the study, answer questions about the study, and collect insights about business conditions in the Bay Area marketplace, which will be integrated into the disparity study.
Representatives from several departments and groups at BART will be available at the event to answer questions about upcoming contracts, programs and resources for small businesses. These include representatives from BART’s Infrastructure Delivery and Procurement departments along with staff from BART’s Office of Civil Rights and Small Business Support Services. May 19-23 is BART’s Small Business Week. Visit bart.gov/ocr for a list of scheduled events during the week.
Registration is preferred for BART’s 2025 Small Business Summit. Here are event details:
Date: Monday, May 19, 2025
Location: 2150 Webster Street, Oakland CA 94612 (1st floor)
Time: 1:00 PM-4:00 PM
Here is the event schedule:
- 12:30 -1:00 PM: Registration
- 1:00 - 1:30 PM: Opening Remarks
- 1:30 - 3:00 PM: New BART Disparity Study
- 3:00 – 4:00PM: Networking between BART Staff, Primes, Small Businesses and Community Partners
Please register at the link here!
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