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Doing Business with BART (Bay Area Rapid Transportation)

Dec 7 10:00 am — 11:00 am
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The San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART) is a heavy-rail public transit system that awards on-call contracts as well as federal and non-federal contracting opportunities but how can you win big with BART?

Don’t miss this webinar to get the best tips and tricks on how your business can secure a contract with BART. A representative from BART’s Office of Civil Rights will provide you with an overview of BART’s equity programs for federal and non-federal contracts, certification requirements, and insight into our upcoming contracts. This is a great opportunity to learn about the different programs and resources available to businesses who want to work with BART. Attendees will also be able to ask further questions.

Webinar Topics Include:

  • BART’s Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program
  • BART’s Non-discrimination Program
  • Contracting certifications
  • Tips for contracting
  • Upcoming contracts
  • Q&A

Meet Your Speaker

Alexi Chacon,

Sr. Administrative Analyst

BART Office of Civil Rights

Alexi Chacon is a Senior Administrative Analyst at BART’s Office of Civil Rights. He works primarily on spreading the word about BART’s equity programs to small businesses in the Bay Area. Additionally, he, along with the Performance and Data Analytics Team, analyzes small business participation data in BART’s awarded contracts to ensure that our equity programs are benefitting and reaching small business owners. Prior to working at BART, Alexi completed a Master’s program at the University of Oxford in public policy evaluation.

Devika Anand,

Sr. Administrative Analyst

BART Office of Civil Rights

Devika Anand is a Sr. Administrative Analyst at Bart’s Office of the Civil Rights primarily focused on certifications of firms for Districts equity programs, additionally, ensuring Small Businesses have the information needed to apply to the certifications.  Devika also works on data collections, policy, and data analysis along with other Performance and Data Analytics Team. Prior to working at Bart, Devika worked as a Project Policy Analyst at UC Berkeley for 14 years.

San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART)

www.bart.gov/business/ocr

The San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART) is a heavy-rail public transit system that connects the San Francisco Peninsula. BART’s Office of Civil Rights aims to create a workplace free of discrimination, harassment and retaliation, ensures that those who do business with BART are treated equitably and that BART riders and community members have fair and equal access to our system. OCR is responsible for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, including social justice strategy, policy and program development and implementation at BART.

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Registration Cost: FREE

Location: Virtual (Zoom Webinar)

Event Contact: Norcal APEX Accelerator

P: (707) 267-7561

E: info@norcalptac.org

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This No-Cost Training Event is Hosted by

Norcal APEX Accelerator

Northern California APEX Accelerator is a government-funded nonprofit formed to help small businesses find, bid on, and win contracts with federal, state, local, and tribal agencies.