Small Business and Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Program
Welcome to the Department of Managed Health Care Small Business Advocate Home Page!
A Message From The Director
The Department of Managed Health Care is pleased to participate in the recent Governor's Executive Order D-37-01 to reach and maintain the goal of 25% Small Business Participation and the Governor's Executive Order D-43-01 to achieve a minimum of 3% Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise (DVBE) Participation. We wish to assist the local suppliers who are certified small businesses in the expansion, growth and development in the small business community. There are over 2 million small businesses in the State of California that employ more than 50% of the current workforce and derive over 90% of the State's gross domestic product. We hope that the following information will be of great benefit to the Department's current and potential vendors. What we do as a state department has a direct effect upon the local community and we wish to do our part to assist in the economic growth of our local businesses. Doing business with small businesses and DVBE is an investment into the State of California.
Lucinda "Cindy" Ehnes, Director
Department of Managed Health Care's
Small Business Advocates:
Karen Whitney
Procurement Officer
980 9th Street, Suite 500
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone (916) 323-7796
Fax (916) 322-9430
The Department's Small Business Advocates are responsible for receiving and responding to complaints received by the Department from small businesses; providing technical advice and assisting small businesses in resolving problems and questions; and reporting small business concerns and recommendations to the Director. Also, they are responsible for promoting state contracting and procurement possibilities and the rules and regulations as they relate to and impact small businesses and disabled veteran business enterprises.
The Department of Managed Health Care has three offices, two in Sacramento and one in Los Angeles.
The Procurement Unit conducts procurements for the Department and actively solicits participation from the disabled veteran business enterprise and small business vendor community.
It's Great to Do Business with SMALL BUSINESS!
The following opportunities are available with the Department of Managed Health
Care:
Procurement Opportunities:
- Desktop Computers
- Software
- Laptop Computers
- Audio Visual Equipment
- Batteries
- Cameras, Video, Digital
- Cellular Phones
- Copier Paper
- Ergonomic Supplies, Furniture
- First Aid Kits
- Janitorial Supplies
- Mailroom Equipment and Supplies
- Modular Furniture
- Office Furniture
- Office Supplies
- Office Machines
- Pagers
- Photocopies
- Printers
- Promotional Items
- Publications
- Signs
- Telephone Systems
- Toner Cartridges
- Tools, Hand
Services:
- Independent Medical Reviews
- Actuarial
- Community Awareness
- Reports Regarding Health Care/HMO Quality of Service
- Development Survey Procedures/Tools for HMO/Health Plans
- Call Center
- Expert Witness
- Court Reporting
- EEO Investigative Services
- Information Technology Consulting
For more information on the Department of Managed Health Care
procurement/contracting opportunities, please call the Small Business Advocates
at
If you are a small business or Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise, you may be
able to receive bidding preferences. To do this, you must be certified with the
State of California. For information on certification, please contact the
Department of General Services, Office of Small Business and
DVBE Services at
Advertisement for solicited services for all state agencies may be found at https://www.cscr.dgs.ca.gov/cscr/.
The Department of Managed Health Care is a Department of the Business Transportation and Housing Agency.
Other Small Business and Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Programs within BT&H:
- California Department of Transportation (Caltrans)
www.caltrans.ca.gov. - California Highway Patrol (CHP)
www.chp.ca.gov. - California Housing Finance Agency (CalHFA)
www.calhfa.ca.gov. - Department of Corporations (DOC)
www.corp.ca.gov. - Department of Financial Institutions (DFI)
www.dfi.ca.gov. - Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD)
www.hcd.ca.gov. - Department of Managed Health Care (DMHC)
www.dmhc.ca.gov. - Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV)
www.dmv.ca.gov. - Department of Real Estate (DRE)
www.dre.ca.gov. - Office of Real Estate Appraisers (OREA)
www.orea.ca.gov. - Office of Traffic Safety (OTS)
www.ots.ca.gov. - Department of Technology Services
www.dts.ca.gov.
Our partner in delivering of small businesses and disabled veteran business enterprises within California State Government is:
Department of General Services, Procurement Division, Office of Small Business Certification and Resources. www.pd.dgs.ca.gov.
Department of Veteran Affairs. www.cdva.ca.gov.