- (1) The purpose of OAR 123-200-1000 to 123-200-2200 is to adopt a standard application form and procedure designed to provide complete documentation for certification of businesses as minority, woman, veteran owned businesses or an Emerging Small Business or the Oregon Small Business Enterprise and to adopt a procedure for handling complaints, investigations, and issuing sanctions.
- (2) The Certification Office for Business Inclusion and Diversity (COBID) is the sole certification agency for the State of Oregon and all political subdivisions. To the extent there is any reference to the Office of Minority, Women, and Emerging Small Business from the implementation of these rules forward, all references defer to the agency’s new name, COBID.
- (3) The COBID shall certify Minority Business Enterprises (MBE), Woman Business Enterprises (WBE), Veteran Business Enterprise (VBE), Emerging Small Businesses (ESB), and Oregon Small Business Enterprise (OSBE)EndFragment under the State of Oregon certification program based on ORS 200.005 to ORS 200.075. Any public contracting agency shall consider an enterprise certified by the COBID as eligible to participate in the certification programs pursuant to these rules in the State of Oregon as defined in ORS 279.011(5).
- (4) Certified firms are eligible to participate on state funded projects to meet commitment requirements. Any certified firm is eligible to participate in private or non-state funded projects.
- (5) These rules also cover publication of a directory, ineligibility complaints, and representation of the COBID in contested case hearings.
- (6) Determinations for MBE, WBE, VBE, OSBE and ESB certification will be based solely on the rules contained in OAR 123-200-1000 to OAR 123-200-2300.
Statutory/Other Authority
ORS 285A.070, ORS 285A.075(1)(a) & ORS 200.025(2)
Statutes/Other Implemented
ORS 200.055, ORS 200.170, ORS 279.011 & Oregon Laws 2023, Chapter 497
History
OBDD 6-2026, amend filed 04/02/2026, effective 04/02/2026
OBDD 13-2024, amend filed 06/04/2024, effective 06/04/2024
OBDD 34-2023, temporary amend filed 12/28/2023, effective 01/01/2024 through 06/28/2024
OBDD 4-2018, minor correction filed 02/16/2018, effective 02/16/2018
OBDD 1-2016, f. & cert. ef. 1-5-16
Renumbered from 123-200-0005, OBDD 7-2013, f. & cert. ef. 9-3-13
OBDD 17-2010, f. 4-30-10, cert. ef. 5-1-10