Category Archives: 2012 bond

HISD’s 2012 Bond Program Presents Opportunities for M/WBEs

HISD Team Lead for Supplier Diversity Bernard Willingham told a group of small and minority business owners to remember one number: $1.89 billion.

“Every one of you in this room should want to know how you can get your hands on that for your business,” said Willingham, who spoke about the district’s 2012 bond program Thursday at a Doing Business with HISD workshop held at Houston Community College’s Southeast Center for Entrepreneurship.

The event, which drew about 30 attendees, offered small and minority- and women-owned business enterprises (M/WBEs) guidance on responding to contract proposals and forming joint ventures that can help improve their business capacity for HISD projects in the 2012 bond program, which will build or renovate 40 schools across the district. Continue reading →

HISD’s Supplier Diversity Team Honored for Community Outreach

The Greater Houston Business Procurement Forum honored the HISD supplier diversity team as an advocate of minority businesses with a merit and outstanding community service award during a breakfast event Oct. 22  in celebration of Minority Enterprise Development (MED) Week. Continue reading →

Worthing Project Advisory Team for New School Inspired by Tour of 2 Area Campuses

A visit to two innovative Houston area schools Friday left the Worthing High School Project Advisory Team feeling inspired about the building of its new campus.

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Magazine Names Carnegie Vanguard Best K-12 Design Project

Carnegie Vanguard High School was selected by a leading design and construction publication this week as a top building project for innovative structure and design features – beating out six schools in Texas and Louisiana.

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HISD Team Working to Build Supplier Diversity in Bond Program

The HISD supplier diversity team is evaluating strategies to increase the participation of Asian-owned companies doing business with the district.

“We’re doing everything in our power to attract diverse minority- and women-owned business enterprises (M/WBEs),” said HISD Team Lead for Supplier Diversity Bernard Willingham, while speaking at the district’s Asian Advisory Committee meeting on Oct. 14.

At the gathering, he gave an update on the bond program to the committee, which is made up of parents and business leaders from Houston’s Asian community.

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M/WBE Firm: HISD Business Assistance Office Offers Accessibility

Editor’s note: This profile is part of an occasional series on minority or women-owned companies that do business with HISD. The district’s minimum M/WBE goal levels are 20 percent for all levels of purchasing and construction, and 25 percent for professional services. In the 2007 bond program, that commitment reached nearly 34 percent. In the 2012 program, the contracts awarded to date reflect a nearly 51 percent M/WBE commitment.

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