Do You Qualify?

The Comcast Supplier Diversity Program is designed to promote, increase, and improve the quality of the overall participation of small and diversity-owned businesses in our supply chain. To qualify to be a Comcast Diverse Supplier/Vendor, your company must be one of the following:

HUBZone Small Business

The term "HUBZone" shall mean a business that meets the following criteria:

1. Must be located in a "historically underutilized business zone."
2. Must be owned and controlled by one or more U.S. Citizens, and
3. At least 35% of its employees must reside in a HUBZone.

HUBZone Small Businesses must have certification from the Small Business Administration.

Minority Business Concern

Socially Disadvantaged Individuals as defined by the SBA are those who have been subjected to racial or ethnic prejudice or cultural bias because of their identities as members of groups without regard to their individual qualities. The social disadvantage must stem from circumstances beyond their control. In the absence of evidence to the contrary, the following individuals are presumed to be socially disadvantaged: Black Americans; Hispanic Americans; Native Americans (American Indians, Eskimos, Aleuts, and Native Hawaiians); Asian Pacific Americans (persons with origins from Japan, China, the Philippines, Vietnam, Korea, Samoa, Guam, U.S. Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands [Republic of Palau], Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Laos, Cambodia [Kampuchea, Taiwan; Burma, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Brunei, Republic of the Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Macao, Hong Kong, Fiji, Tonga, Kiribati, Tuvalu, or Nauru; Subcontinent Asian Americans (persons with origins from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, the Maldives Islands or Nepal); and members of other groups designated from time to time by the SBA.

Service Disabled Veteran-Owned Business

The term "Service Disabled Veteran Owned Business" shall mean a business that is at least 51% owned, operated and controlled by a qualified veteran or veterans who has been honorably discharged by the US Government with a disability rating between 0% and 100% or, in the case of any publicly owned business, at least 51% of the stock of which is owned by one or more such individuals, and whose management and daily business operation are controlled by one or more such individuals. For Service Disabled Veterans who have a disability rating of 70% or more, a spouse or primary care giver may oversee the management and daily business operation of the business on behalf of the veteran.

Small Business Concern

Small Business Concern means a business as defined pursuant to Section 3 of the Small Business Act and regulations issued pursuant thereto. Generally, this means a small business concern organized for profit, which is independently owned and operated, is not dominant in the field of operations in which it is bidding, and meets the size standards as prescribed in government regulations. Consult your regional or district U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) office if further clarification is needed, or visit www.sba.gov/size to search the "Table of Size Standards."

Small Disadvantaged Business Enterprise

The term "disadvantaged business" shall mean a business concern that is at least 51% owned by one or more socially and/or economically disadvantaged individuals or, in the case of any publicly owned business, at least 51% of the stock of which is owned by one or more such individuals, and whose management and daily business operation are controlled by one or more such individuals. The Disadvantaged Small Business must have certification from the Small Business Administration. . Socially and economically disadvantaged individuals include:

• African Americans (U.S. citizens)
• Asian Americans:
  - Subcontinent Asian (Asian-Indian) Americans (U.S. citizens with origins from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Bhutan or Nepal)
  - Asian-Pacific Americans (U.S. citizens with origins from Japan, China, the Philippines, Vietnam, Korea, Samoa, Guam, U.S. Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (Republic of Palau), the Northern Mariana Islands, Laos, Kampuchea (Cambodia), Taiwan, Burma, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Brunei, Republic of the Marshall Islands of the Federated States of Micronesia)
• Hispanic Americans (United States citizens with origins from South America, Central America, Mexico, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Spain or Portugal)
  Native Americans (American Indians, Eskimos, Aleuts, or Native Hawaiians, including Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations)
• Other individuals, other than one of the preceding, currently certified for participation in the Minority Small Business and Capital Ownership Development Program under Section 8(a) of the Small Business Act

Veteran-Owned Business

The term "Veteran Owned Business" shall mean a business that is at least 51% owned, operated and controlled by a qualified veteran or veterans who has been honorably discharged by the US Government or, in the case of any publicly owned business, at least 51% of the stock of which is owned by one or more such individuals, and whose management and daily business operation are controlled by one or more such individuals.

Woman-Owned Business Concern

Woman-Owned Business Concern means a business that is at least fifty-one (51%) owned by a woman or women who also control and operate it. "Control" in this context means exercising the power to make policy decisions. "Operate" in this context means active involvement in the day-to-day management.