Procurement Opportunities

Doing Business with MBCR

MBCR is offering the following procurement opportunities:

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To be included in our vendor list, please send a cover letter introducing  your company along with a corporate capability brochure.  These materials are then distributed to the appropriate in-house personnel.  The letter and brochure are also kept in the vendor library that MBCR maintains for future procurement opportunities.

The letter should be sent to our Manager of Material Control and Purchasing at:

Massachusetts Bay Commuter Railroad Company
Attention:  Mr. Robert Brown
70R Third Avenue
Somerville, MA  02143

Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Program

The Massachusetts Bay Commuter Railroad Company (MBCR), a transportation partnership of Veolia Transportation North America, Bombardier Transportation and Alternate Concepts Inc., is committed to a policy of nondiscrimination in conducting business, including the procurement of goods and services.  The DBE program intends to provide contracting opportunities to small business owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals.  MBCR recognizes its responsibilities to the communities in which it operates and to the society it serves and reaffirms that commitment through the operation of its DBE Program and Policy Statement.

MBCR supports and encourages the use of DBE businesses and minority owned or controlled financial institutions.  Information concerning how to be certified as a DBE in the state of Massachusetts can be found by contacting the State Office of Minority and Women Business Assistance, (SOMWBA), 10 Park Plaza, Suite 3740, Boston, MA 02116, (617) 973-8692 and http://www.somwba.state.ma.us/inquiry.aspx

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DBE Goal

The DBE goal for FY 2010 is 11.5%