How Effective is Your DBE Certification Program?
Where DBE certification initiatives are performing, and where they are quietly underperforming.
Lengo Strategic Partners helps certification agencies, business owners, and corporations build SBE and supplier inclusion programs that deliver measurable, compliant, lasting results, backed by 30+ years of expertise at every seat of the table.
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For VPs of Supply Chain, Chief Diversity Officers, and procurement leaders building or maturing an SBE / supplier inclusion program that delivers measurable results.
See the corporate pathFor business owners pursuing SBE, DBE, ACDBE, MBE, or WBE certification, and the contracts that follow.
See the owner pathFor agencies and certification councils that need experienced application review, training, and managed support services.
See the agency pathWhether you're earning a certification, designing a program, or proving compliance, we run the process so you don't have to.
End-to-end management of new applications, renewals, and multi-agency portfolios so your certifications stay current and audit-ready.
Explore serviceIn-person workshops and an on-demand training platform that teach the certification lifecycle to business owners, agency staff, and corporate teams.
Explore serviceDesign, launch, and mature corporate supplier development programs, from baseline assessment to Tier 1, Tier 2, and global strategy.
Explore serviceSeamless team integration supporting application review, process and policy development, and staff training for certification agencies and councils.
Explore serviceContract and program compliance, subcontractor monitoring, and utilization reporting for prime contractors and project owners on publicly funded and complex contract work.
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"LSP turned a backlog of stalled applications into a clean, defensible pipeline. Their review work is meticulous."
"They didn't just get us certified, they taught us how to compete once we were."

"Supplier diversity is not an initiative, it's a culture."
For three decades, Sheena Thomas has worked at every seat of the certification table, building corporate programs, guiding business owners to certification, and supporting the agencies that issue it. Lengo Strategic Partners is the firm she built to do all three with the same standard of rigor.
Thirty years of pattern recognition, written down.
Where DBE certification initiatives are performing, and where they are quietly underperforming.
A position on recent policy decisions affecting minority-owned business enterprises.
Assessment strategies for strengthening supplier diversity initiatives heading into a new year.