The City of Knoxville’s Purchasing Department honored small, women- and minority-owned businesses who conduct business with the City of Knoxville at the seventh annual Diversity Business Enterprise (DBE) Awards ceremony on September 28, 2022 at the Marble Hall Chapel in Lakeshore Park.
The awards also recognized City departments and individuals for their commitment to reaching out to DBEs with procurement opportunities and contracts.
Every year, $50 million to $70 million is awarded in City contracts, and roughly 1 in 3 City dollars spent in competitively bid contracts went to small businesses in the last fiscal year.
ABOVE AND BEYOND AWARD
Bio Solutions Tennessee
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD
Dynasty Construction Inc.
IMPACT AWARD
Patrick O'Brien, M.D.
MINORITY-OWNED BUSINESS OF THE YEAR AWARD
Edison Electric, LLC
PARTNERSHIP AWARD
Cannon & Cannon and
Tish Spalding/SEsite, LLC
RISING STAR AWARD
Runners Market LLC
SMALL BUSINESS OF THE YEAR AWARD
Taylor’s Lawn Service
WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESS OF THE YEAR AWARD
Southeastern Construction Concepts Corp
HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF M/WOB EXPENDITURES
(Large Spend)
Engineering
HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF M/WOB EXPENDITURES
(Medium Spend)
Knoxville Area Transit
HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF M/WOB EXPENDITURES
(Small Spend)
Benefits & Risk Management
HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF M/WOB EXPENDITURES
(Micro Spend)
City Court
HIGHEST PERCENTAGE EXPENDITURES WITH SMALL BUSINESS
Housing & Neighborhood Development
DEPARTMENTS WITH OVER 50% OF THEIR FY22 DISCRETIONARY SPEND WITH SMALLL BUSINESSES
311
Law
Plans Review & Inspections
Public Service
EMPLOYEE ADVOCATE AWARD
Joey Jones - Fire Department
