CMSDC/MBEIC Annual Awards Banquet Supplier of the Year Process
Each year, at its annual Award Dinner, The Connecticut Minority Supplier Development Council, Inc. (CMSDC), recognizes those certified minority suppliers who have distinguished themselves and their business by:

• Successfully demonstrating growth in sales and employment while
overcoming significant obstacles;
• Consistently providing high quality products and services at
competitive prices, offering innovative approaches, cost-saving
ideas;
• MBE to MBE Purchases; and
• Significantly contributing to the growth and development of society
in their community

Winners from the previous 5 years are ineligible for consideration. The following MBEs were winners since 1998 and cannot be nominated in 2003:

• Spartan Technologies, 2002
• Sir Speedy of Stamford, 2002
• GBG Corporate Gifts, 2001
• Shoreline Graphics, 2001
• Spacecraft Manufacturing, 2001
• Amigo Corporation, 2000
• Information Management Systems, 2000
• C&C Janitorial, 1999
• Creative Copier, 1999
• PC Net, 1998

Awards Classification and Selection Process
Certified minority suppliers can be entered in and win in one of 3 awards classifications based on their annual sales:

Class 1 Annual sales less than $1 million
Class 2 Annual sales between $1 million and $10 million
Class 3 Annual sales greater than $ 10 million

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