Yes. When bidding or working on a contract that requires a minimum number of DBE-accredited workers, there can be both pre-award and post-award contract costs associated with not building out your team with a DBE-accredited staffing agency. Pre-award – Being non-compliant can result in having a bid eliminated. If there is no bid, there is no chance of winning the contract, which means there is no chance for future repeat business. Post-award – Being non-compliant after winning a contract can have potentially even more severe penalties and enduring consequences, including: Termination of contract Withholding monthly progress payments Assessing sanctions Liquidating damages Disqualifying contract for future bidding, classifying them as non-responsible All post-award penalties and sanctions can result in: Project missing the marks on time, spec, and budget Spending extra time, energy, and money trying to make good on requirements Losing out on repeat business Damage to reputation  JLM helps get you the highly qualified talent you need while reaching your DBE benchmarks so you can get your projects done without being assessed with costly penalties, sanctions, or loss of contract.