The MWBE status of most of these companies is merely a pencil-whipped process with little basis in the daily operational reality of the business.
I wonder how many are Chinese based businesses opening warehouse space to consolidate air freight for distribution on the ground. I am aware that those companies are pressuring the use of only Chinese based companies to support the operations when looking to supply a distribution network. How many other industries do they put this type of pressure?
I only have direct knowledge of federal contracting, but it is quite normal for minority/woman-owned shell companies to win contracts and then subcontract to non-MWBE companies to actually do the work.
It’s all a big scam.