Procurement
A consistent barrier to small business engagement for vendor and provider contracts has been the need for a more streamlined and user-friendly process to apply for and secure these contracts. Small and minority-owned businesses often have limited capacity and time to navigate long and complex processes to access significant and substantial vendor opportunities. Most existing processes are often intimidating or not resource effective for these businesses, thereby eliminating their participation and limiting the overall equity and inclusion in the competition for these contracts.
Workforce Development
A consistent barrier to small business engagement for vendor and provider contracts has been the need for a more streamlined and user-friendly process to apply for and secure these contracts. Small and minority-owned businesses often have limited capacity and time to navigate long and complex processes to access significant and substantial vendor opportunities. Most existing processes are often intimidating or not resource effective for these businesses, thereby eliminating their participation and limiting the overall equity and inclusion in the competition for these contracts.
Economic Development Blueprint
