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City reports 2024 MWBE improvements: 51 prime awards and 35% overall target for program spend
Summary
The Office of Business Diversity reported that in fiscal 2024 the city awarded 134 contracts under the program, 51 of them to MWBE prime contractors; staff said the program hit a 35% MWBE participation target on cumulative spend and described outreach and training efforts for small and veteran‑owned firms.
Erica Thompson, director of the Office of Business Diversity, presented Arlington’s fiscal 2024 Minority‑ and Women‑Owned Business Enterprises (MWBE) report and described both contract awards and spend figures, plus outreach and vendor support programs.
The core numbers
- Awards: For fiscal year 2024 the city recorded 134 contracts under the MWBE program threshold; of those, 51 contracts (about 38% of awards) were to MWBE prime firms. Thompson said previous years showed similar activity (FY22: 133 awards, 57 MWBE primes; FY23: 113 awards, 50 MWBE primes).
- Spend and goals: Staff reported 272 contracts with spend activity in FY24 and an MWBE achievement goal of…
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