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Metropolitan Council bill would extend state small-business procurement tools to council; committee recommends passage
Summary
Senator Dibble presented Senate File 20308 on March 19, an agency bill requested by the Metropolitan Council to align the council's procurement authorities with statewide small-business procurement tools.
Senator Dibble presented Senate File 20308 on March 19, an agency bill requested by the Metropolitan Council to align the council's procurement authorities with statewide small-business procurement tools. "The general idea and goal and intent of the bill is to allow the Met Council to have the same procurement tools for goods and services from small businesses that state agencies currently have," Dibble said.
Jody Jacoby, chief procurement officer for the Metropolitan Council, testified that the changes would put the council "in parity" with state procurement…
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