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Procurement office outlines pilot central platform, warns consolidation could reduce staff from 19 to 3
Summary
City procurement staff described a central procurement platform intended to increase access to contracting opportunities but said a proposed consolidation would shrink the procurement office from 19 staff to three and risk delays in support to small businesses.
The Los Angeles City procurement office presented a pilot central contracting platform to the Government Operations Committee and warned that a proposal to consolidate procurement functions under a single office would reduce its staff and could slow outreach and support services to small and disadvantaged vendors.
A procurement presenter said the office has "transformed this website into a platform" intended to centralize procurement opportunities and described the platform as listing what the presenter described…
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