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Long Beach honors procurement team’s awards, highlights local outreach and new inclusive‑procurement coordinator
Summary
City staff marked National Procurement Month by presenting results from the department’s ‘Extreme Procurement Makeover,’ national awards and a new local‑preference registration effort that registered 38 Long Beach businesses in the city procurement platform.
The Long Beach City Council received a presentation Tuesday recognizing the city’s procurement team for national awards and for steps to increase local and equitable access to city contracts. The presentation coincided with National Procurement Month.
Why it matters: City staff said improvements to procurement processes aim to make it faster and easier for local and small businesses to compete for city contracts, and that these changes help the city spend local tax dollars in the community.
What presenters said: Michelle Wilson, the city’s…
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