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Hillsborough outlines supplier-diversity progress: business directory, outreach and examples from recent projects
Summary
City procurement staff described a three-year supplier-diversity program that has launched a business directory, hosted outreach events including a Westside Open House, tracked diverse-supplier spend on pilot projects (Novo/Nuevo Esperanza) and plans to scale tracking and policy refinements while balancing administrative load.
City procurement and supply-diversity staff briefed the council on progress and next steps for the supplier-diversity program, framing the work as relationship-building designed to connect local minority-, women- and veteran-owned businesses to city contracting opportunities.
Danny Murado, the city’s supply diversity program administrator, said the program’s aims are to create a visible supplier database for internal staff, reduce reliance on a small number of vendors, and expand opportunities for historically disadvantaged firms. He described outreach at trade shows, tabling at regional events and a Westside Open House that attracted exhibitors and workshops…
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