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County adopts procurement change; commissioners debate adding MWBE solicitation requirements
Summary
Forsyth County adopted an updated countywide procurement policy after removing a paragraph on informal solicitation; a substitute motion to require certified HUB/MWBE solicitation for procurements over $10,000 failed and the board asked staff and legal to report back on options and staffing by early March.
Forsyth County commissioners on Dec. 18 approved an update to the countywide procurement policy after a substantive debate over informal bidding language and whether to add explicit solicitation requirements for certified HUB and MWBE firms.
The county manager introduced the staff‑recommended update, and an initial motion was made to strike a short paragraph on page 9 that described allowing departments to send work specifications by email for contracts under $50,000. Several commissioners supported removing that paragraph given current staffing and capacity constraints in the…
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