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Commissioner presses county on set-aside process after low local MWBE participation
Summary
A discussion at the April 22 caucus centered on how Hudson County advertises and administers set-aside contracts for certified small/minority/women/veteran businesses; staff said the county notifies eligible vendors and will supply lists and follow-up reasons why identified local firms did not bid.
Commissioner William O'Dea used the board's caucus meeting to press county procurement staff for details about how set-aside bids are run and why so few Hudson County vendors captured share of certain set-aside awards.
O'Dea said he was "not impressed" that local vendors won a small proportion of set-aside work and asked procurement and the Office of Business Opportunity what follow‑up the County does after a set‑aside is advertised. "So after a bid like this is done ... we would check... what items did the local MWBEs or SBEs…
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