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Council presses supplier diversity leaders as legacy‑business grants and ARPA pilots wind down
Summary
Councilors challenged supplier diversity staff on operating cuts and asked for conversion metrics for ARPA‑funded SCALE recipients, while officials said they will issue an RFP for a city disparity study and track outcomes for MWBE gains.
At an April 30 Ways & Means hearing, Andrea Carruth, director of the Department of Supplier Diversity, defended recent reforms intended to expand access for minority and women business enterprises (MWBEs) and gave officials’ most recent metrics.
Carruth said Inclusive Quote Contracts (IQCs) — a streamlined procurement option for purchases between roughly $10,020 and $250,000 — accounted for $3,200,000 of a reported $115,000,000 pool of diverse‑supplier contracting in Q1–Q3. She also said roughly 10% of the city’s contracting dollars in Q1–Q2 went to certified…
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