Mayor Walsh and the City of Boston is committed to the full and equitable participation of minority-owned businesses (MBEs) woman-owned businesses (WBEs) in our contracting opportunities.
The City of Boston has commissioned BBC Research & Consulting, Nunnally & Associates, Kelley Chunn & Associates, and Bevco & Associates, to conduct a Disparity Study to assess whether any barriers exist for small business, minority-owned businesses, and woman-owned businesses to compete for City contracts.
At this Business Outreach Meeting, hosted in partnership with Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Development Corporation, we encourage small businesses to share their testimony about about:
- successes or barriers encountered when doing business or trying to do business with the City or its primes
- recommendations for improvements to the existing bid/proposal procurement policies and procedures, and
- the ease or difficulty of identifying City contract or subcontracting opportunities.
All meetings are family friendly. Interpretation is available upon request.