Mayor Brandon M. Scott said Monday that his administration is moving forward with a new effort to reform the City’s procurement process.
In the first move, the City is issuing a request for proposals from contractors to conduct an assessment of procurement policies and practices.
The city procurement process decides which businesses get contracts to perform city services, like cleaning city pools, or performs security at City Hall. The city procurement process has long been an area identified by advocates, including those in the tech community, pushing for structural reforms. Technical.ly asked mayoral candidates to weigh in on the issue in our questionnaire last year, which was sourced in part from the local community.
Scott, who became mayor in December, intends for the reform to center around equity for local and small businesses in Baltimore.
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