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Our goal is to increase small and diverse participation in state procurement and contracting.
This includes raising participation for Washington State certified diverse businesses including
small businesses, OMWBE certified businesses, and DVA certified businesses.
Your partnership in this effort is critical if we are to reach this goal.
We want to better understand your barriers to participating in state contracts and
procurements so we can explore ways to remove these barriers.
We want to hear your ideas for creating or improving opportunities for state certified diverse
businesses.
We want to better understand your interest in participating with state contracts.
o Are you interested in participating directly as a primary contractor?
o Are you interested in participating indirectly as a subcontractor at current competitive
contract rates?
o Are you interested in both?
We are already exploring some ideas for the 2016 legislative session, and would like your
feedback. For example:
How to increase the amount that can be procured via the small and limited public works
statutes.
o Do you have any ideas on how to do this?
o Is this something worth doing?
Lowering bond limits on certain types of public works contracts.
o We are looking at lowering bond limits for projects valued at $300,000 or less. Would
this remove a barrier for smaller contractors and encourage more participation?
Would you be interested in increased use of project labor agreements and similar tools?
What are the RCWs, WACS, and/or codes that affect your business?
RCWs and WACs require legislative changes; policy changes can be done without going through
the legislative process.
We need your input now to plan for the 2016 Legislative session! Please email us
at [email protected] and type Diverse Business in the subject line. Let us
know if you are a member of a business organization we should coordinate with
or call us at (360) 407‐8275 and our legislative analyst Jarrett Sacks will be glad to
record your interest and include you on our list of reviewers for further
developments.