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Equity in Contracting
Equity, Opportunity, & Removing Business Barriers
Central Services | Finance | Purchasing
Overview
Background
Program Focus Areas
Progress to Date
Goals
Questions and Comments
Equality, Equity, &Removing Barriers
EQUALITY
EQUITYBARRIER-FREE
Background
How did we get here?
Regional and National Efforts
Local Leadership and Collaboration
Benefits of an Equity in Contracting Program
Innovation
Vibrant Economy
Community Stewardship
Economic Impact
Evaluate success of economic inclusion
and equity programs as economic
development engines: job creation,
business-to-business sale generation,
and diversification of the local
economy.
City of Eugene Program Focus Areas
External Outreach
Organizational Engagement
Data Collection & Analysis
Engaging partners, vendors, and related
organizations and agencies
City of Eugene Program Focus Areas
External Outreach
Organizational Engagement
Data Collection & Analysis
Organizational Engagement
Customer Service
Identify and Reduce Barriers
Internal Training
Intra-Agency Partnerships
City of Eugene Program Focus Areas
External Outreach
Organizational Engagement
Data Collection & Analysis
Vendor Survey
Top barriers to entry:
Short response timeframe
(15%)and being unsure of
the process (13%)
Data collected October
3, 2016
rd
284 respondents
31% identified as
minority or women
owned
47%of respondents would
Continue survey
likely seek assistance with
navigating the public
annually
solicitation process
Data Collection
City of Eugene Program Focus Areas
External Outreach
Organizational Engagement
Data Collection & Analysis
Progress to Date
Contracting ResearchSurvey
EquityBest&
AnalystPracticesData
Outreach
Internal
&
Engagement
Events
Goals
CultivateImproveEstablish
MeaningfulProcurementData
RelationshipsProcessProgram
Become a
Suite of
Regional
Vendor
Leader
Resources
Strong,
Diverse
Partnerships
Keep Us
Growing.
Questions and Comments
Sue Cutsogeorge, Finance Directorsue.l.cutsogeorge@ci.eugene.or.usx5589
Vicki Silvers, Assistant Finance Directorvicki.j.silvers@ci.eugene.or.usx5082
Clay Stilwell, Purchasing Analystclayton.a.stilwell@ci.eugene.or.usx5051
Claudia Denton, Contracting Equity Analystclaudia.m.denton@ci.eugene.or.usx5058