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Syracuse University Procurement Equity Study

Report from the Syracuse University’s Center for Policy Design and Governance assessing the City of Syracuse's equity in procurement.

Organizations: Syracuse University Center for Policy Design and Governance, City of Syracuse

Authors: Saba Siddiki, Zach Huitink, Huaizhi Zhang, Davor Mondom, Ashley Mathew

Published Year: 2023

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A report from the Syracuse University’s Center for Policy Design and Governance assessing the City of Syracuse’s design and implementation of its Minority-and Women-Owned Business Enterprise (MWBE) Participation initiative. The project team: (i) assist the City in understanding the opportunity for engaging MWBE vendors in Syracuse and the surrounding region; (ii) collect feedback from current and potential MWBE vendors and City personnel to better understand factors enabling and hindering MWBE engagement efforts; and (iii) assist the City in evaluating the appropriateness of the its MWBE procurement targets and engagement strategies, drawing on an understanding of local opportunity, feedback from vendors and City personnel, and a review of MWBE programs and initiatives of other jurisdictions.

This artifact is a part of a collection featured in Procurement Transformation in the City of Syracuse. Explore other artifacts featured in the research:

• Syracuse’s Procurement Transformation Project Team Organizational Chart
• Syracuse’s Procurement Transformation Roadmap
• Procurement process mapping exercises from the City of Syracuse
• Press release about the Division of Equity Compliance and Social Impact 
• Syracuse’s redesigned MWBE online application