Program teaches businesses how to win valuable city contracts

Tampa's Bridges to Business event connects businesses with city staff, that help maneuver through the oft-complicated procurement process.

  • By Business Observer Staff
  • | 12:54 p.m. May 11, 2021
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FILE: Tampa's Bridges to Business event connects businesses with city staff, that help maneuver through the oft-complicated procurement process.
FILE: Tampa's Bridges to Business event connects businesses with city staff, that help maneuver through the oft-complicated procurement process.
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For the first time since the start of the pandemic, Tampa business owners can get in-person help this week on how to become vendors for the city and bid for work.

The training sessions are part of a program started by Tampa Mayor Jane Castor in 2019 that’s aimed at increasing the number minority, women-owned and small businesses that receive city contracts.

 

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