Promising Practices in Equitable Procurement

This document provides a helpful guide to implementing equitable procurement practices. It presents a set of practices that increase investment in community-based organizations or businesses that traditionally have not received government contracts. This type of investment has shown the potential to create jobs, opportunities, and other benefits in local communities. The 10 practices discussed are as follows: center equity throughout the procurement process, conduct a needs assessment, conduct outreach, redesign funding opportunity materials, build relationships, build inter/intradepartmental capacity, build Community Based Organization (CBO) capacity, customize payment practices, establish mentorship practices, and engage in evaluation.