Small businesses in Austin have been invited to find out how to compete for millions of dollars of smaller City contracts.
The 2020 Small Business Contracting Forum will bring together procurement staff from dozens of City of Austin departments alongside a number of other municipal, county and governmental entities in the region, to connect them with a large and diverse group of smaller vendors.
The free annual event will provide advice, information, and encouragement to help small business owners better identify opportunities to do business with the City, and to be more successful when bidding on City contracts.
Sessions at the event will cover registering as official City vendors, how to create bids, proposals and offers, how to get paid, how to meet contracting requirements, a guide to technology procurement, and information about current and future business opportunities.
Businesses that registered for last year’s Forum have since been awarded millions in contracts, the city claims.
2020 Small Business Contracting Forum will be held from 8:30am to 4:00pm at the Palmer Events Center on March 4, 2020.
