Salt Lake’s County will now provide preference to small, women-owned or minority-owned emerging businesses when considering bids for services ranging from office equipment to janitorial contracts.
Those changes to the county’s procurement policy ordinance passed 5-3 in the council’s work session meeting on Tuesday among those who hope it will give a leg up to underprivileged groups.
“We’re going to allow that opportunity for them to get that contract just because of our belief that those are the types of businesses that are historically disadvantaged through government procurement,” said County Councilman Arlyn Bradshaw. “And that’s not going to change with this preference, but I think it’s a small step in the right direction.