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NIGP diversity council – focusing on the future
Diversity matters have become increasingly prominent within the public procurement arena, but the main focus remains the same: inclusion of companies in the vendor community owned by historically under-represented groups.
Diversity matters have become increasingly prominent within the public procurement arena, but the main focus remains the same. Public procurement’s inclusion of companies in the vendor community owned by historically under-represented groups provides equally competitive opportunities while creating a supplier base that truly reflects vendor community demographics, which enables a solution for documented disparity when appropriate. While a noble cause started for all of the right reasons, equalization of the playing field has become progressively...
