Small Business Open House

777 Northeast Martin Luther King Junior Boulevard,Portland OR 97232

15 February, 2023

Description

New in 2023: Hybrid format!In Person: 10 am - 12 pmOregon Convention Center Virtual: 1 pm - 2 pmZoom Join us for networking and opportunitiesWant to talk about your business? Show us what you’ve got? Come mingle with Metro and Multnomah County staff at our Open House! Meet project managers from both agencies, learn about opportunities, and how to do business with government. Learn about certification as a minority, women or service disabled veteran-owned business, or emerging small business. MetroMetro’s Procurement Services facilitates the procurement and contracting process for all departments throughout Metro to ensure quality purchases that support Metro's mission. Diversity in contracting is a critical component of Metro's mission to plan for the region's future and ensure that it remains a great place to live. By actively involving minority business enterprises, woman owned business enterprises, service-disabled veteran owned businesses and emerging small businesses in the pool of business opportunities, we can help expand the economic opportunities in the region. Multnomah CountyBusiness diversity and equity are important values to the County. Multnomah County’s Purchasing Department competitively procures materials and services supporting County operations. Our goal is to provide equal opportunity and access and we actively encourage participation by minority-owned, women-owned, service-disabled veteran owned and emerging small business firms, as well as disadvantaged business enterprises, to compete for purchasing and contracting opportunities within Multnomah County.