Results Washington Governor’s Goal 2 Prosperous Economy Panel 2013 DES Training Conference & Trade Show Presented by OMWBE, DES, WSDOT, UW October 30,

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Thank you Results Washington Goal 2 3

P ROSPEROUS E CONOMY Create an economic climate where innovation and entrepreneurship can grow and thrive Keep Washington an attractive place to grow your business, work, and live Sustainable, Efficient Infrastructure Quality of life 4

P UBLIC P ROCUREMENT & P ROSPEROUS E CONOMY Create an economic climate where innovation and entrepreneurship can grow and thrive Do our procurement specifications include opportunities for Washington innovations? Do our procurement specifications encourage and include participation from Washington entrepreneurs? Collectively public procurement can create and drive new markets. 5

P UBLIC P ROCUREMENT & P ROSPEROUS E CONOMY Keep Washington an attractive place to grow your business, work, and live Cooperative contracting is a great way for state procurement to help grow state volumes to also include local government and education volumes to the point firms need to invest in Washington state to successfully service public procurement contracts 6

P UBLIC P ROCUREMENT & P ROSPEROUS E CONOMY Sustainable, Efficient Infrastructure Do our public procurement delivery requirements make the best use of Washington state infrastructure for commerce? Coordinated supply chain demand could make use of third party logistic service providers to consolidate deliveries to state facilities and to reduce the number of unique business delivery vehicles using the state’s infrastructure. 7

P UBLIC P ROCUREMENT & P ROSPEROUS E CONOMY Quality of life How are our procurement specifications addressing the quality of life for Washingtonians? Do our procurement specifications minimize packaging to reduce landfill impacts in the state of Washington? Do our procurement specifications create opportunity for Washington State’s Business Diversity? Minority owned firms, women owned firms, veteran owned firms, and small businesses? 8

P UBLIC P ROCUREMENT & P ROSPEROUS E CONOMY Other ideas about how public procurement could positively contribute to a prosperous economy for the State of Washington? 9

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