The Department of General Services (Department) will seek to increase the utilization of minority and women-owned businesses and other disadvantaged businesses in all competitive contracting opportunities. To achieve this objective, the Department will:

1. (1) Establish procurement policy that will give consideration, when possible and cost effective, to contractors offering to utilize minority and women-owned businesses and disadvantaged businesses in the selection and award of contracts.
2. (2) Develop and maintain an effective enterprise-wide data collection system in procurement and contracting, and institute quarterly and annual reporting requirements on participation level and spending in each agency.
3. (3) Create an internal data linkage so that agency buyers and purchasing agents will have a substantial number of commodity or service specific minority and women-owned businesses to solicit.
4. (4) Train procurement buyers and purchasing agents so they can assist in the Department’s mission.