Wouldn’t disband minority contracts though. People do deserve a chance to prove themselves, and there are legacies of discrimination and cronyism. Systematically auditing all of the contracts (even with larger established firms) would go a long way to fixing the issues. Would push for a tiered system, have minimal value contracts open to all (say $100k or less) to allow firms to have a chance, then only after successful completion of a few projects in that range would they then be eligible for the next tier of up to $500k, and then the same again for up to $2 million, and so on. This is self regulating and minimizes the opportunity for graft. You can adjust the tiers for the scope of projects (local, county, state, federal).
Some very good points.
Wouldn’t disband minority contracts though. People do deserve a chance to prove themselves, and there are legacies of discrimination and cronyism. Systematically auditing all of the contracts (even with larger established firms) would go a long way to fixing the issues. Would push for a tiered system, have minimal value contracts open to all (say $100k or less) to allow firms to have a chance, then only after successful completion of a few projects in that range would they then be eligible for the next tier of up to $500k, and then the same again for up to $2 million, and so on. This is self regulating and minimizes the opportunity for graft. You can adjust the tiers for the scope of projects (local, county, state, federal).