City of Los Angeles Office of Procurement

Interested in contracting with the City or our Regional Partners? Join us on our free monthly webinar on Wednesday, September 25, 2024, from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM PST. This webinar will guide you through the registration process on RAMP, show you how to enhance your profile to effectively promote your business, and demonstrate how to navigate the platform to find opportunities that match your business. Unable to attend this session? Join us on the next one! Webinars are held every fourth Wednesday of the month. Register by scanning the QR code or visiting bit.ly/RAMPLAwebinar!

Join us at the 2024 Sports and Entertainment Supplier Diversity Summit on October 10, 2024 at the LA Convention Center! This event aims to foster economic growth within the LA Region by connecting business owners and entrepreneurs with sports and entertainment partners. This is a unique opportunity for business owners and entrepreneurs to learn how to access capital and seize forthcoming opportunities available with the anticipation of the 2026 World Cup, 2027 Super Bowl, and 2028 Olympics. The event will include an expo of resource providers, keynote speakers, panel discussions, networking opportunities, and business resources. EWDD will be at the summit providing information about business services and programs. RSVP at bit.ly/LASESD2024.

The LAWA Disparity Study Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) is the City of Los Angeles agency that owns and operates LAX- one of the busiest airports in the world- and Van Nuys Airport. With a $500 million average annual contracting budget and $15 billion program to modernize airport facilities, LAWA has commissioned BBC Research and Consulting to conduct a disparity study. The disparity study will assess market conditions, evaluate LAWA's implementation of the Federal DBE and ACDBE Programs, and review other LAWA efforts to enhance contract opportunities for historically under-utilized businesses, including small and local firms, and firms owned by people of color and women. Attention Business Owners and Stakeholders: Your input is crucial! The Study Team seeks your feedback on local market experiences to help LAWA expand contract opportunities. LAWA highly encourages participation in these meetings. Please register at https://bit.ly/3Moq8lX or using the QR code on the flyer. To encourage your candid feedback, LAWA staff will not be present during the testimony segment. For more information and to share your experiences, please contact the study team at: [email protected]

The City of Los Angeles is Seeking Management of Citywide Access Channel 36 The City of Los Angeles Information Technology Agency seeks proposals from qualified firms to manage and operate the City’s mixed-use Public, Educational, and Community Access channel, Citywide Access Channel 36. Through this opportunity, the City aims to ensure that Public, Educational, and Governmental Access content is provided to the public through Citywide Access Channel 36. For more information, visit: RAMPLA.org and search “216082” or “Management of Public, Educational, and Community Access Cable Television Services RFP” RFP Application Deadline: 3:00 p.m. (PST) on Wednesday, September 25, 2024.

Attention LA Business Owners! EWDD's BusinessSource Centers are hosting various business webinars about entrepreneurship, marketing, and start-ups. To view full list of available webinars, visit https://conta.cc/3Ws4T75.

Exciting news 📣 Join PACE and Little Tokyo Business Association for the 2024 Little Tokyo Small Business Summit next Tuesday, August 6th! Don't miss this free opportunity to connect with industry experts, empower local businesses, and explore ways to strengthen Little Tokyo's economy 🙌 Register today at tinyurl.com/yz445t4e to secure your spot!

Looking to explore contracting opportunities with the City of Los Angeles or our Regional Partners? Join our free monthly RAMP webinar on Wednesday, July 24th, from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM PST. This webinar will guide you through the registration process on RAMP, show you how to enhance your profile to effectively promote your business, and demonstrate how to navigate the platform to find opportunities that match your business. Unable to attend this session? Join us on the next one! Webinars are held every fourth Wednesday of the month. Register by scanning the QR code or visiting bit.ly/RAMPLAwebinar!

🌈 Happy Pride Month! 🌈 Celebrating the vibrant and diverse community that makes our city shine! 🌟 Meet Andrew Choi, our Procurement Performance and Solutions Manager (and resident cat dad) in the Office of Procurement. Andrew’s dedication to innovation, transparency, and excellence has helped create a robust procurement environment that benefits the City, businesses, and its constituents. As we honor the LGBTQ community this Pride Month, let’s remember that diversity and inclusion are essential for progress. Let’s continue working together to build a more equitable and accepting world. 🌎❤️

Looking to explore contracting opportunities with the City of Los Angeles or our Regional Partners? Join our free monthly RAMP webinar on Wednesday, June 26th, from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM PST. This webinar will guide you through the registration process on RAMP, show you how to enhance your profile to effectively promote your business, and demonstrate how to navigate the platform to find opportunities that match your business. Register now by scanning the QR code or visiting bit.ly/RAMPLAwebinar!

As AAPI Heritage Month comes to a close, we reflect on the notable contributions of individuals like Lisa Ishimaru, a Senior Management Analyst at the Ethics Commission. Learn more about her background in the City and her heritage below. Tell us about your background in the City and how you got to where you are today. I have been with the City of Los Angeles for over eleven years as an employee at the Ethics Commission. I was initially hired to handle advice on ethics-related City bidder forms and to manage the Ethics Commission’s formal advice process. In 2016, due to changes in City law, I helped to develop and launch the City’s Department Contract Filing System (DCFS) to create the City’s first comprehensive database of active contracts and bidders. This database continues to be updated with the cooperation of all City departments through quarterly reporting. I currently manage the DCFS system and its reporting requirements, continue to provide advice on ethics-related City bid and contracting laws, and also continue to manage the Ethics Commission’s formal advice process. Can you share a little bit about your heritage and what it means to you? As a fourth generation Japanese American, I was raised to be proud of my own heritage, even if it was different from others around me. I have been lucky to be surrounded by diverse communities my entire life, so in addition to being proud of my own culture, I was also raised to appreciate and respect other cultures and backgrounds. All of this has helped to shape my identity and some of the values most important to me – equality and fairness. These are values that I try to uphold in everything I do.