Posted on 08/06/2009 6:55:43 AM PDT by thefactor
New rules issued by the Bloomberg administration allow minority- and women-owned businesses to circumvent the system for awarding small city contracts -- an advantage denied white-owned firms, The Post has learned.
In a memo issued July 15, the mayor's Office of Contract Services told city agencies they could no longer solicit vendors to bid on small contracts -- defined as between $5,000 and $100,000 -- unless they're certified as at least 51 percent minority- or female-owned.
That means that even longtime vendors won't be able to sell goods and services to the city in that price range if the owner is white, unless they're fortunate enough to be selected through a random lottery system.
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"I was told I can't bid on city contracts because I'm white," the owner recalled.
City officials don't dispute that account.
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I’m not for any kind of AA or set asides, and most women’s small business centers and the like are scams anyway. I was just pointing out the apparent irony in and connection between your two listed points.
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