{"id":12342,"date":"2022-09-14T18:51:02","date_gmt":"2022-09-14T18:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.michamber.com\/?post_type=news&amp;p=12342"},"modified":"2022-09-14T18:51:02","modified_gmt":"2022-09-14T18:51:02","slug":"buy-michigan-procurement-plan-puts-great-lakes-businesses-workers-first","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.michamber.com\/news\/buy-michigan-procurement-plan-puts-great-lakes-businesses-workers-first\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Buy Michigan\u2019 procurement plan puts Great Lakes businesses, workers first"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Advocacy News &#8211; Sept. 14, 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The MI Chamber is supporting a renewed push for bipartisan legislation designed to improve the competitiveness of the state of Michigan\u2019s procurement process and increase the number of local, Michigan-based vendors contracted for goods and services.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is one common-sense way our state\u2019s taxpayer dollars can stay right here in Michigan while supporting and reinvesting in our own employers and workforce.\u201d said Mike Alaimo, director of environmental and energy affairs for the Michigan Chamber. Alaimo will participate in a Sept. 21 event to encourage action.<\/p>\n<p>The legislation \u2014 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.legislature.mi.gov\/(S(5cyc2xg3zcspyctmqr2xp1nh))\/mileg.aspx?page=GetObject&amp;objectname=2021-SB-0117\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Senate Bill 117<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.legislature.mi.gov\/(S(jpqbuxrvt02o4hjbf1fbqaeo))\/mileg.aspx?page=GetObject&amp;objectName=2021-HB-4902\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">House Bill 4902<\/a> \u2014 is co-sponsored by Senate Minority Leader Jim Ananich (D-Flint) and State Rep. Graham Filler (R-Dewitt). With over $16 billion spent annually on the procurement through the Michigan Department of Technology, Management, and Budget (\u201cDTMB\u201d) this legislation can help make a difference in the number of Michigan-based companies that can compete and be awarded state contracts.<\/p>\n<p>Key provisions include providing Michigan-headquartered companies a 7-day window to resubmit a bid for a state contract that matches or beats the lowest bidder if the bidder is an out-of-state company.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For questions or more information, or to get involved, contact Mike Alaimo at <a href=\"mailto:malaimo@michamber.com\">malaimo@michamber.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Advocacy News &#8211; Sept. 14, 2022 &nbsp; The MI Chamber is supporting a renewed push for bipartisan legislation designed to improve the competitiveness of the state of Michigan\u2019s procurement process and increase the number of local, Michigan-based vendors contracted for goods and services. \u201cThis is one common-sense way our state\u2019s taxpayer dollars can stay right [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.michamber.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/12342"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.michamber.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.michamber.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.michamber.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/12342\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14157,"href":"https:\/\/www.michamber.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/12342\/revisions\/14157"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.michamber.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}